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Punk Pulled a Gun on Us

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by seilerts, May 26, 2011.

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  1. seilerts

    seilerts Battery Curmudgeon

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    Driving home with the wife, on the side road that runs parallel to the interstate. I wasn't even hypermiling, just doing the speed limit. All I did was honk at the guy when he passed us on a double-yellow line at a blind curve. He slammed on his brakes, rolled down his window, and flashed his semiauto. In the hands of the Sheriff now, but, damn...
     
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    :eek: Glad you are okay.

    This is why I give zero reaction to any other driver around me. I learned a long time ago too many unstable drivers pack heat in their glovebox.
     
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    seilerts Battery Curmudgeon

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    We are so pissed. Makes me want to config an electromagnetic pulse generator off the HV battery. But you're right, being aggressive is never good, and in a Prius it is about the worst case scenario.
     
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    Scary! And a bit short on deets. Do tell: I guess you called 911 and reported. Apparently you saw him apprehended. Will you have to serve as a witness? Probably too soon to tell I guess.
     
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    He is probably not even in custody! I hope that is not the case. Some real winners out there! Hal
     
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    Got that right! Glad you are OK.
     
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    and i thought santa fey was all hippies and gays.
     
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    Here's a little something from my hometown.

     
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    Hmm isnt that just nice you should have zoomed off or got your guns out lol
     
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    Trust me, you can't control the pulse direction; it's spherical, not conical.

    Trust me. :cool:
     
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    A 66mm LAW would have trumped him.
     
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    A similar situation occured here in Sacramento last month on the freeway. An older couple were making a trip to see their new grandchild when some lunatic pulled a gun and shot the man while driving on the freeway. Last I heard he was alive but in the hospital. The gunman was never found. Makes me sick to think there are people like this on our roads.
     
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    At least it didn't turn into this, which happened right around the corner from my house a year or so ago. As an aside both my wife an myself had been tailgated by this guy at least once. He was fairly infamous on route 422.

    UDATED VIDEO: Rt. 422 road-rage shooting suspect found dead - pottsmerc.com
     
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    I remember hearing about that; didn't know they were driving a Prius.
     
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    I didn't know what kind of car the victims were driving. Turns out it was a truck. The man that was shot died on May 7th due to his injuries. :(

    The Sacramento County Sheriff¿s Department hopes someone recognizes a witness who possibly saw a road rage incidenton Highway 99 that killed a man on May 4th. - KTXL

    A visitor to Sacramento is in the hospital recovering from a vicious act of road rage along highway 99 near Florin road. - KTXL
     
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    crazy. never have had that happen to me. usually i drive 5 over. i did see a prius driving at the speed limit today though... huge line of cars behind it. somehow I felt embarrassed.
     
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    Wait, I wasn't in St. Louis today. :p

    To OP: That is pretty scary, I am glad you two are alright.
     
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    me either. but then, i'm usually five under. it's a limit, not mandatory, right?
     
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