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You've had guns pulled on you for riding a push bike? Only in America. The worst I ever got when I rode my bike (I also got lazy) was a driver threatening to

You've had guns pulled on you for riding a push bike? Only in America. The worst I ever got when I rode my bike (I also got lazy) was a driver threatening to beat me up (while his wife and kids were in the car) after I had the nerve to turn from the turning lane at the traffic lights. On the other side, my brother pulled a screwdriver on a cyclist once (he's a real piece of work).

wwalser 10y ago
Pulling a gun is one thing. Actually pulling the trigger though? Four whole months in prison… http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/23/charles-diez-gets-120-days-for-shooting-cyclist-in-the-head/ http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/23/charles-diez-gets-120-...
- toomanybeersies 10y ago
  I feel like you are living in bizzaro-land over there, where you can get life in prison without parole for stealing a pair of socks [0], yet shoot someone in the head and get 4 months. Deal a couple of rocks and get 42 years in federal prison [1], rip off millions of dollars from thousands of people, get off scot-free. [0] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/cruel-and-unusual-punishment-the-shame-of-three-strikes-laws-20130327 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/cruel-and-unusual-... [1] http://famm.org/atiba-parker/ http://famm.org/atiba-parker/
  - wwalser 10y ago
    Yeah, I don't think anyone can strongly disagree. At the end of the day it's mostly people trying and failing to get a fair shake and give others a fair shake. Along the way we tend to overestimate what a fair shake is for ourselves and those like us and underestimate similarly for "the other". There are some that take advantage of such a system by playing into those biases but by and large I genuinely believe most people are trying to do right. Things that seem bizzaro from time to time may be the price for living in a plurality.
- prawn 10y ago
  And when he's riding with his wife and kid. Incredible.
- apathy 10y ago
  Good god. If I were the guy getting shot at in that case I'd be planting IEDs on their roads. What a travesty.

wwalser 10y ago

Pulling a gun is one thing. Actually pulling the trigger though? Four whole months in prison… http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/23/charles-diez-gets-120-days-for-shooting-cyclist-in-the-head/ http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/23/charles-diez-gets-120-...

toomanybeersies 10y ago
I feel like you are living in bizzaro-land over there, where you can get life in prison without parole for stealing a pair of socks [0], yet shoot someone in the head and get 4 months. Deal a couple of rocks and get 42 years in federal prison [1], rip off millions of dollars from thousands of people, get off scot-free. [0] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/cruel-and-unusual-punishment-the-shame-of-three-strikes-laws-20130327 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/cruel-and-unusual-... [1] http://famm.org/atiba-parker/ http://famm.org/atiba-parker/
- wwalser 10y ago
  Yeah, I don't think anyone can strongly disagree. At the end of the day it's mostly people trying and failing to get a fair shake and give others a fair shake. Along the way we tend to overestimate what a fair shake is for ourselves and those like us and underestimate similarly for "the other". There are some that take advantage of such a system by playing into those biases but by and large I genuinely believe most people are trying to do right. Things that seem bizzaro from time to time may be the price for living in a plurality.
prawn 10y ago
And when he's riding with his wife and kid. Incredible.
apathy 10y ago
Good god. If I were the guy getting shot at in that case I'd be planting IEDs on their roads. What a travesty.