Self Protection questions

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by TruckerNick, Nov 29, 2012.

  1. AZS

    AZS Honk if anything falls off

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    but won't that take you out too? lol
     
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    dibstr Road Train Member

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    Firearms are not always a no-go, but if you cannot carry for some reason, may I suggest the biggest baddest can of Wasp and Hornet spray you can find and a Bic lighter. You can even fab a little holster on the can to hold the lighter. :))

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    A tire bat, you used to could buy them in truckstops.
     
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    I've never found a reason to be that scared, to really need weapons.

    Maybe I just have a charmed life.
     
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    I keep an ice pick mounted on side of drivers seat. Those things will go right thru bone or skull with very little effort.
     
  6. Winkjr

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    15 years of driving and no one has ever jumped on my step at a red light. I don't know where you guys are driving at. But I've peddled Camden NJ and all neighborhoods in Philly and a lot of NY. I think these are stories that are regurgitated cause you heard them at the truckstop counter. I do have a big flashlight if I needed it. Oh and don't tell me the hunts point story either. About the pick up truck we all know it.
     
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    NewbiusErectus Medium Load Member

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    thats a good idea, like a nuclear hand grenade.

    I also like the idea of the air tank, like what the guy in 'no country for old men' used .. Hey man, hold still while I hold this hose up to your forehead ..
     
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    these stories are amusing. What happened in Hunts Point?
     
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    Winkjr Road Train Member

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    That's the point nothing happened at hunts point. Except maybe hookers.
     
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    How about a 26oz waffle head Estwing hammer... and a ring mounted 50 cal on top of the sleeper just in case.