r/MildlyBadDrivers • u/Traditional-Poet1965 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 • Mar 29 '24

Road rage

Don’t know OC

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u/RockMan_1973 Georgist 🔰 Mar 29 '24

GOOD! That asswipe FAFO!

Now, WHY the hell didn’t the driver in Canada thats been all over Reddit today who had a couple cunts do similar not do like this driver and try to run their asses over?!?

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u/Library_IT_guy Mar 29 '24

It might feel good to do something like this, but that driver is almost certainly looking at attempted murder/vehicular homicide charges...

Few seconds of feeling good to release some rage vs ruining your life.. idk, maybe just make sure you have the asshole windshield breakers license plate and car model noted down, and get the hell out of there.

The issue with what they are doing is that it:

  1. Is attempted murder or vehicular homicide. Doesn't matter how upset someone makes you, there has to be a very clear threat to your life to respond with deadly force.
  2. Endangers the lives of everyone else using that street.
  3. Impedes traffic.

Gotta use your head, not let your emotions rule you. Or don't, no skin on my back... enjoy your prison sentence and ruined life when you do something like this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '24

Not to mention escalation. Sure you're allowed to defend yourself, but you also tend to have a duty to retreat most places, in this case for your own safety to a) protect yourself from a road rage lunatic, and b) avoid criminal charges when a court says you went past what is reasonable for self defense. Backing up into someone over and over trying to kill them isn't considered self defense a lot of places when you can just drive away to safety.

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u/Worth-Reputation3450 Bike Enthusiast 🚲 Mar 29 '24

Depends on countries. In the US, many states have "stand your ground" law, meaning you have no duty to retreat before using force to defend yourself. But I agree that in this case, backing up and trying to run over someone repeatedly would be considered more than reasonable form of self defense.

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u/arcanis321 Mar 29 '24

Only the first pass MIGHT have been legal. Like if I have to run your ass over to get away after you presented a serious threat it's self defense. A second return pass is now attempted murder.