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Crashing Rage-aholic

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Southern California freeways are an often dangerous place, especially with angry soccer moms behind the wheels of giant sports utility monsters.

Several months ago, I was merging onto the 57 freeway, a relatively uneventful if sometimes stressfull process. Unfortunately, not everyone likes to co-operate.

Enter crazy soccer mom, who wizzes around me after I merge (in an assertive but none-the-less safe manner) and proceeds to roll down her window and begin a rather colorful assault of profanity.

No one ever told her that when yelling at someone for no good reason it is a good idea to look back at the road every now and again. Traffic stopped ahead, but she did not, and was unforunately cut off mid-curse as she slammed into the car in front of her. Remarkably, the car in front of her sustained relatively little damage, though the crazy soccer mom's vehicle did not fare as well. No one was hurt, though my sides did ache for some time after I finished laughing at the crazy woman.

Submitted on 12/31/2007

Submitted by: Eric
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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Since this is a personal account, and an excellent example of how NOT to drive, I'll vote to accept it. Thanks, Eric.


James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I absolutely love it when some arrogant cretin gets what's coming to them! This is an excellent example of such a cretin! The fact that no one was hurt adds humor to it all, and I imagine her pride must have taken a nice hit by the time all the police tickets, insurance hikes, and lawsuits stemming from all this hit home! Thanks, Eric, I'm laughing with you!


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