Several minutes later, the van driver tapped the brakes and turned on his blinker near the Giltner exit. The driver's behavior was unusual, Allen said, so he followed the van to see what the driver was doing. Allen got out to talk to him. But I thought I would explain my erratic driving. The man went on to say he thought someone had called him in for bad driving.
Road rage is huge.
People call the authorities on their cell phones when someone on the road makes them angry, Allen said. While at the Giltner exit, Allen saw a man in a small pickup. The interstate offers a multitude of problems and challenges. In his tenure as a trooper, Allen has stopped his fair share of drug traffickers, illegal immigrants and speeders. He has also been punched, kicked, slapped, bitten and had a woman tighten his tie in an attempt to choke him.