Road Rage or Teachable Moment?

One person’s road rage incident could be another’s teachable moment.

At least when it comes to how some drivers explain it to police.

Beverly Police mediated a road rage incident that began on Brimbal Avenue a little after 8 p.m. on Friday night.

One driver said she was following a man on Brimbal Avenue and she claimed that the gentleman was braking and slowing down to a crawl on the street.

However, the man told police he was simply slowing down to the speed limit.

As the woman turned onto Walnut Street, the man honked his horn and followed the woman home.

When the woman got home, she told police that she was yelled at with obscenities.

The man “played it as a teachable moment,” according to the police report.

Police told the man that, in the future, he should not follow anyone home to criticize their driving and should instead call the police for assistance.