on the German Autobahn...................
perhaps something like this might have happened to you too.
Yesterday evening I was driving back from my wife's parents on the A81.
It was dark and wet, and there was a moderate amount of traffic. I had my two kids in the back of the car, and was looking foreward to getting home.
I was travelling at a speed of 130 - 140 km/h and was approaching a lorry in the right hand lane which was driving much slower. I checked my mirrors and saw a car behind me in the distance travelling at pretty much the same speed.
I indicated to overtake and started pulling out (I was perhaps 100m away from the lorry) when the car behind me suddenly started to accelerate towards us.
Usually when I see a fast car approaching from behind I let them go past and pull back into the right hand lane again, but in this case I was too near to the lorry to do this safely.
We were perhaps 50 m from the lorry going at about 145 km/h when the car behind us started overtaking from the right hand side! I immediatly braked in order to prevent an accident, as the car swerved across infront of us onto the right hand lane and the maniac instantly braked, causing another car behind us to come dangerously close.
I stayed behind the rowdy driver and thought only one thing, "Just let this idiot get out of our way so we can get home in one piece."
He kept on accelerating and braking in front of us until he got tired of this after a couple of km. Eventually we overtook this person and he kept on following us closely before he exited the motorway.
I still shake when I think of some weirdo balding psychopath in a silver mercedes C-Klasse and Tübinger numberplate almost causing a nasty accident with a family with small children.
Normally I ignore "Verkehrsrowdies", and let them have their way, but this time I am going to report this person to the police.
Would you do the same thing?
Have any of you had similar experiences?
Under what offence do you think I could report? I am not too familiar with German legalities. I have heard somewhere about "Nötigung in Straßenverkehr" and "rechts Überholverbot".
I will keep you posted about the chain of events.