Road Rage

[buckeye4rnr]

I no longer brake-check tailgaters. I figure they are mad enough already, no need for me to escalate the situation.

As far as drawing on someone who gets out of their car - Absolutely.
If I was standing on the sidewalk, and someone was coming at me in a rage, I would most certainly draw on them; no different if I'm in my car.

They can yell and scream all they want from inside their vehicle, but as soon as they approach, all bets are off, and I am prepared to defend myself and end the confrontation as quickly as possible.

As sawin said: nowadays most phones have a camera. I wouldn't ever recommend trying to take pictures while driving (unless you feared for your life too much to stop) but if you are forced to stop, get the video camera up and recording. That sort of evidence is much better than some witness who "thinks" they saw what happened. 911 recordings can be awfully helpful too.

Phone in one hand, gun in the other. If you cannot escape the situation and you fear for your life, aim well.

No, I would not draw on him if he simply got out of his car, threw stuff at my car, or came to fight me. Not unless he was successful in bashing in the windows and was actually able to gain entry, would I shoot. I would instead honk my horn at him as he walked toward the car, drawing attention to myself and him so other drivers will be better witnesses. If stopped, I'd unbuckle if needed and reach in to the floorboard to get my phone and call 911, on speaker phone. What happens after that is entire situational.

In your case with only a knife, just wait until he puts his arms/fist through the broken window trying to open or unlock the door and slash his hand or arm a few times...

Snapping pictures or recording video of the perp and his car is always wise too...

All the while, you should be on the phone with 911...

I don't and never have brake checked people, I like my car too much. I said tested my brakes when I had to use them to avoid hitting the guy.

I would've been on the phone and possibly recording but I had set it on the passenger seat and it slid onto the floor and out of reach when I hit the brakes. I usually keep it in a cup holder but had a cup that day.


So far, thanks for all the stories and tips. I obviously didn't and couldn't draw but I'm not sure that I would have unless he tried to come in the car. Either way, it's always good to hear what others have done in similar situations so if anyone has more stories I think learning from others experiences is always a good thing.

[buckeye4rnr]

I'm just saying you probably need to be careful about what you say and how you say it. Or not. I don't really care. But your story as told in the OP raises a lot of questions for me.

It'll be an entirely different feeling answering these kinds of questions in front of a jury in a potential criminal or civil trial.

I'm not a fantastic story teller so you've got me there and without a picture or standing at the scene it's not easy to describe. With the OP I was really hoping to get more stories of similar situations and what people here had done or would do if faced with that. Nothing happened and I was able to get away without it escalating further so I didn't want a bunch of text clouding the OP.

[Monky]

I love when people get all road raged..


Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Not worth your time or telling the story of. Leave them be and move on.

[UrbanWolf]

If he gets out of his vehicle I would stay in mine and just run him over.

In Colorado, we don't shoot thugs, we run them over.

[Sawin]

I no longer brake-check tailgaters. I figure they are mad enough already, no need for me to escalate the situation.

As far as drawing on someone who gets out of their car - Absolutely.
If I was standing on the sidewalk, and someone was coming at me in a rage, I would most certainly draw on them; no different if I'm in my car.

They can yell and scream all they want from inside their vehicle, but as soon as they approach, all bets are off, and I am prepared to defend myself and end the confrontation as quickly as possible.

If you go to that level right away, I would recommend including a call to 911 as soon as possible to report having to draw your firearm in defense of yourself, even if you don't shoot it....you want to file a report and press charges (they can be dropped later if you so choose). This puts you in the proactive position and the perp on the defense. Imagine instead that you don't, and someone calls the cops and describes you and your plate number after seeing you point the gun at someone? Big difference in perspective IMO.

[ChunkyMonkey]

In Colorado, we don't shoot thugs, we run them over.

Sound like China to me!

[SA Friday]

All you guys suck at driving and just need to get off of my roads!

[buckeye4rnr]

Sound like China to me!

I like the Russian dash cam vid accidents but the music really made this one.

[HoneyBadger]

Most of those chinese car and bike crashes were people just not looking where the hell they were going!

Always gotta watch out for other people... especially with people texting while driving or other stuff like putting on makeup, etc.