Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : I was caught in the middle of a very uncomfortable road rage incident this morning on a two-lane expressway.

I was in the right lane going the speed limit, listening to music and maintaining my speed. I know I’m not a fast driver so I always stay in the right lane to let people pass me or let cars merge onto the expressway without difficulty. It's morning. We're all likely commuting. I just want this to be easy for everyone.

A pick up truck (I’ll call this PUT) pulled up next to me in the left lane and started matching my speed.

At first I thought PUT was trying to pass me, but when I slowed down or sped up, PUT matched my pace and stayed completely adjacent to me. So I just kept my eyes forward on the road and maintained the speed limit, not looking at this driver who is now making a huge line of traffic behind both of us. (For what it’s worth: I’m female and have been in situations before where a male driver pulls up next to me and tries to get me to look at him. I’ve learned from experience that it’s best not to look, because I really don’t want to see whatever it is that he or his buddy is trying to show me.) PUT could pass me if he wanted. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the truck was really beat up so I thought maybe it was having engine problems.

I turned off the music so I could better hear PUT’s engine. That's when I realized that the whining hum sound I thought was being made by PUT was actually the car behind PUT honking obnoxiously. Just one long, whiny honk. So I guess PUT was in the left lane matching my speed to create a blockade to punish the car for tailgating or beeping or something and now it had escalated so this car was furious. I dunno. 

Thankfully I get to my exit and steer off out of this mess. The car speeds into a left turning lane so he can get past PUT, beeping at PUT the whole time (I could watch this now, because I was at a stop sign.)

Car gets in front of PUT and slams to a halt.

PUT has to hit the brakes too. Like I said, PUT is not in decent shape. There’s no guarantee that PUT would have been able to stop so quickly.

The car speeds up abruptly and slams the brakes again. I’m watching this all because if these idiots crash into each other someone is going to need to call an ambulance.

I had to drive away at this point, so hopefully they didn’t crash.


So, I believe that both of these drivers are assholes for creating a dangerous situation. My question here though, is: Am I also an asshole? Should I have sped up to try to get away from these two? I feel like I did the right thing but I also feel bad for all the people stuck behind my dinky little car tooting along at 55 and these two dildos having a speed war at 7 AM. What would you have done in my situation?

Thanks in advance.