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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year, my 17 yo was leaving work from a parking garage. An older guy was going the wrong way in the garage, so my kid almost hit his car. The guy actually followed my kid home to our house! He rang our doorbell and told us we should talk to him about safe driving. Totally unacceptable and creepy.[/quote]

You never taught your kid that if someone is following them like that you drive to a police station, not home?[/quote]

New poster here and no, I have 3 teens and this wasn't in the top 1000 lessons I taught them.  [/quote]

I didn’t either. But because of this thread, I just did. (We don’t live in the DC area, so I swapped out the streets. But the local incident was 100% real, sadly.)

What I sent to DC:

“Not to be paranoid, but see below - it’s a good reminder. People are crazy and road rage is real. If someone is following you, do not drive home. The first thing to do is to be sure your doors are locked. (People have been known to get out at red lights to continue an argument. 😳) Then, if you don’t know where the nearest police station is, drive to the front of a very crowded parking lot with lots of people coming and going. (Like pulling up in front of the nearest Target or Wegmans (not a parking spot in the lot.)) Put on your hazard lights and stay in your car. If the person is still there, call 911.  If it takes awhile, or if they get out of the car and approach yours, hit the horn long and hard. People will come investigate and help you. (Not kidding here - road rage is real, and people are crazy. A teenager was literally threatened with a gun last year while waiting at the light at [the intersection of A & B] by a driver who pulled up next to them after thinking the kid cut them off. 😳 Time to go straight to the closest busy parking lot and call us and 911.)”

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Last year, my 17 yo was leaving work from a parking garage. An older guy was going the wrong way in the garage, so my kid almost hit his car. The guy actually followed my kid home to our house! He rang our doorbell and told us we should talk to him about safe driving. Totally unacceptable and creepy.
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