A Wisconsin truck driver captured a road rage incident.  The driver of an SUV drove right up on the bumper of the car ahead of him, when the lead car brake checked and the SUV driver lost control of his vehicle.  The only real driving lesson my father gave me after the age of seven (I was too small to stack hay but not too young to drive) was just this, “It’s better to be late at the Golden Gate than to get to hell on time.”  Some drivers have never learned that one simple fact and will risk life and limb to save 13 seconds of driving time.

 A Wisconsin truck driver captured a serious case of road rage on his dashcam recently. In the video, an SUV comes barrelling down on a driver in the left hand lane of highway 41 in Little Chute, Wisconsin. After a few seconds of aggressive tailgating, the driver gets the shock of his life when the victim checks his brakes. The SUV loses control and goes off road before coming to rest in a ditch.

Needless to say, this video has gotten the internet’s shorts in a bunch, as people take to social media to express their opinions of their fellow drivers, saying things like:

“No way I’m waiting to get bashed from behind if I need to maneuver quickly. That wasn’t even a strong brake check! The jackass wasn’t paying attention and overreacted. I doubt the fool learned anything though.”- Bigerat57

“Where would you like the guy to go? Into the other lane where someone is merging onto the freeway? I’m just thinking that would be a stupid move don’t you? Simple said tailgating assholes are simply that, assholes who think they own the road.”- Dertred 9178

“So you think attempted murder is acceptable. If that car would’ve rolled and maybe they were kids in it and someone died. You think it is all OK. You can always decelerate and just take your foot off the gas. Leaving the scene of an accident makes them wrong again.”- Dahlsrider

“Tailgaters constantly demonstrate a supreme lack of both awareness of physical reality and driving skills. A little distance gives room to accelerate for the pass. Why is this lost on so many? Also, a ‘generous’ following distance leaves room for the skilled drivers (a minority) to ‘work their way through’ a series of unskilled, fearful ‘drivers’.”- Hootbah