Road rage is a slippery slope that a lot of people have fallen victim to. For some reason, the anonymity behind the wheel gives people a false sense of power and safety, prompting them to do things and act in ways they wouldn't if they were just walking on the street. However, behind the wheel of a 2 ton iron box on wheels, people get irritable, impatient, and fired up.
One man, u/iceariina, dealt with the brunt of classic road rage on the dark, midnight streets of a rural highway along his commute. One evening after a 12 hour overnight shift, he was on his way home on a one-lane highway, tired and hoping to get home as safely as possible. Knowing that this one-lane road was treacherous (it had no street lights, deer crossings,lots of curves, and no shoulder), our hero, Iceariina, drove cautiously and at the speed limit. He also had a hunch that the roads were often patrolled by police and didn't want to risk either a ticket or and accident. As he was making his way safely down the road, a speeding car comes racing up behind him, riding close and sketchily at his rear. This tailgater flashed his brights and angrily swerved back and fourth, insinuating that Iceariina had an inch in either direction to pull to the side so he could pass– which he certainly did not.
Iceariina did what anyone would do and, with pettiness in his heart, he set his speed on cruise control just below the legal limit.
The angry tailgater, most likely fuming with road rage, refused to make easy passes on passing zones, just so that he would harass the man driving the speed limit. Once the duo reached a darker zone on the road, a 'no passing zone', the tailgater decided he was fed up with harassing Iceariina and he zoomed around him, hazardously making the pass around him. Moments later, there were blue and red lights in their rear view and a cop car races around Iceariina in search for the dangerous driver. The tailgater was pulled over and written a ticket for speeding as well as passing in a 'no pass zone'. For Iceariina, he felt it was instant karma. He kept a level head and was able to see fate play out in his favor.
I hope that tailgater was hungry because, revenge is a dish best served cold.
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