Last Sunday someone had some serious road rage and was harassing me and trying to intimidate me off the road.
I was cruising along the new Fraser Perimeter Road in Surrey...not much traffic...2 lanes....riding in the right lane at the speed limit. It's almost as if riding alone because everyone passes me and they are gone.
Near the west end of it is still not complete though. It's a construction zone which ends at a traffic light.
As the highway ends it becomes an industrial/business area that borders on a park. It is a 30kmh marked playground zone. You know me.....I slowed to 30..but the person behind me was not happy about it.
They tailgated the whole way through and then as it ended and the speed bumps back up to 50kmh, I saw the light ahead was red. No need for speed coming to a red light.
There are 2 lanes at the light. One turns left and one turns right. I had signalled and was waiting to turn left. Just as the light turned green. I noticed the person in the car behind suddenly make the motion to veer right and attempt to make the left turn by passing me on my right.
The car was right beside me now on the shoulder....I felt like we would have collided if I did not wind up the throttle. If I had suddenly stopped the cars behind would have rear ended me. So...I accelerated away from the road rager which made her even more mad.
She was tailgating and had her hand on the car horn for about a block.
Then when we were one block away from King George where we would have come to a light...she suddenly veered into a left turn lane, passed me and then veered into my lane making me brake.
She turned right at the light and I pulled into the gas station and called 911.
I don't have a good head for remembering numbers...but in this case I actually remember the plate number.
I decided I had enough cruising around and rode to the store for groceries. Ironic that I would choose the Safeway.
I felt a bit shaken, but only stayed off the bike for 3 days. The last time someone did something like this I stayed off the bike for over 2 weeks.
When I called the police they took my complaint seriously. They called me later to tell me that unfortunately they had not been able to find her.
People should be able to ride around or drive around at the speed limit without being harassed and intimidated.
I went through a phase a long time ago of being an aggressive driver, but I
never ever tried to scare people. All I did was make myself frustrated and stressed. I have since learned to slow down and it is far more relaxing.
