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*tomato* · 08-04-2010, 10:58 PM

OK, I thought you guys might be interested in my co-workers' reactions.

1 said "Get a gun" (in all fairness I told the same guy last week how we were burglarized and the week before I told him how they laid off 85 police officers, and now the police doesn't respond for most routine, non violent stuff)

3 related similar stories of gratuitous hostility towards cars they've personally witnessed during Critical Mass, in San Francisco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass (uh? WTF!!! I've always been a huge supporter of critical mass but I'm gonna have to rethink that, I think

)

1 or 2 - simply gave me blank looks like "ask me if I care" kind of looks (OK, dude, wait until that happens to you

)

1 guy laughed and made a joke "yeah, right, bike road rage, hahaha"

2 or 3 said "yeah, people are assholes lately" and related similar stories of people acting like douches in public transportation or on the road ...

Pffffeewww. What is the world coming to, I really wonder lately.

*tomato* · 08-04-2010, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sickpuppy1

ALMOST went to Woodstock....

zachryboles · 08-05-2010, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PK198105

isn't asprin supposed to be non-lethal

not when i pump you with more tabs then recommended lol. nah im seriously not a advocate of violence as far as on this type of stuff, but i own firearms and have had to pull and use my weapon out of my own car last year. was damn glad i had it vs getting stabbed. now the red tape that comes with popping a few off is enough to keep you from shooting and just brandishing instead...... took me 3 months to get my firearm back since he ended up not making it through the whole ordeal. 2 court appearances later and they told me what i already knew..... i did nothing wrong and that he was a piece o poop street junkie that had more rap sheets than my toilet paper roll when its newly changed. i honestly did the world a favor by defending myself.

bkndacn · 08-05-2010, 04:00 AM

@ Tomato: your a abetter person than I am! I probably would have ran him off the road and then gotten out of the car blacked out and beat the living $hit out of the guy and then prob gone to jail for ridding the world of this POS person! I probably have the worst road rage than most of you have seen...(spent a few summers in NJ and fit right in) but this would've put me WAY over the top!
You can eff with me and you can eff with anything else of mine but don't effin eff with my efffin Car! I KILL YOU! (yelled as Achmed the dead terrorist)

Well I guess my rant was about your rant but reading it just mad me mad as hell!

*tomato* · 08-05-2010, 04:57 PM

@bkn I don't know if I'm a better person, I just don't wanna go to jail

Knowing that you guys would have felt the same way kind of makes me feel better already and posting the rant is a good way to let go of some of the anger, so thanks guys for the empathy.

I just hope I never see his ass face again in the neighborhood, may not be able to stay so zen next time

I still kind of wanna know what the law allows someone to do in this case, to defend their property. If the guy had reached for my person, I would have fought for sure. But I'm not clear on where the limit is on what level of force (if any) is acceptable to defend your property, whether you're in your car, or whether you see a burglar walking away from your place with your stuff or whatever...

*tomato* · 08-05-2010, 05:06 PM

@zachry : I'm not sure it's legal out here to have a weapon in your car anyway.

sickpuppy1 · 08-05-2010, 06:41 PM

If you feel threatened in anyway, you have a right to defend yourself. By hitting your car, he is liable for destruction of private property, road rage, and probably other offenses. The threatening manner is considered asault.(if he touches you its battery)
What would have been righteous is to whip out your perfectly legal pepper spray and watch him literally crap himself in a humiliating pile of screaming wussy-ness in the middle of the street! Oh! You dont carry it? My gosh, in these times a woman traveling by herself should NEVER be without some sort of protection! (hint)

TLyttle · 08-05-2010, 11:10 PM

Better than most weapons, a camera is a great equaliser. One simply takes a few pics of the guy beating on your car, then take the camera to the closest copshop; their work is done, they just pick up the guy the next time they see him...

