Road rage guy around here

Thanks for the heads up Louis. It might be an opportunity to wear one of those mini video-cams and get his actions on tape. I saw one where the cyclist was wearing a front and rear mounted camera and the evidence of the driver and passenger's actions was good enough for the police to make an arrest.

Doug

I've thought about that actually. I thought a bunch of other stuff too! LOL

Before you change your route, I would see if you can replace all his valve stems with Presta valve stems. 

This is procedure for that:

1 - Cut off valve stems.

2 - Insert used presta valve into hole

3 - didn't work?  Huh.  My bad.

4 - change route home

Love it!

I was down on the OBX for the Memorial Day weekend and rode from Nags Head to the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center and back (not a long ride, just 25 miles or so).   The NCDOT have done a nice job of widening and re-paving the road down through the Cape Hatteras National Seashore - it's now nice and wide.

Never-the-less I was deliberately "buzzed" three times in just 25 miles.  In each case it was a truck with VA plates full of young guys.   I have someone come close now an again and it pisses me off, but this is the first time I have felt deliberately targeted.   Scary stuff - something needs to be done about these morons!

Yeah, the thing that gets me on this one is that it is repeated and this guy has had charges filed against him! He is a business owner...you would think he would worry at least that it would affect his business? Plus he is an older guy (around 60 or so), so not just a punky kid. He has some issues! 

Jon, did that guy have a green tundra? Licence XPY8827 (yeah, I wrote it down and sadly now know it). He generally is only on these roads around here when he commutes during the week- I have never seen him on the weekend but yeah, it sucks because this is exactly the route I suggested to you and Janelle (I had not seen our "friend" in months so I thought it was OK). It is a nice route with some solid hills. The road that he seems to always find me on is WIDE and almost traffic-free so it is not like I am even remotely in his way. It is through a planned neighborhood that had some financing issues so the infrustructure is in, but the people are not, so it is great for riding...except that el guappo is lurking.

As for the rest of it, if someone runs you down from behind, there is not much you can do! Pretty scary. Anyway, we'll continue to get buzzed...just hope it sticks to that. Train hard and safe everyone.

I have a friend that is a Cary policeman and an off and on BTer. I am going to contact him to get his ideas.

Doug

Amazing what you can do with google. I did a search on the road rage guy and he has two arrests over the past 3 years. Actually, the really freaky thing is that he was actually charged on June 15th (ie., last week!), according to the Herald Sun website. He last buzzed me on May 31. Anyway, here are the two reports I found (I changed his name to ROAD RAGE GUY...not sure why but it seemed appropriate for some reason):

October 1 (2008) ROAD RAGE GUY, 60, of _____ Apex was arrested by Deputy Raymond Morgan for two counts of Simple Assault after a vehicle crash. Mr. ROAD RAGE GUY was released on a $1,000.00 unsecure bond and is scheduled to appear in Pittsboro District Court on October 16 (2008).

ROAD RAGE GUY, 63, of _______, Apex, was arrested on June 15 by Chatham County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Rodney West on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. ROAD RAGE GUY was released under a written promise to be in court and is scheduled to appear in Durham County District Court in Durham on June 30, 2011.

Just wanted to throw my 2 cents in on this. Doug left me a Voicemail about this. And I am a Police Officer in a jurisdiction near where this is taking place, (I cannot confirm or deny if its Cary). After reading through the posts. The best advise I could give is with the information you have.. Plate- vehicle and operator description take it to either the Wake County Magistrate's Office (if your in WC when he drives in this manner) or Chatham County if it occurs there and you can take out the charges against him.

-While you have the same rights to the roadway as a vehicle you obviously know a car wins every time. And based on what you've described I'm not so sure if god for bid he hits someone he would stop.

- If there's a certain part of the route that this is a common occurance contact the agency that has jurisdiction to see if they would sit out there and observe his actions.

The law enforcement problem is that under normal circumstances an officer can't take action unless he sees the violation. Similar to road rage incidents of Vehicle vs. Vehicle.

Keep in mind even though the charges you listed are very serious, the justice system is "just a system" and he may get a slap on the wrist but if he continues eventually the courts may take more serious action.

I hope some if this may help. 

If he still doesn't get it and while your out he does it again it wouldn't take much to convince a judge and jury of an intimidating witness charge.  With regard to the posts about carrying a firearm, it is your Constitutional right but wouldn't suggest it. They're not very aero. 

If you don't know what his upcoming court date is you can google "NC court calendars" and type in his name as a defendant.

§ 14-226.  Intimidating or interfering with witnesses.

(a)        If any person shall by threats, menaces or in any other manner intimidate or attempt to intimidate any person who is summoned or acting as a witness in any of the courts of this State, or prevent or deter, or attempt to prevent or deter any person summoned or acting as such witness from attendance upon such court, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony.

(b)        A defendant in a criminal proceeding who threatens a witness in the defendant's case with the assertion or denial of parental rights shall be in violation of this section.

Unfortunately, I too get buzzed a little too often, never by the guy mentioned, but plenty in the backroads of Cary/Apex/Jordan lake area.  I really feel that there are those that adopted or already subscribe to the 'run them off the rode mentality' that Bob and the Showgrams advocated for in 2003.

Perhaps the best thing to do is ask for help, and see if the Police can post a car to look for this.  I know if they sit on Tingen often enough on Friday before dark, and Saturday midday they'll get to ticket a group of motorcyclists doing 100+