4WD, pedal to the metal!
I stay the heck out of the dicey areas around DFW. I stick to major roadways and heavily travelled side streets. Anyone stupid enough to attempt to walk into traffic for whatever nefarious purpose their addled brain can dream will be turned into roadkill faster than you can say ‘speedbump’.
When we had riots in 2001, I wanted to build a wing that would come out from under my truck on each side and clear a path about 30” wide on each side. Hydraulic cylinder to push it in for normal travel, spring loaded to snap back after kneecapitating the unwise. Might be a problem for the ankles and shins of persons standing too near the truck as it passed, but would do a good job at keeping people at a distance.
Now, I just carry a big can of bear spray and my cc.
Sorry I missed this discussion last night.
Learn you car’s vulnerabilities. Front engine cars do not survive well when hitting a 200 pound mass at any speed. There is noting infront of the engine but cheap plastic. This includes light trucks.
Likewise, they do not do well with bodies under the wheels. Hit stationary objects slowly or air bags will deploy.
Watch a demolition derby video to see how professionals use their vehicle as a weapon.
If you travel in a straight line you are more likely to be struck by bricks or bullets. But, if you crash into a pole you are certain to be harmed.
Try driving in reverse in a large parking lot to practice. Show your passengers how to deploy the bear spray out the window.
Back in olden times, when on safari in the jungle, it was recommended that you bring a supply of shiny trinkets to hand out to the natives to avoid becoming their evening meal.
In modern times, the same applies. Bring a bag of EBT cards and a trunk full of expensive sneakers to hand out to the “protestors”, and they will let you pass safely.
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These “security experts” are wrong. If you follow their advice in the middle of a riot with urban youths all around you, you will be seriously injured or killed. It is the height of absurdity to give such advice. The article should entitle them “politically correct security pundits”.
They certainly wouldn’t be giving this advice to a high value client who is beset upon.
Are they kidding?!? Haul @ss like a bat out of hell...
I would have my gun in hand and start moving briskly and let them fend for themselves - it's insane to worry about hurting a mob of folks more than to worry about your own self preservation; endangered just because you happened to be "White and driving".
Proceed where you are going. If someone gets run over....... tough nookies
Your life is of no value if they kill you
Stay in the car. Lock the doors and windows and dont run anyone over. Really? That’s the “expert” advice? Any advice on what to do when the windows are broken, they pull you out of the car and beat you with a brick?
I was sort of in this situation once. I witnessed an act of vandalism and was following the ute’s in my car while on the phone with police dispatch. It escalated when one of them threw a rock at me ad broke my windshield. I turned down a street which turned out to be dead end. A small gang of ferals joined the party and were trying to get into my car. I could see the police lights on the way so I didn’t do anything but sit there.
It’s amazing how quickly the party stopped when everyone had little red dots pointed at their center mass. Several went to jail that night. The police barely asked me my name.
There is no one answer to this. Happened to me in Istanbul. Thought I could get out peacefully until the rock went through the rear window. Then it was bounce people off the front time. No police in sight. Had to find the first open road and get the heck out of dodge.
But what to do if professors surround your car?
The victims are on the outside, and the aggressors are on the inside. Better to be judged by 12...