skeetlover
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Dear fellow THR’s
Today I came across some serious road rage today and ended up in a dangerous confrontation on the side of the road. On my way home from college I came to a four way stop and there was a car to my left and a car to my right, as soon as I pulled up to the stop sign the cars perpendicular to me proceeded to go through the intersection and once they were through the intersection the car parallel to me started to go so I went with him without coming to a full stop. I admit I did not do a full stop because the car parallel with me was already going so I went. It was nearly a full stop. There was an older blue neon that was to the left of me that also went; he jerked out towards me. The man driving the neon accelerated to get close to me to scare me so I would not have went, as if I went out of turn. (I was already almost through the intersection). I didn’t think I ran it blatantly and the car coming towards me was going so I went with him.
Anyway the blue neon honks and flips me off and yells profanity while nearly missing me. I honk back and continue on my way meanwhile I see the same blue neon flying up on my tail end. He turned around to follow me so I went another block and stopped at the sign to turn, left he pulls up on my right side screaming and cussing and yelling that he’s going to **** me up and that I’m an *******, your dead, you stupid mother ****** what the **** is wrong with you and so on. I cuss back at him because even if I was out of turn which I really didn’t think I was I still didn’t deserve that.
He is on the right hand side of my car about 6 inches away from my passenger door and screaming, yelling and threatens to get out of his car. He tries to open his door to climb out, but he can’t because we are so close to each other. I’m afraid this guy is going way overboard and is really going to try and hurt me, so I pull out my pepper spray and was debating on spraying him and driving away because I didn’t want this guy to get out of his car and drag me out of mine and or beat me. So I pull it out and keep it low while waiting for the cars to pass so I can drive away from him (remember we were at another intersection). He continues to try and get out of his car while screaming obscenities 5 feet away from me. Traffic finally clears so I floor it speeding away from him going left at the intersection. He goes right, I’m shaking and worried about what could have happened and why he flipped out so bad and if he would have really ripped me out of my car and tried to fight me.
I drive down the road several hundred yards and pulled off to the right because I was shaken. I sit there a minute or so and I see and hear him pull up behind me. He screams and yells out the window. I yell back at him and he pulls up next to my car again I said “Sorry maybe I did run the stop sign and that I thought it was my turn and for him to leave me alone, get away and to leave now.†He jumps out of his car screaming at me and telling me he’s going to beat me and were going to fight right now. He’s still standing 15 feet away from my car. I have mace in my hand ready to spray him meanwhile he stays 15 feet away yelling and telling me to get out of my car so we can fight. I’m shaking, nervous, scared, angry and yelling back. I don’t know why I just didn’t drive away. He stands there yelling and telling me to bring it on I have mace in left hand on my side of the drivers door so he cant see it and if he comes close to pull me from car I will spray him and fight for my life.
I yell to him that I am under 18 and if he hurts me he will go to jail and he better think about what he’s doing along with more cuss words because I was extremely mad. I yelled the same thing he said to me right back at him. I couldn’t really control it, it just came out. He wouldn’t come close I think he realized that I was holding something behind the door. He yells for me to get out of the car you ***** every word in the book. I’m shaking badly and can’t think, and even if I could it wasn’t rational. I was wondering what was going on and am I going to make it out of this ordeal okay? I don’t know why he didn’t just charge me and try to drag me from my car and beat me. I think he felt some confidence in my voice even though I was much smaller than him, and he knew I had something on my side of the car door. He continues to say he’s going to beat me and I’m this and that. I say if you come close to me I’m going to beat the living hell out of you along with some very serious cuss words, I once again told him if he comes close I’m going to beat him till he’s bloody.
He starts backing up saying every word in the book once again and gets into his car and speeds off in the opposite direction once again yelling at me while leaving and screaming that he’s going to beat me when he finds me. Now once having been at home for a few hours after this incident I reviewed my reaction as this. I think maybe I should have sprayed him when he pulled up next to me the first time and sped off but there was traffic and he was wearing sun glass’s so I didn’t really want to spray him until it was ultimately necessary because I knew I might just make him mad and then I would of really made him charge me and rip me from my car, the pepper spray was a last resort. I didn’t want to over do the force by spraying him just for yelling at me but I was about to when he tried to get out of his car the first time (Our cars were to close together).
