# Some dude wants to kick my head in. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 23, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070 "2003-08-23T01:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070/41 "2003-08-25T16:02:20Z")
The problem I find, at least in Canada, is who to call. The last time I called in plates I was driving at night along the highway. A mini-van and a car were screwing around in traffic (the mini-van at one point STOPPED in the passing lane in light traffic and I had to stand on my brakes (good ole’ new car brakes work really well)). I followed both these cars for a bit and it was obvious that they were cutting each other off for whatever reason. I noticed about 200 feet later that the car’s lights were swing around like a disco ball. It had crashed and spun around into the guard rail. I stopped but I was way too far to help but the mini-van blasted by me. I peeled out (my first proper use of my 6 speed Matrix) and followed the mini-van and called in the plates. I used \*911 and you know what? I got “Sorry, if this happend on the highway you must call the OPP” by the time I tried dialing \*opp (because now I have to look at my phone) I started to lose the speeding mini-van and only had a partial plate. I didn’t hear anything about it later. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070/42 "2003-08-25T17:38:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*Well, if you had a gun you could have shot the rude fellow. As a matter of fact, if more people were armed I believe we would have a world that showed the other fellow a little more courtesy. \*\* At the risk of preaching, if you are not trained & specifically proficient in firearms…and if you are not legally licensed to have one in your car (and the local Cop isn’t going to buy “…but I was just going to the Range when this all happened…”) then you should not be driving with a firearm. It can turn a speeding ticket into jail time. I don’t know about a .40 S&W…but those 3-5 Automatics can make a real dent in your social lives. Commit a crime in my state with a gun, its 3-5. Automatic. (Assault & Attempted Assault are crimes) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*Well, if you had a gun you could have shot the rude fellow. As a matter of fact, if more people were armed I believe we would have a world that showed the other fellow a little more courtesy. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070/43 "2003-08-27T03:02:58Z")
Was this on Rt 9 in NJ? I was driving down route 9 the other day, and there was this guy in a toyota sedan, probably from the early 90s, late 80s, wearing a nice sportcoat and shirt, with normal grooming (at least from mid-torso up), and he would occasionally cover his mouth with his left hand, and start yelling obscenities so loud I could hear him clearly over my radio. He did this several times, but I could never figure out what he was saying, or reacting to. It was almost a Dr. Jekell/Mr. Hyde thingy, but the shifts between personalities was much faster, with the evil side taking control for only a few seconds at a time. ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070/44 "2003-08-28T04:24:18Z")
**Wonko** , maybe the guy had/has [Tourette’s Syndrome](http://members.tripod.com/~tourette13/). ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070/45 "2003-08-28T14:02:10Z")
I find it very hard, nay, impossible to believe that any military police have jurisdiction over civilians off base. As a matter of fact, I won’t believe that until I see a valid cite of a United States law which grants such jurisdiction. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070/46 "2003-08-28T14:04:59Z")
Just thought of something: I’m not ruling out citizen’s arrests, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070/47 "2003-08-28T14:05:33Z")
**Monty** , I’ve begun another thread to attempt to get this answered [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=207699), rather than hijack this, and another thread dealing with the same issues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-dude-wants-to-kick-my-head-in/197070.md?page=2)