A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy street. Suddenly, just in front of him, the light turned yellow. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.
The tailgating woman was furious and repeatedly honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as she missed her chance to get through the intersection, while also, dropping her cell phone and makeup.
As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very stern looking police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up.
He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her
personal effects. He said, 'I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him. 'I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' window sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker and the chrome-plated Christian fish
emblem on the trunk; naturally... I assumed you had stolen the car.'
Monday, March 30, 2009
A Tale of Christian Road Rage
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whoa!
Early in the morning a few months ago, I saw the guy in front of me flip out when another car made a right turn in front of him causing him to hit his breaks…. He accelerated fiercely, swerved, honked, slowed, hand-gestured, accelerated… it was horrible.. and the worst part was that he had a JustStopAndThink.com bumper sticker, which means he (or a family member) goes to my church!
That is one of the primary reasons I have avoided putting such things on my car. Although I don't flip out when I'm driving anymore, in the past, I had a hard time controlling my emotions and this is just a perfect example of what could have happened.
There but for the grace of God go I.
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