I also think that when I pulled over because I was shaken, that was probably my worse move. I should have drove to a police station or just kept driving and not stopped, not made a confrontation, not let him get close to me. It was a good move to think and tell him I was under 18 even though he said he did not care he was still going to beat me it seemed as though it was a factor in keeping him from coming at me (I look young). I am exactly 18 years old now. I also think I should have not ran that stop sign I don’t think I ran it deliberately, but I should have made a full stop, although he was way out of reason for doing all that because I rolled through a stop sign when he thought it was his turn. I did not cut him off. He was rushing the stop sign and so was I. I was on his right and he had not stopped up at the crosswalk yet. I also don’t think I should have said anything back to him or screamed and cussed at him because that pissed him off even more, although it was hard to control when someone is yelling at you. I really think I should have kept driving and not stopped, that was a bad decision. Overall I survived and I learned a lot of things. I’m glad that I’m okay and I handled it all right, at least I think I handled it okay. I also think I did good by not getting out of my car because when he got out and stood 15 feet away screaming for me to get out I think if I would of got out we would have been in a fight. This man was about 35 or 40 years old about 6’0 and 180 lbs.
I am 5’7 125lbs and 18 years old. It all happened so fast it was so hard to make good choices and decisions with all this stuff going through my head. I also carry a bigger can of pepper spray in my vehicle with easy access but just came back from deer hunting and it was still in my hiking bag until about an hour ago, now its back in my vehicle. Lesson learned to always be prepared. I also had a Kershaw in my pocket, but never resorted to it because his actions weren’t lethal towards me and I am cautious about using it because I don’t want him to take it from me and use it on me (Some knife training class‘s would be nice). I understand the laws about using lethal force and was only planning on using pepper spray and trying to get away unless he presented a threat to my life, It probably could have been justifiable of me using my knife if he had tried to pull me from my vehicle since I am on the smaller side and his fists against me could be viewed as a lethal threat to my life. I am telling you all this because you have to be prepared; there are crazy people out there. Practice and train and hope your training comes into play when the situation happens. It also looked as if this guy was on some kind of drug or coming down from something. It all happened so fast and it was hard to react smart efficient and quick. Things happen and we all need to be prepared and take care of ourselves. Any input is welcome. Thanks, Mark
Today I came across some serious road rage today and ended up in a dangerous confrontation on the side of the road. On my way home from college I came to a four way stop and there was a car to my left and a car to my right, as soon as I pulled up to the stop sign the cars perpendicular to me proceeded to go through the intersection and once they were through the intersection the car parallel to me started to go so I went with him without coming to a full stop. I admit I did not do a full stop because the car parallel with me was already going so I went. It was nearly a full stop. There was an older blue neon that was to the left of me that also went; he jerked out towards me. The man driving the neon accelerated to get close to me to scare me so I would not have went, as if I went out of turn. (I was already almost through the intersection). I didn’t think I ran it blatantly and the car coming towards me was going so I went with him.
Anyway the blue neon honks and flips me off and yells profanity while nearly missing me. I honk back and continue on my way meanwhile I see the same blue neon flying up on my tail end. He turned around to follow me so I went another block and stopped at the sign to turn, left he pulls up on my right side screaming and cussing and yelling that he’s going to **** me up and that I’m an *******, your dead, you stupid mother ****** what the **** is wrong with you and so on. I cuss back at him because even if I was out of turn which I really didn’t think I was I still didn’t deserve that.
He is on the right hand side of my car about 6 inches away from my passenger door and screaming, yelling and threatens to get out of his car. He tries to open his door to climb out, but he can’t because we are so close to each other. I’m afraid this guy is going way overboard and is really going to try and hurt me, so I pull out my pepper spray and was debating on spraying him and driving away because I didn’t want this guy to get out of his car and drag me out of mine and or beat me. So I pull it out and keep it low while waiting for the cars to pass so I can drive away from him (remember we were at another intersection). He continues to try and get out of his car while screaming obscenities 5 feet away from me. Traffic finally clears so I floor it speeding away from him going left at the intersection. He goes right, I’m shaking and worried about what could have happened and why he flipped out so bad and if he would have really ripped me out of my car and tried to fight me.
