Again, all that goes out the window if there's one car in front of the car ahead of you.. which, maybe you live in a 1-stoplight town, but for the vast majority of America, is highly likely.
Here's a scenario, you're stopped at a railroad crossing, and the guy behind is ticked because you didn't speed through before the barriers came down. He's behind you, cars and rolling train in front. Maybe extreme, but given time it's possible to develop a dozen similar situations that provide similar complications to any basic rule or set of rules.
Regarding the justified homicide you cite, there's a significant legal distinction between felony murder doctrine and your own actions as described, which carries a high probability of being shown as reckless and negligent. Particularly in the absence of physical evidence, a suspect, or credible witness(es).
Regarding your push bar, have you ever tried to push a parked vehicle from a standstill, with less than ten feet of standoff? I'm thinking not.. that's not exactly how they are designed to be used, and won't offer much assistance other than protecting your front end.
While action is certainly better than inaction, I think you need to take a good hard look at your options and prescribed actions. Ask yourself, if this gun-brandishing bad guy is going to shoot you anyway, why would he wait for you to push vehicles out of the way, go over curbs, crush a fence and then flee? If motivated, he'd dump the mag into your passenger compartment before you got into 2nd gear.
Here's a scenario, you're stopped at a railroad crossing, and the guy behind is ticked because you didn't speed through before the barriers came down. He's behind you, cars and rolling train in front. Maybe extreme, but given time it's possible to develop a dozen similar situations that provide similar complications to any basic rule or set of rules.
Regarding the justified homicide you cite, there's a significant legal distinction between felony murder doctrine and your own actions as described, which carries a high probability of being shown as reckless and negligent. Particularly in the absence of physical evidence, a suspect, or credible witness(es).
Regarding your push bar, have you ever tried to push a parked vehicle from a standstill, with less than ten feet of standoff? I'm thinking not.. that's not exactly how they are designed to be used, and won't offer much assistance other than protecting your front end.
While action is certainly better than inaction, I think you need to take a good hard look at your options and prescribed actions. Ask yourself, if this gun-brandishing bad guy is going to shoot you anyway, why would he wait for you to push vehicles out of the way, go over curbs, crush a fence and then flee? If motivated, he'd dump the mag into your passenger compartment before you got into 2nd gear.
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