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93mastercraft
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Oct 21, 2014

Has this ever happened to you?

We were headed north on I95 just North or Daytona over the weekend. I'd say we were riding along minding our own business no lane changes, no slow downs, I mean nothing out of the ordinary. I had cruise set on 68 in the 70 MPH zone. Everyone was zipping by us at about MACH 1.

Then out of no where this dude comes pulling up right beside my driver window in some little Hundai and proceeds to pace me and do the "I'm watching you" gesture with his fingers pointing in his eyes and back at me thing. Okay so I slow down. Guess what, the freak slows down. Then I speed up, yup you guessed it freak speeds up. So, okay, next he gets behind my toad and I swear he's riding the rear bumper of my toad jeep.

Meanwhile I am checking my mirrors, cameras, side view and all to make sure something is not flying off the RV, some door is not closed or just anything out of the unusual. I don't see anything. The wife is like don't stop with that crazy dude around.

Then the next thing freak does is pass us and get in front of us. I am already in defensive mode so I slow down. Yup, you guessed it he slows down too. Finally I get to an exit and proceed to get off the interstate. I thought the freak would go too, but he didn't.

We stopped and check ed everything was okay. I mean, I usually know when someone will try to road rage around me and that rarely happens, but this dude, man this dude was scary. Has this ever happened to you Driving your class A? Never had this happen pulling a 5ver.

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  • 93, yes, it has happened to us once. We were near San Francisco, CA, on a 4 or 5 lane interstate where the speed limit for towing vehicles is 55 mph. I was in the far right lane minding my own business.

    Out of the blue, this guy in a small pickup jumps in front of us and starts to slow down. I'm thinking, what the h***, and he continues to slow down so I put on my left turning signal to change lanes. As I start to change lanes, he does too. So, I realize immediately that he wants to play games.

    I get back in my far right lane and stay behind him. I have no idea what he is up to or what he 'thought' I did that he needs to prove a point. Eventually, he takes an exit and off we go. I didn't blow the air horns or anything, I just stayed behind him. Apparently, he didn't like me going the speed limit (just guessing) as the regular speed limit is 70 mph.

    You don't want to aggravate these people. I should have put on my flashers as we slowed down to 40-45 so that the focus would be on the guy going slow in front of me.

    Some people are crazy.

    Safe travels,
    MM.
  • that's just weird- has never happened to us- (haven't been to Florida yet) I agree on the 911 call - he might be doing this to others.
  • No, but I would have been on the phone and calling 911 not knowing what the heck he was up to. I would be looking for him to stick a gun out the window or who knows what.