I have used this to great effect; usually just taking the pics are enough to make the difference. Besides, even if other weapons were available to me, I wouldn't use them. Getting older and wiser, I guess.

eric81 · 08-17-2010, 06:04 PM

Better than pepper spray, is a thing called Raid Wasp Spray. Totally legal, easy to purchase (on sale at Home Depot), and can spray a stream of over 25 feet. If it gets in your eyes, you HAVE to go to the ER to get the anti-toxin. Super sweet payback, and a lot of cops recommend keeping it near the front door of your house and in your car if you park far away and feel threatened where you park. Yeah, and it totally ruins any clothes you get it on, because of the chemiclas in it.

*tomato* · 08-17-2010, 07:09 PM

You know what, I saw that douche that hit my car, in the neighborhood, last week-end!!! This time, this asshole was riding on the ***wrong side of the road**** against traffic, 50 yards ahead of me

I looked straight at him, he didn't recognize me, but surprisingly I recognized him. I should have honked!!! I bet he would have remembered me then!! But I didn't have my camera, so I just turned right and drove off. I'm gonna start packing my camera again.

Now I know who he is. Some rich asshole who lives up the hill (I kind of suspected that much) drives an expensive bike, and doesn't think the vehicle code applies to him. The guy knew what he was doing, knew he was gonna get away with it.

Karma will catch up with that douche, I just know it. Or my camera.

World is full of crazy jerks.

bkndacn · 08-17-2010, 10:54 PM

@ PK: Where'd you attach that?

*tomato* · 08-17-2010, 11:21 PM

+1

cdydjded · 10-23-2010, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tamago

wow this thread is full of misinformation.

Care to elaberate? Or just troll?

Bluevitz-rs · 10-23-2010, 07:35 PM

^^ HAHA, troll.

xbgod · 10-24-2010, 10:16 AM

Look the #1 Troll is back..............

xbgod · 10-24-2010, 10:25 AM

One guess, Who Am I?

why? · 10-24-2010, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xbgod

One guess, Who Am I?

you are yourself, one of the most egotistical self centered people on the entire planet.

Tamago probably has forgotten more stuff about cars than you could ever dream of knowing.

xbgod · 10-24-2010, 03:08 PM

Egotistical? I spend most of my time answering questions via PM.

and I'm sure I got more time manufacturing race cars parts than half of Tamagos age.

Hell I rarely even update or even post anything to my own posts, to even toot my own horn.

I call it like I see it. but I don't go looking to just start up shit.

XBG

08-04-2010, 10:58 PM	#307
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	OK, I thought you guys might be interested in my co-workers' reactions. 1 said "Get a gun" (in all fairness I told the same guy last week how we were burglarized and the week before I told him how they laid off 85 police officers, and now the police doesn't respond for most routine, non violent stuff) 3 related similar stories of gratuitous hostility towards cars they've personally witnessed during Critical Mass, in San Francisco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass (uh? WTF!!! I've always been a huge supporter of critical mass but I'm gonna have to rethink that, I think ) 1 or 2 - simply gave me blank looks like "ask me if I care" kind of looks (OK, dude, wait until that happens to you ) 1 guy laughed and made a joke "yeah, right, bike road rage, hahaha" 2 or 3 said "yeah, people are assholes lately" and related similar stories of people acting like douches in public transportation or on the road ... Pffffeewww. What is the world coming to, I really wonder lately. __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here

08-05-2010, 04:57 PM	#311
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	@bkn I don't know if I'm a better person, I just don't wanna go to jail Knowing that you guys would have felt the same way kind of makes me feel better already and posting the rant is a good way to let go of some of the anger, so thanks guys for the empathy. I just hope I never see his ass face again in the neighborhood, may not be able to stay so zen next time I still kind of wanna know what the law allows someone to do in this case, to defend their property. If the guy had reached for my person, I would have fought for sure. But I'm not clear on where the limit is on what level of force (if any) is acceptable to defend your property, whether you're in your car, or whether you see a burglar walking away from your place with your stuff or whatever... __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here Last edited by tomato; 08-05-2010 at 05:08 PM.

