“I still hold out hope, but I also see the bumper sticker right in front of me: ‘Heavily Armed & Easily Pissed.'”
Tag: road rage
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Letter: WNC scarred by road rage bullies
“It seemed like the driver wanted to intentionally cause an accident with me.”
Readers shared views on development, politics, the environment and more in 2019
How did Xpress readers process all the local news and changes this year? Here’s a look at the topics that generated the most commentaries, letters to the editor and online comments in Xpress in 2019.
Letter: A disturbing encounter in East Asheville
“Nothing like this, to my knowledge, has ever happened in the 20-plus years I’ve been walking dogs in Beverly Hills. So the incident is shocking.”
Letter: Kind driver campaign needed
“We need to change the mindset! A campaign is in order. A ‘kind driver Asheville’ sticker needs to be on every car.”
Like it or not, cyclists are here to stay
I would like to personally and publicly thank the individual who decided it was necessary to throw and hit me in the back with a full plastic water bottle from the passenger seat of a truck while I was on the side of Blue Ridge Road in Black Mountain on Good Friday afternoon, trying to […]
What is all the hurry about?
Recently I read several “road rage” letters in the Mountain Xpress. I agree with “Road Rage Recipes” by Glen Resse in the March 30 issue. I was a Buncombe County special deputy for 20 years. During that time, I attended several criminal justice classes. The first thing that is taught is the definition of the […]
Road rage recipes
Thanks to your paper, I now know the names of two of the people I might have seen in my rearview mirror, tailgating my bumper while I was driving 10 mph over the limit in the left lane and searching for a way to move over into a crowded right lane [“Drive, He Said” March […]
Sheriff will suspend deputy accused in road rage incident (with video)
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office will suspend an off-duty undercover deputy accused in a road rage incident – without pay – for an unspecified period, Sheriff Van Duncan announced today. Duncan said that the deputy’s remarks to 911 dispatchers had been unprofessional.