Mom gave the finger and her son got shot

[trekrok]

I have mentioned here a number of times that I'm originally from New Jersey. If people in NJ couldn't flip the bird to another driver, we wouldn't know how to drive!

Yep, in other parts of the country people use their horn more often than signals.

 

[SiGArmed]

Why I'm glad I have dark windows, I can cuss and flip off everyone and no one sees a thing.

 

[Sted-E Ed-E]

Reminds me of something that happened to me some years back.

I was traveling east on a one-way four lane street and this old beater pulls up behind me and starts riding my rear bumper. Since it was early in the afternoon, there was very little traffic so he could have passed me easily. My standard response to something like this is to slow down so he can pass, and I did that here, but he kept on my tail for about half a mile. I slowed down more and he still is tailgating me.

Finally I turn south on the freeway, and my shadow was still there, so I slow down to 40 (the minimum speed) and continue like that for a couple of miles. It enters his head that he is not going to force me to go faster, which I think was his goal all along, so he changes lanes and passes me. I looked over and saw that he was furious yelling and screaming at me, and giving me the finger. I looked at him and went on.

That was one time that I was glad I was armed.

I’ll usually handle tailgaters the same way you described, but if they refuse like he did I’ll usually lightly press the brake pedal with my left foot enough to activate the brake lights, while simultaneously mashing the throttle. They slow down and there’s usually a huge gap by the time they realize what’s going on!

 

[MacFromOK]

Something about driving makes some people feel powerful and invulnerable.

Kinda like keyboard commandos...

 

[bobfuente]

Reminds me of something that happened to me some years back.

I was traveling east on a one-way four lane street and this old beater pulls up behind me and starts riding my rear bumper. Since it was early in the afternoon, there was very little traffic so he could have passed me easily. My standard response to something like this is to slow down so he can pass, and I did that here, but he kept on my tail for about half a mile. I slowed down more and he still is tailgating me.

Finally I turn south on the freeway, and my shadow was still there, so I slow down to 40 (the minimum speed) and continue like that for a couple of miles. It enters his head that he is not going to force me to go faster, which I think was his goal all along, so he changes lanes and passes me. I looked over and saw that he was furious yelling and screaming at me, and giving me the finger. I looked at him and went on.

That was one time that I was glad I was armed.

It's been said that one pistol can't cover all the bases, maybe so. But I do feel like that adage is relevant if one is forced off the road in a road rage incident, and by that I mean FMJ. I don't carry FMJ in my personal carry. But in my car pistol I do. This may get howls of derision and I accept that for having made the statement.

 

[golddigger14s]

I may not like getting flipped off, but I'm sure as hell not going to shoot someone for it. WTF

 

[bobfuente]

I may not like getting flipped off, but I'm sure as hell not going to shoot someone for it. WTF

Well, there are some real loose cannons out there on the road and no telling what they're on when someone gives them the bird. Basically, that woman got her kid killed for giving the wrong people the finger.

 

[bobfuente]

The second incident that I caught part of on my iPhone involved people in an SUV coming up on me as I was driving home after work and it was still dark. Two years ago. For no reason they tried - well fast forward, I was armed with a snubby loaded with Hornady Critical Defense. If they got me off the road I knew I was outgunned. That's when I started keeping a military service pistol with FMJ in the car. It's secure in a flat gun safe while I'm at work. But when I come home it is obtainable - not locked up.

 

[gerhard1]

It's been said that one pistol can't cover all the bases, maybe so. But I do feel like that adage is relevant if one is forced off the road in a road rage incident, and by that I mean FMJ. I don't carry FMJ in my personal carry. But in my car pistol I do. This may get howls of derision and I accept that for having made the statement.

Not from me. I carry one moon clip in my 986 loaded with Federal Hydra-Shoks and in my pocket, I carry 9mm hardball rounds.

 

[bobfuente]

Not from me. I carry one moon clip in my 986 loaded with Federal Hydra-Shoks and in my pocket, I carry 9mm hardball rounds.

I understand the guy loosing his marbles when I blew my horn at him. It was an overreaction on his part and maybe he had other problems. But the SUV incident was unprovoked. I figure they may have mistook me for someone else. Who knows?