What is that you ask? The license plate of the crazies that threw things at our car, attempted to run us off the road, and made the 3 hour drive home from Los Angeles very long and scary.
In Valencia on Highway 5, Leon accidently cut someone off on the freeway. Truly accidental and actually not even close enough to causing any harm. We were quickly made aware of this mistake by the long HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOnk the driver gave. Apparently Leon's action was aggravating enough to the driver that he decided to throw what I am guessing by the stickiness of my car was a bottle of soda at me through the passenger window. Completely unexpected and terrifying.
About 10 miles down the road the crazy driver swerves over 3 lanes to the far right lane we were cautiously driving in and the passenger now begins tossing whatever he could at our car while giving hand gestures and screaming at us...all while driving 70 mph. I only can imagine what they were saying...but was more concerned with our car full of precious cargo staying in our lane and not getting in an accident.
I begin to then instruct Leon to not attempt to pass them and stay slowly and safely behind them. I figured we were less likely to have any more confrontations if we were behind them.
Of course I am determined at this point to call 911 and then become frustrated because I am on HOLD for the "next available operator" for about 10 minutes. What if this were a life or death emergency? I was starting to think it could be. The operator instructs us to stay behind them and maintain a safe speed and distance.
So the rest of the drive we are making sure that if 5XDL640 is close ahead, we duck and cover and pray we make it home alive. I also thought of the VERY IMPORTANT REASONS the driver could be so angry...
Maybe he was transporting a wedding cake and as he put on his brakes the cake toppled over.
Maybe he was delivering an urn of ashes and they scattered as he put on his brakes.
Maybe his family earns a living delivering eggs from LA to Fresno and they cracked when he put on his brakes.
Maybe when he put on his brakes, he spilled his Slurpee all over himself and he threw it at us to show us what a mess it makes.
Yeah, probably not. We made it home safely and that's all that really matters, although I really hope the CHP found him and pulled him over and found out there were several warrants for his arrest and took him away in handcuffs! All revenge aside, it really is good to be home alive.
12 comments:
SCARY!!! Driving in Southern California is dangerous -your experience makes all of the horror stories about LA drivers sound too real.
Wow that is really scary!! Glad you are all okay. Was there a bumper sticker on the car? I recently heard that people that have a bumper sticker on their car are more apt to have road rage. Doesn’t take much for people to take out their frustrations on others does it?
Oh my gosh that is so scary. What lunatics. I am so glad you guys made it home safely. ((HUGS))
I have always hated L.A. driving. It scares me and I've never had anything like this happen. I am soooo glad you are all ok.
WOW! It really is hard to understand what some people are thinking. I have had that same sort of thing happen to me before. One time in Southern Utah a car actually chased us clear to the driveway of where we were going. I have never been so scared in all my life! Thank goodness you were there to instruct Leon and to keep him calm. I mean not that he has any kind of road rage that could have flared, but you just never know how that kind of thing is going to affect you! I hope they caught the lunatics too!
Road rage is such a scary thing! I'm glad you're all ok and that you called the police. Wouldn't it be nice to be deputized for the day and give tickets to all these knuckle-head drivers we come across!? Only in my world, right? :o)
I forgot to mention how VERY calm Leon was the whole time! Also, very interesting about the bumper stickers Auntie. They did not have a single sticker on their car, but I have noticed other drivers with rage are usually sporting the stickers...hmmmm.
What a horrible adventure! I'm so sorry you had to live through that one. Were the boys aware of it all?
I am pretty upset about calling 911 and being put on HOLD!!! I can't believe it. I am glad you guys were okay.
jen, i can't believe you didn't wave back! so rude...
ugh, that is a way scary story. you should have thrown one of sams dirty diapers at them...
Jen that is sooo scary! We had a very similar experience on the 99 freeway with our precious cargo in the car. We also had a bottle thrown at us and I called 911 and was ALSO put on hold! Scary... I can surely sympathize with you. Glad you're safe. By the way, Sam is absolutely ADORABLE!
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