Angry bicyclists gang up on wrong guy
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the cyclist was a drunk city planning employee, lol
I did a double take when I saw the cover. I thought I misread it at first, then I fell over laughing.
One of the few cases I've heard of where the bicyclist was the douche and started the issue...
Ridiculous.
Ridiculous.
It happens a lot around here. See Dogs comment, he knows.
Well I don't read the news and I'm in California, so.
The worst we have here is Critical Mass rides and the occasional "driver challenges one biker, six step up, driver gets back in car and leaves" that I hear about.
Blowing through red lights and pissing off motorists seems to be the norm in my neck of the woods.
There is a law in TN that if the light is red & you are on a bike or a motorcycle you can treat it as a stop sign. The reasoning is, you don't weigh enough to trigger the sensor for the light to change. So if you had to wait, it would be for a while.
This dude was nuts & it sounds like he flipped his lid.
This dude was nuts & it sounds like he flipped his lid.
Stupid mbters shooting up innocent gang members.
Bad cyclist... c'mon really... grease on your chain?! He was definately drunk.
Bike by shooting!
I've had some brutal run ins with vehicles here in the backwoods of NC. Most pretty minor. Some of the worst were when I was in college at WCU in the boonies & local redneck high schoolers would fire off cans & bottles as they rolled by.
Worst ever was a sawdust truck on a 2 lane road who swung by me on a straightaway with the cab & I looked up just in time to smack my palm on the trailer before I got ran over by the rear tandem wheels.
The next scariest thing here is landscape trucks. F250s pulling lawnmowers are sketchy!!!
For anyone who's never ridden in rural NC, our roads have NO shoulder and are barely wider than a passenger vehicle. If there are more dangerous roads in America, I've never seen them. They are getting better...but only in a few places.
Worst ever was a sawdust truck on a 2 lane road who swung by me on a straightaway with the cab & I looked up just in time to smack my palm on the trailer before I got ran over by the rear tandem wheels.
The next scariest thing here is landscape trucks. F250s pulling lawnmowers are sketchy!!!
For anyone who's never ridden in rural NC, our roads have NO shoulder and are barely wider than a passenger vehicle. If there are more dangerous roads in America, I've never seen them. They are getting better...but only in a few places.
all that, and no coffee was involved.
Sounds like East Texas and most of the country roads I ride around Wacko. The worst thing about the roads around here is they can go from wide shoulders to none in 100 feet when you cross a county line.
My worst one (and not even malious) was two semi side-by-side passing me on a stretch with no shoulder in the rain. I ended up going offroad, doing a power slide thru a foot tall anthill and bringing it back onto the road.
Fvck it. He's just trying to even out the statistics. I probably wouldn't have threw my bike at his windshield but It would be annoying if somebody told me how to ride from out of there car window.
I've seen some cyclists take some liberties around here......like 2-3 wide on the shoulder of a pretty busy, hilly, twisty road.....pretty sketch.... 
Maybe the weather made him do it......
Maybe the weather made him do it......
On my way to Target yesterday and I came across this father and son riding bikes. The dad was riding bare headed in the middle of the lane closely followed by his son. Thankfully, his son was wearing a helmet. There was bike lane and a sidewalk, but the dad apparently wanted to ride in the middle.
I went around them all the while thinking to myself... that guy has to lead by example or his kid will get hurt. Funny enough on my way out, I saw them locking up their bikes in front of Target. I approached, introduced myself to the dad, and asked if I could have a word with him.
He was nice enough to step aside and we chatted. I told him that I was an avid cyclist and I applaud him riding with his son. But... riding without a helmet in the middle of the street when there is a bike lane and a sidewalk really isn't a good example.
Instead of hitting me in the face, throwing coffee on me, or knifing me, he thanked me for the observation. I felt good afterwards. I didn't turn around after we shook hands, but I'm sure he was probably motioning that I was number 1.
I went around them all the while thinking to myself... that guy has to lead by example or his kid will get hurt. Funny enough on my way out, I saw them locking up their bikes in front of Target. I approached, introduced myself to the dad, and asked if I could have a word with him.
He was nice enough to step aside and we chatted. I told him that I was an avid cyclist and I applaud him riding with his son. But... riding without a helmet in the middle of the street when there is a bike lane and a sidewalk really isn't a good example.
Instead of hitting me in the face, throwing coffee on me, or knifing me, he thanked me for the observation. I felt good afterwards. I didn't turn around after we shook hands, but I'm sure he was probably motioning that I was number 1.
I would have knifed you and then offered you marshmellows and ginger ale.
before you bitch about people who can't spell missile, learn to spell marshmallow. you'd think this is one word you could spell correctly, what with all the hasty journaling of your tales of playing chubby bunny w/ the other campfire gurrlz
It's the Canadian spelling.
Good on you. I'd rep you, but I need to spread it around first.
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This happened in LA earlier in the week:
http://laist.com/2008/07/11/road_rage_motorist_charged_with_4_c.php
http://laist.com/2008/07/11/road_rage_motorist_charged_with_4_c.php
wouldn't have happened if dude was wearing his livestrong bracelet
so about the doctor who got charged: any comments on the Hippocratic (hypocritical) oath? good to read he's getting death threats. i'm not saying he should be offed, but i'd understand.
$9 says he's a psychiatrist. 
I've heard those ER docs tend to be high strung...
Sounds like this one should be strung up high.
