porksboy wrote: As I was reading the post I thought "that cant be for real"
I was thinking the same thing. I was sure it was a hoax.
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Aug. 12, 2008 7:43 p.m. Xceler8x Reader
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Aug. 13, 2008 1:59 a.m. DirtyBird222 Reader
Xceler8x wrote:
porksboy wrote: As I was reading the post I thought "that cant be for real"
I was thinking the same thing. I was sure it was a hoax.
Video proves some evidence that something did happen. There was a problem with these a few years back when random people were trying to drive thru these and they were creating human road blocks and robbing the motorists of everything they had in the car. You could bet your ass if that ever happened to me there'd be some Grand Theft Auto style pedestrian road kill action happening lol (think Hippie Drill from South Park).
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Aug. 13, 2008 9:14 a.m. Xceler8x Reader
I have no doubt it happened now. When I was reading the posting, obviously from a msg board, I was thinking "This has to be a joke..." Evidently, it isn't.
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Aug. 13, 2008 9:38 a.m. DILYSI Dave PowerDork
DirtyBird222 wrote:
Xceler8x wrote:
porksboy wrote: As I was reading the post I thought "that cant be for real"
I was thinking the same thing. I was sure it was a hoax.
Video proves some evidence that something did happen. There was a problem with these a few years back when random people were trying to drive thru these and they were creating human road blocks and robbing the motorists of everything they had in the car. You could bet your ass if that ever happened to me there'd be some Grand Theft Auto style pedestrian road kill action happening lol (think Hippie Drill from South Park).
When I was 16-17 I was trying to find a club and ended up going down a dead end street in the projects. I pulled a quick U-Turn, but not before 5-6 thugs decided to block the street out. I stopped about 50' shy of them, considered my options, floored it and side stepped the clutch. I figured that if they had guns, I was berkeleyed, but I wasn't going down without taking somebody with me.
Fortunately they caught on that I wasn't an easy target and moved.
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Aug. 13, 2008 10:08 a.m. confuZion3 HalfDork
Cars' power > Peoples' power. You push on the pedal, they'll move. Never let someone rob you that way. Berkeley them up and run them down if they're threatening you. It's like letting someone stab you with a knife after walking up to you with it from 20 feet away while you have a loaded 9MM in your hand.
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Aug. 13, 2008 10:26 a.m. mistanfo Dork
That's why I don't want any of these new cars that are "pedestrian friendly." I wanna mess 'em up real good.
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Aug. 13, 2008 10:40 a.m. Clay Reader
Yeah, but can you imagine trying to explain to the cops why you ran down a pedestrian because you felt threatened inside in your car.
Around here people crossing the street will purposely slow down when jaywalking just to show you they aren't scared of your car. They almost dare you to hit them. It's crazy.
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Aug. 13, 2008 10:42 a.m. GlennS HalfDork
mistanfo wrote:
That's why I don't want any of these new cars that are "pedestrian friendly." I wanna mess 'em up real good.
Thats what caddle guards are for. Im sure any shop that makes roll cages could fab one up for your honda civic.
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Aug. 13, 2008 11:07 a.m. dculberson New Reader
Back when my masochism was in full bloom, I drove a Range Rover. I was driving through a bad neighborhood around 3am - five lane main road with sidewalks, no traffic at all. There were three guys on the sidewalk ahead, and they all turned, looked at my car, and headed straight out into the street on an intercept course. I kept my foot on the gas and started honking. They chickened out and stepped back.
I'm about 80-85% sure they were planning on robbing me. Absolutely no other reason for the way they acted.
I had a cell phone and was just going to call 911 if I hit them, and wait in a safe location for the police.
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Aug. 13, 2008 11:47 a.m. DILYSI Dave PowerDork
Clay wrote:
Yeah, but can you imagine trying to explain to the cops why you ran down a pedestrian because you felt threatened inside in your car.
That's when the phrase "I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6" comes into play.
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Aug. 13, 2008 11:57 a.m. 16vCorey Dork
Clay wrote:
Around here people crossing the street will purposely slow down when jaywalking just to show you they aren't scared of your car. They almost dare you to hit them. It's crazy.
I stumble across that every now and then. It really annoying, and I generally don't slow down. If they don't get out of the way, I'll wait until the very last second and serve to just barely miss them. I'm not going to hit anyone that I don't have to, but I like to make them think twice about doing it again. I generally do the same thing to people who pull out in front of me, especially when you know they see you and have that "they'll slow down and not hit me even thought they have the right of way" attitude.
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Aug. 13, 2008 12:37 p.m. Travis_K New Reader
DILYSI Dave wrote:
Clay wrote:
Yeah, but can you imagine trying to explain to the cops why you ran down a pedestrian because you felt threatened inside in your car.
That's when the phrase "I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6" comes into play.
Yea, exactly. Even if it meant spending a couple of years in jail, its better than being dead.
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Aug. 13, 2008 1:30 p.m. confuZion3 HalfDork
Folks from the hood in Baltimore are a bit more tactful. I was driving to Canton once and ended up in the middle of the hood (in broad daylight) with my top down (in the BMW). This was a conversation at a light: me in the car, some fellow on the corner on the other side of the street in a big puffy coat.
"Hey man, do you got a couple bucks I could borrow?"
"No. I don't. Sorry, buddy."
"Look, I just a couple bucks for a bus pas. I'm lost and I'm really scared." <---yeah right!
"I don't have any money. Sorry."
"Well, hey. There's an ATM over there at that gas station. Do you think you could get me a few bucks from it?" <--- so that I can rob you when you get it?
I was thinking, is this guy nuts? He's obviously trying to rob me (or he was going to try). Hmm. This was the nicest robbery I have ever experienced. I told him to have a good day and I drove away, making sure I timed all the lights just right.
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Aug. 17, 2008 9:42 p.m. P90Puma Reader
Since nobody brought the "tech"
VERY NSFW Forum link. http://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/index.php?topic=95879.0
Original thread link above, this isn't the first time something like this has happened to the idiot. Once ok, wrong place, wrong time, twice there is something wrong with you to bring the situation to that level.
