In this case, the disparity of force would be from a 40-year versus a 60-year old. All things being equal, which one do you think would have the advantage?Deltaboy wrote: "The use of deadly force may be justified only to defend against force, or the threat of force of nearly equally severity, and is not justifiable unless the defendant reasonably believes that such force is necessary to protect himself/herself) against death or serious bodily harm."
They tell you in Class about differances in Force a 250 pound man vs a 125 pound man is a differance enough to justify deadly force to secure the 125 pound mans life. 3-1 Man vs Woman etc. He did right and I am glad he didn't have to shoot the Boneheaded Man.
To the OP: glad things worked out the way they did. While you seem to have done everything right, there was probably a little bit of luck involved that the driver wasn't up on meth or PCP, and was still thinking somewhat rationally. Kudos!