Suggestions for protecting yourself in a vehicle?

CanadianGatorBacon · 11-15-2017, 01:15 PM

My wife's job is located such that she has to drive through a rough area to get to the highway. She frequently has to deal with teenagers trying to make a buck by "offering to wash her windshield" (usually by making it dirty first). She tries to nicely signal declining the offer, but a recent hothead smashed his squeegee handle on the side of her car when she didn't want the window cleaned.

She's now thoroughly freaked out about driving through this area. Does anyone have any suggestions of non-lethal devices to install to help get rid of someone who attacks her like this? Preferably something that wouldn't requiring my wife to open a window.

I was thinking installing some sort of loud alarm would help, although they seem to be illegal to use while the car is running for reasons of keeping such noise exclusive to emergency vehicles. I've found it surprisingly hard to find something online, which generally suggest to me that the law discourages such measures.

evdok · 11-15-2017, 01:23 PM

CanadianGatorBacon · 11-15-2017, 01:27 PM

evdok could work with pepper spray!

kprocivic · 11-15-2017, 01:38 PM

Any 380 .22 or 9mm handgun would do the trick. Don't even need to roll down the window.

1and1 · 11-15-2017, 02:15 PM

The one, the only, the original
Trunk Monkey....

R3dliner · 11-15-2017, 02:21 PM

Stuff like this happens daily here. Just simply ignore them. Not like they going to try to hijack the vehicle.
Tell the wifey to take a alternate route.

MightyMouseTech · 11-15-2017, 03:20 PM

Move away from DC.

CanadianGatorBacon · 11-15-2017, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kprocivic

Any 380 .22 or 9mm handgun would do the trick. Don't even need to roll down the window.

Guns are very hard to register in DC and even harder to carry.

Quote:

Originally Posted by R3dliner

Stuff like this happens daily here. Just simply ignore them. Not like they going to try to hijack the vehicle.
Tell the wifey to take a alternate route.

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Originally Posted by MightyMouseTech

Move away from DC.

We live in D.C., but this happens in Baltimore. The only alternate route is don't go to Baltimore.

wdb · 11-15-2017, 08:57 PM

Hold up a fake po-po badge?

tranquility · 11-15-2017, 09:03 PM

Wow, bunch of useless replies here.

1. report to police
2. find alternative route, no other way, unless vigilantism is allowed

FC4 · 11-16-2017, 03:18 AM

Your wife works? Why?

eluded · 11-16-2017, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by FC4

Your wife works? Why?

Exactly.

Maybe install a train horn ?

wdb · 11-17-2017, 07:35 AM

^^^ That is one obnoxious a**hole. With a warped sense of humor.

aozer · 11-17-2017, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by kprocivic

Any 380 .22 or 9mm handgun would do the trick. Don't even need to roll down the window.

she better be ready to fucking use it if she's gonna pull that bullshit

SportySpice · 11-18-2017, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by evdok

I want that set-up to melt snow in winter.

Trunk monkey is a beast!

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R3dliner Lieutenant Colonel 991 Rep 1,929 Posts Drives: 18 M3 6MT Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: NYC iTrader: (5)	Stuff like this happens daily here. Just simply ignore them. Not like they going to try to hijack the vehicle. Tell the wifey to take a alternate route.
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tranquility sportscars only 3521 Rep 3,271 Posts Drives: 2011 Z4 sDrive 35i Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montréal iTrader: (0)	Wow, bunch of useless replies here. 1. report to police 2. find alternative route, no other way, unless vigilantism is allowed
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wdb dances with roads 5148 Rep 4,139 Posts Drives: '07 E86, '02 996, '95 Seven Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: the perimeter iTrader: (4)	^^^ That is one obnoxious a**hole. With a warped sense of humor.
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