Prepare, plan, and be in yellow alert at all times.
I always leave a space between me and the car in front of me as an escape route just in case, and keep all doors locked at all times, obsessively.
I look rather intimidating and am ready to act intimidating if need be, i.e. loud insults, flipping bird etc. The look is my main defense and no one bothers me, ever.
Freeze plus P (tear gas) is terribly effective if need be, and a notch lower on the force continuum, if opportunity arises.
For lack of preperation you did fine tho.
I do that all the time, it was just that how the other guys car was, there was no gap to get through until the car in front moved. I always leave about 6-8 feet between myself and the car in front of me so that I can get around the car if it doesn't move when the light turns green or and so that I can get out of the way if an emergency vehicle is coming through. Freeze plus P (tear gas) is terribly effective if need be, and a notch lower on the force continuum, if opportunity arises.
I'll probably do that and keep it on my from here on out. I've been hit with tear gas before (at a concert when I was a teenager that turned rowdy, and I just happened to be down-wind), so I know how much that stuff hurts LOL.
I would have let him see that I had a gun and you might have been saved him following you later. Usually just the sight of the gun will cause the bad guys to go away.