I don't believe clifbar is an idiot. He was not wrong, period. He obeyed the law and exercised his right. If the truck driver did the same there would be a discussion here.

The logic is exactly like being robbed or getting shot. Someone goes to an ATM in the middle of the night and got robbed. Instead of prosecuting the criminals you hammer the guy for going to an ATM at a dangerous time. Or like if a girl gets *****, you accuse her of dressing too revealingly, leading to the ****. You are prosecuting the victims, not the offenders. It's obvious that which party was breaking the law.

A few months ago in my dormitory someone took all 3 cloth baskets in the shower room that we use to keep our cloth dry. After 2 weeks I asked the floor supervisor whether they are being replaced or not. He had no intention of filing a report with the office simply because this has happened before. I said that I can probably manage without the cloth basket for a while, since I got a small one of my own. He then said, "So what's your problem?"

Why are the ones obeying the rules getting shuddered into silence while the evildoers get this passive protection? Clifbar took this injustice and fought. To me, that's already worth respecting. It is not our place to criticize him for how he managed to put himself in a dangerous situation. It is his life and his own to keep or forfeit. If he so chooses to stand up for something and dies, that is also his choice.

Back to the accusation of staging, so what if he did? Police uses the same tactics as well: bait car, sting operations. If the truck driver choses to fiddle with clifbar's life in this incident, it very well means that he might do the same to another rider. For the very least he exposed this driver's poor driving habit. This society needs people who are willing to stand up for what is right, people like clifbar. However I believe he simply had no idea the plow truck could've pulled something like that.

To his credit clifbar has been rational and persistent in this pursuit. Yet the law reinforcement and the city continued to shoot themselves in the feet, truly disappointing.

I said to the floor supervisor, "If you don't intend to reinforce the rules, then you shouldn't have them in the first place. By then I will have no problem." If people can get away with breaking one rule, then they will break two, and then three, and until there are no rules at all.

Kudos to you clifbar. Fight the good fight!