The other day upon returning from Houston I witnessed two large personal passenger trucks play "catch me if you can" on IH 10 close to the Texas./Louisiana Stateline. They were weaving back and forth across lanes at speeds that must have been well over 90 MPH. Add to the fact that it was raining and a semi-heavy level of traffic.
Other people were re-acting to their "game" by hitting their brakes, weaving into other lanes or dropping their speed suddenly so as to miss being hit by these "children" on the road.
Then it happened, suddenly where they had gotten to ahead of me, one car swerved to avoid collision with one of the trucks which had cut them off the driver drove into the side of another innocent driver starting a 4 car accident.
The two "children" in the trucks continued on their way.
So... My question is How Dare You?
I see it everyday... People who have no remorse in endangering others on our streets and highways. Leaving others motorist to fend for themselves against their in-mature acts of driving. The results of their actions can have such a devastating effect on others around them and they seemed not to care. I am not saying to ever try and stop or confront these "brats" but if by chance you get ever a partial plate number call the police on them.
Or... in many cases they drive the same roads each day playing their threatening games. If you notice them more then once, there is a good chance it happens everyday. Call the police and let them know that they have been observed by you more then once at a specific time and location.
There is a name for the type of behavior these culprits are exhibiting while driving to show off, in the Spanish language it is called "Showing Off Your Machismo"... They are trying to show "Look.. I am a Man... Look What I Can Do." and they feel they have the "right" to do so... When in reality this is one of the least acts you can do away from being a Man. To show off to others around you with the hope of being looked up to for threatening other peoples lives?
How stupid... No one has the "right" to endanger, their passengers or other innocent drivers and their passengers just to prove how great they are...
There is a place for those kind of drivers. Its called a Race Track... Take your games there.. Go to a Controlled Environment designed for those types of driving... Leave you friends and other drivers out of your fun and games. If you want to kill yourself... that's your decision.. Our streets and highways are not a race track nor a game board for you to play your silly games...
I am hoping that someone who is reading, this who does or knows someone who plays "games" on our roadways will stop and think or have enough concern for their safety and the others around them to share this with them....
Unfortunately, I doubt that the actual unsafe drivers will be reading this because their way of getting information is by TEXTING while driving...
Which brings another concern all its own..
John Glass
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