Burnaby Lake HOV lane is not for a fast car, single occupant, middle age driver during construction

Whew, the lead up to New Years Day started off in Kelowna, not much traffic till Burnaby Lake.  Minor glitch at Britton Rest Stop on the Coquihalla Highway, the snowmobilers had taken over the entire parking lot (closet to the highway).   I suppose that's because it was the last long weekend of the year, the snowmobilers thought that they have the right to take over the area closet to the flush toilets on a 24/7 basis.  It was cold there, bitterly cold, the long walk to the john left me shivering to my core.  We, those that are just traveling through the area are treated like second class citizens by these snow freaks, revving their motors, jamming both in conversation and the access road too.  I had to WAIT till one guy moved his dune-buggy out of the way (without license plates/probably no insurance).  It was that crowded.

It wasn't as if I could just go to the end of the road do a right turn onto a ONE WAY street going towards me, I'd have had to go all the way around and try for the far side of the Rest Stop.

Don't know if the the normally super wide parking lot was not being plowed because of the Snowmobiliers or lack of funding by the BC Liberals.

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DCN, that's all I got of the license plate on the Single occupant, middle aged driver in the HOV lane near Burnaby Lake.   I don't understand why a car would tailgate another, why they wouldn't be invoking the 2 second rule to ensure that IF I have to hit my brakes, at least the jerk behind me wouldn't be rear-ending my vehicle.  The 2 second rule used to be the 4 second rule, must have changed when the ABS brakes came out, probably explains why there more accidents now that before.  The ABS braked cars can stop FASTER than the older vehicles without ABS, therefore the Older vehicles end up rear ending the cars in front.

The 2 second Rule is simple.   Just keep two seconds between your car and the car in front.  Pick a fixed point that the car in front of you passes, COUNT of two seconds, and you have plenty of time to stop no matter what SPEED you're driving at.   I prefer the 4 SECOND Rule, leaves twice as much stopping distance.  For the middle aged driver of  DCN-???, counting goes like this .... One Thousand and One, One Thousand and Two..... that's two seconds!

What did DCN-??? do?    I, with two other occupants in my car, were going down the HOV land near Burnaby Lake, DCN pulls up behind me and tailgates.   I'm matching the speed of the cars around me eg. the NON-HOV lanes, and the guy behind me HIGH BEAMS me.   Breath NVG, Breath!!!!    To give myself some more space I tapped my Brake pedal a couple of times.   DCN laid on the horn.    There was no traffic beside us until it was too late for DCN who suddenly realized, I GUESS, that he could have gone around but wanted me to change lanes for his convenience of putting his pedal to the floor.

DCN changed lanes, across the solid line, starts to increase his speed, I maintained mine, no pedal to the floor on my part, when he suddenly realizes that the lane he has changed into is slowing down.  He hits his brake, cuts back across the SOLID white line and then lays on his HORN.  We, not me, one of my passengers, caught a glimpse of the DCN gesticulating what appeared to rude comments (at the time that he realized that he was slowing down in the other lane).  No real eye contact was made, but in that split second of observance, I was told the middle aged man, was greatly displeased with our being in his way, the middle age man with no one else but himself in the car.....was displeased with our being in his way.

DCN, when he laid on his horn..... well I .... applied my foot to my brake in an even manner and started to slow my vehicle down, and DCN cut out from behind me, across the SOLID WHITE line, zoomed past us and then cut across the SOLID WHITE line and then slowed down.

In the meantime, the other lane for non-HOV motorists were passing DCN, en masse.

We, that's all motorists, were heading for our digs, our homes, our parties, our HOCKEY games, that's plural, but DCN looked like he was headed for his grave.

This situation, this Road Rage, this Bullying doesn't warrant a 911 call, but another phone number, one that deals specifically with Road Ragers would be welcomed because next time, I will ask my passengers to carry their cameras, at the ready.