This morning, I had the first chance to drive solo in the carpool lanes since I put on the stickers (I-5 north through San Juan Capistrano). The freeway was stop and go, and the diamond lanes were moving between 30 and 40 MPH.
I was driving along fine with the flow of traffic when out of nowhere a Yukon starts tailgating me. I wasn't holding up traffic - it was already moving rather slow. I figured the guy was looking at my HOV stickers, but it continued for miles. When the double-yellow line broke, the Yukon swerved out into the regular lanes and passed me (cutting off several people in the process) and cut right back in front of me after the double-yellow had started again. He missed the front of my car only because I slammed on my brakes to avoid a collision.
I don't know if he was pissed because he only gets 12 MPG or if it's the price of gas ($3.29 near the hotel we were staying at this weekend). Maybe it was because I was legally driving solo in the HOV lanes. It could be that he is simply a farging icehole.
Regardless, I'm not sure I want to repeat this type of scenario. I need to re-evaluate driving in the carpool lanes. I hope no one else has had this type of experience.
DGStan
I was driving along fine with the flow of traffic when out of nowhere a Yukon starts tailgating me. I wasn't holding up traffic - it was already moving rather slow. I figured the guy was looking at my HOV stickers, but it continued for miles. When the double-yellow line broke, the Yukon swerved out into the regular lanes and passed me (cutting off several people in the process) and cut right back in front of me after the double-yellow had started again. He missed the front of my car only because I slammed on my brakes to avoid a collision.
I don't know if he was pissed because he only gets 12 MPG or if it's the price of gas ($3.29 near the hotel we were staying at this weekend). Maybe it was because I was legally driving solo in the HOV lanes. It could be that he is simply a farging icehole.
Regardless, I'm not sure I want to repeat this type of scenario. I need to re-evaluate driving in the carpool lanes. I hope no one else has had this type of experience.
DGStan