Originally Posted by perdition79
I'm a fan of letting off the gas. Tapping the brakes at tailgaters is tempting fate.
I only brake check if A) the firearm is in the car and B) the cell phone is charged
I did it once and neither A nor B were in check. The dude runs me off the road (mirage vs. Ford Expidition goes 60 in a 45) then slows and blocks so i cant get past, takes up two lanes, hops out and tries to pull me out of the car. I had to get up on the sidewalk, he proceeded to chase me to my neighborhood (I didn't pull into my house since I didn't want this nutcase knowing where I lived) and he turned around and left. If I would have been in the suby I would have launched AWD style and then seen him to the hospital. However the mirage is just toooo slow. And along with B I would have been hesitant to meet him with force since I didn't know for sure if he had a gun. Any nutbag who's going to stop traffic, take up 2 lanes after running me off the road, try to pull me out of the car and tehn follow me to my neighborhood is probably unstable enough to have done just that.