Seeing an idiot get their just desserts
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karma mechanic said:
That sounded so insane that I felt compelled to look it up...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015959/Ro...
Unfortunately that particular idiot didn't get his just deserts.
Just wanted to say - cool username http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015959/Ro...
Unfortunately that particular idiot didn't get his just deserts.
Swanny87 said:
Pan Pan said:
Shot dead? Are you looking at the same video. the crim was clearly still alive, and moving.
But the differences were the country, not the same there, as it is here. the fact that the criminal was in fact an armed criminal, and the fact that one was a police officer licenced to carry and use a gun, whereas it is probable that the crim was not.
Under the circumstances it looked like he got exactly what he deserved. Or perhaps the crim should have just shot the bloke, whose motorbike he was in the process of stealing at gun point, would that have been better?
I was just going with the assumption that if someone gets shot twice at point blank range the likelihood of them still being alive for much longer is pretty slim. I wasn't making a direct comparison to Russia in terms of this exact situation, I meant the events portrayed in this video were far worse than any Russian dashcam video I've ever seen. It wouldn't have been better for the hijacker to shoot the rider no... I don't understand what you mean by that question.But the differences were the country, not the same there, as it is here. the fact that the criminal was in fact an armed criminal, and the fact that one was a police officer licenced to carry and use a gun, whereas it is probable that the crim was not.
Under the circumstances it looked like he got exactly what he deserved. Or perhaps the crim should have just shot the bloke, whose motorbike he was in the process of stealing at gun point, would that have been better?
The hijacker gave up any rights `he' might have had when, he decided to carry out an armed robbery.
yellowjack said:
Brilliant!
Can we please have some of that instant justice over here. Please!
I get sick of these bullying t
ts pushing in at the last minute, desperately trying to get that one more space ahead, instead of merging slickly in turn and in doing so easing the congestion, not adding to it 
Works the other way tooCan we please have some of that instant justice over here. Please!
I get sick of these bullying t
ts pushing in at the last minute, desperately trying to get that one more space ahead, instead of merging slickly in turn and in doing so easing the congestion, not adding to it That trucker had to merge indicated by the arrows. It was up to the people to let him in. Common courtesy said they should.
I was trying to join a busy motorway recently waiting for a truck to pass there was a gap until the next truck but he had different ideas. Indicating the whole time, matching speed and quickly running out of slip road the trucker decided i wasn't having the gap and sped up. I joined anyway and he preceded to beep me and try and tailgate me. My only other option was to stop and attempt a full bore acceleration onto the motorway as i had no slip road left. He could have easily lifted off.
I probably cost some MPG and his bonus for good fuel consumption, i hope i did.
I try and give truckers the room and the right of way so they can keep the thing rolling but the gesture is not always reciprocated.
bp1000 said:
yellowjack said:
Brilliant!
Can we please have some of that instant justice over here. Please!
I get sick of these bullying tts pushing in at the last minute, desperately trying to get that one more space ahead, instead of merging slickly in turn and in doing so easing the congestion, not adding to it
Works the other way tooCan we please have some of that instant justice over here. Please!
I get sick of these bullying t
ts pushing in at the last minute, desperately trying to get that one more space ahead, instead of merging slickly in turn and in doing so easing the congestion, not adding to it That trucker had to merge indicated by the arrows. It was up to the people to let him in. Common courtesy said they should.
I was trying to join a busy motorway recently waiting for a truck to pass there was a gap until the next truck but he had different ideas. Indicating the whole time, matching speed and quickly running out of slip road the trucker decided i wasn't having the gap and sped up. I joined anyway and he preceded to beep me and try and tailgate me. My only other option was to stop and attempt a full bore acceleration onto the motorway as i had no slip road left. He could have easily lifted off.
I probably cost some MPG and his bonus for good fuel consumption, i hope i did.
I try and give truckers the room and the right of way so they can keep the thing rolling but the gesture is not always reciprocated.
