Sort of off topic - need opinions, Press charges? Options

[Scott S]

Last Sunday I took the car to a family barbeque. Around 11pm I was heading home and decided to take a main thoroughfair (sp) vs getting on the high way for the 30 minute drive home. I have done this before, as there is no traffic and it is actually more of a straight shot home. Unfortunately it goes through the city of Westminster, CO - a fairly tacky place. The Martini car rarely gets messed with on the road - usually I get chased down purely to answer questions. I am also old enough that it is pretty obvious I am not some fast and furious wannabe street racer - that, and I am a very mellow driver. Sunday was different. I had a Z06 come up on my left, a Saleen on my right and some rice boy so close to my tail I could not see his headlights. It was obvious that they were very young and in daddy's cars. Usually you ignor them and they speed away as if they have proven something - this didn't happen. The vette started to squeeze me - I could have reached over and touched it. I didn't flinch. Mustang did the same thing. That was when I realised I could no longer see the headlights of the rice boy behind me - so I hit my brakes. He backed way off, and the other guys started talking crap - this has now been going on for a couple of miles. I notice that the kid in the passenger seat looks nervous/out of his element - like a good kid who somehow ended up getting a ride from quite the asshole. As fate would have it we ended up at a stop light. Based on the nervousness of the passenger I decided to push it. Once the driver shut up about how I had didn't have the balls to race him I asked him if he thought it was smart to be playing games in his step dads car with someone who had both the physical and monetary means to make his and his families life a living hell. I undid my harness and opened the door as the light turned green. There was a hesitation then they took off.
I am big, and I can take care of myself without issue - however, I would be lying if said I wasn't rattled. My first thinking was to call the cops ( I have the plate numbers), the second was to hop in my truck and immediately go back to the neighborhood where they turned off and see if I could find the cars, knock an the door and see if I could wake their parents up. They were no older than 16-18 - high school kids. What would you have done?

Life was so much easier before I got old enough to be sued and they started carrying guns. I miss the old days where you could simply beat the shit out of someone and that would be the end of it.

There is a big difference between mischevious fun and what these douch bags were doing - it almost felt like they were setting up for a car jacking.

[Jenny]

I get quite a bit of that myself. Been harrassed on more than one occasion by landscapers (three to a pickup). The guy was swerving everywhere, and almost ran me off the road (in my full size chevy). He was talking lewd shit to me. "What'd you say bitch? I'll shove my BEEP in your BEEPING BEEP."I wanted to do really really terrible things to he and his family. I called the cops on their sorry asses. Said they were driving under the influence. Got their trailer plate number, as well as their POS truck plate.

More recently, a :dhead: in his brand new Z decided to cut me off at a freeway interchange, then proceeded to slam on his brakes and cause me to lock mine up. Luckily I was in the 914, the truck would have plowed over his sorry ass. As it was, I was only about an inch from his bumper when my car stopped. Of course, since it was brand spanking new, I wasn't able to get a plate number. That shit pisses me off. I wasn't doing a thing wrong, and here was this guy that cut me off, practically made me rear end him, and then continued to follow and antagonize me (swearing at me, flipping me the bird) for about 10 miles. I used to think Bimmer drivers were the pricks on the road (generally speaking) but both my boyfriend and I have gotten into road spats with several (new) Nissan Z's. Fuck'em. Right in the ear. They're lucky we can't carry in CA. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

Sigh... I feel better now. Thanks.

Jen