by Apex » Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:46 pm
Long ago in an intersection not far away from my house, on a cold winter's day that saw me wearing gloves (this is Miami, now, it was cold that day) pulled up to a red light, stopped, and the jerk ahead of me for no reason whatsoever gets out of his car and starts towards me waving his arms and swearing out loud.
I took out the night stick I keep handy, put it on the dash in full view.
He shut up very quickly and got back into his car.
The combination of the gloves and stick were a good visual deterrent. Lucky for him. I would not have hesitated to use it.
I now carry the lower part of a hiking pole (No, officer, it's not a weapon, the other half is in the trunk in case I get back pains.") and an LED flashlight to blind any would be offenders.
Be prepared. Contrive a plan and stick to it.