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Okay, original poster, I agree with the majority that you should have de-escalated by just turning off that road or making a u-turn. Nice thing is, he's in front of you and you have space to maneuver. Getting next to him put you in a much more vulnerable position. (Realizing that you thought you were just passing him as he was turning right. But in hindsight, would be better to just wait a few car lengths back to see what he does.)

Responder to 2nd road rage guy: my reading is, you're driving down the road minding your own business, a car comes by yelling at you for who knows what and speeds ahead. Sounds like it's over but next thing you know his bumper is coming at you and you are stuck behind him with folks getting out of the car and high risk of backing up. Part I didn't get is if you almost hit him, how did you put it in first and go forward? I'm assuming you didn't ram his car. Did you back up enough so that you could get out from behind him? To me, that guy sounds like he did about everything he could.

Other important learning from that, you got out of it without anyone being shot but feel that with a CHL and a gun, it might have ended differently. I don't like to think that because I have a firearm, someone's going to get shot who otherwise wouldn't have, with either case ending with no innocents hurt. Makes me think even more about not using it unless I must. Be ready, but hope not to use it.