Airspeed indicator for your car

[philmcneal]

Originally Posted by rh77

Unfortunately, truckers hate that. I was told by one that if he sees a vehicle in his mirror and expects it to pass, but instead hangs out there, it's risky becuase of emergency lane change possibilities, or if the trailer brakes lock-up it might fishtail into you. It's kinda like driving in someone's blind spot. If you piss them off enough, then they simply get on the CB and another truck can do the squeeze-play from ahead to get you out of there. If it continues, the piss-off potential increases, and with road rage these days, I'd recommend another form of FE increase.

Road Rage Incident:
I didn't know if I should post this, but maybe a lesson can be learned out there if you get into a road rage incident. About 2 weeks ago my wife and I were driving along in the city here and this guy cuts us off (no blinker) to the point where I had to really hit the brakes. Instinct had me honk the horn, then he gave us the finger. I just smiled and didn't let it get to me (I used to get all bent out of shape and would've gotten really angry, but with the slower driving, I've mellowed out). Long story short, the guy later tried to run us off the road (at that point my wife called the cops), then when we stopped, he gets out of the car with a 5" knife and knocks it on the driver's-side window at me. Meanwhile the dispatcher is hearing all of this going on and we peel out of there and wait for the Police to intercept. They go and arrest the guy on Felony charges at his house. No priors - the guy just lost it, and after he calmed down, he admitted that he did something wrong. Then he said that he thought we had a gun. The officer was like "Yeah right, so you get out of your car with a knife to attack the people with the gun. Right."

Anymore, I just let it go. It's sad. The Police said they have an average of 4 calls per day on road rage. People get shot anymore with this stuff. Anyways, might have to go to court and all that crap.

Just be careful out there folks...

RH77

lol wow what a story... makes me wonder if should get that "**** ***" hat if people were to eye me down because my hypermiling didn't let them be first in line at the red light.