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Originally Posted by Mr Monster
There's been a lot of chatter of assaulting the vandal, but what can one really do? I mean, who wants to end up in the "system" over some dumba$$ that doesn't like your car? I often think what would I really do if I caught someone in the act. Sure, beating the crap out of them would be my first school of thought, but then the cops show up and haul me off for felony assault and he/she calls their attorney for damages to their face. So what do you do?
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In 1987 just after I took delivery of an 87 Yamaha FZR 750RT (destined for track use), a driver made a left in front me from the far right hand lane across five lanes of one-way traffic (I was in one of the center lanes). No signal, no other traffic than me. I literaly stood the bike on its nose to miss him as he angled into a strip mall parking lot.
Pissed off beyond words (I've lost several friends to cars) I followed him into the parking lot. He was still in his Suburban, just opening the door when I began kicking it. The first one nailed his foot between the door and body of the truck. After that, it closed and I kicked it until I worked the anger out of my system. An older guy that had seen what happened on the street then watched as I worked on my anger management issues came over and offered his assistance. I don't know what kind of assistance he meant, but he kept saying "that guy damn near killed you", over and over.
As I mounted the bike, the driver rolled down his window two or three inches and began cursing. I told him to get out and we'd settle the matter right now. When he didn't, I told him to remember me the next time he wanted to cut off a bike. Never heard a peep about it.
I'm not sure I'd assault someone for damaging the Cobra. Pissed yes. Maybe even to the point of losing my temper. Perhaps I'd just casually trash whatever POS they use for transportation and let them make the decision for me.
