My bad. When you gave the description of the car and said convertible, I took that to mean the top was down.Medic624 wrote:BINGO!!Excaliber wrote:Consider that the top may have been up and the windows closed.Wfahey wrote:Why'd you roll down the window? You were in a covertable!Medic624 wrote:... As he neared my 8 o'clock and about 50' to the left I rolled the window down about 3" and yelled "Get the heck away from my car!" This stopped him in his tracks and startled him enough that by this time the light had turned green and I went on my merry way.
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Ha ha...Yeah I can see that. But no...given the area and that it was almost midnight I didnt want to make myself THAT much of a target.Wfahey wrote:My bad. When you gave the description of the car and said convertible, I took that to mean the top was down.Medic624 wrote:BINGO!!Excaliber wrote:Consider that the top may have been up and the windows closed.Wfahey wrote:Why'd you roll down the window? You were in a covertable!Medic624 wrote:... As he neared my 8 o'clock and about 50' to the left I rolled the window down about 3" and yelled "Get the heck away from my car!" This stopped him in his tracks and startled him enough that by this time the light had turned green and I went on my merry way.

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And remember the last bus from anywhere will not be full of nice people.G26ster wrote: At 11:30 PM (2330). He was obviously a "rustler, cut throat, murderer, bounty hunter, desperado, mug, pug, thug, nitwit, halfwit, dimwit, viper, sniper, con man, Indian agent, Mexican bandit, mugger, buggerer, bushwhacker, hornswoggler, horse thief, train robber, bank robber, or Methodist." (edited, but thanks to Mel Brooks).
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Suppressive fire while running the light and loud verbal commands IMO.
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Sarcasm? ^gigag04 wrote:Suppressive fire while running the light and loud verbal commands IMO.

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Op did good by trusting his instincts.
tacticool wrote:If I yelled at everyone who got within 50' of my car in an urban areaMedic624 wrote:As he neared my 8 o'clock and about 50' to the left I rolled the window down about 3" and yelled "Get the heck away from my car!" This stopped him in his tracks and startled him enough that by this time the light had turned green and I went on my merry way.
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Thanks...drjoker wrote:Op did good by trusting his instincts.

Yeah something just seemed a bit hinky and Im not a skittish person...
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I road my motorcycle between a line of cars and ran a red light to
get away from an idiot with a case of road rage. Better to take
a defensive driving class than get involved in a shooting
get away from an idiot with a case of road rage. Better to take
a defensive driving class than get involved in a shooting
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