Originally Posted by
dbnm
I am sure there will be a bunch of jokes about the title but here's why I ask?
The other day a driver ran through a stop sign at about 40 mph. This was about 30 feet in front of me in a
very decent residential area.
I yelled "hey!". Nothing more.
The driver (male) slammed on the brakes, jumped out the car and came rushing at me with fists clenched.
This dude was hopped up on something and was ready to take me out.
Long story short, after he picked up my bike and threw it, he realized there were people watching and yelling
at him about calling the police, he took off.
So what would you have done? Do you carry any kind of weapon or even pepper spray?
Just curious. I am not really sure what I should do.
Hopefully you called the incident in to the police too. Verbal Assault, Intimidation and Damaging Property (your bike), are just three of the potential charges that come to mind.
Insofar as protection goes, I don't carry anything, but am somewhat reconsidering due to three incidents on the only available route to downtown Kamloops, which is the Overlander Bridge MUP. There has been one murder (homeless person living under the bridge) and two assaults (one was targeted, the other was totally unprovoked). I do have a knife with a 6 inch blade, that I can clip to my waistband. I guess the other options are pepper spray and/or bear spray.