Uh no...

If you can afford an expensive Italian sports car, I'm guessing a Ferrari; you are not in the same league as barstool people. Not saying better, but absolutely not the same league.

 

Too bad you didn't have a gun like many on this board feel you should have.

Either that or you could have beaten him with your maglite.

 

WTH? ... "Beat him with a maglite?"

Its bad enuff the OP chose to escalate the situation by yelling at the guy, now you want him to get out and beat the crap out him?

Whats wrong with that scenario:impatient

 

Now you are really trying to get something stirred up

FWIW....aparently all jacked up dude had was fancy phone......maglite wins that match anyday

 

Dog ate his dash, wild chase with a phone landing in his car? Hmm yeah OK..

 

Thats cruel!

 

Haydukery is a great thing indeed. Just use EXTREME caution because all modern cell phones have GPS inside them. I bet it works even when it is turned off via the options menu.... Be careful.

Rawhyde

 

What? Where is this coming from.

 

If that happended to me, I would have zipped up to him and threw it right back, then peeled away....a truck-VS-Kouper-S what are the odds of him ever catcthing up......

 

I was joking.

You'd have to go and read the thread about where to store a maglite in your Mini to understand my joke. The thread deteriorated into a debate on carrying concealed weapons, the state of our society, big cities versus small towns, etc...

 

Actually, very good. Could be a Hemi. Could be one of a bunch of different trucks that are faster than a MINI. If you think a stock or pullied MINI is just going to pull away from a "truck", you maybe in for a surprise.

oh yeah, Sorry ... forgot about that thread

 

I have a Verizon LG 6100 (I think), and it has a feature called Location in the settings menu. The choices are ON and E911 ONLY. At the Verizon store, they told me that if I dialed 911 and was unable to speak, they'd find me. Also, we lost a Sprint phone (belonged to work), we had them run a "locate" on it, and it was found at an employee's house. (He forgot to take it out of his luggage) From that, I figured that all of them had it by now.

Quasi-unrelated, but why don't cars with NAV set their own clocks? All GPS enabled devices receive a time signal after all.... Also, ever notice that there's no way to manually set the time on most modern cell phones?

Rawhyde

PS Look on pg 46 of the RAZR V3i phone. It shows you the symbol that tells you whether the phone can send "location information" or not... Break out your manual and see if it has a "LOCATION" function.

 

That's what I was thinkin......is this guy actually an SUV driving troll?

 

During the heat of the moment like that, it's hard to keep your cool. I'm one of the most serene individuals you'll ever meet, but I have my limits. If some jackass driver endangers mine or my wife's life, thats it.


This is why I recomend that people carry a hatchet (or tomahawk if thats your thing) under the front seat. Sure some people have knives, others tasers or even guns. But that's so passe. There is nothing as disturbing as someone with a hatchet.

 

 

tahts a picture of the phone. Its in my desk draw right now. I dont care if they can track it or not. if the cops come ill tell them he threw it at me.

 

Tude is everywhere.

The phrase is "you've got to be kidding me" not "joking me". That makes no sense.

You might consider being more careful who you lose your temper with. Some of those idiots carry guns.

 

All roadrage aside,

Since the phone is not good to you and it might be "hot". I would consider turning it in to the cops as it could help them out. I think it would be worth it if he is into something "on the other side".

 

Yeah, I agree with Frodo. I mean, who knows? They may be looking for this guy. You didn't happen to get the license plate, did you?

I'm willing to bet the phone is hot.

 

Well, the GPS will give you an accurate UTC time, but unless you have one of the ones that have detailed maps of the entire country pre-loaded, the GPS might not know exactly where the time zone boundaries are. I know that on my Garmin 276c, the unit sets the time automatically, but I choose the time zone myself.

Cell phones can set both the time *and* the timezone, because they can get both pieces of information from the nearest cell-phone tower. I guess you could be an hour off if the nearest cell tower were just across the time zone boundary, though. I'll have to check and see if mine lets you override the time zone setting.

Scott

 

I just let them get on with it.

Most (american) drivers are so unaware of their surroundings, they do not realize that you are mad with them for cutting you up (or whatever), they generally have no idea why you are mad and assume that you are the dangerous looney.

That, my friend, can lead to all sorts of issues and gunshot wounds

Better to just stay out of the way, give them space and hope that their stupid driving will lead to their own untimely death before it leads to someone elses.

It is simply not worth the blood pressure to care.....

 

Sometimes its hard for me just to let things go! I better learn though. Or buy a hummer h1 and roll stuff over

 

I do have the first few characters of the license plate. (6H5) It was all I could manage to memorize. As for the phone ill just get rid of it. I dont wanna take a chance of me turning it into the cops and it really is hot. Then I get in trouble.

 

Not one person can track the phone. I lost my V3C (Verizon) and I called Verizon to see if they could locate it. "Nope we can't"...The 911 setting like someone had mentioned before is if you are unable to speak or communicate, then they can locate you (this requires you calling 911 though). Don't trash it... Take it to a Verizon dealer or someplace that takes used old phones and gives them to beaten and battered women who can't afford phones. They'll even give you a tax break on your yearly taxes (I believe)...

On another note, are there any numbers stored in the phone to where you could call someone to see if their phone was lost or stolen? Like look for "wife, grandma, girlfriend, etc..." then call from a payphone or a number that can't be traced back to you incase the phone did belong to the A$$ hole who threw it out the window...

 

Just trash the phone.


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