Monday, January 19, 2009

ugly road rage case

A Brentwood physician who allegedly injured two cyclists last summer by slamming on his car brakes in front of them on Mandeville Canyon Road pleaded not guilty today.
The resulting impact flung one cyclist through the car’s rear window and the other to the pavement.
allegedly told police during the July 4 incident that he stopped his red Infinity sedan in front of the cyclists to “teach them a lesson.” The physician complained that cyclists frequently traveled the residential street in Brentwood and that he was “tired of them,

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/01/a-brentwood-phy.html

D: that was sporting. Like pulling a pistol during a fistfight.
That's a tonne of high-power steel armour. V.s. a squishy guy on a metal tube frame.

Not nearly as ugly as the Toronto case recently.

http://www.bikingtoronto.com/2008/11/cyclist-who-lost-leg-speaks-out.html

http://www.polaine.com/matt/2008/11/27/cyclist-loses-leg-in-road-rage-attack/

A cyclist in Toronto has had to have his leg amputated after a row with a cab driver turned nasty. Police yesterday said the cyclist lost his leg after a cab reversed and pinned him to a utility pole.

It’s understood people heard arguing before the sound of a loud collision and then someone screaming for help as a vehicle sped off. Police who rushed to the scene at 2.30am found the man lying in a pool of blood, with his right leg barely attached. His $5,000 cycle was lying nearby in pieces

D: wow...
Using a car on a pedestrian is attempted murder. 2000 lbs of steel v.s. 200 lbs of jello.
Let's call an ace an ace here.