My wife and I were driving into Taylor coming from Round Rock on 79 after having Mothers Day dinner. As we exited 130 toll a large 4x4 Ram truck came up on me fast and started shaking his fist. There was a car in front of me and the exit ramp is one lane so I had no way to let him by. Mind you we were traveling at a normal speed for a ramp. Maybe 45 miles an hour. He stayed right on me until we entered Hwy 79 East in Hutto. Of course he passed me and I figured that was it. No big deal at that point. He continued to drive recklessly weaving in and out of cars and driving 1 car length behind vehicles all the way to Taylor. A couple of miles before we reached Taylor , he got behind slow traffic in the right lane. I began to pass him on the left lane.
Suddenly he changed lanes and ran me off the road so that one tire was in the grass. Even after my laying on the horn, he kept coming. We get into Taylor and he is driving very slowly in the left lane. I moved over into the right lane to pass. Suddenly he speeds up and rams me in the driver's side door and pushes me off the road. I proceed to run over a light pole and t bone my car into a huge palm tree. The guy never slowed down. The air bags deployed and we have minor injuries. I think the light pole probably slowed me down enough before hitting the tree and saved our lives. A car traveling just behind us stopped to render aid. He saw the whole thing and has agreed to provide written testimony. The police walked the area looking for possible cameras in the area from businesses but so far no luck. I'm sorry for the rant but I'm pretty shook up and pissed off. I had to vent and what better place. Oh, and my car it totaled.
UPDATE:
The Taylor PD located the driver and called him. The guy actually admitted he was there and fled the scene but here's a new twist. He said he left the scene because he said I had a gun.
Suddenly he changed lanes and ran me off the road so that one tire was in the grass. Even after my laying on the horn, he kept coming. We get into Taylor and he is driving very slowly in the left lane. I moved over into the right lane to pass. Suddenly he speeds up and rams me in the driver's side door and pushes me off the road. I proceed to run over a light pole and t bone my car into a huge palm tree. The guy never slowed down. The air bags deployed and we have minor injuries. I think the light pole probably slowed me down enough before hitting the tree and saved our lives. A car traveling just behind us stopped to render aid. He saw the whole thing and has agreed to provide written testimony. The police walked the area looking for possible cameras in the area from businesses but so far no luck. I'm sorry for the rant but I'm pretty shook up and pissed off. I had to vent and what better place. Oh, and my car it totaled.
UPDATE:
The Taylor PD located the driver and called him. The guy actually admitted he was there and fled the scene but here's a new twist. He said he left the scene because he said I had a gun.
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