Originally Posted by craigm1841

I am a hot-headed 28 year old. I am 6'2" and 230 lbs, and spend an awful lot of time in the gym and eat a medium sized mammals weight in protein a day. I am full of pent up testosterone and like to blame it on things like post traumatic stress disorder and a rough childhood. I am the guy who will dump crap all over your car when you park like an a-hole (did it to a G37 on monday), I am the guy who will box you in when you drive like an a-hole, I am the guy who has no problem saying some crazy shit to you at a red light, stuff that would make jesus cry. I am single, I am losing my job, I am slightly unstable, and have nothing to lose... that said, I would NEVER actually start a physical fight with someone, especially a woman. That is just outrageous to me. The guy probably got out of the car (like an idiot) to intimidate your wife, but wouldnt actually do anything to harm her- i think those instances are extremely rare. I dont know if brandishing a weapon would be in anyones best interest in this scenario. Rule is, you NEVER EVER EVER use a weapon to gain leverage in a conversation/argument/fight. This is like day one CCW stuff. If you do, you are going to be arrested. If you pull that thing out, you damn well better be ready to use it.

Originally Posted by ADD

Last week, I was out of town, and yesterday my wife tells me about a road rage incident she experienced.

Let me first start out by saying that my wife doesn't take $hit from anyone, and I think, she probably uses her horn too much when someone else cuts her off etc...

Anyway, 20-something guy in a Dodge Truck doesn't stop at a stop sign, and cuts my wife off on a stretch of road that was 55mph. She said she blew her horn at the guy, and he started slowing down, and came to a full stop in the middle of the road. Unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the truck, and started walking back towards her vehicle, with the WTF? look on his face, and his hands in the air. He was fully behing his truck still coming towards her vehicle when she made the decision to pull around him, flip him off, and keep driving, as she had our 18mn old son in the car with her.

I guess my question is, what would you do in that situation?

Originally Posted by pjinca

Step 1: Take a pic of the plate and call 911 - road rage is illegal in most states now and he's obviously a coward anyway going after a woman and a baby.

Step 2: Well, something similar happened to my wife once. She was driving along and there was construction in her lane, she got over but I guess the guy behind her thought she cut him off, because he blocks her in slams on his brakes, gets out and walks over and punched her window, didn;t break it. Then he casually walked back to his car still talking shit. Now, my wife is 5' tall, very little lady. When she called me and told me this I immediately jumped in my car and spent just about the rest of the afternoon hunting for this fool - I am a little bigger than my wife I was merely going to try to calm him down by repeatedly resting his face on my knee

Originally Posted by craigm1841

she did the right thing by driving away. She should probably brush off morons rather than antagonize them, especially with the kid in the car. I tend to get a little crazy out there sometimes, as some of the regulars circa early 2009 can attest to, and I have only once gotten out of my car, which turned out to be a mistake that ended up involving a fight, police, etc. I wasnt willing to hit a old man, but he was sure willing to take some swings at me, which i of course dodged. I than antagonized him by taking pictures of him which ended up right here on this very forum.

I am a hot-headed 28 year old. I am 6'2" and 230 lbs, and spend an awful lot of time in the gym and eat a medium sized mammals weight in protein a day. I am full of pent up testosterone and like to blame it on things like post traumatic stress disorder and a rough childhood. I am the guy who will dump crap all over your car when you park like an a-hole (did it to a G37 on monday), I am the guy who will box you in when you drive like an a-hole, I am the guy who has no problem saying some crazy shit to you at a red light, stuff that would make jesus cry. I am single, I am losing my job, I am slightly unstable, and have nothing to lose... that said, I would NEVER actually start a physical fight with someone, especially a woman. That is just outrageous to me. The guy probably got out of the car (like an idiot) to intimidate your wife, but wouldnt actually do anything to harm her- i think those instances are extremely rare. I dont know if brandishing a weapon would be in anyones best interest in this scenario. Rule is, you NEVER EVER EVER use a weapon to gain leverage in a conversation/argument/fight. This is like day one CCW stuff. If you do, you are going to be arrested. If you pull that thing out, you damn well better be ready to use it.

Driving away is definitely the best thing to do in this instance, aside from throwing a smoothie at him.

As a disclaimer: Road rage is illegal in most states as john noted. With that said, everything in this post about me is a lie.

Originally Posted by pjinca

LOL, I am 6'4" about 280, and I am only vehemently hot-headed to that point when it comes to my wife and kids - anyone messes with them goes down, period. That said, the few times in my life I have ever gotten out of my car (always at the other driver's request) it has never gone beyond that. They seem to lose the will to fight for some reason

Originally Posted by craigm1841

I will chase you down at a red light and say shit that will give you an eating disorder.

Originally Posted by craigm1841

I will chase you down at a red light and say shit that will give you an eating disorder.

Originally Posted by Krozi

Some people are stupid enough to actually get out of their car...you don't want to do that in Florida

I'm getting my concealed carry permit the day I turn 21.

Originally Posted by craigm1841

again... the downside of that is, if you pull that thing out, you better use it. and you are not allowed to shoot to wound or stop, you have to shoot to kill. The only reason you are allowed to brandish that weapon is if your life is in imediate danger, which justifies taking the life of another human being.

You better be ready to kill someone, not just show off your shiny toy. Everyone is ready to kill someone, until it is time to deal with it after the fact...