Senseless Tailgating SUV in Angeles National Forest
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We were shooting a project in the Angeles National Forest for a few days and had to get up at the ass crack of dawn to get as much light as possible. Since we started our days so early, there was literally no traffic on the roads from the 5 Fwy to the 2 to the 210. We took this photo going up Angeles Crest Hwy, a winding road carved into the side of the mountain. For some reason, this asshole in his SUV felt the need to ride our ass the entire way up until we hit Angeles Forest Hwy. Not only were we going the speed limit, which is more than fast enough for these parts, but look at what was in front of us:
The driver of this van was driving more slowly than one who was more familiar with the bends and turns. Anyway, the driver of the SUV had a crystal clear view of the van in front of us; if he had the slightest bit of common sense, he would’ve seen that we couldn’t go any faster and should’ve backed off. Not so. This impatient, aggressive piece of sh*t felt that we should bumper hump this van to the point where we created some sort of jacked up conga line on a narrow, winding road. Honestly, the self-centered idiocy of some people just boggles my mind. How fast did he actually want to go, especially with the cargo strapped to his hood?
Filed under: aggressive, clueless, observation, tailgating
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your personal safety is always more important – I usually pull to the side and let these morons pass.
Ben, you’re absolutely right. We actually approached a rare passing section and moved to the right when we could to allow this guy to pass.
I’ve had this happen numerous times driving through the San Bernardino mountains. I tend to slow down just a tad to let the guy know it’s not going to do him any good to be right behind me, and if he backs off, I do pull over at the nearest turnout – which is much easier when you don’t feel like you’re going to be rear-ended the instant you slow down enough to make it into the turnout (which often is invisible until the last second) because the guy is 12 inches from your bumper. Mountain roads are far too dangerous for people to be aggressive drivers.