Let's go back to post #2941, where I mentioned going before a Judge. I'll try to keep this brief.
Back when I (and my now ex wife) moved out into the country... the only major highway was a twisty, winding 2 lane road with blind curves along the river.
The semi drivers made it a habit of tailgating the cars, trying to make them go faster.
At the same time the cars were trying to pass the truck drivers to get around them. An all around bad situation.
At one point, the wife was driving into town (I was in the passenger front), and a semi was only 3 feet off the back bumper. I could literally lean back and look up at the driver's face. The wife was very nervous.
So when we got into town, and stopped for a red light... I got out of the passenger side of the car... walked back to the truck and punched the drivers door, and told the driver to get off our ass, or I was going to kick his.
I turned around to walk away, and heard both doors of the semi open up. The driver had a ball peen hammer (with half the handle cut off) and the passenger had nothing. We exchanged some graphic words back and forth, and the passenger took a swipe at me (and missed), all while I was watching the driver.
By this point we were all in the middle of the highway, with other vehicles honking their horns at us. Local law enforcement had been called by someone, and arrived promptly.
Well... since I put a silver dollar sized dent in the driver's door, I was charged with "Criminal damaging" of private property.
Gonna stop here for now. I'll try to finish this up tomorrow.