I guess my eyes are slipping. I viewed the video in full screen and I still can't tell it is a double pipe on the left side.

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Or maybe he's home watching this You tube video on Xoutpost.com realizing what an ASS he is!

I'm watching it again

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Driver education courses teach the "three second rule". We can cut that to two seconds for perfect driving conditions, and many of us do so on many occasions, but one second is pushing it. Tyical reaction times are close to 0.75 seconds. When the BMW driver walks back to the car, it looks like less than 8 paces between them. That isn't 60 feet, and the distance looks about like what the Mazda was using for a following distance. I agree that the BMW driver over-reacted, but the Mazda driver was a fool as well, and had the benefit of video-editing and captions to frame the incident.

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I can agree that to be perfectly safe more space should be given, but I would bet the vast majority of us who drove today followed the car in front of us closer than that. I know I did at some point.

Are we watching the same video though? The Mazda guy stops WAY closer to the BMW than he ever trailed him while moving. The distance was actually pretty reasonable when the BMW driver decides to stop, imo.

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LOL! The BMW driver was a douche-bag and a wimp...

I had someone pull over and stop in front on me on the San Francisco Bay bridge one time. He got out of his truck, claimed that I had cut him on the on ramp (which I knew nothing about). Anyway, he started pounding and kicking my driver's side window, demanding that I open my door and eventually ripped my rear view mirror off and went back to his truck.

The point of my story you might ask??? The point is that the next time some MF stops in front of me and threatens me, I will f...ing run him down. I'm not saying that this particular guy deserved this but you might want to think about you would do in that situation if it happened to you...

I had a redneck do that when he was drunk because I cut him off on accident. I floored it and just got away. You never know what is about to happen when someone stops like that... Totally uncool

Which is why a lot of drivers carry a "self defense module" in the car. More often found in the glove compartment than you would think, especially with our smaller female customers. They come in for the lighter socket not working and after I pick the penny out of it I have to go in the glovebox to replace the fuse.

Hopefully you never need to use it, but a mere mention that you have it with you and you likely would still have had your side view mirror.

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Which is exacly why you don't mess with raging drivers.

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Sorry guys, I have to agree with JCL. He is tailgating the BMW. The video is mounted on windshield and makes it appear more distance than actually is. You are seeing the Mazda side of the story. Look the road mile markers and you will see how close he is. And watch it in 720p full screen. YouTube - Mazdaspeed3 (Shitbox) and BMW 335i on Calaveras road

Bottom line: don't mess up with people on road. the person could be a psycho, serial killer, etc.