Driver gets even with petty truck driver after refusing to let smaller vehicles pass him on the road: 'We gave him a taste of his own medicine'

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    This happened last summer when my girlfriend and I were driving back from her sister's house. It was a long drive, and since we left late at night, we ended up on the toll roads around 1 or 2 in the morning.
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    At first, we noticed flashes of light in the distance and assumed it was heat lightning, since it was summer, so we didn't think much of it. A little while later, we got behind a semi-truck on a two-
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    lane road. When we switched lanes to pass him, everything seemed fine, until he moved behind us and started flashing his brights at us nonstop.
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    That's when we realized that the "heat lightning" we had been seeing was actually this guy flashing his brights at every car in front of him. On top of that, he started honking at us. Stunned,
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    we switched lanes to let him pass, and as we did, he flicked us off. At that point, my girlfriend decided to stay behind him because she didn't want to drive next to him.
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    As we continue driving, he did the same thing to another car. After a few minutes, I joked that we should give him a taste of his own medicine. My girlfriend said "YEAH!" and she started flashing her lights at him, honking, and then sped past him. I even flicked him off.
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    By the time he realized what was happening, we were already far ahead. He tried to catch up, but his truck just didn't have the speed. We couldn't stop laughing. We never figured out
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    why he was doing it, but blinding people at night like that was just dumb and dangerous. He wasn't trapped in traffic or anything, he was just being an a hole. So, in the end, we got our petty revenge and had a good laugh all the way home.
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    DarionHunter 1h ago One other step you could've taken; truck number if he worked for a company. Could've reported him for aggressive driving habits.
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    Most companies tend to frown upon their drivers acting like idiots. The worse that could happen to them is they get fired. The least, they get reprimanded with one strike on their record.
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    TabbyCabby . 1h ago My wife and I had a very similar thing happen to us in Pennsylvania last summer. We decided to just pull off the highway for a bit to keep from having to deal with the guy
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    Old MetalHead • 57m ago Some truckers take amphetamines to stay awake. One of the side effects is reckless/aggressive driving. I wonder if that was a factor.
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    GoatCovfefe 52m ago So you acknowledge the truck driver was being dumb and dangerous, then did it. right back to him?
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    Yeah, he was a guys were also but you then speeding to pass him... Don't play stupid games, it's not worth it.
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    Next time do what others have said and call the company to report him.
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    • mrpertinskler 28m ago But normally, trucks are much larger than cars, especially assuming it was a semi, and you flashing your lights behind them causes them no bother whatsoever.

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