Jumping Frog wrote:Most of your actions I give a big thumbs up.
Everyone else has played the "Dial 911" card, so I'll shift gears.
In my opinion, it is not a wise choice to stop the car, period.
There is too much risk that someone can pile out of the vehicle, approach the car, and then break the window before you can even react. First chance you have to react might be a club or knife in your face. Looking at risk:reward, there is too much downside for negligible upside when stopping the car.
This is a situtation where you have a very aggressive person / persons. Maybe even a carjacking? In this case I WOULD NOT allow them to get close to me. If you have been "cut off" by another vehicle, and someone begins to exit their vehicle, I would ASSUME only that nothing good is going to come from this. A road rage fist fight is just not a option.....you are armed and that makes it a GUN FIGHT even if you don't draw your weapon. 10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
Calling 911 (if time and situation permits is a start and establishes you as the victim)
If he stops his car and starts to get out, that is TIME for you to (See rules for a gunfight)
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/ccw/gunfight_rules.htm
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them.)
If you get pinned where you have no where to go, don't forget your vehicle is a weapon. When it is all over and you have avoided a confrontation, you can tell yourself that you saved a drunk idiot's life
23. Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.