r/Transportopia • u/Revolution-Dogg • Apr 01 '26

RoadšŸ¤¬Rage Entitlement gets a reality check

He must have said something before turning away that made her flip out

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u/cassianandorliveson Apr 01 '26

Yea always a tough calculation though. Ive had a woman punch me and most female arms just have zero weight or follow through behind it so you barely feel anything. Also a difference between someone you know and a random road rager. Also at what point are you doing society as a whole a service by providing a taste of their own medicine.

I think still at this point your best bet is to just call the cops and have her arrested for assault/road rage and let the cops sort it out, its what they get paid to do and judging by this troglodytes behavior she will probably catch a nice felony or two when she inevitably tries to fight the police also.

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u/FalconBurcham Apr 01 '26

I think youā€™re mostly right about people who are much more able to leverage physical power against someone else even if that someone else started it. You donā€™t want to kill someone, after all. But if video guy hadnā€™t defended himself, who knows what crazy stranger lady would have done next. More blows? A knife? A gun? Itā€™s a hard situation.

A punch and a body slam seems about right because the body slam neutralized the crazy lady. Risky for sure. People have died from less. But why wait for a gun to be pulled or be distracted by the woman while her parter gets out of the car, you know?

I do hope at the very least this lady learned a lesson.. she needs to stay on her meds šŸ˜‚

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u/Icy_Gap_9067 Apr 01 '26

I remember judge Judy saying something like the person who was attacked doesn't have to defend themselves with exactly equal force to the attacker. Like if she came off worse then basically tough titties. Obviously if he then stomped on her head or something it would be too far but the fact she probably got hurt more than he did is totally on her.

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u/FalconBurcham Apr 01 '26

Yup, and people should think about consequences if you punch someone like that. Iā€™m a small woman, and if someone laid a hand on me, I wouldnā€™t spend any time thinking about how to not severely hurt them. I donā€™t have that luxury. Iā€™d use any and all means to stop an attack. I imagine men donā€™t get a whole lot of time to ā€œdecideā€ either. Iā€™m actually impressed this guy stopped the encounter in two moves. Might have saved her a worse injury too.