MarksmanCentral
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I flipped the bird without looking at the other driver (in a friendly way, really, but, yes it is a bad habit.) ....
Seems to me that it is always better to be completely blameless if things go bad.
How far is halfway and how many random turns?
If I feel like someone is following me, I'll take random turns and do loops. Either they will figure out I have spotted them and buzz off, or they were never following me In the first place. I know at least once or twice people have actually followed me, dunno why though.
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But you were not entirely blameless. Flipping someone the bird may be considered "fighting words" in the hands of either a prosecutor or a lawyer representing the dead driver's estate.
Sometimes it is a true blessing that the windows are rolled up, the radio is playing, and those outside my vehicle cannot hear the running dialogue. While I have never offered violence towards anyone I will admit to speculating on the mental capabilities of certain drivers or pedestrians, as well as the occasional traffic engineer.
stay safe.
If only that were true.They where with the goverment....lol
Get out the tinfoil hats.
Maybe he was just sending the 1 minute signal to the other driver by holding up one finger...
*I don't know if Google still has anything about the bums in big cities who wash (smear dirty water on) your windshield and then demand money. There were rumors of some of them being bumped, or even run over, by drivers who would not fall for that attempt at extortion. not that I had any first-hand knowledge of anything like that.
Not a rumor. At least in DC. Happened to me about 8 years ago. :uhoh:
You were a bum running the "wash your windshield" scam in DC about 8 years ago who got "bumped" or run over by an unwilling participant?
Guess that helped you turn your life around.
stay safe.
I find it is usally the person that is doing the flipping off that has the problem...not always but a lot of the time. I also find that if someone is flipping me off it is better to just smile and wave. It really pisses them off then...lol
I did not feel a need to act sooner since I was carrying, and know that it takes less than 2 seconds for me to be out of the holster and have multiple shots on target (I had made sure my weapon was accessible in my seated position.)
<snip> I believe Section 42.01 of the Texas Penal Code still lists the display of "obscene" gestures intended to incite violence as constituting disorderly conduct, but social norms are not what they used to be. These days most folks consider the KMA gesture to be a First Amendment exercise.
If someone honks, like that I would fly the bird too.
As for my story... I was in Bellevue Washington in a big diesel F250 that I had given some body damage to.
Had some Ahole in a BMW try to cut me off from the right side, I held my ground he got up to speed and around me. Next light we stopped he got out and started yelling at me. I rev'd my engine a little and started toward his nice new BMW. I was going to smash his car to get away from him. He got the clue and scurried back to his car. No gun needed.