Advocacy & Safety - Man Threatens Bikers, Gets Hit With Car

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Bruce Rosar
09-25-06, 12:15 PM
FYI: The Associated Press sent out an interesting piece last Saturday.
Here's a fair-use (partial) quote that links to the full article on AP's site:
PITTSBURG, Calif. (AP) -- An alleged drunken motorist who brandished a pool cue while driving at a group ... was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and driving under the influence, told authorities he was offended ... "It was his impression that they thought they were better than him," Yox said. "They were irritating to him and he felt he needed to do something about it." (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BIKER_ATTACK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-09-22-23-02-18)


Tom Stormcrowe
09-25-06, 12:35 PM
http://www.diegotorres.com.ar/mensajeitor/foro/caritas/erstaunt090.gifhttp://camou.net/udg/smilie/e021.gif
Some people's idiocy never ceases to amaze me!

Scarr
09-25-06, 12:56 PM
"It was his impression that they thought they were better than him,"

This is unintentional comedy gold.


unkchunk
09-25-06, 02:25 PM
Can there be anything funnier? To have someone get out of their car, yell "Do you all think you are better than me?" and then be promptly run over by his own car. How do you respond to something like that? It's new. It's creative. I say give the guy some bonus points.

atbman
09-25-06, 03:11 PM
A candidate for the Darwin site, surely

Keith99
09-25-06, 03:30 PM
"It was his impression that they thought they were better than him,"

This is unintentional comedy gold.

And in the end they are the ones who pull him free, showing that on a moral level at least they are quite a bit better than him.

CommuterRun
09-25-06, 03:35 PM
This is the kind of person who deserves to get laughed at............while you're rescuing him from his own idiocy, of course.

EnigManiac
09-26-06, 05:44 AM
He may have a defense, folks. Clearly, we ARE better than him, so his impression was correct. Therefore, he was lucid and in possession of his (rather limited) faculties.

:D

PaulH
09-26-06, 06:25 AM
Good illustration of the concept of carma.

Paul

SingingSabre
09-26-06, 11:16 AM
That's brilliant.

I hope that man has no offspring.

filtersweep
09-26-06, 04:08 PM
you realize they were motorcyclists

Keith99
09-26-06, 04:17 PM
you realize they were motorcyclists

Probably Hells Angels, and since the guy was plastered they decided they should help him. Guy involved was lucky he did not say anything nasty about their bikes.