I drive down the road several hundred yards and pulled off to the right because I was shaken. I sit there a minute or so and I see and hear him pull up behind me. He screams and yells out the window. I yell back at him and he pulls up next to my car again I said “Sorry maybe I did run the stop sign and that I thought it was my turn and for him to leave me alone, get away and to leave now.†He jumps out of his car screaming at me and telling me he’s going to beat me and were going to fight right now. He’s still standing 15 feet away from my car. I have mace in my hand ready to spray him meanwhile he stays 15 feet away yelling and telling me to get out of my car so we can fight. I’m shaking, nervous, scared, angry and yelling back. I don’t know why I just didn’t drive away. He stands there yelling and telling me to bring it on I have mace in left hand on my side of the drivers door so he cant see it and if he comes close to pull me from car I will spray him and fight for my life.
I yell to him that I am under 18 and if he hurts me he will go to jail and he better think about what he’s doing along with more cuss words because I was extremely mad. I yelled the same thing he said to me right back at him. I couldn’t really control it, it just came out. He wouldn’t come close I think he realized that I was holding something behind the door. He yells for me to get out of the car you ***** every word in the book. I’m shaking badly and can’t think, and even if I could it wasn’t rational. I was wondering what was going on and am I going to make it out of this ordeal okay? I don’t know why he didn’t just charge me and try to drag me from my car and beat me. I think he felt some confidence in my voice even though I was much smaller than him, and he knew I had something on my side of the car door. He continues to say he’s going to beat me and I’m this and that. I say if you come close to me I’m going to beat the living hell out of you along with some very serious cuss words, I once again told him if he comes close I’m going to beat him till he’s bloody.
He starts backing up saying every word in the book once again and gets into his car and speeds off in the opposite direction once again yelling at me while leaving and screaming that he’s going to beat me when he finds me. Now once having been at home for a few hours after this incident I reviewed my reaction as this. I think maybe I should have sprayed him when he pulled up next to me the first time and sped off but there was traffic and he was wearing sun glass’s so I didn’t really want to spray him until it was ultimately necessary because I knew I might just make him mad and then I would of really made him charge me and rip me from my car, the pepper spray was a last resort. I didn’t want to over do the force by spraying him just for yelling at me but I was about to when he tried to get out of his car the first time (Our cars were to close together).
I also think that when I pulled over because I was shaken, that was probably my worse move. I should have drove to a police station or just kept driving and not stopped, not made a confrontation, not let him get close to me. It was a good move to think and tell him I was under 18 even though he said he did not care he was still going to beat me it seemed as though it was a factor in keeping him from coming at me (I look young). I am exactly 18 years old now. I also think I should have not ran that stop sign I don’t think I ran it deliberately, but I should have made a full stop, although he was way out of reason for doing all that because I rolled through a stop sign when he thought it was his turn. I did not cut him off. He was rushing the stop sign and so was I. I was on his right and he had not stopped up at the crosswalk yet. I also don’t think I should have said anything back to him or screamed and cussed at him because that pissed him off even more, although it was hard to control when someone is yelling at you. I really think I should have kept driving and not stopped, that was a bad decision. Overall I survived and I learned a lot of things. I’m glad that I’m okay and I handled it all right, at least I think I handled it okay. I also think I did good by not getting out of my car because when he got out and stood 15 feet away screaming for me to get out I think if I would of got out we would have been in a fight. This man was about 35 or 40 years old about 6’0 and 180 lbs.
I am 5’7 125lbs and 18 years old. It all happened so fast it was so hard to make good choices and decisions with all this stuff going through my head. I also carry a bigger can of pepper spray in my vehicle with easy access but just came back from deer hunting and it was still in my hiking bag until about an hour ago, now its back in my vehicle. Lesson learned to always be prepared. I also had a Kershaw in my pocket, but never resorted to it because his actions weren’t lethal towards me and I am cautious about using it because I don’t want him to take it from me and use it on me (Some knife training class‘s would be nice). I understand the laws about using lethal force and was only planning on using pepper spray and trying to get away unless he presented a threat to my life, It probably could have been justifiable of me using my knife if he had tried to pull me from my vehicle since I am on the smaller side and his fists against me could be viewed as a lethal threat to my life. I am telling you all this because you have to be prepared; there are crazy people out there. Practice and train and hope your training comes into play when the situation happens. It also looked as if this guy was on some kind of drug or coming down from something. It all happened so fast and it was hard to react smart efficient and quick. Things happen and we all need to be prepared and take care of ourselves. Any input is welcome. Thanks, Mark
Had he been sprayed he would have to be nuts to try to attack you and even IF he did you would be at a MUCH greater advantage and could easily escape.
