Cowardly road-raging driver slits wrists at sentencing

[Mani]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Why does it say "Range Rover driver"? If it was a Ford Pinto, would they have said "A Ford Pinto driver"?

Maybe to make the point that affluent people can be nutjobs too?

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Mani

Originally posted by: Fausto1
I've had a pistol and a shotgun drawn on me, had a guy miss me by 2cm and then back up for another go, had bottles thrown at me, etc.

Good god man, get a stationary bike!

If I have to resort to a stationary bike, the terrorists win. 🙁



I'm kidding, but you get the point. 😉

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Why does it say "Range Rover driver"? If it was a Ford Pinto, would they have said "A Ford Pinto driver"?

England is a very class-conscious culture, and my guess is that they want the reader to view the driver as an upper-crust prick. Of course, here he would be demonized as an SUV owner!

 

[FoBoT]

they should have let him bleed out

if i was the prosecutor, i would have gone for attempted murder, he deserves 20+ years in prison for hurting a child like that

 

[LordMaul]

I would've helped him!



....helped him slit his arms deeper, that is.

 

[gistech1978]

that is messed up!
let that guy sit in jail the rest of his life.

 

[Fencer128]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Why does it say "Range Rover driver"? If it was a Ford Pinto, would they have said "A Ford Pinto driver"?

England is a very class-conscious culture, and my guess is that they want the reader to view the driver as an upper-crust prick. Of course, here he would be demonized as an SUV owner!

Not sure that's entirely correct. I didn't think "upper class" when I read it - just maniac. I guess it does give an indication of the size of the weapon he was using.

Andy

 

[Ornery]

2 years! BFD! :disgust: Damn, the bleeding hearts over there are worse than ours!

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: ergeorge

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Wow. I'm speechless. I've had motorists direct a lot of rage at me over the years, but nothing like that. <snip>

I was subject to an attack years back where the guy came across both lanes to try and run me off the road. He wasn't satisfied, so he turned around and had another go at it. If I hadn't dove for the ditch he probably would have killed me.

Story has somewhat happy ending though ... I caught up to him @ a convenience store a few miles down the road 😀
It's just good I didn't have a weapon, or I'd be in jail.

Sounds familiar. I've had a pistol and a shotgun drawn on me, had a guy miss me by 2cm and then back up for another go, had bottles thrown at me, etc. I don't know why the part of one's brain regulating the decent treatment of other people gets shut off at the sight of spandex.

bottles thrown at you? People drawing guns at you? The guy backed up for another go? WTF!?!?!?!?!? The worst that would happen to you here is to maybe get egged!

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: ergeorge

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Wow. I'm speechless. I've had motorists direct a lot of rage at me over the years, but nothing like that. <snip>

I was subject to an attack years back where the guy came across both lanes to try and run me off the road. He wasn't satisfied, so he turned around and had another go at it. If I hadn't dove for the ditch he probably would have killed me.

Story has somewhat happy ending though ... I caught up to him @ a convenience store a few miles down the road 😀
It's just good I didn't have a weapon, or I'd be in jail.

Sounds familiar. I've had a pistol and a shotgun drawn on me, had a guy miss me by 2cm and then back up for another go, had bottles thrown at me, etc. I don't know why the part of one's brain regulating the decent treatment of other people gets shut off at the sight of spandex.

bottles thrown at you? People drawing guns at you? The guy backed up for another go? WTF!?!?!?!?!? The worst that would happen to you here is to maybe get egged!

Welcome to the big city. Mind you, I've been here for 13 years, so some bad stuff is bound to happen over that period of time given the mentality of many of our motorists.

Oh yeah, been hit three times too. All three times the motorist was at fault and claimed "I came out of nowhere."

"Came out of nowhere" at 16-20mph......that's rich.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: ergeorge

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Wow. I'm speechless. I've had motorists direct a lot of rage at me over the years, but nothing like that. <snip>

I was subject to an attack years back where the guy came across both lanes to try and run me off the road. He wasn't satisfied, so he turned around and had another go at it. If I hadn't dove for the ditch he probably would have killed me.

Story has somewhat happy ending though ... I caught up to him @ a convenience store a few miles down the road 😀
It's just good I didn't have a weapon, or I'd be in jail.

Sounds familiar. I've had a pistol and a shotgun drawn on me, had a guy miss me by 2cm and then back up for another go, had bottles thrown at me, etc. I don't know why the part of one's brain regulating the decent treatment of other people gets shut off at the sight of spandex.

bottles thrown at you? People drawing guns at you? The guy backed up for another go? WTF!?!?!?!?!? The worst that would happen to you here is to maybe get egged!

Of the incidents I described, 1 happened in SW Virginia (near Blacksburg) and the other somewhere in the hills of Misery ... I mean Missouri. I lived in LA for 4 year and never had that sort of problem (but I was riding alot less). Of course, brain-dead roller-bladers are a whole nother story

I've had similar, but not as bad incidents in several other states & British Columbia

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Here's the best candidate for anger management class I've ever heard of 🙂