[baltimorebayside]

Originally Posted by NCxM50

The smartest thing to do is just get out of there with no retaliation or provocation.

I don't mean to offend anyone here, but the ball bearings thing is just plain stupid. Lets consider a few scenarios here and keep in mind she said this was on a HIGHWAY.

1. You toss a ball bearing over your shoulder at the truck behind you.
a. he takes it in the windshield, which spiderwebs, now he's not just a jerk playing games, he's a pissed off jerk with a grudge in a vehicle that outweighs yours by, oh, a LOT. He runs you off the road where you end up dead or dying in a ditch.

b. it catches him by surprise, he swerves instinctively... into a mini-van with a family in it who goes off the road. Several people saw you throw the bearing, and get a plate #. You spend the next 10 years in prison for vehicular manslaughter, living with the guilt of killing a family.

c. it misses him entirely, bouncing up and hitting someone else car. Now you've got 1 inbred jerk playing games, and 1 really pissed off innocent commuter with a completely legitimate grudge. Between the two of them, they carry more than 10 times your weight. One or the other takes it too far and you end up? in a ditch, dead or dying.

I can "almost" see using ball bearings on a backroad, when theres just NO one else on the road but you and said jerk. But on a highway, with other cars on it, ANY action you take needs to consider all the other vehicles on the road who weren't doing anything but driving to/from point A and or B, lest you antagonize additional drivers and make things worse, not better.

You're absolutely correct, the best thing to do is try to get off the highway as fast and safe as possible and call the police......

I gotta stop watching the news and concentrate on my (Wild Hogs) road trip to the mountains!!!!!

dan: