Road rage, a valuable lesson learned.

[MikeFisher]

you had a lucky day Beeza,
some 'frias', whiskey 'nrock'n roll on the 15th/30th, wifey at home in a bad mood or the driving big 'chulo' with a new girl(anyways not his, just a 'bola') on his side in his jeepeta or Civicito can cost you a lot just for some words or signs, even you've been absolutely right of course, but that wouldn't matter after he 'not just shows the gun'. i can usually not keep my mouth shut and by instinct show the neded finger fast, traffic jams with the right away occuring above described behavior we have here every morning at the crossing of Veron when all the higuey-SH's bring their not-payed jeepetas down to bavaro to work, like all the road been built just for them, those situations are sorrily not rare, and they can end bad.
the best is to stay or at least play the innocent and don't mess with them.
late afternoons ahead and over the weekends specially those guys are the hot ones for several reasons, they don't think first before they do something which could not be changed back later.
Mike

[M.A.R.]

That was some crazy shyt Beeza.

[zoomzx11]

I would think that if you wave a pistol an another person who is ,unknown to you also armed, you could be legally shot in self defense. I know, I know ,this aint Kansas and these people are not thinking clearly. In Miami this happens alot as everyone is armed and you often read about the road rage gunfights. Hard to do and easy to say but its best to just let those whirling dirvishes whirl. When I drive here which is a lot I try and tell myself that I will not react to any kind of behavior no matter how extreme. I have found that if you have some sort of plan you will avoid doing some dumb spur of the moment thing. Driving is an insane fashion is the norm and there's lots of guns combined with alcohol.

[JDJones]

Celt, I too got caught in that mess, only I was in the heart of it, on Roberto Patoriza and Lope de Vega(where Lincoln and Lope de Vega join together)

Thank goodness the tiger market is RIGHT THERE in the intersection, and their freezers work great!!

When someone gives you lemons, make lemonade!

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by zoomzx11

I would think that if you wave a pistol an another person who is ,unknown to you also armed, you could be legally shot in self defense.

It wouldn't matter a lick.
You're involved in a gunfight and if the law doesn't kick your butt, the family and friends of the person you shoot, sure as heck will "take care of you".

[ExtremeR]

They stop if you are armed too, that's why people need to be armed in this day (a nasty reality but a reality), once they see you aren't naked they will just try to turn off the flames.

[Celt202]

Originally Posted by JDJones

Celt, I too got caught in that mess, only I was in the heart of it, on Roberto Patoriza and Lope de Vega(where Lincoln and Lope de Vega join together)

Thank goodness the tiger market is RIGHT THERE in the intersection, and their freezers work great!!

When someone gives you lemons, make lemonade!

I passed that intersection by the Tiger Market several times in the week before and saw the preparations in the little park. It didn't register what it was for and I didn't check online about the route of the rally.

'Gone troppo' can sometimes cost you.

Australian slang dictionary

[ExtremeR]

I was caught in that parade too, Malecon going westbound, and people seeing my mad face yelling "comesolo te vamos a quitar el 16" to me, that gave me something to smile. Spent 1 hour and a half and 2 gallons of gas stuck in there.

There were rumors that they blocked several streets and avenues with trucks so it will be more packed for the pictures taken by the helicopters.

[beeza]

I too have a gun, but I think it would only have made things worse if I had it and got it out. I use mine purely for self defence and certainly not for threatening people. I only usually have it in the car when going over the mountains to Santiago as I have heard stories of car jacking and fake roadblocks by people pretending to be police.

What gets me is the absolute disinterest by the Politur. There is an armed idiot driving towards the oncoming traffic, overtaking a queue of crawling vehicles, causing havoc, and they do nothing! It wasn't just me who reported it, the taxi driver behind me also mentioned it.

What exactly is Politur's job?

[Rocky]

Originally Posted by beeza

What exactly is Politur's job?

They don't have an actual job description, but they are taught that it matters not what they do, as long as they look good doing it.