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Re: Weird situation WWYD?
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:07 am
by Wfahey
Medic624 wrote:Excaliber wrote:Wfahey wrote:Medic624 wrote:... As he neared my 8 o'clock and about 50' to the left I rolled the window down about 3" and yelled "Get the heck away from my car!" This stopped him in his tracks and startled him enough that by this time the light had turned green and I went on my merry way.
Why'd you roll down the window? You were in a covertable!
Consider that the top may have been up and the windows closed.
BINGO!!
My bad. When you gave the description of the car and said convertible, I took that to mean the top was down.
Re: Weird situation WWYD?
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:30 am
by Medic624
Wfahey wrote:Medic624 wrote:Excaliber wrote:Wfahey wrote:Medic624 wrote:... As he neared my 8 o'clock and about 50' to the left I rolled the window down about 3" and yelled "Get the heck away from my car!" This stopped him in his tracks and startled him enough that by this time the light had turned green and I went on my merry way.
Why'd you roll down the window? You were in a covertable!
Consider that the top may have been up and the windows closed.
BINGO!!
My bad. When you gave the description of the car and said convertible, I took that to mean the top was down.
Ha ha...Yeah I can see that. But no...given the area and that it was almost midnight I didnt want to make myself THAT much of a target.
Re: Weird situation WWYD?
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:42 pm
by Gyrogearhead
G26ster wrote:
At 11:30 PM (2330). He was obviously a "rustler, cut throat, murderer, bounty hunter, desperado, mug, pug, thug, nitwit, halfwit, dimwit, viper, sniper, con man, Indian agent, Mexican bandit, mugger, buggerer, bushwhacker, hornswoggler, horse thief, train robber, bank robber, or Methodist." (edited, but thanks to Mel Brooks
).
And remember the last bus from anywhere will not be full of nice people.
Gerry
Re: Weird situation WWYD?
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:45 pm
by gigag04
Suppressive fire while running the light and loud verbal commands IMO.
Re: Weird situation WWYD?
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:57 am
by Fangs
gigag04 wrote:Suppressive fire while running the light and loud verbal commands IMO.
Sarcasm? ^
Re: Weird situation WWYD?
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:26 pm
by drjoker
Op did good by trusting his instincts.
tacticool wrote:Medic624 wrote:As he neared my 8 o'clock and about 50' to the left I rolled the window down about 3" and yelled "Get the heck away from my car!" This stopped him in his tracks and startled him enough that by this time the light had turned green and I went on my merry way.
If I yelled at everyone who got within 50' of my car in an urban area
Re: Weird situation WWYD?
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:44 pm
by Medic624
drjoker wrote:Op did good by trusting his instincts.
Thanks...
Yeah something just seemed a bit hinky and Im not a skittish person...
Re: Weird situation WWYD?
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:43 pm
by tommyg
I road my motorcycle between a line of cars and ran a red light to
get away from an idiot with a case of road rage. Better to take
a defensive driving class than get involved in a shooting