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I have been a victim of road rage before. Granted, most of the time it is just some crazy man (yes, it tends to be makes in my opinion) who tailgates me down the road or blares his horn or flips me the bird. Usually, it is because I am going the speed limit and the drivers want me to go faster. Whatever. I have a kid in my car and no desire to get speeding ticket.

Back when I was graduating college I was actually assaulted. I was on my way to graduation and a woman pulled out in front of me from a parking spot on a city street. I beeped my horn at her. Apparently, she felt the beeping of a horn to be a deep insult. So, she followed my all the way across town, honking and gesturing. I could see her teenaged daughter in the front passenger seat, slumped down in shame.

She followed me all the way to the hotel my dad was staying at and when I parked, she got out of her car and hit me in the face. Can you even believe that? I just looked at her and told her I had her plate number and would call the police. My dad has seen the whole thing from the hotel window and came out to try and help. The woman got in her car and attempted to run over my father. Again, can you even believe this woman? My dad, in defense, pushed off her car and I guess the palm of his hand hit the driver’s side windshield just right, because it shattered into the car.

Heh. Served her right.

She has the balls to drive to the police station and bring a cop back to the hotel. The hotel manager has already told us just to remain in inside and sent my boyfriend ahead to graduation in my car and told the police there was nothing to report. Of course, had we gone outside I am confident that foolish woman would have been arrested for bodily assault. What a flake.

This is all to say that I read an encouraging story in the paper today about a road rage victim who led his attacker right to the cops. David Carrillo was riding his motorcycle when a Lincoln Town Car suddenly swerved into his lane. To avoid being sideswiped, he had to swerve as well. Out of frustration, he slipped the driver of the car the bird.

People do that all of the time and I am pretty sure it’s not illegal. However, what the driver of the car did in response WAS illegal. He swerved again at Carrillo and pursued him.

So, Carrillo went straight to the Dade City, Florida police station and pulled into the parking lot where he was able to report the incident to a police officer.

The fool in the Town Car, 21-year-old Christopher Alan Akins, stopped in front of the same parking lot and yelled profanities at Carrillo. Heh. In front of the cop. Real smart.

But it gets better. When the police officer followed Akins, Akins tried to hit the officer’s car with his Town Car. Then, he drove off, stopped on a dead end street, abandoned his car and then fled on foot.

Piss off a cop, though, and they will find you. Police used search dogs to track him to his home where he was then arrested. Akins tried to tell the cop a girl had been with him and driving the car when the incident with Carrillo occurred. Then, he tried to say his car had been stolen and he had been in a different car at the time. Finally, he told the cop he had not seen his car all day. What a bad liar, that Akins.

Akins faces two counts of aggravated assault and one count of fleeing to elude police. He is being held in Land O’Lakes jail. Bail has been set at $25,250.