Actuall, I won't have this post deleted, but if the moderators deem it necessary, so be it.
The roasting is good for me. It has allowed me to reflect on my actions.
I was clearly in the wrong.
But one thing.. road rage was mentioned.. at no time was I angry. ( with the truck ) It all happened very quickly.
First.. The guy pulled out in front of me. He has a large powerful vehicle, and he was at a full stop at a red light. It was well within his legal right to make the turn.
had I rear-ended him, it would have been my fault. It is nearly impossible to escape fault when you rear end someone.
Now, obviously my feeling of endangerment was misplaced, regardless of the large chrome step plate bumper with the protruding trailer hitch, right at my eye level. The fact that I easily avoided the collision speaks highly to the fact that it is my responsibility to avoid other drivers, not their responsibility to avoid placing me in danger.
However, the method of my avoidance was plain wrong. First, I made a lane change within 30 feet of an intersection, which is clearly illegal. Legally, I should have locked up the brakes and taken the chance that the window pillars would indeed have stopped the trailer hitch before it took my head off. Second, by passing the truck at a high rate of speed, I endangered HIS feeling of security, superiority, and authority afforded him by his larger, more powerful vehicle.
Furthermore, when he accelerated to beside my vehicle, crossed the white line into my lane, revving his motor aggressively, he was merely asserting his dominance, reminding me that I should not have passed him so rapidly.
That I felt concerned for my safety at this point, was certainly absurd. As pointed out, I should not have felt inclined to defend myself, but should have instead done whatever possibly to leave the situation, showing submission and ensuring his feeling of dominance.
lastly.. flashing the badge.. ( it is NOT a FAKE badge ).. I'll admit, I was willfully impersonating an officer of the law. It was indeed my sole intention that the punk on the rice rocket think I was a cop and chill out. The fact that it worked is irrelevent, the ends cannot justify the means.
It was not my position to attempt to recitfy his reckless driving. Even should his actions have ( immediately ) resulted in a severe collision, possibly causing death to himself or others, it was not my doing, not my fault, and not my position to interfere.
Roast away, but I believe I get the point.
Just because I legally carry a weapon does not justify me to use it in self defense. My only true legal action is to run away, and turn a blind eye to criminal action, as the rest of the sheeple do.
