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SAWYER said:
Footage from the scene shows what really happened
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Did it feel 'right' to try to correct his behavior?

With people reacting like animals (and possibly armed ones) you are playing with fire trying to make an adult ape behave. The rule is (with humans anyway) that for every action there is often a GREATER and opposite reaction.
 
TridenT said:
(low-rider culture, maybe) five cars behind gets out of the line and tries to go onto the shoulder and what remains of the 2->1 lane thing. I move my car over to the edge of the wide lane so that he can't be a bitch.
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Keep this in mind for the future. They could be on a real emergency of some kind. They could also be a maniac with a Howitzer in their pocket.
In both cases you would be looking real bad after you find out!
Also roll up your window when someone else's arm is in your car and leave/ call 911 at your discretion. If you dial 911 you could even inch back and forth until the police arrive.

Jim
 
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Ichinisan said:
Maybe those are redundant reserve tanks.
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Yes but as I (and perhaps Ironwing) have learned in games like Borderlands 2, is that external fuel tanks are the only weak point on a super mechanized fortress vehicle of death.

...so, it's kinda stupid to keep doing it.
 
I don't really see TridenT's story as that unbelievable tbh. He didn't claim to be a hero or anything, and anyone that would cheat a line and then hit a person's car deserves to be run over.
 
TridenT said:
The first 30 seconds I was looking at the phone going, "Did I dial the right number? It says 911, right? Why the fuck am I listening to 30+ seconds of GOD DAMN SPANISH AND THE PHONE IS WAITING FOR ME TO PRESS A KEY? THE FUCK!?" After that, it had to ring and I had to wait for someone to pick up the damn receiver... and then I had to get transferred twice. Twice! San Jose sucks.
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I believe this part.
 
RossMAN said:
So you agree? 😵
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Alky's ego was annoying but his dramatic life was interesting. Living vicariously through alky's tales. I guess one comes with the other though.

Its like... can you live like that and things work out? I must know more!

We all know that shit was a disaster waiting to happen. It irked me he drove a BMW while his 26 year old daughter or whatever made minimum wage. I can't even keep his stories straight honestly.
 
HamburgerBoy said:
I don't really see TridenT's story as that unbelievable tbh. He didn't claim to be a hero or anything, and anyone that would cheat a line and then hit a person's car deserves to be run over.
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In order of increasing likeliness:

1 (Impossible) - Trident stared down a thug and didn't squeal like a girl
2 - Trident matrixing his way out of getting hit by someone throwing punches a foot away (while seated and presumably buckled in)
3 - Trident defending himself from would-be thug by reversing on him
4 - Trident deciding against dialing 911 during an attack
5 (Totally implausible) - Trident standing up to a thug, at all
6 (Very implausible) - Trident not freezing like a deer in headlights and not forgetting to roll up his window
7 (Very plausible) - Trident passive aggressively blocking someones path
8 (Totally plausible, very likely) - This whole thing was made up
 
Ophir said:
In order of increasing likeliness:

1 (Impossible) - Trident stared down a thug and didn't squeal like a girl
2 - Trident matrixing his way out of getting hit by someone throwing punches a foot away (while seated and presumably buckled in)
3 - Trident defending himself from would-be thug by reversing on him
4 - Trident deciding against dialing 911 during an attack
5 (Totally implausible) - Trident standing up to a thug, at all
6 (Very implausible) - Trident not freezing like a deer in headlights and not forgetting to roll up his window
7 (Very plausible) - Trident passive aggressively blocking someones path
8 (Totally plausible, very likely) - This whole thing was made up
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TridenT said:
and I don't pursue.
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are you even serious when you write this stuff?
Pursue?
Lol get over yourself bro.


You blocked someone who clearly wasn't an upstanding citizen to gain nothing (5 seconds maybe?), responded to road rage with an insult and then didn't even pull up the windows?
 
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