So long story short someone threw change or something metallic at my car on the highway. :anger: (401 as I live in Ontario). Their are some minor damages to the paint in the rear quarter panel area. I've contacted the police and they are investigating as I got a good description of the car and driver and I got the license plate and a picture.
How do you guys and gals think I should proceed? My paint job wasn't perfect to begin with but it's the principle of the thing more than anything.
He was being a road rage driven dick and I slowed down to let him pass and I think he thought I was slowing down to **** him off. There was lots of traffic and he couldn't even really pass me as the car in front of me (and then him) wasn't going very fast either. I had to slow down to get behind the car in the middle lane. He was shouting obscenities and gesturing for me to pull over and fight him and then he pulled up beside me (him in the slow lane now after trying to pass on that side and failing) and threw a bunch of 'stuff' (change and metal ****) at my car. He then took an exit two or three miles later.
I estimated it as at least 1000 dollars worth of damage as the scratches are on 2 panels and that'd be the cost to repaint them (bare minimum). Although again I don't even mind that much it's more the principle and that it pisses me off that he did it.
I looked up the law and apparently it's illegal to not only have road rage, but also to throw ANYTHING on a 400 series highway in Canada.
Should I press charges? Or do you think I'm over-reacting. If I had been a less experienced driver someone like him riding my *** and swerving into my lane and throwing things at me may have caused a severe accident.
Thoughts? Comments? Questions?
How do you guys and gals think I should proceed? My paint job wasn't perfect to begin with but it's the principle of the thing more than anything.
He was being a road rage driven dick and I slowed down to let him pass and I think he thought I was slowing down to **** him off. There was lots of traffic and he couldn't even really pass me as the car in front of me (and then him) wasn't going very fast either. I had to slow down to get behind the car in the middle lane. He was shouting obscenities and gesturing for me to pull over and fight him and then he pulled up beside me (him in the slow lane now after trying to pass on that side and failing) and threw a bunch of 'stuff' (change and metal ****) at my car. He then took an exit two or three miles later.
I estimated it as at least 1000 dollars worth of damage as the scratches are on 2 panels and that'd be the cost to repaint them (bare minimum). Although again I don't even mind that much it's more the principle and that it pisses me off that he did it.
I looked up the law and apparently it's illegal to not only have road rage, but also to throw ANYTHING on a 400 series highway in Canada.
Should I press charges? Or do you think I'm over-reacting. If I had been a less experienced driver someone like him riding my *** and swerving into my lane and throwing things at me may have caused a severe accident.
Thoughts? Comments? Questions?
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