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OldCurlyWolf wrote: In the mid seventies, living around Houston, I kept swearing I was going to buy an old beater pickup and make front and rear bumpers out of a dozer blade and then dare anyone to hit me.

Here's my idear.....

Mount a railroad tie in place of the bumpers with a steel plate on the leading edge.

Gotta mount one front and rear for symmetry.

Make the plate 1" thick with a reverse plasma cut that says something like "Thank You" so when you hit em, or you get hit,
you message is loud and clear and stamped in their vehicle.

speedsix wrote:...same goes for a Bonnie&Clyde situation...they were trapped by a "broken down" vehicle...I've seen so many TV shows where that ruse was used...I'm sure there's a bad guy out there who'd get the idea...you may get more than a warm feelin' in your heart if you stop to help a pretty damsel in distress these days...

That is literally true.
I know some one from Puerto Rico.
The ruse is to put a scantily clad female in the middle of the road laying down.
When you stop to assist, you are robbed.

KD5NRH wrote: Maybe I'm just paranoid, but any time I come up on an obstruction that looks like it might have been put there, I get the car gun ready and use the big flashlight to check around from relative safety inside the car before I get out to do anything. That goes double for any vehicle blocking a county road in the middle of nowhere.

I never thought about all that this thread addresses before.
I am now.
And I think this is a good approach.

The Annoyed Man wrote: If I see an unexplained "obstruction" like that, without any "roadwork ahead" signage or accompanying traffic cones, etc., I'm going to drive right over it and keep on going to get out of dodge.

That pretty much describes many neighborhood road projects in Dallas.
I'm not kidding.
I can't tell you how many times I come upon something that is not marked.
I have a Miata and it bottoms out easier than I can say "dang it". I once had to go over a rock in the middle of the road and it punched a hole in my oil pan. Driving over anything like a brick is out of the question.
In this case, I would have my weapon out and there is a good chance I would have started defending myself.
With a stick shift, reversing and firing at the same time is likely out of the question.

In her case, she should be worried that the guys would pay her a visit.
She gave them her wallet, presumably with her ID in it.