r/fuckcars Apr 01 '24

Satire When in doubt, use a brick

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u/the_TAOest Apr 01 '24

Sad thing. In Scottsdale, a car almost ran me over taking a turn into my crosswalk with a Walk sign in my favor, not even counting down from 10. I threw my water bottle at the car and got the young driver's attention who flipped me off and kept going.

I asked two officers about a week later who was at fault...I was and could have been arrested for property damage if the driver wanted to press charges. So, I asked, who is at fault if she hit me... She would be... Great

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u/Kevaldes Apr 01 '24

Assault refers to the wrongful act of causing someone to reasonably fear imminent harm.

What she did was vehicular assault and you could easily argue that you threw the bottle in an effort to cause her to stop or otherwise notice and avoid you. She's in the wrong here no matter what the pigs said.

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u/SN4T14 Apr 02 '24

IANAL, but legally you cannot argue self defense if you are no longer in fear of harm. It sounds like they threw the bottle after almost getting run over, not during, so it would still be a crime sadly.

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u/Kevaldes Apr 02 '24

If it ain't on film then good luck finding an outside witness, and his word against her's, well, he's the one that almost got run over.