road rage...pepper spray

[Patrick Austin]

>I'm not sure I'd want a fog of this stuff around. I carry a can of the
>pepper spray when I bike, and I once had the *severe* misfortune to squirt
>myself with it. A *large* dog jumped out at me from between two cars, and in
>my haste I didn't check to see which way the damn spray was pointing.

Well, this has a big safety catch and a finger hole, so you wouldn't spray
it in your own face.  However, I'd watch out for the wind!  Seriously,
though, in a panic, hitting someone in the face with pepper spray would be
tough.  As you found out.  :)  I have two containers, one is old, so I
tested it out one day.  It'd be VERY hard to miss your target, and if you
were, for example, spraying at someone standing outside your car, I think
it would be _very_ effective.  5 minutes later, when I went out into the
front yard after testing it there, the air still burned my lungs.  Very
cool stuff.  The handle glows in the dark, too!  

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						Patrick Austin
						paanta at bu.edu
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