We all know these coils have the ability to be anti-social in the wrong hands, so we are all hopefully thoughtful and considerate whenever we use them.
For instance nightimes are a particularly bad time in built up areas, unless your neighbours are aware of the coil and, more importantly, tolerant of it. Even very short daytime runs can however have their problems, as I found out.

Unfortunately in a early evening run in August 2009 a nearby resident with whom I had not had any previous complaints or contact whatsoever, unexpectedly leapt over a fence and caused the following damage.
The 6 inch coil, which had only been run for a total maximum of 15 minutes over the last 6 hours that day, was running at around half power from a 12 Kv Pig. Despite the coil giving out 4 foot streamers when the incident started, this did not seem to deter the chap. I did however manage to turn down the power before they got within range of the streamers. This though allowed them to get close enough to inflict the following damage.