Surrounding protesters start smashing up your car. You fear for your life. What can you legally do?

[ditchtiger]

In any incident where you are surrounded by people who are banging on your car and preventing you from moving and behaving in a hostile and belligerent manner, and any average person having seen the riots of L.A. on TV and else where, one could easily understand that person panicking and driving through the crowd. Just remember that the first person to call 911 is usually perceived as the innocent one by the police.

"Just remember that the first person to call 911 is usually perceived as the innocent one by the police."

So be the first one to call the police before putting the car in gear.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Jo Jo, thank you for the links.

 

[nammac]

That is an excellent, non-lethal solution. These Antifa (I call them Anti First Amendment) idiots have stated that "war is coming 6-Nov (anniversary date of presidential election) - I plan to be very careful that day in terms of where I go

Slight correction, the election they lost was November 8th 2016

 

[Joe13]

1:45 short and you'll enjoy it

 

[Member 5605]

He also said drivers need to ask themselves other questions: "How serious is this mob? Are they armed? Do they have bats?"

I have issue with this.

Fists are just as deadly...

Start banging on the window and blocking my exit is a one way ticket to finding yourself rolling under the car like a raccoon on the highway. I'm claustrophobic so couple the lack of an exit with being threatened.. bad combination.

But... I'll make sure to avoid the situation from the start.

 

[caarecengi]

1:45 short and you'll enjoy it

You can break traffic laws, you can break crminal laws, but the set of laws you can't break are the laws of physics. That fat bubblegum bubblegum just learned the it doesn't matter what the 'a' is, the 'm' is substantial enough to generate a nice F

 

[nammac]

1:45 short and you'll enjoy it

Seems like the right thing to do, they, regardless of who they are, have zero right in interfering with the free and safe passage of another individual...

Personally, I wouldn't have taken so long to get out of there. Begin the push, pick up speed until your free...

 

[11Charlie]

Seems like the right thing to do, they, regardless of who they are, have zero right in interfering with the free and safe passage of another individual...

Personally, I wouldn't have taken so long to get out of there. Begin the push, pick up speed until your free...

Yep like putting the pedal to the floor and letting the coal roll!!!

 

[Caveman Jim]

When they were having mob & car jacking problems in South Africa , they fitted propane jets,
(Think Large Barbecue Burners) under the sides of the vehicles. That could be ignited with press
of a button.

I want those plans!!!!

 

[Certaindeaf]

I just tell them that I'm late for my abortion.. just like Moses, baby.. the parting of the masses is biblical!

not really

 

[JeremyK]

1:45 short and you'll enjoy it

Fat, useless land whale. I hope she broke her tailbone.

 

[caarecengi]

Fat, useless land whale. I hope she broke her tailbone.

Miss Piggy, the self-righteous black dude and the clown filming this may have a collective IQ that breaks triple digits, but the odds are against them

 

[JeremyK]

Miss Piggy, the self-righteous black dude and the clown filming this may have a collective IQ that breaks triple digits, but the odds are against them

"2 mph is assault, and I'm filming you!"

Shut up you bubblegum, no one cares.

 

[caarecengi]

"2 mph is assault, and I'm filming you!"

Shut up you bubblegum, no one cares.

Impeding your progress, while a mob congregates, constitutes a "clear and present danger" in my book

 

[jsparks747]

1- Smoke grenades or discharge a dry type fire extinguisher to obscure what are probably dozens of cell phones videoing.
2- Turn up your car stereo playing a cd of a crowd chanting "death, death, kill them all"
2- Step on gas in reverse
3- Step on gas in drive
4- repeat 2 & 3 as necessary.
5- dispose of the cd when you get to safety.

 

[jsparks747]

I had to "like" it! It's a Dodge!!!

Then the protesters who made it could say that they "got outa dodge!!!"

 

[Hamilton Felix]

Be aware and try to avoid the situation, but he bottom line is survival, Do NOT become another Reginald Denny.

 

[Hawaiian]

Best to not be there in the first place. My office is downtown. Whenever there are protests planned, the company closes early and sends the employees home. A few times, they have closed completely and told us the night before, don't come downtown in the morning. Many of us can work from home. If I was caught off guard and blocked by protesters, I would use as much restraint as possible before taking action. Running them down trying to get away or opening fire would be a last resort because in Portland, I would most likely be charged regardless of my claim that I feared for my life.

 

[308]

Fat, useless land whale. I hope she broke her tailbone.

Snowpig/Bushpig

 

[JeremyK]

Snowpig/Bushpig

Was going to use bushpig, but I thought it'd be too obscure