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In my younger days, I played in a rock band in Harrisburg, PA. A lot of the bars that we played in were pretty seedy and there was an average of 2-3 fights (usually outside) per night. I noticed in the links provided in previous post showed several in bars. Several times, members of our band were called out or fights were aimed us when we were doing nothing but playing. Of the fights that I saw, many started when an uninvolved party attempted to verbally respond to a belligerent drunk.

My personal fight avoidance procedure is to stay away from places where alcohol use is poorly supervised and to never make eye contact with someone who has obviously had too much to drink.

I haven't figured out how to avoid the road rage types yet. They appear to be much more explosive than the drunks. I will admit that I'm personally a much less aggressive driver than I used to be. I have no desire to mess up my day with someone who has a boat load of personal issues and wants to use their car like a weapon.