Christ, what a horrible idea. The other day I drove around someone who was doing about five miles an hour in a residential district and it pissed him off. So someone like this can make up whatever credible story he wants about me and send it in?

You have to be kidding!

When I was a kid in a taxi, on first avenue in manhattan one summer night--very heavy and slow traffic--there was one guy in a car who kept ramming into other cars from behind.

Not hard enough to do damage, apparently; when he hit the cab I was in, my driver got out, spent about four seconds looking at the rear bumper for damage, then got back in the car w/o a word.. but dirty harry in that other car kept bumping random cars in this ultra-slow traffic, like it was a carnival bumper car ride.

I was maybe 12, and just puzzled by this (I didn't think you could hit other cars, and have them just ignore you). I have no idea what I'd think or do now, if I saw that happening.. probably make some threatening gesture that'd end up getting me shot by the lunatic in that car.

BTW, that was the sexiest thing you've said, Gary

/if not for dyslexia, what fun would reading be

"You have selected Regicide. If you know the name of the King being killed, press one."

/simpsons

Farkers ....

Anonymous? Online? Abuse?

I think we have a calling.

mryoop789: That was a sexist thing to say, Gary.


Sexist? Or just plain true?

Sorry, tennesse

Someone ratted me out for leaving my left-hand signal on?
/off to the farmer's market

I keep reading that as Sexiest.

I hereby pre-invoke Godwin's

/threadjack

I was driving home with my buddies on 395 late last night after a poker game and I was cruising along at about 65. I was considering a lane change so I glanced in my left mirror and then in my rear view. Out of no where, this came literally blew past me on the left - had to be 100 mph or faster. Then a second one passed about a couple seconds later. The car closest to me was several hundred yards up the road and did a blind lane change right in front of one of the maniacs. Almost saw a hideous accident unfold right in front of me. Unfortunately, none of the idiots involved were killed or even injured (that I know of).

Good in theory, shiat in practice, much like all other traffic laws.


/This thread makes me aggresive too.

came != car

/even proofread it

Why is a 'COPS' film crew on my porch?

The "terrified" biatch should have let the guy merge.

The complete farking lack of common courtesy most people have for other drivers is the #1 cause of road rage.

Doesn't matter, cops can't do shiat unless they SEE it happen. They can follow you or keep an eye out...but if you're not breaking the law you aren't going to get busted.

Hopefully presence on the list does not count as probable cause.

The speeders flying by other cars at such a high differential were idiots, so was the asshole who didn't do a head check. That would have been great if all 3 died in one crash! saves on paperwork.

mryoop789

I'm going to have to agree with everybody else on this. How can making an observation be sexist? My wife tells me she's being a biatch when she's PMSing, even if I don't think so.

Wow ... yet ANOTHER source of revenue for LEO's

1. Hire Anonymous Person
2. Have person collect lists of liscense plates that he drives past, then report them whether they are guilty or not.
3. Profit

Someone track down how to submit a report and we can all say that William Keeter (Sgt. from the article) flipped us off in traffic. 3 or 4 thousand of those reports may help them to rethink this obvious abuse.

They need a 800 number, so I can immediately use my cell phone to call them and report people using their cell phones.

Can I report those disgusting nostril explorers? What about looking down from my truck only to see some hot woman killing kittens! Can I use her license plate number to call, complain and get her phone number?

/I think this rampant vigilantism is a great way of reducing police forces, thus cutting taxes and stimulating the economy. .38 specials should be tax deductible. Well, at least my furry handcuffs should be.

That's why they call it "Driving" and not "Dick Waving". Little dicked people tend to use their cars in an offensive manner.

Let them attractive and successful African-Americans merge for Pete's sake!

Police say they are being vigilant about the potential for abuse of the online program by people who might want to engage in personal attacks.

They're not being that vigilant....this guy's jacked up "example case" made it into their system. He got a $50 fine....that should be the end of it. He shouldn't be hunted down later for a "terrified person" report. I see a lot of abuse in this system...and if they take it offline later, any and all convictions should be reversed!

Last Satudary the car next to me at a traffic light was drinking liquor from one of those airplane bottles, so I called 911 on my cell phone. The police wanted the type of car, license plate and other information. Sure enough, down the road a bit, there was a cop waiting for him. He was pulled over, but I didn't hang around to see what happened.

Oh, shiat! One more thing for me to worry about living in Tennemexico.

/native Tennesseean

A police officer issued the Forest Hills man a $50 ticket for careless driving
Police reviewed the accident report, and Truppi was charged with felony reckless endangerment

Wasn't the fifth amendment (...nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb...) written to protect against this.

I'm going to be that guy and point out the misspelling of 'aggressive' in the headline.

What about driving and surfing the web simultaneously to report somebody? We need wifi on the public streets.

this is a ploy by the cops to get paid overtime. You arrest some schumk on an on line report. The cops and the arrested person have to show up in court, your defense lawyer demands that the prosecution produce the complainant.. whats this some asshat that post a report on a web site doenst have time to get off work and go into court?!?1 oops case dismissed and the cops get 4 hours of overtime pay.

Wish I had known about this. I had some asshole on I-40 try to run me off the road and randomly brake in front of me. I honestly think he was mentally disabled or something, because for once in my life I wasn't driving aggressively, making obscene gestures or speeding (I was actually trying to get back into the right lane). Don't know if the cops found him though, he took off when I pulled out my cell phone (he probably thought I was going for a gun or something). If I still remembered his license plate number I would send it.

