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Driver Allegedly Follows Man, Runs Him Over in Road Rage Incident
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I wonder if incidents like this will be more or less common with increased density in SLU, a $10 each way toll on the SR-99 Deeply Undercapacity Tunnel, and a reduction in capacity due to choosing a Tunnel that carries about half the current Viaduct capacity?
I'm guessing: more.
Ready to cancel the Tunnel?
.. Not that you ever could afford it ..
I'm guessing: more.
Ready to cancel the Tunnel?
.. Not that you ever could afford it ..
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Umm, how about the lesson the victim should have learned? Like, don't get so pissed about being cut off that you brake-check the dude, nearly cause an accident, and then the *other* nutcase follows you home and runs you over. He's lucky he didn't get shot. People are crazy, and succumbing to your anger on the road is fucking dangerous. Avoid, avoid, avoid.
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"Cut him off" so he some how gets in front of the cut-off-er and puts on the brakes! What the hell is the point of that? We have two classes of people in this event, the easily angered (cut-off-er person) and the common sense challenged (man with broken leg to show for it).
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@ 5 just beat me to it.
Now, the person doing the running over is a massive fuckhead. The worst person in the world. A likely psychopath. I'm not blaming the victim.
But... the victim was being an asshole. That has to be said. Shit... after he was rammed, he got out to confront the psycho. What does that mean, beat him up? His actions make me wonder if his driving routinely makes people have violent fantasies like Cienna's.
Now, the person doing the running over is a massive fuckhead. The worst person in the world. A likely psychopath. I'm not blaming the victim.
But... the victim was being an asshole. That has to be said. Shit... after he was rammed, he got out to confront the psycho. What does that mean, beat him up? His actions make me wonder if his driving routinely makes people have violent fantasies like Cienna's.
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@1 yep. and texting. with a bumper sticker that says "share the road."
/seattle is awesome
//seattle drivers are the worst.
///'hey, if 50 on the freeway is safe, than 45 must be even safer, right?"
////"i know using a cell phone while driving is illegal. i support the law. but it's MY CHILD/WIFE/FRIEND i'm talking to right now. MINE."
/seattle is awesome
//seattle drivers are the worst.
///'hey, if 50 on the freeway is safe, than 45 must be even safer, right?"
////"i know using a cell phone while driving is illegal. i support the law. but it's MY CHILD/WIFE/FRIEND i'm talking to right now. MINE."
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I would make fun of this guy's anger issues, but there's a chance I'll be greeting my academic adviser's family wearing his peeled-off face as a mask if it turns out he's screwed me over as much as I think he has, so who am I to speak?
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How come there's never a cop around when this goes down? Maybe because there's no cops to speak of in Seattle? And the few cops we have don't enforce the law?
I mean some guy bludgeons an octopus and everybody gets on the phone and demands that their elected officials do something, but give us a police force that is woefully too small for for a city half this size, and overrun with racists to boot, and the comfortable, privileged white people of this town say "Oh, what a shame" and change the channel.
I mean some guy bludgeons an octopus and everybody gets on the phone and demands that their elected officials do something, but give us a police force that is woefully too small for for a city half this size, and overrun with racists to boot, and the comfortable, privileged white people of this town say "Oh, what a shame" and change the channel.
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Also, is this an appropriate time where we can blame the victim for provoking the situation at every turn?
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This is clearly the governments fault, we need car control, cars are too easy for the mentally unstable to get their hands on.
There should be a mandatory waiting period before driving.
Its too bad driving is a privilege and not something you could take away, cause everyone *has* to drive right.
There should be a mandatory waiting period before driving.
Its too bad driving is a privilege and not something you could take away, cause everyone *has* to drive right.
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The driver might not face any consequences if the broken leg guy didn't get a good look at him. That was a bummer of a lesson I learned in a minor hit and run when I only got a glimpse of the driver because I was focusing so hard on memorizing the license plate.
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I was fantasizing about doing this the other night in Ballard at a stop light, when the car to the left of me in a left-turn-only lane suddenly took off straight through the intersection, nearly ramming me in the process.
The problem is that people who would do stuff like this in the first place are far too stupid to learn that their dangerous actions can have serious consequences; it wouldn't surprise me at all if the poor dumb "victim" here turns right around and does something equally stupid again in the future.
The problem is that people who would do stuff like this in the first place are far too stupid to learn that their dangerous actions can have serious consequences; it wouldn't surprise me at all if the poor dumb "victim" here turns right around and does something equally stupid again in the future.
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I may have seen the start of this today. I was couple of cars behind on the on ramp. There was no big deal just traffic merging and one guy freaked out and started trying to pass the car in front of him on the on ramp. It was weird, the guy was very pissed off.
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@7 -- If justice were done, they would both have pitched off an overpass somewhere and stuck the landing without injuring anyone below.
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This story features two assholes.
The "victim" started (or at least escalated) the conflict with an aggressive and dangerous move - pulling in front of the suspect and suddenly braking.
Broken leg ought to keep him off the road for a while, and jail time should do the same with the other.
The "victim" started (or at least escalated) the conflict with an aggressive and dangerous move - pulling in front of the suspect and suddenly braking.
Broken leg ought to keep him off the road for a while, and jail time should do the same with the other.
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If the victim had instead donned a cape and cowl and took justice into his own hands through detective work and amazing gadgets - possibly with some swooping involved - I would be cheering him. Instead, I think he's a dick and possibly caused the problem in the first place.
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That's real bright. Turning what should have been an instant of minor annoyance into vehicular assault. Can anyone say "poor impulse control?"
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I realized back in 1973 that a car is not a necessity, too dangerous in the wrong hands, and too expensive. So I gave up my car that year.
So I see life differently...obviously. I would say that both guys should have their licenses revoked permanently. No second chances. The same goes for DUIs. Remove those licenses forever.
Now back to me...will I ever drive again? No, because I haven't learned to text-message which I understand is necessary to keep your eyes off the road while driving.
So I see life differently...obviously. I would say that both guys should have their licenses revoked permanently. No second chances. The same goes for DUIs. Remove those licenses forever.
Now back to me...will I ever drive again? No, because I haven't learned to text-message which I understand is necessary to keep your eyes off the road while driving.
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