What should you do if you're being stalked?

Try taking steps to minimise your appeal to the person stalking you. For example, take a different route home every day, rent a P.O. box, use a buddy system (always going someplace with someone you know or trust) - alert the police, flash a gun every once in a while, and so on. Record any calls and store the tapes outside of home.

You also can alert your place of work to never confirm or deny your presence at work if someone calls to see if you are there (this includes when accepting deliveries for you etc). It is worth mentioning that stalking can, although it very rarely does, become more serious. If you ever feel threatened then call the police immediately.

If you have specific knowledge about the stalker that leads you to reasonably conclude that person might try to harm you, you may wish to consider taking more drastic steps - for example, changing where you work or even something as serious as moving home. You should seek advice from a qualified professional (perhaps someone at a local shelter, your local police department, or a qualified counsellor). Go to the prosecutor's office and ask for a a protective order and/or ask to file stalking charges.

Note to contributors (who are clearly not reading the discussion page before amending!) This answer has been modified to reflect escalation of the criminal element as a possibility because contributors keep adding it in. Escalation in a stalking case is so incredibly rare as to preclude it from any kind of conversation - but if contributors feel it necessary to include it here - you must refrain from using conjecture or scare tactics and you should treat your answer with caution. People looking this answer up will be vulnerable and scared - do not make it worse!

I admire your willingness to create a safer driving environment, that's a good start. When someone you don't know is all of a sudden or out of the blue is staking you, they might have interpreted some of your "normal" driving as personally directed at them... Most of the times, it's hardly ever about you, so I would recommend not to "flame" the other person, let them slide away with their "issues" you could gently smile and nod in respect and that usally would put you on a safer side, (unless if you are a female nodding to a willing male which could mean something else,) slow down and get out of their way.

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