A raging cyclist fed up with aggressive Manhattan drivers took matters into his own hands yesterday, jumping on the hood of a limo that clipped him and smashing in the windshield with his fists.
Bike messenger-gone-wild Perzeus Forte, 20, also ripped out the front
passenger window, tore the shirt of driver Darr Mohammed, 49, and
clocked him in the face during the savage road rage attack around 1
p.m., sources said.
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So I'm going to assume (perhaps with willful naivete) that nobody will think that I'm on the side of a hit and run driver ever, BUT! But. Sometimes cyclists ARE AT FAULT when they get hit while doing stupid shit. I obviously don't know if that was the case in this instance or not, but maaaaaybe the driver was absolutely obeying the law (until he ditched) and was at no more than an utterly average risk of hitting responsible pedestrians or cyclists. JUST CONSIDER IT.
I agree, some cyclists do behave recklessly and are at fault in collisions. The only thing I would say in this case is, do you think the cyclist would have lost his shit like that if he was obviously to blame? I mean, he doesn't seem like a very reasonable or smart guy, so who knows. But I'm remembering times when I've had near-misses or been hit, because I was doing something stupid, and well, it's hard to be mad at anyone except myself when that happens.
Michelle Green said:So I'm going to assume (perhaps with willful naivete) that nobody will think that I'm on the side of a hit and run driver ever, BUT! But. Sometimes cyclists ARE AT FAULT when they get hit while doing stupid shit. I obviously don't know if that was the case in this instance or not, but maaaaaybe the driver was absolutely obeying the law (until he ditched) and was at no more than an utterly average risk of hitting responsible pedestrians or cyclists. JUST CONSIDER IT.
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