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Brief story: My wife and I have a pretty consistent policy about slapping cars that almost run us over. Reasonable, right?

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Aug 27 '13, 06:40

I mean, if you're close enough to get slapped, you deserve it, plus we're not hitting your car with a chain, it's a soft, fleshy hand. It's to send a message. Usually not a problem - most people think for half a second and decide that getting out of their car and making a scene when they were in the wrong isn't worth it. Plus.. they got a car right there... can't exactly chase me.

Allie is in Maine. She was waiting for a crosswalk to turn. It turns, she walks, and this guy cuts a hard left cutting off the traffic in the other direction and almost hits my wife. She slaps his car, proceeds to the sidewalk.

Dude gets out of his car (big guy, early 20s, over 6 feet) and says

"Hey, why you touching my property?"

Wife says "If you didn't almost hit me, I wouldn't have touched your car."

He responds "I'm going to beat the shit out of you."

"Oh, right here, in front of everybody?"

This is in the heavy tourist part of town... there are tons of people, who stopped and looked when he said what he did.

"Yeah, I'm going to beat the fucking shit out of your right here."

My wife said "Ok, come on, let's do this." And bows up, ready to fight.

He just stood there and said "You shouldn't touch my property."

Allie flipped him off and walked away. He just stood there, then got in his car.

The hell's wrong with people? And he had no follow-through. That would have been interesting.

Responses:

You people are going to get shot one day -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 07:51 1
- Yep, unfortunately that's the west coast response. Heck, I'm afraid to flash my lights at someone. -- nm - Meg Aug 27, 08:01
There's a chapter in WWZ where Waingro talks about how combat doctrine was unprepared for Zombie warfare because the enemy had no instinct for self- - landbeck Aug 27, 07:34 1
- *Wainio* -- nm - landbeck Aug 27, 07:36
Your IM is flawed early. Most of those idiots don't think they are in the wrong. -- nm - ty97 Aug 27, 07:27
I do something similar and I've never had someone get out of their car, just yelling at me. Good for her and I'm glad it didn't come to fisticuffs. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 06:54 2
- I had someone get out and chase me just for shouting at them for taking a turn too fast - znufrii Aug 27, 07:01 1
  - Hahaha! I've come close to making people chase me but no one has yet. I say some nasty shit if they get loud with me. - Krusty Aug 27, 07:08
I normally say 'I'm walking here". -- nm - LMS Aug 27, 06:49 2
- i have yelled "EXCUSE ME!" on occasion. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 06:58
- Or the Miss Congeniality variant "I'm gliding here!" -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 27, 06:50
your wife is awesome. -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 06:47
"Ok, come on, let's do this." And bows up, ready to fight. That's awesome. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 27, 06:45 1
- She figured he'd get one swing in before he got mobbed.. - colin Aug 27, 06:47
I don't slap, I bang my fist hard on their hood. I've been confronted once, and the same thing happened, plus the guy realized he'd lose. -- nm - MDH Aug 27, 06:43 2
- Good for you. Yeah, you can always run if you need to.. they're not going to leave their precious car. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:47 1
  - I run down on the National Mall, and it's always people not paying attention. I'd love to see them chase me down. -- nm - MDH Aug 27, 06:50
while I understand the impulse, this seems guaranteed to start confrontations. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 06:42 15
- yeah, almost running someone over with your car is totally non-confrontational. -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 06:46 7
  - Actually, most of the time, I'd wager it's not. I'm sure that every once in a while a driver IS trying to run someone over. - Jim Aug 27, 06:51 6
    - i do it because i honestly think they wouldn't even know they *almost hit a human* unless i did. - Andie Aug 27, 06:53
    - point is.. if you're within arm's reach, you're way too close. it's not like i'm charging cars and attacking them. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:53 4
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        jeez, give me a little credit.. i don't just go around slapping cars. if i decide to run in to traffic, that's on me. - colin Aug 27, 07:13 2
        
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        Or get callused. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 07:32
- I think confronting dangerous behavior is appropriate. Why wouldn't you? -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:45 3
  - Not saying there's anything wrong with that. Just saying that if you reach out and hit someone's car... - Jim Aug 27, 06:51 2
    - yeah. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 06:55
    - ah ok. i used to really fear confrontation, but that's gone away in recent years. i'm much more prepared for it now,so i feel ok knowing the outcome -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:54
- Yeah...I get why you would slap the car. But I also wouldn't be surprised if the driver gets pissed about it. -- nm - Jim Aug 27, 06:44 2
  - I'm aware.. and people yell all the time. That was just the most extreme reaction. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:46
  - Yep. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 27, 06:44
Go Allie! (i also slap cars that do that.) -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 06:41 1
- We also got hit by a car (low speed, but still) in front of a theater. The guy followed us in saying he was going to call the police and cussing. - colin Aug 27, 06:43

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