I got cut off twice the other day by the same car. First, he pulled out from a side street on the Taconic and I had to slam on my brakes to avoid rear-ending him. When I had the chance, I passed on the left and got back into the right lane after putting many car lengths between us. I fell back into my consistent 63 miles per hour thanks to good old cruise control. About a minute later, the same car raced passed on the left, cut sharply in front of me – seriously, only allowing a couple of feet – and promptly slammed on the brakes.

Now, I don’t know if he was somehow pissed because I had passed him and wanted to make a point. Or maybe he had to answer a cell phone call – that’s frequently important to asshole drivers. Maybe he was just really clueless and thereby reckless. It happens all the time, so I wouldn’t have noted it except for one detail…his license plate.

It read: NICE 08

Ummm. Yeah. Not really.