Driving on the right, and the radio station playing in the cab suggest USA, where the law my well REQUIRE merging in turn. I believe it should do the same over here, then we might see an end to all the pushing in, the 'road captains' blocking the second lane miles from the merge point, and the pointless 'closing out' of people who try to merge with some consideration for others. The most these idiots ever gain is one car space, and even if you grab that one extra place, the chances are that the person you've 'closed out' will get past you as soon as the lane closure ends anyway.
Back on topic. A lane closure on a dual carriageway. Heavy summer holiday traffic (A303). I'm in that 'funnel' bit, where the cones taper down toward the closure, and at this point it isn't quite down to a single lane, but it certainly isn't wide enough for two cars side by side.
Cars behind me are merging early, not excessively so, but someone in a Volvo estate spots an opportunity to 'gain some ground'. He accelerates out of lane one, into lane two, which is rapidly tapering down to lane 'one-and-a-half'. He hasn't planned this well at all, and he's "all take off, but no landing". He's stomped on the throttle with no plan for getting back into lane one, and by now, there is no realistic opportunity for anyone to make space for him, even if they wanted too, as we're all 'nose to tail' at less than 10mph.
Cue a very long blast on his horn, and some very smoky tyres as he brakes very harshly, and collects at least two of the cones under the front valance and comes to a halt inside the coned off area of lane 2. He was last seen in the door mirror, trying to pull one of these large traffic cones out from it's position, wedged under his car. One of the hi-vis clad road workers appeared to be giving him a dressing down too. I dread to think how much time he lost on that trip, while trying to force his way ahead of about 5 cars. A bit of patience and he'd have been on his way soon enough.
Cars behind me are merging early, not excessively so, but someone in a Volvo estate spots an opportunity to 'gain some ground'. He accelerates out of lane one, into lane two, which is rapidly tapering down to lane 'one-and-a-half'. He hasn't planned this well at all, and he's "all take off, but no landing". He's stomped on the throttle with no plan for getting back into lane one, and by now, there is no realistic opportunity for anyone to make space for him, even if they wanted too, as we're all 'nose to tail' at less than 10mph.
Cue a very long blast on his horn, and some very smoky tyres as he brakes very harshly, and collects at least two of the cones under the front valance and comes to a halt inside the coned off area of lane 2. He was last seen in the door mirror, trying to pull one of these large traffic cones out from it's position, wedged under his car. One of the hi-vis clad road workers appeared to be giving him a dressing down too. I dread to think how much time he lost on that trip, while trying to force his way ahead of about 5 cars. A bit of patience and he'd have been on his way soon enough.
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Just wanted to say - cool username
[aside]Battle of Epping Forest, 1973.
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My own sorry tale, since I was the idiot...
One winter morning in the early eighties I was on my way to work and the other traffic was being particularly obstructive. Driving like grannies. Being young and immortal I was getting frustrated with the progress, and at one point even considered overtaking a particularly slow car on a gentle downhill stretch.
Then the car I was considering overtaking slowly turned towards the kerb but continued to proceed down the hill at 90 degrees to the normal orientation.
I started to brake (more out of confusion than anything) and found that we were all on black ice. Tried cadence braking but there was no noticeable grip to be found.
The car in front started to lose speed slightly due to its front wheels bumping along the kerb and eventually came to a gentle halt just as I nudged up against the side, my bumper exactly between the wheel arches.
Then with a larger bump the car behind me arrived and completed the sandwich.
Not a huge amount of damage but a valuable lesson.
The Moose said:
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Martin4x4 said:
Holy fk, he shot him at point blank range! Fired several shots as well, as if one wasn't enough at that range?!t one last ear bashing to have taken a run up an kicked him in the nuts as hard possible in the hope the kid could never reproduce. aka_kerrly said:
The Moose said:
baldy1926 said:
Pan Pan said:
Swanny87 said:
Martin4x4 said:
Holy fk, he shot him at point blank range! Fired several shots as well, as if one wasn't enough at that range?!t one last ear bashing to have taken a run up an kicked him in the nuts as hard possible in the hope the kid could never reproduce. Considering the reputation of the Brazilian police for extra judicial killings I thought the officer very restrained. Two shots, stopped shooting when incapacitated, disarmed him rather than finishing him off.
