i'm gonna sound like the goody-too-shoo (sp?) here.. but some of this is pretty absurd to me.
taking off cuz you bump a rear view is one thing.. but taking off when you know you did some serious damage is pretty whack. or when you purposely whack a car with your U lock. some drivers probably deserve it.. some of them though probably just made an honest mistake and now they've got damaged property because of some prick who thinks every car is the enemy.
if a bike ****ed your car up, you'd expect some compensation. and rightfully so. but the other way around doesn't seem to fly, cuz well.. they're cars. we either assume a car owner can afford the damage (which is dumb), or we justify it as another victory in the war against cars.
i'd love to see rollerbladers take a militant stance against bikes.. well not really.. i frickin' hate rollerblades. but i'd find it funny if one day everyone was posting about some rollerblader doing hit and runs on a bunch of bikers.
subcultures are so interesting.. yet so predictable.