OT: Cyclist/motorist conflict on camera

[Phil, Squid-in-Training]

Shamelessly stolen from rec.bike.tech (link changed):
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http://www.citynoise.org/article/2770

Summary: Driver throws litter out window. Cyclist throws it back in.
Fight ensues which is caught on camera.

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[oilfreeandhappy]

I saw this on another board. Seems strange that somebody would have
been nearby with a camera.
Jim Gagnepain
http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/

 

[Slartibartfast]

oilfreeandhappy wrote:
> I saw this on another board. Seems strange that somebody would have
> been nearby with a camera.
> Jim Gagnepain
> http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/
>

huh??

 

[Scott Gordo]

oilfreeandhappy wrote:
> I saw this on another board. Seems strange that somebody would have
> been nearby with a camera.
> Jim Gagnepain
> http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/

It does look staged, though I believe it's real.
If it does indeed follow the sequence purported (litterbug driver dumps
garbage bag, cyclist dumps it back in the auto, fight ensues), I've
been in roughly similar situations and know how tempers can flare.
Especially if the garbage was dumped on the road side where a cyclist
would be imperiled, being forced to run over or avoid it amidst
traffic.
Drivers in urban areas are angry people, and cyclists are easy targets.
Take away the bicycle, though, and the litterbug driver should be
beaten with the sock of Justice filled with dogshit.
/s

 

[Jason]

Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
> Shamelessly stolen from rec.bike.tech (link changed):
> --------------------
> http://www.citynoise.org/article/2770
>
> Summary: Driver throws litter out window. Cyclist throws it back in.
> Fight ensues which is caught on camera.
>
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> Strayhorn
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>

Pretty intersting to read the comments on it too.

 

[small change]

oilfreeandhappy wrote:
> I saw this on another board. Seems strange that somebody would have
> been nearby with a camera.


Oh, I don't know about that... seems like everyone and their brother carrys
a digicam around with them these days. Lots of interesting video gets
caughts happenstance just because someone happens to have some sort of
camera in thier pocket.

 

[Ride-A-Lot]

small change wrote:
> oilfreeandhappy wrote:
>> I saw this on another board. Seems strange that somebody would have
>> been nearby with a camera.
>
>
> Oh, I don't know about that... seems like everyone and their brother carrys
> a digicam around with them these days. Lots of interesting video gets
> caughts happenstance just because someone happens to have some sort of
> camera in thier pocket.
>
>

Not too mention that many cell phones now have cameras built in.

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[Dave W]

"small change" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> oilfreeandhappy wrote:
>> I saw this on another board. Seems strange that somebody would have
>> been nearby with a camera.
>
>
> Oh, I don't know about that... seems like everyone and their brother
> carrys a digicam around with them these days. Lots of interesting video
> gets caughts happenstance just because someone happens to have some sort
> of camera in thier pocket.

yep, and there's a plethora of sites dedicated to showing em....

>