This is not a story of a street race, but definitly a street encounter...

5pm just exiting the freeway onto a super busy street, pedestrians all around walking to the light rail station, as I sit at a red light a bmw hatch drivers yells to me, "Wanna run?"
I say back, "Are you kidding?"
He says, "Whats the matter? You afraid your rice burner will get toasted?"
I say, "Kinda busy intersection, it really would NOT be a good idea."
He says, "Ahh grow a set of balls!!" as he peels out at the drop of the green light narrowly missing the kid with the ipod finishing crossing the street. Mr 318 then has to switch lanes before the end of the intersection to avoid the guy turning right on the red in front of him.
All while I have yet to leave my spot at the intersection because I'm pretty much in hysterics from this odd encounter.

As my luck might have it I get to be next to him at the next light. Still giggling from the previous intersection, I slowly roll up to him. He yells over again "Too bad you've got no balls, but you saw what would have happened?"
I say "Yeah, we would have killed that guy in that car that pulled in front of you and possibly taken out that crowd of people at the cross walk."
Mr 318 says "Whatever, I ment I would have totally smoked you, just like I'm gonna do now!!"
Light turns green, he takes off again into a cloud of BMW hatch smoked rubber...

I sit there laughing while I wait in my left hand turn lane for my green arrow.

 

Well atleast you were the bigger person. Street racing FTL

 

Well i gotta say it takes balls not to run someone when they are mouthing off at you. Especially someone in a 318 BMW.

 

Excellent job for keeping it together I hate c*ckstains!

 

way to be the bigger man. what a tool.

 

Thanks guys. Its not like I was trying to be a better person, I just couldn't help but wonder what Mr. 318 Guys day is like.

 

what a a**hole i woulda just gave him the finger and rolled up my window. Good Job not being Tempted

 

He's been smoked by lesser before and he's simply trying to redeem himself by taking it out on you.

karma will come back to bite him in the ass.

 

Props for being an adult.

That situation would NOT have ended well no matter the result had you actually run him. If you pull on him, for sure he would have rode your ass and caused problems or cut someone else off to get back next to you. We always take for granted that other drivers are actually sober and thinking clearly when driving... not always the case.

 

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