Someone may have gotten a picture of my plates... should I worry?

[DenverGP]

I stopped short and backed up to her bumper and sat there until the traffic in front of me had cleared up to the first opening to a side street and then punched it and took off.

If I had someone do that to me, I'd view that as some serious road rage, and if I had video of it, it would go to the police.

[cfortune]

If I had someone do that to me, I'd view that as some serious road rage, and if I had video of it, it would go to the police.

You would call the police for someone backing up in front of you and delaying you for 10 seconds or so?


I guess when I think road rage I think people brake checking you/throwing things out of their car/pulling over and attempting to pick fights. Not making your license plate out of view of someone trying to photograph it by backing up close to them and delaying acceleration.

[DenverGP]

You would call the police for someone backing up in front of you and delaying you for 10 seconds or so?

If someone slams on their brakes in the middle of the road and reverses toward me, yes, that'll count as road rage for me. I'd be ready for them to jump out of their car and act like a badass.

[cfortune]

If someone slams on their brakes in the middle of the road and reverses toward me, yes, that'll count as road rage for me. I'd be ready for them to jump out of their car and act like a badass.

Fair enough. I get the impression that the stop was due to traffic and he backed up after stopping. Not sure why you would have to wait for traffic to clear if you randomly braked. What you mentioned sounds like a brake check to me and that would make me angry.

[Skip]

Crossing solid lines to get around traffic is a problem. There are two areas where I live that people do that and it's obvious they are doing it just to get around traffic (i.e. not just lost or weren't paying attention). One of them is a merge onto E470 from Yosemite where drivers on 470 WB will cross the line to get around cars on the right only to push everyone back when they have to cut back into traffic.

It has decreased the ability to zipper merge in that location because everyone is now defensive.

The other location... Surprises me there hasn't been a very serious accident.

[Tinelement]

I drive 70 miles a day on 25. I'm surprised there isn't more road rage. Roads are getting nuts!

Op, I wouldn't worry about it. I get the finger and picture taken all the time for only driving 5mph over the speed limit. Heaven forbid I'm doing 80 in a 75! Eff me. And don't even get me started on the merge ramps......

[ray1970]

I'm just going to say this and bow out before the lock.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[Dave_L]

I'm just going to say this and bow out before the lock.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

But 3 lefts do!

[TheGrey]

I haven't read the thread fully yet. But I do want to tell you that you can go to the Pierce Street MVA, pay $2.20 cents and get the information of any vehicle registered in Colorado, just like that. Sometimes the clerks are diligent and require a specific reason, sometimes they are not. Before you panic, also know that you can go to that MVA and make a request to see who has pulled your plate information in the past year.

[TFOGGER]

I don't have a day go by that some jackhole doesn't blow the right turn lane on southbound Tower at Smith and cut me off by swerving into my lane. The right lane is clearly marked "Right Turn Only" both with signage and paint on the pavement. The worst incidences are when the crossing gates are down for the train tracks, and traffic backs up in the left lane(through lane). Invariably, 5 or 6 dipwads will haul ass down the right lane, then go straight across the intersection and expect to be allowed to merge into the left lane. There's been a few times when I've been driving my POS 89 F250 that I've been tempted to find out how committed they are to barging into my lane...