Biker dude slashes 2,000 tires to get back at "inconsiderate" drivers

[ThePresence]

LONDON (Reuters) - A British cyclist who slashed almost 2,000 tires after a driver drenched him when driving through a puddle was sentenced to 16 months in prison Friday.

Ashley Carpenter, 37, used a sharpened screwdriver to puncture the tires of 548 parked cars, trucks and vans over a 10-day period in revenge for the "inconsiderate manner" of motorists.

Carpenter told police he began his campaign after one car nearly knocked him down and another drove through a puddle and drenched him.

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[shimsham]

guess he had enough

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: shimsham
guess he had enough

Ya think so?

 

[Nitemare]

Just imagine what he would have done had a car actually bumped him

 

[CraigRT]

lmao
what a knob... jesus!

 

[MikePanic]

imagine if someone opened a car door on em?

 

[Hammer]

they should have stabbed him with a screwdriver :|

 

[Zenmervolt]

I'll grant that cyclists can get problems from people driving cars, but I've seen cyclists do some really stupid and inconsiderate things too. I can't count the number of cyclists I've seen who run stop signs (they don't even slow down). I've seen cyclists go straight from the right-hand side of a right-turn-only lane (if that's not an invitation to have a car run you over, I don't know what is), I've seen them make left turns from the right lane (see my previous parenthetical comment), they generally just disregard all lane regulations and traffic signals. I have no problem treating bicycles as vehicles and giving them all the room of a car, but I really wish they would obey the traffic laws.

ZV

 

[TheNinja]

He should have just bought an SUV and slowly used up all the world's oil reserves all the while poluting the very air that these drivers breathe to survive. Or I guess slashing the tires was ok too.

 

[Crazymofo]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I'll grant that cyclists can get problems from people driving cars, but I've seen cyclists do some really stupid and inconsiderate things too. I can't count the number of cyclists I've seen who run stop signs (they don't even slow down). I've seen cyclists go straight from the right-hand side of a right-turn-only lane (if that's not an invitation to have a car run you over, I don't know what is), I've seen them make left turns from the right lane (see my previous parenthetical comment), they generally just disregard all lane regulations and traffic signals. I have no problem treating bicycles as vehicles and giving them all the room of a car, but I really wish they would obey the traffic laws.

ZV

I cannot agree with you more!!! Im sick of idiot students on bikes riding on sidewalks and expecting me to treat them as a ped...

 

[NutBucket]

Where's Fausto when you need him?

 

[boyRacer]

booooooooo... looks like everyone hates cyclists...

 

[miri]

 

[Thraxen]

booooooooo... looks like everyone hates cyclists...

I don't hate them, but I think that they are hazards on the road in most cases. For example, I can't stand it when a cyclist is backing traffic up during rush hour on a busy road.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: bR
booooooooo... looks like everyone hates cyclists...

Personally, I only hate the ones who attempt to showboat on the highway. Wheelies, 120 mph passes, stuff like that. Oh, I also hate the ones who slash 2,000 tires.

 

[StageLeft]

I know I shouldn't, but I have to laugh. People really can be dicks in their cars.

 

[Borracho]

I wonder what fine he has to pay? Tires arn't cheap.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: bR
booooooooo... looks like everyone hates cyclists...

No, there are plenty of considerate ones who know what to do when there's a stop sign (i.e. stop). I just get pissed because it seems as though the majority of cyclists just plain openly flaunt traffic laws. I know that's likely just selective memory and I only remember the idiot cyclists, but it's not as though everyone on a cycle is this wonderfully considerate person.

And just to point out, I have no problem with cyclists doing things like walking their bike across a cross-walk (I know that if they're walking the bike, they're a pedestrian) I just wish that they wouldn't do things that seem actively designed to make life hard on other drivers. To all you good cyclists out there (and I know that there are many on this board), I'm sorry that you guys have to deal with the ill-will generated by the few idiots who get remembered.

ZV

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: bR
booooooooo... looks like everyone hates cyclists...

Personally, I only hate the ones who attempt to showboat on the highway. Wheelies, 120 mph passes, stuff like that. Oh, I also hate the ones who slash 2,000 tires.

I live in Davis, bike capital of the world. We have more bikes per person then anyone. about 50% of the town population are students. Yea, you get the idea of what I have to go through every damn day.

 

[Nanotech]

Originally posted by: shimsham
guess he had enough

guess so

 

[Aharami]

this story is funny!

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Aharami
this story is funny!

Probably not so funny if your car was one of the victims.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: bR
booooooooo... looks like everyone hates cyclists...

Personally, I only hate the ones who attempt to showboat on the highway. Wheelies, 120 mph passes, stuff like that. Oh, I also hate the ones who slash 2,000 tires.

lol... this biker rides a bicycle... so i dont think he can do 120mph passes... ...well ive been ran off the road a lot of times... but i wouldn't go off slashing peoples tires.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: bR
booooooooo... looks like everyone hates cyclists...

Personally, I only hate the ones who attempt to showboat on the highway. Wheelies, 120 mph passes, stuff like that. Oh, I also hate the ones who slash 2,000 tires.

I could be wrong, but I had the impression this was a BICYCLIST.

Viper GTS

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: bR
booooooooo... looks like everyone hates cyclists...

Personally, I only hate the ones who attempt to showboat on the highway. Wheelies, 120 mph passes, stuff like that. Oh, I also hate the ones who slash 2,000 tires.

I could be wrong, but I had the impression this was a BICYCLIST.

Viper GTS

We need a foot-in-mouth emoticon.