Road Rage in DC-with Bike Cam Video
05-22-14, 09:33 AM
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Road Rage in DC-with Bike Cam Video
Pickup truck versus Bicycle, caught on tape:
Driver assaults bicyclist, police ticket bicyclist: The video - Greater Greater Washington
Quote (from transcript):
Motorist: What the **** are you doing touching my car? The bike lane's over there.
Cyclist: The bike lane….
Motorist: The bike lane is over there, dude
Cyclist: This IS the bike lane
Motorist: THAT is the bike lane.
Cyclist: Look at this.
Motorist: That's the bike lane, dude.
Cyclist: See this arrow
Motorist: I don't know about that but...
Driver assaults bicyclist, police ticket bicyclist: The video - Greater Greater Washington
Quote (from transcript):
Motorist: What the **** are you doing touching my car? The bike lane's over there.
Cyclist: The bike lane….
Motorist: The bike lane is over there, dude
Cyclist: This IS the bike lane
Motorist: THAT is the bike lane.
Cyclist: Look at this.
Motorist: That's the bike lane, dude.
Cyclist: See this arrow
Motorist: I don't know about that but...
Last edited by unterhausen; 05-22-14 at 01:16 PM.
05-22-14, 09:41 AM
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good article
05-22-14, 12:42 PM
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I would have been fully in the middle of that narrow lane.
05-22-14, 04:21 PM
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See "truck driver could be charged...... here.
That was posted earlier and there's a more active discussion there.
That was posted earlier and there's a more active discussion there.
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This is pretty standard crap from drivers in dc. Driver's lucky he wasn't in VA doing this to the wrong cyclist. Some of them carry.
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Right now it's the thread immediately below this one in the A&S forum.
I got interrupted before I could add the link, then figured folks wouldn't have to look far.
But just in case you get lost, Here's the link.
I got interrupted before I could add the link, then figured folks wouldn't have to look far.
But just in case you get lost, Here's the link.
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05-22-14, 05:50 PM
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since the link to the existing thread has been provided, I'm going to lock this one