08-05-2010, 05:06 PM	#312
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	@zachry : I'm not sure it's legal out here to have a weapon in your car anyway. __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here

08-05-2010, 06:41 PM	#313
sickpuppy1 Drives: 2010 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kansas Posts: 871	If you feel threatened in anyway, you have a right to defend yourself. By hitting your car, he is liable for destruction of private property, road rage, and probably other offenses. The threatening manner is considered asault.(if he touches you its battery) What would have been righteous is to whip out your perfectly legal pepper spray and watch him literally crap himself in a humiliating pile of screaming wussy-ness in the middle of the street! Oh! You dont carry it? My gosh, in these times a woman traveling by herself should NEVER be without some sort of protection! (hint) __________________

08-17-2010, 07:09 PM	#316
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	You know what, I saw that douche that hit my car, in the neighborhood, last week-end!!! This time, this asshole was riding on the *wrong side of the road against traffic, 50 yards ahead of me I looked straight at him, he didn't recognize me, but surprisingly I recognized him. I should have honked!!! I bet he would have remembered me then!! But I didn't have my camera, so I just turned right and drove off. I'm gonna start packing my camera again. Now I know who he is. Some rich asshole who lives up the hill (I kind of suspected that much) drives an expensive bike, and doesn't think the vehicle code applies to him. The guy knew what he was doing, knew he was gonna get away with it. Karma will catch up with that douche, I just know it. Or my camera. World is full of crazy jerks. __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here**

08-05-2010, 04:00 AM	#310
bkndacn View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 372	@ Tomato: your a abetter person than I am! I probably would have ran him off the road and then gotten out of the car blacked out and beat the living $hit out of the guy and then prob gone to jail for ridding the world of this POS person! I probably have the worst road rage than most of you have seen...(spent a few summers in NJ and fit right in) but this would've put me WAY over the top! You can eff with me and you can eff with anything else of mine but don't effin eff with my efffin Car! I KILL YOU! (yelled as Achmed the dead terrorist) Well I guess my rant was about your rant but reading it just mad me mad as hell!

08-05-2010, 11:10 PM	#314
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	Better than most weapons, a camera is a great equaliser. One simply takes a few pics of the guy beating on your car, then take the camera to the closest copshop; their work is done, they just pick up the guy the next time they see him... I have used this to great effect; usually just taking the pics are enough to make the difference. Besides, even if other weapons were available to me, I wouldn't use them. Getting older and wiser, I guess.

08-17-2010, 06:04 PM	#315
eric81 View User's Garage Drives: Toyota Salesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Clarksville, IN Posts: 297	Better than pepper spray, is a thing called Raid Wasp Spray. Totally legal, easy to purchase (on sale at Home Depot), and can spray a stream of over 25 feet. If it gets in your eyes, you HAVE to go to the ER to get the anti-toxin. Super sweet payback, and a lot of cops recommend keeping it near the front door of your house and in your car if you park far away and feel threatened where you park. Yeah, and it totally ruins any clothes you get it on, because of the chemiclas in it.

08-17-2010, 10:54 PM	#317
bkndacn View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 372	@ PK: Where'd you attach that? __________________ I got a ride in Garms' Yaris and got on a plane within 24 hours of each other.... his yaris was faster! I bet if he put wings on it he could get passed all that L.A. traffic!

08-17-2010, 11:21 PM	#318
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	+1 __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here

10-23-2010, 07:35 PM	#320
Bluevitz-rs 1NZ-6spd View User's Garage Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,967	^^ HAHA, troll.

10-24-2010, 03:08 PM	#324
xbgod Banned Drives: "Burning It Down GTX2860RS XB" Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 349	Egotistical? I spend most of my time answering questions via PM. and I'm sure I got more time manufacturing race cars parts than half of Tamagos age. Hell I rarely even update or even post anything to my own posts, to even toot my own horn. I call it like I see it. but I don't go looking to just start up shit. XBG

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