MPA-armed idiot of the day.

[Beiruty]

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FORT WORTH - Fort Worth police are investigating a road rage incident where a 23 year old was injured and left terrified by the close call.

[jimlongley]

So, by her own testimony, she was driving recklessly, but she presents it as an "All I did:"

What I really want to know is how she measured the distance from the bullet to her head, and how she knew it was a piece of the bullet that grazed her.

Yes the idiot that shot at her needs to be punished, but it still makes me wonder.

[speedsix]

...we weren't told whether or not he has a CHL...I hope not...but his MPA days may soon be over, too...as they need to be...
...as to the story...typical hyping every detail "...now driving blind..." etc. ad nauseum...gotta get those ratings...she did a stupid thing...but the gun shouldn't have entered his mind...much less been in his hand...

[Excaliber]

So, by her own testimony, she was driving recklessly, but she presents it as an "All I did:"

What I really want to know is how she measured the distance from the bullet to her head, and how she knew it was a piece of the bullet that grazed her.

Yes the idiot that shot at her needs to be punished, but it still makes me wonder.

I don't see any real mysteries here.

Driver 1 accidentally swerved into an adjoining lane while trying to do something while driving that should have been done when safely stopped somewhere. While not good, this is very significantly different from reckless driving, which is usually understood to be deliberately driving in a way that endangers self and/or others as a pattern of behavior over time and distance.

If there's anybody here who hasn't slipped over the lane markings while doing something other than driving and avoided collision only through another driver's alertness and evasive action, please raise your hand.

My hand couldn't go up either.

In any case, even deliberate reckless driving would not justify the action taken here by Driver 2.

The likely way Driver 1 came to know she was grazed by a bullet fragment was that the police told her what it was when they recovered it during the investigation.

[Excaliber]

...we weren't told whether or not he has a CHL...I hope not...but his MPA days may soon be over, too...as they need to be...
...as to the story...typical hyping every detail "...now driving blind..." etc. ad nauseum...gotta get those ratings...she did a stupid thing...but the gun shouldn't have entered his mind...much less been in his hand...

After this, there probably won't be a gun in his house either......

[speedsix]

...I hope they don't plead him down..."because he's a good boy and helps his wife with the kids" or some such horse droppings..this guy's a murder looking to happen...

[tomtexan]

Maybe she will go to a CHL class now and apply for her license to protect herself from such violence.

[speedsix]

...better a safe driving course...a highway shoot-out is the LAST thing I'd wanna be involved in...every bullet has a lawyer ridin' it...most of them are hooooooooooonnngry lawyers...

[Excaliber]

Maybe she will go to a CHL class now and apply for her license to protect herself from such violence.

If you think this encounter was bad, consider what a high speed rolling shootout between 2 idiots on a busy highway would look like.....

[surprise_i'm_armed]

Once she saw the raised gun, she should have stomped her brakes so that he'd
have gone past her. Road-ragers hate it when you spoil their shot.

Even if the shooter's excuse is true, he has poor trigger finger habits, as well as anger management issues.

SIA

[mikeintexas]

My Granfather would have said "This is where two fools met."

I'd say that was pretty accurate.

[sugar land dave]

...I hope they don't plead him down..."because he's a good boy and helps his wife with the kids" or some such horse droppings..this guy's a murder looking to happen...

...but he was just turning his life around....

Police reports say he told officers that the gun went off accidentally. Gillett is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Which probably wouldn't have happened if he did not have his finger on the trigger.

[C-dub]

Driver 1 accidentally swerved into an adjoining lane while trying to do something while driving that should have been done when safely stopped somewhere. While not good, this is very significantly different from reckless driving, which is usually understood to be deliberately driving in a way that endangers self and/or others as a pattern of behavior over time and distance.

Careless is still reckless.

[steveincowtown]

...we weren't told whether or not he has a CHL...I hope not...but his MPA days may soon be over, too...as they need to be...

So...using that logic we should get rid of CHLs the next time a individual holder does something stupid?

[tomtexan]

Once she saw the raised gun, she should have stomped her brakes so that he'd
have gone past her. Road-ragers hate it when you spoil their shot.

SIA

On Airport Freeway? Imagine the crash pile-up that would have caused!