semper fi

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Last week I was behind an SUV going slow on Metamuville Rd. I glared at his Semper Fi bumper sticker, wondering if an actual Marine would drive 41 in a 50 on a sunny day. When I got to a passing zone, I moved to pass him. He raced his engine, forcing me to abandon my pass. He then went batshit, passing the next four cars through tiny windows at an unbelievably high speed. He then pulled over so he could honk at me and give me the finger when I drove by.

I rolled my eyes as I passed. "Yeah, you 'win,' pal. All I know is I wasn't going 41 anymore."

A week later, last night, same road. The same guy passes me, immediately slamming on his brakes, then strobing them, then weaving wildly all over the road. So yeah. Apparently now we have a relationship. Who knew? This continued for several miles, and then at an intersection he went straight while I turned left. He slammed on his brakes, turned around, and followed me. He followed me 15 miles back to the town from which we'd originally started, right to the waiting police.

"He's a stupid kid," explained the officer later. "Really stupid."

Truer words. Road rage, we've all seen. But have you ever heard of anyone so fantastically dumb as to tail someone all the way to his own arrest?