Hello, this is my first time writing something here. This just happened around 30 minutes ago (at the time of writing). Apologies if some parts are hard to understand as im still a bit shaky lol.
I live in rural Hokkaido, and for the first time in my life I was being followed while I was driving.
I first interacted with the car that followed me (grey Toyota Townace) at an intersection in a small town. At first I was behind this car, following at a 1 car distance under the speed limit as there was a bit of traffic. At the next intersection, the traffic cleared up and this car sped off leaving me far behind. This stretch of road was practically empty so I drove quite fast, but nowhere near fast enough to be close to this car.
As I approached another intersection with traffic lights, I saw this car pulled over to the side with hazard lights on. Since the light was green, naturally I overtook them. But as I passed this car, right away it tailgated me with high beams on. I made a few turns towards my home, but since I found it odd that thus car is basically following me, I decided to drive a bit more (not wanting this fella to follow me home). After a approximately 1 km I decided to let this car pass by using my blinkers and slowing down. Instead of overtaking me, this car also turned on its blinkers while still following me. That's when I realized this is not normal.
I decided to find my way to the nearest town and get some help from 交番 or any convenience store. As I made my way to the town, this car was still tailgating me with high beams on. Unfortunately the 交番 was empty and I don't think it's safe enough for me to leave my car and get help from a quiet convenience store, so I decided to drive to my company dorm where I know some people who could help me there if things got out of hand.
Luckily after around 15-20 minutes of tailgating me, this car probably decided it had enough so it made a sudden right turn at a junction.
Honestly, I don't know what did I do to cause all of that as I kept my distance from that car before the incident.
Could it be just an angry old man? Or something more malicious?
There is no chance that it was an undercover cop right?
Let me know your thoughts because im very clueless and scared.
Thanks!
by Flaky_Ideal3679