What would you do if someone threw a bottle at you?

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If I somehow could possibly be riding a motorcycle (never going to happen since I have extreme sensory issues with noise and breeze and probably will never get a driver’s license), I would probably just glare back at the person who threw it (assuming I had no idea why they did it). If I was walking or riding a non-motorized vehicle, so I would not be moving as fast and it would be easier to stop right then to find both the bottle and the person who threw it, my first instinct would be to throw it back at them as hard as I could. In any case, if it causes someone to get significantly injured in some way (like causing someone to crash a bike, motorized or not) and they can figure out who did it, there would be a good chance of legal action (though I personally am far too timid to attempt it even if I knew I should).

Of course, this is in my mind. In actuality, probably what would happen is I’d be so badly startled and afraid of something more happening that I’d be incapable of any real action, except maybe trying to get out of there. But for an NT, that wouldn’t be an issue. And many people have enough of an urge for retaliation that they would not simply do the same thing back. Even if they did not start a fight right then, if the person who threw the bottle was in front of (or inside, through a window) their own house, the person would then know whose property to do something to later for revenge.

I misread the first post tbh. (The one Weirdness posted)

With motorbikes, revving engines etc is inevitable. It carries no meaning.

With cars, if someone is crossing the street & has right of way in terms of traffic lights, the polite thing to do is to not rev your engine until they have passed.

I have an enemy round here who's done things like shout at me from his car & rev his engine at me when I was crossing the street. I found it threatening.

If he was anyone else, I would have reacted but I'm a wuss.

Obviously attempt to get out of the way of any projectile. If it hit me, I have terrible depth perception and sometimes no peripheral vision. So if I misjudged the escape, probably stand their and stare at them. I learned at a young age people are more afraid of uncomfortable silences than yelling etc. And if you react to violence with a calm, tall demeanor, and unwavering stare they tend to back up. I definitely don't want stuff to escalate.

That's how I dealt with most bullies in school, rarely anyone messed with me more than once. My martial arts master and rabbi were truly a blessing bc they taught me a lot.

I'd dodge it and walk away.

I would be in contact with the police at the earliest opportunity with as much information about where it seemed to come from and anything else - throwing a bottle is violent behaviour, also with the chances of causing a serious accident and injuries, also indicates the person who threw it may be a danger to others.

Prefer it to end with the old bill dealing with it than the next person having a bottle thrown at them deciding to deal with it themselves and it ending in a fight - that rarely has a good outcome.

get really angry

I'd get scared and run.

Once that happened, i got that one right in the face
i was never good with catching balls already and someone assumed i would catch the bottle

Wizz in it and throw it back.