Halloween Pranksters Rant!!
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Good job, I'm glad you stood up for your self. I bet they will think twice before messing with a cyclist again! And I think MrC said it best, your are in school and sound like a smart kid (heck I would of been scared to be seen on a bike at 15
) Of course thats about the only way I get around now.
On a related story. A few years before I was born, someone pulled up beside my dad while he was on his motorcycle and they were in a truck. They tried to hit him with a lugnut wrench or whatever they are called, while driving down the highway! He pulled off his helmet and smashed the guy face in with the helmet and somehow it ripped the guys eyebrow off.
I'm sure someone will criticize him for that, but I might not even be here now if he hadent done that.
) Of course thats about the only way I get around now.On a related story. A few years before I was born, someone pulled up beside my dad while he was on his motorcycle and they were in a truck. They tried to hit him with a lugnut wrench or whatever they are called, while driving down the highway! He pulled off his helmet and smashed the guy face in with the helmet and somehow it ripped the guys eyebrow off.
I'm sure someone will criticize him for that, but I might not even be here now if he hadent done that.
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What you did was probably a felony. It certainly is in my state. Your folks' hard-earned tuition money will have been wasted when you get your education at the juvenile detention center.
I agree that people get shot for your kind of conduct.
Rise above the big pile of stupid people. Keep safe.
I agree that people get shot for your kind of conduct.
Rise above the big pile of stupid people. Keep safe.
There was a sad case here in Toronto with stupid kids in a car throwing eggs at people. One little girl got hit in the eye and she lost her eye! Those guys in the car throwing eggs will do it to almost any target that they can find. Props to the OP, he showed them that not everyone you mess with are idle targets.
I would have also tried to get the plate number and call into the police. Those kinds of punks need to go to jail for once to learn that their actions can cause way more than what they intended.
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Sorry, what you did was wrong. All you did was upset some stupid pranksters and made yourself feel better...for awhile. You didn't solve anything and made teenagers and bicyclists look like jerks. You not only upset the dudes in the car, a whole bunch of other people saw you and didn't know why you did it, not to mention the folks on the sidewalks. You accomplished nothing positive.
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#38
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Ah... I only wish this would happen a bit more often. Personally, I've only seen something similar happen once.
#39
You're young, so I understand your reaction. But I hope you weren't hoping for praise from us.
What you did was stupid, dangerous and foolhardy. I too have been the target of car-launched missiles. But you mananged to not only lower yourself to their level and then got even lower.
As another poster said, you were lucky that they weren't armed. And, had they just stopped, I'm sure you would have taken the bait and confronted them, only to get the snot beaten out of you.
I'm glad you are all right except for the egg stains on your uniform. However, keying their car and smashing the mirror after the fact could only be seen by a judge as vandalism. So had the fellows in the car had your name and address, they would successfully sue you for a paint job and mirror repair.
And since you ride that route frequently, you now have to deal with the fact that the next time they see you on the street, they could get rough.
What you did was stupid, dangerous and foolhardy. I too have been the target of car-launched missiles. But you mananged to not only lower yourself to their level and then got even lower.
As another poster said, you were lucky that they weren't armed. And, had they just stopped, I'm sure you would have taken the bait and confronted them, only to get the snot beaten out of you.
I'm glad you are all right except for the egg stains on your uniform. However, keying their car and smashing the mirror after the fact could only be seen by a judge as vandalism. So had the fellows in the car had your name and address, they would successfully sue you for a paint job and mirror repair.
And since you ride that route frequently, you now have to deal with the fact that the next time they see you on the street, they could get rough.
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I've never had a repeat incident with someone that I had a physical confrontation with. I've had multiple repeat incidents from people who repeatedly buzz me or swerve at me from another lane.
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I'm glad you are all right except for the egg stains on your uniform. However, keying their car and smashing the mirror after the fact could only be seen by a judge as vandalism. So had the fellows in the car had your name and address, they would successfully sue you for a paint job and mirror repair.
A bunch of teenagers throwing projectiles at a cyclist is really going to want to go in front of a judge. My guess is the driver will tell his parents the car was vandalized when parked.
#42
Yes, it's usually best to let it go. Now, if those jerks had gotten egg on my newly-painted Gunnar all bets would have been off. I've heard of messengers carrying small squeeze bottles of brake fluid---one squirt, unnoticed by the motorist, and paint bubbles off the offending car. Nice....
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But if the parents had the OPs info, its quite likely that the parents would go for the court action.
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We need to figure out who the first person to post this phrase was so we can have an official name for it, like Godwin's Law.
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I am all for an eye for an eye retailiation, but keying their car and damaging the mirror.....they were eggs for hecks sake. A more 1:1 retaliation would have been a bottle of cytomax dumped inside an open window.
You're lucky they did not stop and fill you full of lead.
You're lucky they did not stop and fill you full of lead.
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Also I wouldn't have gone after them the second time if they weren't still throwing eggs at me. When one came extremely close I pulled off the sidewalk and went after them again, then I kicked the mirror off.
"Let me guess. 5th grade?
Nice one, Guido."
No 10th grade.
"Good job, I'm glad you stood up for your self. I bet they will think twice before messing with a cyclist again! And I think MrC said it best, your are in school and sound like a smart kid (heck I would of been scared to be seen on a bike at 15 ) Of course thats about the only way I get around now.
On a related story. A few years before I was born, someone pulled up beside my dad while he was on his motorcycle and they were in a truck. They tried to hit him with a lugnut wrench or whatever they are called, while driving down the highway! He pulled off his helmet and smashed the guy face in with the helmet and somehow it ripped the guys eyebrow off.
I'm sure someone will criticize him for that, but I might not even be here now if he hadent done that."
Exactly
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#49
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Jesus may have been a softie...but God's a vengeful f***er. He'd have struck them dead on the spot with a bolt of lightning from a cloudless sky. Or perhaps spontaneous human combustion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_a...Money_Changers
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Jesus is also said to have gotten angry at a bunch of money changers in a temple and gone on something of a tirade causing some property damage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_a...Money_Changers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_a...Money_Changers
Well, I guess there is a possibility that Jesus would of smashed their car too
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