You could have told her to ride in the back seat. If she tried to reach over your shoulder to hit the horn, your right elbow could have accidentally made contact with her nose.RECIT wrote:Drive OFF! Unless you are blocked in every direction, I would never let anyone approach my car if I have an escape route. If they want to follow then they can follow me to the police station parking lot. If there is no where to go, keep the window up and draw your weapon and keep it at a low ready just like the OP did. You don't have to wave it in his face but have it ready. If he sees it hopefully he is smart and turns around and walks away, if he is not so smart, then make your verbal command or warning, STOP don't come any closer! If it escalates and you feel threatened enough to act the do so. In my eyes there is NEVER any reason for anyone to get out of their car IN TRAFFIC to say anything to me! Only in an accident do I need to speak with any other motorist. Other than that get the heck AWAY from my car! I think you did the right thing in every action except honking. I pretend like my horn doesn't work b/c I don't need the attention or confrontation.
I dated a girl many years ago that had a bad habit of reaching over and honking the horn of the car while I was driving. She did it one time too many and it almost got me in a few bad situations, even after I told her to NEVER do that again she did one more "harmless" time and I dropped her off at her house and told her to meet me where we were going that she was not allowed in my car ANYMORE. Needless to say our relationship was on its way out...
