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Ghost- answer is yes. If I feel threatened, the one threatening me is in significant danger. I don't know what is in his mind or heart, or a what endpoint some cokehead will carry the confrontation. But with a de facto demonstration of bad faith, I will be forced to assume the worst and act accordingly. Regardless of what jurisdiction I am passing through..
Jake- that said, I can barely wear my cell phone when strapped in the seat, much less carry in my waist.I don't want to to have to remove it nor leave in car, so how do you pull this off? |
Call the police and use the purchase transactions, video from the station along with your snapshots. Finger prints too on door and damaged items.
Idiots like that are usually well know by the police and they may already know all about them and just need a victim to press charges. Let the cops know you felt your life was being threatened and FORCE them to file that report. If they ask you can mention that you thought they were armed (increases the heat ten fold). Tell them your lawyer will need it. Ask for the Chief if they dont want to cooperate. They must act or you will have a law suit against them. The squeakiest wheel gets the oil, so offer the local newspaper a press release. Make it a public issue and even the Mayor will have to get involved to do damage control. I know it sounds like a lot of work but with all that bad PR where do you think these dummies can hide? PS: The guns are very ballsy and all and I can relate as I am no stranger to arms either, but nothing good can come of escalation. Let the cops and public do a number on them. The heat will last a lot longer and they will have to lay low for a long time if nothing else. |
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Thanks for all the helpful replies and advice :) Id also like to apologize for my not so subtle language in the first post; I was more than a little pissed and though I still am, I honestly think it may be best to just let it go. This is not a real large city and I don't want any trouble down the road. I'll collect any evidence I can and file a report so it's on record, but probably won't push the matter. |
Here is the "broken" bit. Nothing at all serious. Just broke off the little snap on the left side that holds it on, so every time I close the door, it falls off. Simple fix. Looks like he just yanked on it. Certainly nothing compared to Cronos car getting keyed. That's much worse:(
Like I said, I'm more pissed about the f'hole sticking his arm in my car than anything. Wanted to break it with a tire iron :mad: http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...070D151F0F.jpg |
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Maybe in Alabama you can run it that way, in NY thinking you're in danger isn't good enough, you are only legal to use force if equal force is being used on you and even that can be vague in front of a jury. You cannot even shoot a vandal in your home who is unarmed, which is unfortunate. |
Here in the UK, carrying firearms is illegal, I am a long time biker and these look like spoilt kids with attitudes riding big boys toys bought by their parents.
They have no respect, and to be fair probably not much riding talent either. Rest easy that they will probably end up in the ER at some point due to their own stupidity, so f%ck 'em....... |
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Because you can't let jerkoffs dictate how you live your life. If I constantly avoided people giving me crap about my car, I'd just drive in circles.
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I used to but you have to sign my paycheck for me to play that game. As for jerkoffs, lately I have been feeling like I live in the epicenter of jerk-titude at 123 jerk street, jerkville NY. I can't wait for spring, rental open in April will be for sale, step one in "escape from NY"... |
I can finally say i'm glad I live in KY and we have the gun laws that we do here. As soon as his arm went in the car, your right (here) is to protect yourself and your property.
I would have pulled, taken video of the guys plate, then called police. If someone advanced or otherwise threatened me or my property, I have 0 hesitations on pulling the trigger. None. If that's the type of person you are, I have no sympathy for you or your family for the decisions you made to put yourself in a life threatening situation resulting in you staring down a barrel. I rarely see this type of behavior where I am. Accidental damage to my car is what drives me insane. I'm more worried about an overweight woman taking her 4 kids into Target next to my office and one of them opening a car door into mine than vandalism. Looks like your damage isn't too bad though, that's an inexpensive part and easy to fix. Try the recommendations of others, track the card info at the pump to the time on video, sounds easy enough. Good luck. |
I agree on the playing it cool reaction. Don't let them drag you down to their level only to beat you with experience. However with that being said, I'd still want some serious payback. (Sorry, I'm just not that evolved yet) I live in KS next to a big military base (Ft. Riley) We have huge groups of those crotch-rocket riders and I've never seen them behave like that. They're mostly military guys who know they'll be in deep ******************** if they get into any trouble, so they stay respectable most of the time. You've heard a lot of different advice here. I think I like the one where you find out the most you can about them, then systematically f*ck their personal life up. Hookers, gay social sites...etc. Sounds like good clean fun to me! Otherwise.... you can always wait for karma to catch up to them... and it will.
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I'm young and stupid. If I ever caught the fcker that took his key to my car, my fists would have no hesitation getting introduced to his face.
I work at a nightclub. I've stared down the barrel of a loaded gun before... Even got to see it fire. I have a nice gash on the side of my face to prove that I survived a bullet aimed for my head. Some punk kid coward enough to scratch my car isn't getting any sympathy from me. He either pays for the repairs in full, or I take the payment in medical bills with interest. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...42154670_o.jpg That's me on the right. Scar on my left cheek. |
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This one isn't on Pwave, suppose he drives off and they toss a rock, I'll take the broken handle. If these guys were out to damage it, driving off was unlikely to cure it, these guys are in the wrong not pwave and I don't think he reacted harshly either, I'm sure someone snapping something inside the Spyder would piss me off too.
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I get a little irritated by tailgaters and vandals...does that mean that I have anger issues? It's ok. Misser John seems to want to goad me into an argument, but I'm not taking the bait ;) I'm pretty passive until my person or property are threatened. |
Yeah but wasn't Josey Wales from Missouri? just sayin....
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This is what the police are for. Time to teach their sorry asses a legal lesson.
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Sad story.
It reminds me of a time that I was nearly car jacked. This was before I had the Porsche and was driving an Australian sedan with wind-up windows. One of the would-be jackers put his arm inside my window to try and unlock the door so I wound it up tight on his arm at the elbow joint and put the car in reverse (they had blocked me at the front with their car) dragging him about 50 feet before letting him fall on the road. It was then a tough decision whether I ran him down or just drove off. It was a quiet street and rather late on a Friday night. I chose the latter, still not sure if it was the right decision or not. :-) In terms of jealous vandals, we don't have so many incidents here. I live in a state that is very rich in iron ore and due to the China boom business is good. Even the majority of blue-collar workers have 6 figure incomes at the moment, so me driving a 12 year old Boxster S attracts more pity than envy. Seriously. If you don't believe me then check out this article from Wall Street Journal, I'll post the link below. The $200,000-a-Year Mine Worker - WSJ.com |
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