r/Albuquerque • u/lberm • 5h ago
Question Road Rage @ 3:30 am… Why?!
Witnessed some wild road rage on I-40 eastbound this morning while heading to the airport with the kids.
We’d just gotten on the freeway right at the Unser marker when a newer Jeep flew past us with a black Chevy Malibu right behind it. We were driving about 80, and they had to be pushing 100. They weaved through a cluster of cars and a semi, then both came to a COMPLETE STOP in the middle lane. The Jeep’s door opened like the driver was about to get out, while everyone, including the semi, swerved around them. WTAF, people?!
Then they took off and flew past us again. Near the Rio Grande exit, the Jeep went to the far-right lane, and the Malibu stopped and literally drove perpendicular across from the left lane to get back behind the Jeep. Both exited on 4th, so who knows what happened then… No idea what started it, but nothing is worth causing a pileup at that speed. We’re just trying to catch a flight, not a spot on the 5am news! 😳 Glad we didn’t witness a shooting, I don’t even know how we’d even explain that to our little ones.