I am glad it worked out for you too.  A few weeks back I had a SUV driving soccer mom on a cell phone cut me off.  I usually just honk or yell once and leave them be.  But at the next stop light I heard all this yelling coming from behind me (I passed her up in traffic since she is obviously a hazard to avoid).  I turned out that it was another driver yelling at the SUV soccer mom!  The only way I found out was because I went to the drive through at the bank and this guy got out of his truck, came right over to me and told me that he saw the whole thing and was yelling at the SUV lady.  At first I though ...great here we go..this guy wants to fight about something...but it also turns out he was in a motorcycle accident and lost part of his knee-cap to a driver that was not paying attention, so he felt he needed to give the SUV lady a piece of his mind on my behalf.  There are good people out ther watching your back whether you know it or not.  +1 for the lady in pink!

Not your time yet buddy,she def was your angel that day.

Thats a lucky break man! 

Thank you pink lady!

Yay lady in the pink shirt!  Think the driveway the semi was backing into belonged to her?  Nothing like a token of appreciation for being your guardian angel.

Just a thought. 

Tanya

Seriously, I'm getting tired of seeing drivers do things other than driving.

time to start carrying something in the tank bag to reward them for bad habits.

Quote from: red baron on August 02, 2008, 10:12:15 AM
Seriously, I'm getting tired of seeing drivers do things other than driving.

time to start carrying something in the tank bag to reward them for bad habits.

After my last several encounters I'm thinking about getting a helmet cam, where I can make one smooth uninterupted feed. Taking their license plate, and then moving up along side to get them in offending activity, and their face. Anything illegal I can turn over to the authorities, and anything not deemed outside the law but merely make the beast with two backstarded I may make a web site just to embarrass them on. I'm mulling it over, anyway, something needs to be done to draw more attention to these type of drivers.

Quote from: WannaDucBad on August 02, 2008, 10:51:15 AM
After my last several encounters I'm thinking about getting a helmet cam, where I can make one smooth uninterupted feed. Taking their license plate, and then moving up along side to get them in offending activity, and their face. Anything illegal I can turn over to the authorities, and anything not deemed outside the law but merely make the beast with two backstarded I may make a web site just to embarrass them on. I'm mulling it over, anyway, something needs to be done to draw more attention to these type of drivers.

Yes, please!

I would thoroughly enjoy this.

Quote from: WannaDucBad on August 02, 2008, 10:51:15 AM
After my last several encounters I'm thinking about getting a helmet cam, where I can make one smooth uninterupted feed. Taking their license plate, and then moving up along side to get them in offending activity, and their face. Anything illegal I can turn over to the authorities, and anything not deemed outside the law but merely make the beast with two backstarded I may make a web site just to embarrass them on. I'm mulling it over, anyway, something needs to be done to draw more attention to these type of drivers.

Sounds like a good idea.  If you were able to get enough good footage and start getting hits on your website, you might even make a dollar.

I think the time has come to make doing distracting things on the road be closely equivalent to a DUI or at least wreckless.  Clipping coupons, reading the paper, working on a laptop, putting on makeup, texting, etc.  All those things are just as debilitating, if not more so, than driving with a .08 to .15 or so BAC (any BAC above that and I think clipping coupons is probably safer).  At least most people who drive drunk try to pay attention for fear of getting pulled over.  The California has already outlawed talking on a cell phone and I think others should follow suit.

Quote from: Jobu on August 02, 2008, 05:39:25 PM
At least most people who drive drunk try to pay attention for fear of getting pulled over.

how can you tell who the drunk drivers are?
they're going the speed limit.

but yes, much thanks to the pink shirt lady for saving your ass.

My father lives in the Dominican Republic and talking on a cell phone while driving can land your butt in jail...  They take it extremely serious down there, from what he tells me.  They have cops on most street corners, in the bigger cities, whose job is to pretty much pull over people (mostly tourists since average weekly wage is less than $30/wk) talking on cell phones... But, on the contrary, they DO NOT care at all if you drink and drive, and they actually kind of promote it.  On almost every street corner there is a beer vendor, where they serve PRESIDENTE ice cold, and it also has like 9% alcohol... but talk on your cell phone, forget about it!  I will have to take some video of how people ride motorcycles down there... I swear to god they can fit 4 up on even the smallest bikes.  There are not a lot of cars down there, so I guess this is why they really penalize drivers who disobey their laws.  But if you are ever down there and need to get out of a ticket... just say "no habla espanol" and you will 90% of the time get off the hook right away.  Got to love the 3rd world countries...