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thorkyl wrote:Know your are and you can out maneuver if you can not out run.

I'm assuming you mean "Know your car" and I fully agree. I know most people don't tend to drive "enthusiastically", but I try to push EVERYONE to get to know their vehicles, not only for situations like this but also for any other emergency situation. I was following a cop friend to an event a few years ago, and when we arrived I commented on how fast he was driving. His reply: "I don't drive fast, I drive with a purpose".

I saw what he meant shortly after. He didn't waste time at stop signs, when he made a turn he was immediately in his lane (no overshooting like 90% of the people on the road), he accelerated with authority, braked like he meant it, and in general was the master of his vehicle. I was already a car enthusiast at the time, but his statement made an impression on me and I now drive pretty much the same way. But the main thing I do whenever I get a new vehicle, even if it's a rental, is find out the limits and adjust my driving to match. It doesn't take much, just a few full throttle accelerations, hard braking, and a large parking lot for a few minutes to get a feel for it.

I'm rambling, sorry

Rex B wrote:If I stopped behind a car and the driver exited with a tire iron in hand, I'd have a pistol in mine.
I'm just sayin'

But would you really have been dumb enough to keep following a friend who was obviously trying to lose you, and then trap him in an alley without ever making some indication that you knew him?

I would have hopped out ready to draw myself if someone had pulled that, and then they would have had a MAJOR butt chewing.

Thomas wrote:A few months ago, I was a car "following" someone else. The car had cut me off and coincidentally went in the same direction as I was going, even into the same part of a gated neighborhood as me. I was right behind this car, so I didn't even need to use the remote for the gate. The car stopped in the middle of the road just after an intersection that I needed to turn at. I'm pretty sure that car thought I was following him/her in revenge for him/her cutting me off. I thought it was humorous because it probably scared that person and he/she is going to think twice about cutting someone else off. This gated neighborhood is in a sketchy part of town, so I hope that person has a CHL or is now thinking about getting one.

I actually have things like this happen a lot... someone does something stupid next to me, nearly hits me or something along those lines and ends up staying right in front of me all the way home. In those situations I'll usually take a short detour to ease their mind, especially if it's a woman. No sense letting them know where you live so they can point you out to their overprotective boyfriend/buddies...

I had a guy get ticked off at me a couple of weeks ago north of Ft. Worth... he flew onto the highway (not even slowing at a yield sign) and forced me almost all the way off the left side of the road while I laid on my horn (he dodged away at the last second). Apparently his mistake angered him, and he ended up cutting me and another car off, slowing down and trying to anticipate where I would go, as in he was actually covering exits until he was sure I wasn't going to take them, etc... I just put as many vehicles between us as I could and tried to stay out of his view. When I was nearly to my turn to go home, I saw him parked on the shoulder in front of a truck stop, and as soon as he saw me turn he took off like he was going to turn around. I punched it and turned the opposite direction of where I would usually go, made a big loop through Alliance Airport, and took backroads in.

I hate people