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Originally Posted by pylon
All three of you endangered everyone else around you, everyone on the roads, and yourselves more, than the original incident.
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Background info: I had said I don't let people in vehicles with knobby tires that don't have mudflaps in front of me this time of year because I don't want them to spray rocks on my car.
I'm not putting anybody in danger. It may sound like backtracking, but it's not like I'd psychotically cut a guy off into a guard rail to prevent him from getting in front of me in a merge. If it could go either way, I'll use my 340 horses to get in front of him versus letting off the gas to let him in front of me. If he wants to change lanes in front of me I'll close the gap so he can't (when safe to do so). I'm not about to go all crazy to prevent somebody from getting in front of me when they don't have mudflaps, but I tip the scales of rock-chip probability in my favour by being mindful of who is kicking up rocks and who isn't. Why would I be nice by letting some a-hole in when I don't have to if he isn't considerate enough to prevent rocks from flying all over the cars behind him.
Honestly, next time you get a rock chip check out who it is from...nine times out of 10 it's from a d-bag with a big truck and no mudflaps. They're a scourge.