What do you for personal safety?

[gotta go]

I received this in an email and thought it a good suggestion for protection. You couldn't carry it with you while walking through truckstop parking lots, but we all avoid walking between trucks anyway, don't we?

Wasp Spray

I have a friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area
who was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob
them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police
department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she
get a can of wasp spray instead. The wasp spray, they told her, can
shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the
pepper spray they have to get too close to you and could overpower you.
The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the
hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and
it doesn't attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray
would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. You could
also keep it in your car and it would not be illegal. Thought this was
interesting and might be of use...

[morningstar55ny]

I received this in an email and thought it a good suggestion for protection. You couldn't carry it with you while walking through truckstop parking lots, but we all avoid walking between trucks anyway, don't we?

Wasp Spray

I have a friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area
who was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob
them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police
department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she
get a can of wasp spray instead. The wasp spray, they told her, can
shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the
pepper spray they have to get too close to you and could overpower you.
The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the
hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and
it doesn't attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray
would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. You could
also keep it in your car and it would not be illegal. Thought this was
interesting and might be of use...

thanx for the idea...... .. good post

[Poorboy]

I Carry My Handgun!!

[Yesteryear]

Actually it is a great idea! Gonna add it to my Walmart list. Coursin no one has ever bothered me in a truck stop yet but ya never know! Might happen and I'll 'WASP'EM' good!

[cheri1122]

The biggest advantage to wasp spray is that no LEO can say it's actually a weapon, rather than what it is - there's a legitimate need for it.
Also, most cans have a trumpet in front of the nozzle, which reassures me that if I ever need to spray it at an attacker, I won't point it at myself in my panic.

[theoldprof]

If someone other than a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant tries to attack you, will it still work? How about a Mexican Catholic, or a Black Baptist?

[TeamCaffee]

I personally have not had any trouble in a truck stop or a rest area. We usually park near the back or near grass for Molly so often it is a hike to find the building. This sometimes requires searching on my part as I am often asleep when we park. I walk away from the front of the trucks and stay in the main road way. I also carry my keys in a manner that can be used for self defense. If we park in an area that looks a little shady to me I do not leave the truck till daylight.

The Wasp spray is a great idea and I think even in a panic you would have a hard time using it on yourself. I think I will just stick with my keys and stay in a lighted area or walk away from the trucks in the road way up to the building.

[Wolverine]

Since there are no high risk areas in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and I found my pepper spray going to waste, I called the local police department asking how I should properly dispose of the spray canisters.

Much to my relief the Desk Sergeant was an expert on pepper spray having spent many years with the Detroit police department and happened to mention it was effective as protection from wasps.

Sure enough...it worked great...no more wasps in Garden, MI!!

[highway star]

Obviously, you've never been in Engadine when the Crips and the Bloods are fighting over turf.

[wellarmed]

I was looking forward to meeting yesteryear someday,now I guess I had better be wearing safety goggles in case I startle her.

[wellarmed]

I Carry My Handgun!!

I'm thinking polotics are the only thing that stands between us.

[chefdennis]

springfield xd9 sc, seems poorboy and wellarmed wlsk in the same circles

[Poorboy]

springfield xd9 sc, seems poorboy and wellarmed wlsk in the same circles

Not Politically, But We Would Probably Get Along If Politics Wouldn't Come Up! I would even Let Him Buy Me a Cup Of Coffee

[inkasnana]

I make my husband walk with me after dark.

[TeamCaffee]

The thoughts of getting Bob up as early as I like to get up scares me more then walking in the truck stop! He is not a morning person at all.