With all the danger out there do you guys keep anything to protect yourselves?

Can't you say no? Unless I'm mistaken, with that whole 4th amendment thing unless there is probable cause and/or reasonable suspicion they can't force their way into the sleeper berth...

 

I have only been OTR 8 years still I have only been in one physical altercation-and that was with another Truck Driver. Speaking of which;my daughter-in-law asked me not long ago what scares me the most being "out there." I answered quickly and honestly..I am MOST worried of other driver's carrying a "piece." You know..When I must get the moroon who blocked me in the T.S. or Rest area to move,or confront the idio who decided to have a full 3-course dinner and shower after pulling up after fueling. His being a bit unstable and thinking he's John Wayne is an unsettling thought.

I hesitated to post this as this forum does NOT need yet another sentence devoted to the 'I'm gonna carry a handgun for protection and don't care what you think vein'Do as you will. However what I posted above is indeed what I am concerned the most about when on the road.

 

I have an 8.8 million volt taser, but only when in a ##### neighborhood do I actually carry it though. Will lay out anyone for a few minutes, legal in most states, no carry license needed and no dead bodies left to be in court over afterwards.

 

"Holy Electric Chair Batman." How many Amperes of current?

 

I hope Honch didn't taser himself/herself..(theirself) 8.8 million volts? Isn't that what Captain James T. Kirk had in his phaser? (And,how the hell does one spell that)

 

I carry a flashlight that also doubles as a tazer blind and shock them at the same time.

 

Keep a hammer , nothing wrong with that. A strong disposition and pepper pray works also. But the best policy is avoidance.

 

It's not the volts that kill you bumpy it's the amperage. 8.8million volts will drain a triple-A battery pretty quick though.

 

I think tinfoiltrucker has the best policy avoid the situation. It doesn't hurt to have a backup plan however. Fortunetly I have never come to a point where I thought I might need to use the tazer function of my flashlight and I pray it stays that way.

 

A dirty bomb made out of manure is better. According to a Leo that I know manure is the primary ingredient in a dirty bomb