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Today I was driving my Audi A2 with the wife and kid. Maximum speed allowed at the highway we were driving was 100 km/h. There were many, many cars on the road. Since I drive 20 km/h too fast by default, but never faster than that, I drove 120 km/h. The highway had 3 lanes. There were some other cars on the middle lane driving 110 km/h, so I decided to overtake them using the left lane.
I'm halfway overtaking the cars, as suddenly a red BMW appears behind me. I have no idea where it came from. It starts flashing it lights almost immediately and I get the finger. Obviously he wants to pass, but I can't go to the right as I'm just overtaking the cars mentioned before. I can't go back either, since the BMW is behind me. I don't want to go any faster, since I'm already driving 20 km/h too fast (driving 30 km/h too fast and get caught means going to court in Holland). So I find his attitude a little aggressive and I wave friendly in the mirror.
He immediately gives me the finger again, starts flashing his lights frantically and sticks to my back bumper. So I give him a finger back. Bad decision. He starts flashing even more than before and suddenly OVERTAKES me using the space between the left lane and the middle guard rail. I immediately sense this guy is definitely not normal and get scared. Just when he passes me, I use the brake to slow down and make sure that he can't do any funny things while he's on my left side. The BMW overtakes two other cars on the left lane, then suddenly moves to the middle lane and the right lane, to end up in the emergency lane next to the right lane on the road, where he waits for me.
I drive as slowly as possible (60 km/h, which is way too slow), shift my gear down and then accelerate to pass him as fast as possible. He gets behind me right away and starts pushing me forward by sticking to my back bumper. We now drive 160 km/h where only 100 km/h is allowed and I'm scared as hell. I have no idea what this guy is planning - does he want to ram my car, tease me, or does he want to shoot me? He goes faster and faster, then drives next to me, grins and starts waving to my wife, who is sitting in the back. My wife says he has a Northern African face. Then he overtakes us, drives in front of us and suddenly brakes. I do an emergency stop down from 160 km/h to 60km/h. My wife's face is literally sticked to the chair in front of her.
This guy is insane. We drive next to eachother playing cat and mouse (he being the cat and me being the mouse) until I suddenly notice an exit. We now drive on the middle lane. I pretend I go straight on, find a hole to the right of me and at the very last moment dive into it. The van behind me has to make an emergency stop to let me through. The BMW can't follow me and our ways part.
I have never experienced something like this. It certainly is the most scary experience I ever had in traffic. It would definitely fit in an American movie, but I tell you, when you experience this for real, it is NOT exciting at all.
My wife wrote down his license plate number. Something with FN-Z?-36 (don't remember the ?). I called the police as soon as we arrived at my parents'. They told me he will be arrested.
I'm halfway overtaking the cars, as suddenly a red BMW appears behind me. I have no idea where it came from. It starts flashing it lights almost immediately and I get the finger. Obviously he wants to pass, but I can't go to the right as I'm just overtaking the cars mentioned before. I can't go back either, since the BMW is behind me. I don't want to go any faster, since I'm already driving 20 km/h too fast (driving 30 km/h too fast and get caught means going to court in Holland). So I find his attitude a little aggressive and I wave friendly in the mirror.
He immediately gives me the finger again, starts flashing his lights frantically and sticks to my back bumper. So I give him a finger back. Bad decision. He starts flashing even more than before and suddenly OVERTAKES me using the space between the left lane and the middle guard rail. I immediately sense this guy is definitely not normal and get scared. Just when he passes me, I use the brake to slow down and make sure that he can't do any funny things while he's on my left side. The BMW overtakes two other cars on the left lane, then suddenly moves to the middle lane and the right lane, to end up in the emergency lane next to the right lane on the road, where he waits for me.
I drive as slowly as possible (60 km/h, which is way too slow), shift my gear down and then accelerate to pass him as fast as possible. He gets behind me right away and starts pushing me forward by sticking to my back bumper. We now drive 160 km/h where only 100 km/h is allowed and I'm scared as hell. I have no idea what this guy is planning - does he want to ram my car, tease me, or does he want to shoot me? He goes faster and faster, then drives next to me, grins and starts waving to my wife, who is sitting in the back. My wife says he has a Northern African face. Then he overtakes us, drives in front of us and suddenly brakes. I do an emergency stop down from 160 km/h to 60km/h. My wife's face is literally sticked to the chair in front of her.
This guy is insane. We drive next to eachother playing cat and mouse (he being the cat and me being the mouse) until I suddenly notice an exit. We now drive on the middle lane. I pretend I go straight on, find a hole to the right of me and at the very last moment dive into it. The van behind me has to make an emergency stop to let me through. The BMW can't follow me and our ways part.
I have never experienced something like this. It certainly is the most scary experience I ever had in traffic. It would definitely fit in an American movie, but I tell you, when you experience this for real, it is NOT exciting at all.
My wife wrote down his license plate number. Something with FN-Z?-36 (don't remember the ?). I called the police as soon as we arrived at my parents'. They told me he will be arrested.
