Bikers/Range Rover Chase

AVB-AMG · #11 10-04-2013, 07:27 AM

It is very easy for any of us commenting here to speculate what we would most likely do if we were in that position of the RR driver.
We have the luxury of time to think about various options and alternatives to deal with the situation, including stop or flee or attack, etc...
What I believe some posters hubris fails to recognize is that as much as we may think or want to react in a certain way, we really do not know for sure what we would do....

Surprise, aggravation, speculation as to intent, shock, fear, panic, anger, self preservation, family protection, etc. all will combine in various ways and intensities to ultimately mix a mental motivating cocktail that will influence and direct our immediate impulsive actions, followed by our next moves. My point is: we can say here in a relatively safe anonymous internet forum what we would LIKE to do, but we really have no idea of how we would really actually do....

Also, as has been mentioned in an earlier post, we can probably assume that one or more of these bikers may possibly have had a weapon, a firearm. With our country allowing almost anyone to easily purchase firearms, combined with the conceal and carry laws in many states, you just have to assume that the "other" driver, biker, trucker, whomever it may be, quite possibly is armed. That assumption alone should temper any sane, rational driver to attempt to factor in this possibility, when faced by the aggressive behavior that these bikers demonstrated. As much as I may want to perform an aggressive move with my vehicle, I need to remind myself that the other driver/biker may then pull out a gun and fire it at me. Do I really want to take that chance....? Do any of you really want to do that? All male testosterone reflexive aggressive and violent bravado comments on how they would react in this scenerio in this thread on this topic fail to acknowledge this very real possibility. That is why I say in reality one may act and react differently that what you initially assume you would do.

I assume that when a person mentally "snaps" as the RR driver may have, that any rational weighing of the potential consequences becomes much more difficult.

That is why this hypothetical scenario for any of us to envision ourselves in is so challenging and maybe even wishful thinking since we like to think we "know" what we would do, but in reality, we only think we do and may actually act and react very differently.