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drjoker wrote:Just yesterday, the exact same thing happened to me except that he didn't run over my rear view mirror. Instead, after we exited the freeway, he stopped about 25 yards behind me. Then, he guns it and drives through a red light when he passes me. I think he was afraid of being shot. That's why he stopped behind me. He was deciding how best to pass me and decides that driving very fast past me and blowing through a red light just before some traffic passes would be best so that I couldn't get a clear shot at him and couldn't follow him. What I don't understand is, if he knew his behavior of road rage may get him shot, then why did he do it?! BTW, I wouldn't even dream of shooting him. Shooting him would mean that I'd have to stoop to his level.

So why do you think he thought you would shoot him? Did you display a weapon? If so, you were in the wrong.

I doubt his thoughts were you might shoot. The majority of people don't think about a gun until it is in their face. Most road rage'ers are just very aggressive until they get into a situation where they have to come up to their victim face to face. They are basically bullies that have an out when on the open road. However, when pinned in by a traffic light, they realize they aren't invulnerable any longer and you may get a license number and a good description of them and now they are the bad guy and may get caught or cornered. My guess is he decided he was in the wrong and wanted out of the situation and that was his option to escape and not be identified.

bayouhazard wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:

Matthew Evans, 20, the driver of the truck told offers he was intentionally antagonizing Smith, but thought they were just “messing around” up until the point shots were fired.

People like this are allowed to breed and to vote?

That's why I would say not guilty if I was on the jury.

I think the shooter handled it wrong but I want bullies to worry that someone might fight back since, based on the behavior I see on the freeways around here, the DA/police have no interest in arresting people for assaultive threats with a motor vehicle.

I would be the opposite and I would be the first to vote guilty. The guy had ample opportunity to back away from the person who originally cut him off. He pursued the guy for 7 - 8 miles, THEN shot at him. This was totally driven by rage of the CHL (who is an idiot BTW) and deserves to be prosecuted. And if he is a member of the forum, this doesn't count as a personal attack because he should have paid better attention to our posts and learned something.

And just because someone is a bully in traffic doesn't give you the right to assault them with a deadly weapon. License plate numbers and a call to the police are the proper method.