Road Rage

Today I had a very scary incident happen. I was driving down the road to pick something up for my sister's baby shower. I was in the middle turn lane waiting to turn left and head north down, let's say Blue Rd. There was a car coming towards me in the far right lane with her blinker on to turn Rt and head north onto Blue Rd. She slowed down and I started to turn.

I quickly realized she had changed her mind. She did not turn her blinker off and began to head straight towards the intersection. I quickly stopped and as she passed me she started screaming at me and layed on her horn. As I turned, I watched my rear view mirror and saw she had pulled into the gas station, then turned out onto Blue Rd heading north.

She was following me! I kept watching my mirror and she coming up behind me fast and then pulled up next to me, screaming at me. Then I noticed she had a young girl in the back seat with her. We approached the next light and she proceeded to get in front of me, so I got into the far right lane. So she tried to also. I got back into the left lane, so did she. I was not about to have her follow me, swerve her car in front of me and scream at me!

As we approached the next light I slowed down really slow, then quicky got back into the right lane. She had no choice but to continue through the light. I quickly turned right and started heading east. She swerved across traffic and pulled into a shopping center. There was no traffic coming, so I u-turned in the middle of the road and quickly got back onto Blue Rd heading south. I had lost her and went back to my mom's house to switch her cars.

My heart was pounding and racing and the only thing I could think about was how in the world could someone get that upset? There was no accident, I did not hit her, nor was I close to hitting her. I was aware of what was going on. Maybe I should not have assumed that because she had her blinker on she was turning. My bad! But a blinker is a signal to let people know what is going and where you are turning while driving. But did I deserve that? She could have caused more damage trying to chase me down but I was not going to stoop to that level. She had a child in the car for Pete's sake! I traded cars and headed back to where I was heading in the first place.

As I passed the gas station, she was there. I can only assume she was waiting for me to come back. The child was standing outside the car watching the street. I ran my errand and started for home and she was still there, sitting at the gas station.

This world we live in is a scary one! I'm afraid to see how this sad excuse of a women would react in a situation far more serious than this small account of I almost turned in front of her. Things like this happen everyday and you do not chase people down. If I would have retaliated and played her cat and mouse game a serious accident may have occurred and lives could have been changed forever. No matter how upset I get at stupid drivers I am not willing to take that kind of chance with my life or the lives of my children. I may have been upset or annoyed if that happened to me, but I would have continued on with my day and vented to my husband later. Never, never would I have taken the chance that women took with her child in the back seat.

This has been an eye opener for me. I was scared and every part of me screamed to be cautious and find a way to remove myself from that situation. I feel like I did that. I know I was guided and truly blessed today to have driven away from the situation.