Is carrying a bag of marbles/ball bearings a viable method of self-defense?

Running from a polar bear joke.
:slight_smile:

Blind the pusuer with Silly-String®.

Steelies…

Plus, you can eat the fruit for an added burst of energy while you’re running away. Bicyclists swear by them.

I think you should carry a sword. If they see it no one will bother you.

Ping-Pong balls?

I am not quite sure what this mode of retaliation is designed to achieve.

If it is directed against the windshield of the offending driver, then the effect is surely negated by the fact that the ball bearings are travelling faster than the pursuing driver …obviously the effect would be dramatically increased by the cyclist doing a U-turn further on down the road and coming back at his target in the other lane …

If the ball bearings land on the road surface then nothing is achieved …leastways I surmise …

Have you considered driving a Zamboni and laying down a slick surface behind you?

Zambonis:
[ul]
[li]very popular with the ladies[/li][li]you won’t lose it in parking lots and the theft rate is low[/li][li]no speeding tickets[/li][li]the view of traffic equals or exceeds that of SUVs[/li][li]open air driving is nice in the Summertime[/li][/ul]

You have to use a whole can.

The government is way ahead of you.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency report.

Unfortunately, in practice this non-lethal weaponry turned out lethal by suffocation. I’m sure that the technology is still being considered, if not in use somehow.