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Mr 5 0 · 03-10-2001, 11:04 AM

Try me:

Scary story. Lucky the guy didn't come out with a gun instead of fists and you know going back to find him was a mistake, but most of us have done (or wanted to do) the same thing at some time.

You got lucky and the cops probably won't hassle you, but you're on shaky ground, legally, as it was his property he was 'defending' and the traffic hassle becomes your word against his (girlfriends don't carry much weight in court).
Let's hope the cops don't bother following this one up and we can let your story serve as a yet another reminder that these days, it just isn't worth it to play chicken with some stranger in traffic, much less go looking for a fight with him (which is what you did, justified or not). Chill out, let the guy pass or whatever and lose the idea that you're gonna 'show' anybody anything.
At the least, you can get arrested for threatening and/or assualt, at worst, that skinny, pasty-faced weirdo driving the other car may have a loaded gun that, in his anger and/or fear/intoxicated state may be willing to unload into you. For what?

Thanks again for a good account of a scary incident and a good warning about 'road rage'.

03-10-2001, 11:04 AM	#2
Mr 5 0 Conservative Individualist Join Date: May 1997 Location: Wherever I need to be Posts: 7,487	Try me: Scary story. Lucky the guy didn't come out with a gun instead of fists and you know going back to find him was a mistake, but most of us have done (or wanted to do) the same thing at some time. You got lucky and the cops probably won't hassle you, but you're on shaky ground, legally, as it was his property he was 'defending' and the traffic hassle becomes your word against his (girlfriends don't carry much weight in court). Let's hope the cops don't bother following this one up and we can let your story serve as a yet another reminder that these days, it just isn't worth it to play chicken with some stranger in traffic, much less go looking for a fight with him (which is what you did, justified or not). Chill out, let the guy pass or whatever and lose the idea that you're gonna 'show' anybody anything. At the least, you can get arrested for threatening and/or assualt, at worst, that skinny, pasty-faced weirdo driving the other car may have a loaded gun that, in his anger and/or fear/intoxicated state may be willing to unload into you. For what? Thanks again for a good account of a scary incident and a good warning about 'road rage'.