Illinois Road Rage

9 09 2009

As we head south on I-355 toward the suburbs of Chicago the scenery becomes more desolate compared to the sky scrappers that pierce the skyline of downtown Chicago where we had just come from. The distinct aroma of city life filled the empty space within the car; pollution from thousands of cars that clog the city streets with slight catches of delicious smells of food most likely from a Polish bakery, Chicago pizza joint or a variety of other ethnic cuisines. Cicero, Harlem, La grange; further south as we drive to a distant rural town where a small Polish restaurant better known as Warsaw Inn resides.

Slight traffic still filled the interstate and attempting to stay at a constant speed required Tiberiu to switch lanes; waiting for cars in the fast lane to pass was an act of kindness until the moment when he began to merge a young guy proceeded to cut into the lane.  Weaving in and out of traffic, he cut us off and then began to tailgate the lady in front of him to top it off.  Not stopping there he continued to do this to a number of others in the stretch of cars and trucks up ahead.

We eventually caught up with him and cut him off as retaliation.  Hitting the brakes multiple times while in front of him, he continued to ride close behind. When given the opportunity he pulled up beside us, rolled down his window and began to say a few words.  But as he got close to our car Tibi collected a large amount of spit from deep in the back of his throat, turned and then spit straight into his window…actually hitting him inside his car!

Ha ha ha…gotcha!

What is the chances of that!?!

What a sight to see!  As he wiped the spit off his face you could tell he became even more enraged as he threw something out of his window and succeeded in hitting the side of our car. Worth it though to see him get spit on at 80mph driving down the interstate.  But in return I proceeded to throw a bottle of water at his silver Chevy cavalier and Tibi again spit in his general direction. Good thing he exited soon after or else things could have gotten a little more heated!