on the leftmost lane (back to Ottawa), a car at my back wanted me to drive faster and kept on pushing highlight. I ignored that driver, suddenly, I noticed he pulled to the right and accelerate, my basic instinct told me, ..., all of a sudden that guy overtook me and brake, the moment he passed my car, I slowed down my car immediately hence NO accident,
Just curious I don't get this part...
He was on the another lane accelerating. How could he affect your driving? Did he switch back to your lane after passing your car, then apply braking immediately?
A man faces charges after what police describe as an incident of road rage that killed one man and closed a section of Canada's busiest highway on Tuesday morning.
A 55-year-old driver was thrown from his black SUV when it struck the centre median of Highway 401, according to police. He had swerved to avoid a red car in front that had unexpectedly thrown on the brakes.
Police said the two vehicles had been passing each other aggressively before the red car, believed to be a Pontiac Grand Am or Grand Prix, made a final pass and slammed on its brakes.
"Given the pattern of behaviour [reported by witnesses], this was not inadvertent," said Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Cam Woolley.
The SUV "barrel rolled" upon contact with the median, sending the driver flying from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Woolley said. The driver of the Pontiac did not stop, according to witnesses.
Before the accident, the two vehicles were seen speeding on the James Snow Parkway in the Milton area before joining the Toronto-bound lanes of Highway 401, police said.
That guy was behind my car while I was driving close to 130, he pushed high-beam light wanting me to give way that he can drive 140 +, since I ignored him, he pulled to the right and acclerate (you can feel his anger by the way he accelerated his car hence I was alerted).
On highway, there are crazy drivers who drive over 130 (this guarantees a speeding ticket if stopped by police), and tail-gating your car. If you drive say 120, those people usually will flash high beam asking you to move to right lane and let them go (i.e. although you are already 20 km over speed limit, they are not satisfied), if you ignore them, and if you are on the leftmost (fastest lane) lane, those crazy drivers have to move their cars one lane to the right, overtaking you and pass (that is OK), but some, will crazy thing, either to scare you, or they want an accident, the moment their car is in front of yours, they step on the brake, and if your car rear ended their car, sorry, your fault, you have to find witness, but on highway when everybody is driving over 100, who will stop (dangerous) and be your witness, when police comes, you will be ticketed - follow too closely (dangerous, three demerit points), and probably others.
I have another similar incident back in 1993 when I was driving on DVP to downtown Toronto, similar scenario, and I was able to avoid an accident. Hence my advice is, if you are not an aggressive driver, try not to drive on the fastest lane, rightmost is relatively more safe and those drivers are usually defensive drivers.
By the way, even in city, there are many drivers who don't have patience, they like to hit car horn just because driver in front is a little bit slow to start... worse is that there are kids inside the car and the driver swearing, flip the bird to the other driver. That bad attitude just pass on to their kids.
路上的恶鬼甚多,还是不要拿自己的命和家人的命来斗气。
第一,如果在最左边道,见别人追你甚急能早让就赶快让,不要等到别人顶你才让(或者干脆不让);
第二,如果不是长途开快车,超车后主动让道给别人;
第三,别人开快车给你开路(因为警察很可能先抓你给让开的车)。
别玩命、别斗气。
提醒你一下,占据左lane驾驶,而且不让道,是违章行为,安全驾驶不该是这样的。
路上的恶鬼甚多,还是不要拿自己的命和家人的命来斗气。
第一,如果在最左边道,见别人追你甚急能早让就赶快让,不要等到别人顶你才让(或者干脆不让);
第二,如果不是长途开快车,超车后主动让道给别人;
第三,别人开快车给你开路(因为警察很可能先抓你给让开的车)。
别玩命、别斗气。
Police arrest man, blame road rage for deadly highway accident
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2008/07/08/401-accident.html
When speed limit is 100 km per hour, then any speed above that is fast, below is slow.
In Quebec, if you drive 20 km below speed limit, that is dangerous driving!
130 km per hour is fast, I read one person said he received a speedy ticket when he was driving 125 km per hour.
If you drive in Europe, they drive on fast lane when they overtake the car in front, and will move to slow lane after.
你如果认为speed limit是100km,你只要不超速就可以霸着左边高速lane不让道,你最好别去美国开车。据说在美国高速路上, 有人掏枪打死前面开慢车的人。这是真事。