Today while riding with my wife to drop off our daughter at a friend’s house, we were ambushed by a real live ‘Road Hog’. Not just some befuddled motorist accidentally pulling out in front of you; nope not this time. This time we were truly and unexpectedly the victim of unmitigated Road Hog aggression.
What was really confusing and totally unexpected was that this wasn’t some redneck driving a multi colored (all primer) pickup six stories off the ground or some low rider ‘gangsta’ rap wanna be with a blaring sub woofer and a coffee can muffler. Nope, not even a gang of marauding bikers; we were ambushed by a Road Hog in a Honda Insight. You know, one of those little hybrid two door Hondas produced for a few years around 2002. Yes sir-re, ambushed by a Road Hog masquerading as a Greenie.
The story; we had just exited the southbound lane of I82 and made a left onto SR397, the new truck bypass south of Kennewick, WA. Just as we crossed under the interstate, a Honda Insight turned onto SR397 just ahead of us. By the time my wife reached the Honda, she was approaching the speed limit and flicked on her blinker to pass the slowly accelerating Honda. All of a sudden the Honda swung wildly into the left lane causing my wife to do pretty good break check of her Audi wagon. She pulled back in behind him, checked for a clear shot and tried the pass again. Sure enough the Honda swerved to the left to purposely block the pass. So we ended up following this 'Greenie from Hell' for a few miles until she had another clear shot. On her third attempted pass, the Honda reluctantly conceded and let her by. As we cruised by and pulled back into the right lane, the fellow in the Insight was beeping his horn and making bizarre gestures as if we (my wife, daughter and I) had intentionally ran him off of the road.
As we drove on and discussed the incident, we think the guy was upset that we were burning excessive fuel or something. Why else would someone in a car one step up from a Smart take on a station wagon, twice the size and three times the weigh?
I just can’t imagine what kind of bad day this particular Road Hog had to pull a stunt like this. Can You?
What was really confusing and totally unexpected was that this wasn’t some redneck driving a multi colored (all primer) pickup six stories off the ground or some low rider ‘gangsta’ rap wanna be with a blaring sub woofer and a coffee can muffler. Nope, not even a gang of marauding bikers; we were ambushed by a Road Hog in a Honda Insight. You know, one of those little hybrid two door Hondas produced for a few years around 2002. Yes sir-re, ambushed by a Road Hog masquerading as a Greenie.
The story; we had just exited the southbound lane of I82 and made a left onto SR397, the new truck bypass south of Kennewick, WA. Just as we crossed under the interstate, a Honda Insight turned onto SR397 just ahead of us. By the time my wife reached the Honda, she was approaching the speed limit and flicked on her blinker to pass the slowly accelerating Honda. All of a sudden the Honda swung wildly into the left lane causing my wife to do pretty good break check of her Audi wagon. She pulled back in behind him, checked for a clear shot and tried the pass again. Sure enough the Honda swerved to the left to purposely block the pass. So we ended up following this 'Greenie from Hell' for a few miles until she had another clear shot. On her third attempted pass, the Honda reluctantly conceded and let her by. As we cruised by and pulled back into the right lane, the fellow in the Insight was beeping his horn and making bizarre gestures as if we (my wife, daughter and I) had intentionally ran him off of the road.
As we drove on and discussed the incident, we think the guy was upset that we were burning excessive fuel or something. Why else would someone in a car one step up from a Smart take on a station wagon, twice the size and three times the weigh?
I just can’t imagine what kind of bad day this particular Road Hog had to pull a stunt like this. Can You?
