Topic: Passing in Vermont

[74cb750]

In the state of Vermont you can pass people on double yellow lines, IF you maintain the speed limit and do so safely.
Yesterday some moron decided I wasn't going fast enough and passed me on a corner, while 3 cars were in the oncoming lane.
He forced me to the side of the road. Then when I stayed on his tail (3-5 car lengths back) to get his license plate number,
he continually drove against the side of the road to kick up sand, dust to blind me for 3 miles.

Then he does it again: passes a car with oncoming traffic, forcing the oncoming cars to slow down, drive to the side of the road.

I confronted him in town, and he was a real jerk. I would be interested to see if the police actually did talk to him as he stopped about 100 feet from the police station.

Wonder if him driving a Volvo has anything to do with it. I know several mechanics whom will not work on these cars because they have found the owners are usually jerks.

[b52bombardier1]

Well . . . you know what Volvo stands for don't you?  It's an acronym:

Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object

Maybe its owner was also a little odd.

Rick

[ekpent]

 Sounds like a pretty stupid law and accidents waiting to happen.

[Duke McDukiedook]

The only way that law would apply is if the car you were passing was going considerably below the speed limit. There is no way that jerk was doing the speed limit when he passed you since you were probably pretty close to the speed limit when you were driving.
Volvo drivers are usually *ahem* interesting people.

[DickL]

Confronting him is asking for trouble.

[74cb750]

Yeah, but it felt good to get in his face and call him what he was: A@#hole!

[rb550four]

  I agree , that you put yourself in danger confronting this Ahole. Two friends of mine did what you did many years ago, one was shot in the neck and killed before he even got out of the car ,the other one took one in the leg and another in his back...This is the time to use a cell phone and call cops.

[Duanob]

That's why i have a dash cam, good enough to get license plates from a decent distance. I just save a vid and send it to the local po-po. I would guess this isn't the first time this A-hole has driven like this. But yeah, anymore people are just too quick to pull out a gun when they get butt hurt and called bad names. Confrontation isn't worth it.