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Title: Road Rage
Subtitle: Short Story
Author: Bill Bernico
Narrator: Bill Bernico
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-02-13
Publisher: Downwind Publications
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
We've all been there. Some punk with a beater car creates a road rage situation, but being that your car is a new Mercedes-Benz, you don't want to take any chances so you let it slide. But the kid's not done playing with you. He raises the stakes but pointing a revolver at you. To hell with the car, that's what insurance is for. Go get him.
Members Reviews:
Not implausible
Almost 60 years ago we were driving through the mountains on those winding, 2 lane roads when someone passed our car only to slow down. After a while Dad passed him as we continued on our way to meet friends from church at an out of the way motel near the river. There would be several families joining us, but there was no one on this stretch of road except us and the crazy driver.
You have to remember that 60 years ago there was no such thing as "road rage", but the guy sharing the road with us reminded me of this story. As soon as Dad passed him, he again passed us only to slow down once again.
Of course Dad passed him again, and then he passed us, and.... This went on for quite a while before the other man apparently got to the point he needed to exit the road and leave us alone. Until that happened, Mom was extremely nervous because she was really afraid this crazy driver would do something else sooner or later, and we had no idea just what that might be.
Unlike the character in this story, there were no other irritating qualities to our wacko. All he did was continue to pass us and slow down. However, as I said, this was a different time.
Today, I could definitely see someone acting like Mr. Obnoxious in this story. We had an elder on the way to church a few years ago who was rear ended so hard it ripped the front seat of his vehicle off the floor so that he was lying down facing the ceiling. Several people stopped to help, but one man really caught his attention. This man walked up to the elder, pulled out a gun, and asked the elder, "Do you need this?" The elder was shocked. He said what he needed was a phone - NOT a gun.
So I DO know from personal experience that anything is possible when you share the road with someone who is a little crazy like the character in this story.
Fortunately, I have never seen anyone go as far in his rage as the drivers in this story, but I can absolutely imagine it happening. For me this story is all too believable.
You will have to read this for yourself to find out just how far these drivers were willing to go with their rage, but it will only take a few minutes to read so I would encourage you to do so.
This was a really good story to be so short, and I enjoyed it. I think you will too so get your copy today.
Good
I've read almost all of the Cooper stories and several of Mr. Bernico's short stories and none have disappointed me. They're great for a coffee break or a few minutes to relax.
Okay, but very short.
I've read a few of Bill Bernico's short stories now. They are what I call light reading, easy to get into, and easy to get out of. Some are better than others. I find that in a lot of them, the story is just so unbelievable, and people act so out of character for real people that it spoils the story. However, at the same time, they are intended as light reading with no time for character development, so some artistic licence should be allowed.
This is a very short story, even for Bill Bernico.