ya I figured it was a better idea to just stay behind them instead of escalating it, glad I don't have a push bar on the truck or I might have just said **** it and pushed him the ditch. then of course I would have been the one in trouble.
I realize every situation and driver is different. But I've had something like this happen to me twice. Both times, as I approached an intersection, I hit my turn signal and slowed like I was going to turn. Both times, they took the bait and turned to stay in front of me, whereupon I went straight on my merry way, never to see them again. I guess it could be seen as escalation. But if it ever came down to it, the move is entirely defensible (I though that was my turn, but I realized it wasn't).
Regardless, it puts them far enough behind that they seem to give up (at least mine did both times). Maybe it gives them enough time to reconsider their stupidity.
Glad you kept your cool and didn't escalate. Dash cams make legal retribution a lot easier. But they record both sides.