So far, I had desisted posting any experience on this thread lest it be perceived as a "biased" post from a Safari owner. But, after this morning's incident, I thought I should pen a few paragraphs (pardon the long post).
Location: Delhi-Gurgaon expressway
Date & time: 30th January 2008, 7.20 am
Incident: Proceeding towards delhi, after the Km24 Toll Plaza, just after the Rajokri flyover, there is this white Scorpio (DL4C NB ----) which is hogging half of the centre & half of the extreme left lane - the minute one tried to go past, he unobtrusively moves to the left to block me.
Don't know what his problem is, but after a couple of attempts, I go past & indicate (very politely) with my hand that he should try & stick to one lane & not block both.
Lol - the minute I go ahead, his ego reared up & the next thing I know, he zooms past dangerously from the left & sharply cuts in right, ahead of a few vehicles in front. So I keep my course (left lane) & my speed. I normally hold a steady 120 on this stretch at that hour of the day but seeing that this dude was going to indulge in some dirty & dangerous driving, I kept a close lookout & a slightly lower speed.
Despite this, I passed him because he was losing time in dangerously lurching from lane to lane. Now, guess what? The minute he sees me ahead, he just takes off again zipping from right to extreme left, almost rear-ended a Honda CRV who didn't see him sneaking in, braked hard, zipped back to the right & then went half a km ahead.
All this time, yours truly was holding a steady & straight course. Now, we were approaching the newly inaugurated RTR Marg flyover so he slows down in the left lane & lets me go past again. I knew what he was aiming to do - get my goat - but I was determined not to lose my cool especially since my daughter was in the car.
Now this flyover curves right & then at a point curves left towards Dhaula Kuan with the straight going to Outer Ring Road and at this intersection point, the road narrows to a three lane. I could see our man speeding up again as we approached the narrow section - I was in the middle lane - then he screamed by in the right hand lane; once again, I held my speed & let him through (I was holding around 80-90 on the curve so he must have taken it in excess of 110). At the red light at the end of the expressway, where we turn right to Dhaula Kuan, we were standing side by side (I was on his left). When it turned green, he cut right, cut left, almost hit a couple of cars & a two-wheeler then zoomed off after dangerously overtaking a truck from the extreme left with half his wheels off the road.
That was the last I saw of him because he jumped the next couple of red lights & had vanised by the time I reached the DK clover leaf to go towards Chanakyapuri.
Now, this was no call center cab, nor was it a driver. There was a lady sitting in the front passenger seat who looked like she was in her mid to late thirties so I suppose the guy driving (who was quite wrapped up so I couldn't see his features very clearly) must have been her hubby or whatever but obviously a person who has had the benefit of a college education. And he was driving like a
B.L.O.O.D.Y. MANIAC!! I mean, can you imagine jinxing from one side to the other on an expressway with your speed in excess of 100-120 kmph & that too on a Scorpio? Every second that he was doing that, I was bracing myself to see it go out of control & broadside a vehicle or topple over. Luck was riding with the moron so he survived (as did all who were on his path).
So I reached my Office in the morning & was introspecting for a good half an hour - what's with these nuts? Anyone?
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What do they try to prove? Is it inert repression, is it a monster ego or what?