first off this guy on the bike was 44 years old, not 15 or 16.chances are if he was going up and down the street at 4:30 pm he was getting a feel for the bike or making adjustments and not trying to be unruly and as reckless as some might think.this is the Chicago suburbs and there really isn't anywhere else to drive or brake in our MB's without being on the street.regardless this is also state law that bicyclist have to ride in the street. so what if our engines make noise,so do cars and by law we have to share the street with them! so im sposed to stand out on my street with a shovel and hit peoples cars with it cause i can hear their exhaust system or i feel they are going to fast?????
so lets see,how would you approach this on your MB? maybe your concerned that your bike isn't running right and you want to make some adjustments before you go for a long ride and brake down in the middle of nowhere,so you ride up and down your street trying to make the needed adjustments while staying close enough to home to get your bike back if it brakes down and some whack job comes out of nowhere and takes you off your bike with a shovel or with any other object? how would you react? is it funny? this could happen to you,your kids, a friend and some people here want to condone this? this is ridiculous and entirely uncalled for!
if this guy was so pissed off about it he should of called the cops,its that plain and simple. instead of trying to play vigilante. in no way was this guy right or even justified for his actions. i can tell you from my experience with the legal system here, this guy is gonna only get probation,with a clean background and a first felony offense,hes gonna walk.if he was coming to my cell id make him my punk and that's all there is to it.
