Breaking update to the recent bike post: cars (and their drivers) strike back!
There has been some escalation in the bicycle vs. automobile conflict in Portland. It seems the car mob got mad about one of their own being bike bludgeoned by a member of the cyclist clan. The retaliation came swiftly and ... well ... the motorist picked up a hood ornament in return.
Now for the real story. Apparently when the heat is up and the windows are down, some fair citizens of Portland like to remind their fellow citizens how they should act. And as was the case last week, this instance ended up with the police being called.
The event began with a driver going too fast (at least for one person's liking) in a residential zone. A cyclist, miffed at the driver's speed, decided to yell at the motorist for speeding. So the (ir)rational driver decided his retort would be in the form of DRIVING OVER the biker. This action caused the biker to jump onto the hood of the car, and hold on for at least 5 blocks! When the car finally stopped, the biker rolled off of the car. Needless to say, the driver is now sitting in jail and the biker is ok. You want to know the best part? It was caught on video! It is not the best quality video, but what do you expect from a cell phone? Enjoy the music, too!
Moral of this and the last post: do your criticizing of others from an armored truck if you are yelling at drunk drivers/bikers!
(gashole is an awesome word!)
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