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I agree with the shovel wielder that the rider was probably ...  | | 
08-01-2009, 12:51 PM
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I agree with the shovel wielder that the rider was probably horsing around. But still, a shovel??
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08-01-2009, 12:57 PM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel i agree with the shovel lol
he didnt need to hit him , or even brandish it, just shiut, or put is hands up | 
08-01-2009, 02:17 PM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel Quote:
Originally Posted by Zev0 | The shovel wielder should be charged with attempted murder - a felony. Even if the motored biker was breaking the law, which at worst is still a civil/traffic offense. That's how the law sees it. We don't take the law into our hands, and God knows I've been tempted! | 
08-01-2009, 03:55 PM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel "Suped-up, home-made contraption" Clearly trying to put the blame on the biker, claiming we have no right to ride our bikes in the street. well, we do, the law says so. Furthermore, this guy had no business taking matters into his own hands. If the biker was truley being reckless, he should have called the cops, not confronted the man himself. I don't see his defense holding up in court. Hope he gets the whole ten years. | 
08-01-2009, 09:30 PM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel Nothing vaguely funny about that. | 
08-01-2009, 10:03 PM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel In my younger and more reckless years, I would drive my Nova as fast as I could down a very steep road. One weekend I must have driven down it to many times because one off the residents threw a rack at my car, luckily the windows where down and it landed in my back seat. Needless to say I learned a lesson and I still have the rack in the garage. | 
08-01-2009, 10:12 PM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel Suped up, home made contraption or man on motor bike. What do you think will sell more papers?
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08-01-2009, 10:14 PM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel Not in any way condoning the actions of the shovel guy, he's an idiot, but I'd like to know a few things about the biker too. 1. Was his bike muffled properly? 2. Was he exceeding the posted speed limit? 3. Was he actually riding recklessly or just just making multiple passes up and down a residential steet? There's always two sides to any confrontation like this and all of us know, or should know, that our bikes can be annoying if used improperly. I seriously doubt that either party in this event was completely innocent. It's just extremely unfortunate that the news media was so ill informed as to describe the motorized bicycle in a blatantly derogatory manner. These kinds of things and the unfortunate event we all know that happened last week will be the biggest threat to the survival of our hobby
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08-01-2009, 10:32 PM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel what an ass, i hope they put him away for attempted murder | 
08-02-2009, 12:14 AM
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| | Re: Cops: Man hit motorbike driver with shovel "My client didn't hit the operator of that infernal contraption with his shovel, he just stuck it in front of him at the last moment and the 'scorcher' ran into it!"
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