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Did I not do enough?
Today I saw the craziest driver I've *ever* seen in my entire life driving
between Cypress, TX and The Woodlands, TX today (two exurbs of Houston)... I'm on a very narrow 2-lane highway and this guy in an old Ford LTD kind of cuts me off by turning right in front of me to go the same direction I'm going -- he did one of those things where he approaches the intersection and put his nose out where I would've clipped him had he not just gone ahead in front of me... but in making his right turn, he swings WAY out into the oncoming traffic lane RIGHT AT a guy on a motorcycle! The guy in the motorcycle moves over and the Ford corrects to avoid the collision... Thankfully no one's moving *too* fast because this is only a 45 MPH road, but still, I'm thinking "What is this guy's deal..." So now I'm following him, and he's ALL OVER the road... weaving back and forth *into the ditch* and then overcorrecting *into the oncoming traffic lane*. It's 1:30PM and the guy is either high, drunk, or suicidal... I've never seen anything like this before folks, and I've seen some crazy stuff... so I start pulling WAY back from this guy to give him plenty of distance and immediately call 911... give the full description, route of travel, etc. As I'm on the phone with 911, he/she is continuing to drive like a lunatic... slowing down to 25 MPH at points, then speeding up to 55 or so at others... at one point, he is so far over into the oncoming lane that an SUV headed our direction is forced into the ditch... Still on the phone with dispatcher, we approach an intersecting highway where I need to turn east and he's turning west, (busy 4-lane highway with lots of stoplights in a commercial district) I told the dispatcher this and never saw him again. My only regret was not being able to continue following at a safe distance to make sure he was nabbed by the cops. Should I have continued following this car (way back of course) to keep the cops apprised of his location? brink |
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