rp_photo wrote:I see a big difference in that approaching the other vehicle after the accident is a rational act while flashing a stranger is irrational and therefore more threatening.chasfm11 wrote:I don't want to cross-pollinate threads or invoke the spirited debate that was part of the thread but I was thinking about the road rage incident where a driver was killed by a woman who said that she feared for her life when he approached her car after a fender bender when I first saw this. It would seem that it comes down to the perceived threat level on the part of defender. I won't describe flashing as a necessarily threatening gesture because is seems that many who do it have no violent intentions afterward. I will admit that a woman and a small child in a remote area changes the potential dynamics of the situation a lot.
It's also naive to assume that a flasher would necessarily stop there.
And I'm not assuming that he would, especially in some remote place. My point was that there is not necessarily a sign of aggression and some guys just get off on dropping their pants. I would agree that most of them pick more public places for their antics.It seems to be a fairly slippery slope to claim a self defense shooting because of the possibility of an escalation of violence at some later point. Someone who yells at me is not necessarily a physical threat if certain other thresholds (closing the distance between us, making threatening gestures) are not crossed.