Some more driving fun in TN, my brother (16 at the time) was hit from behind by an illegal alien at a stoplight. The asshole then preceded to attempt to run down my brother when he got out of the car. The guy drives off, my father uses his "connections" to find him, calls the cops, and then they refuse to do anything because they're is a language barrier. Two years later my brother (along with another hit and run victim) gets called to court to testify against the guy after he's busted for doing meth.

And of course I meant "there" not "they're".

Jeez, the Bar Association is all for it. Could it be because it will jack up billable hours by poor schmos who have to shell out a grand or two to not go to prison?

Effing scumbags.

Theaetetus

After the cars bumped slightly, both drivers pulled over and Truppi apologized.

WTF? Do y'all have a different article than me?

I think we have the same article, but somehow you feel that this guy willfully endangered someone's life.

gargantuan98

The "terrified" biatch should have let the guy merge.

The complete farking lack of common courtesy most people have for other drivers is the #1 cause of road rage.

Around here, most often the complete farking lack of common courtesy is on behalf of those who zoom past a half-mile long line of cars (often on a shoulder or closed lane) and insist on squeezing in at the front of the line. Some people don't like to let these self-absorbed numskulls cut into the line, often enraging the would-be line jumper.

EnormousJuan
Doesn't matter, cops can't do shiat unless they SEE it happen.

True for a misdemeaner, but this is a felony. Cop does not have to witness it.

I see alot of stupid, aggressive driving, but by far the most dangerous drivers are those casual drivers who don't look around when making a lane change - they just try to slide right in regardless of what is there. It happens to me all the time on the motorcycle (minivan drivers and women on cellphones are the worst offenders) and today it happened to me (I was in the middle lane going the limit) from someone on my right while I was in the car. Looking back, I should have let her hit me as my reaction was to swerve out of the way and nearly cause another accident on the left side.

Regular, aggressive drivers annoy me, but I don't find them to be the most dangerous to me personally. Occasionally I'll run into someone who is both aggressive and in some kind of rage. One guy on the SF bay bridge in an old mustang was particularly pissed off at motorcycles and was making threatening gestures and coming at me with his car (and then the bike behind me as I sped away.)

asshead probably waited until the last possible moment to merge. I love people who wouldn't cut in line normally, then suddenly act differently when they are in a car.

I'm always surprised by how little regard people have for others when they can act anonymously (from the safety of thier vehicle).

I would've let the douche hit my car merging then I would've wiped that farking spit off of my car with his broken teeth - if I didn't just follow him home.

That "childish" behavior could easily get you killed.

Yes, I agree, .EXEs are dangerous drivers. Don't run them unless you are absolutelu certain it is the right file.

Theaetetus
Yeah... And so do the cops, hence the felony charge.

Do they? They were investigating a possible felony charge, based on a pissed-off driver's "tip". I imagine that's why he's going to court -- to determine whether he was guilty of committing a felony.

It was enough of a bump that they pulled over and hung out long enough for a cop to stop by to issue a ticket.

So any bump where a ticket is issued means that someone's life was endangered? Here in Canada, it's law that any accident with damages in excess of $750 is reported to the police. Even if nobody is remotely close to being injured or endangered.

But hey, you guys may just be more frightened than us.

EnormousJuan:

Doesn't matter, cops can't do shiat unless they SEE it happen. They can follow you or keep an eye out...but if you're not breaking the law you aren't going to get busted.

the cops make up any excuse nowadays to pull you over. like a faulty tail light that was slightly flickering even though you can't find any problem.


ZAZ:

If the complaint is from a police officer, the complained-about driver's license is revoked and the driver is also fined. There is no ticket and no hearing before license revocation.

thats the new system of by-passing the court system to save dollars. plus the expense of impound and towing fees and taxi cab fare. not to mention time off work to get all your stuff back(car,drivers licence.)

what use is the prime laws if the feds are going to by-pass them. you have the right to appear in court for your crime before suspension,don't you? they usually set up some type of complaint system for these new laws and what happens if the cop is wrong,,,,,nothing,,,,,you are out of pocket and the cop just keeps doing it to other people that tick him off....


http://aclu.org/

Do they? They were investigating a possible felony charge, based on a pissed-off driver's "tip". I imagine that's why he's going to court -- to determine whether he was guilty of committing a felony.

Fine, so some dick with a chip on his shoulder can waste my time and energy sending me to court like this?

I don't even like the thought of them so much as knocking on my door based on a 'tip'. Hell, I can make up all kinds of 'tips', too.

NineInchNader
Fine, so some dick with a chip on his shoulder can waste my time and energy sending me to court like this?

Which is exactly why I think it's horribly excessive and unjustified.

You might as well start throwing grannies in jail when their shopping carts nudge your ankle in the aisles. "I was terrified, officer!"

Some people don't like to let these self-absorbed numskulls cut into the line, often enraging the would-be line jumper.

I refuse to let in line-jumpers. I like it when they get mad. I like it even more when they try to force their way into the line in front of me, but mostly because I drive my wife's POS Hyundai and I'll trade paint with anybody if I feel I'm justified in doing so...

I also hate it when people crowd my lane (often crossing the line in the process). I find it entertaining to crowd them right back and watch as they freak out. I used to worry about it, but now I get off on the surge of adrenaline. To quote Bill Parcels, "I've got one good fight left in me" and I firmly believe it will be in traffic after an accident.

/kinda looking forward to it