Compared to the many videos of American cops that blaze away while hiding behind things he was restrained, accurate and brave.
AdamGP said:
Keep up at the back. Only been posted about 100 times so far 
tomsugden said:
Approaching Farnham a couple of weeks ago on the A31, I was cut up by an absolute bell end in a slammed VW Polo Estate. It looked ridiculous.
The very next day I was on exactly the same stretch of road, this time in slow moving traffic, and saw him broken down on the side of the road. I waved cheerfully and didn't offer to help.
Oh dear. I think I know who this isThe very next day I was on exactly the same stretch of road, this time in slow moving traffic, and saw him broken down on the side of the road. I waved cheerfully and didn't offer to help.
Only good example I have of this is when I was in school. Having just turned 16 I got a moped as well as well as a few others. One who did was a complete bellend, who just tore around everywhere on it and thought he knew everything. One lunchtime as some of us wandered to some shops, he came up to a junction right next to us and with no other vehicles around just ends up in a heap on the floor. No idea how he managed this I don't know, possibly he just forgot how to balance. He just got up, picked up the bike and rode off like nothing had happened. After a few months the moped was covered in tape and scratches, how someone could be so bad at riding a moped I don't know.
Back in 1993/4 and I'm driving my 1 week old 944 S2 somewhere Oop North. I'm approaching a set of traffic lights - nearside lane is turn left only into Tesco/Sainsburys/whatever. The right hand lane is straight ahead only. I decide to pop into Tesco/Sainsburys/whatever and get in the left hand lane and stop at the lights. On the other side of the lights/junction is a bus stop with about 20-30 schoolgirls waiting. Of course they are eyeing the cool Viking in his 944...
About 5 seconds later a modified white Escort RS Turbo with diamond cut alloys pulls alongside me. He looks over, clocks the gaggle of schoolgirls and proceeds to rev his engine. He looks over at me, points and nods for a race. Lights change. He floors it. I accelerate with my 1 week old clutch ever so gently and turn left into Tesco/Sainsburys/whatever. As he floors it his farty stainless steel exhaust detaches itself from the floorpan onto the road. It lands squarely in front of the bus stop full of a gaggle of schoolgirls and gets run over by a following tipper truck. The derision from the schoolgirls is immediate.
As I pull into a parking space I see him walking back to the road area in front of the bus stop to retrieve his piece of scrap tubing to more mirth and merriment.
About 5 seconds later a modified white Escort RS Turbo with diamond cut alloys pulls alongside me. He looks over, clocks the gaggle of schoolgirls and proceeds to rev his engine. He looks over at me, points and nods for a race. Lights change. He floors it. I accelerate with my 1 week old clutch ever so gently and turn left into Tesco/Sainsburys/whatever. As he floors it his farty stainless steel exhaust detaches itself from the floorpan onto the road. It lands squarely in front of the bus stop full of a gaggle of schoolgirls and gets run over by a following tipper truck. The derision from the schoolgirls is immediate.
As I pull into a parking space I see him walking back to the road area in front of the bus stop to retrieve his piece of scrap tubing to more mirth and merriment.Late 80s. I was driving home down our quiet residential road when I found I was being pursued by some yobbo in a hatch with a pizza delivery sign on the roof. He tailgated me up to a very tricky S-bend in the road, when he decided to overtake at speed on the blind bend! I was so furious I rang the Pizza shop and demanded the driver come around and apologise for his potentially lethal driving. Surprisingly the spotty erk did call, and I adopted a "more in sorrow than anger" approach pointing out the error of his ways, and off he went. I did think the shop owner probably thought I was over-reacting.
A few days later I heard a terrific bang outside and rushed out to find the yobbo's car upside down in the road with a 200 yard trail of debris behind. He'd somehow (swerving for a puddle? Avoiding a cat with a nasty look on its face? Forget the excuse) hit a Citroen BX while travelling at a minimum of 60mph (30mph road, most people travel it at 20-25) and I had never seen an accident involving a car with plastic bodywork before - the rear of the BX had just exploded and wasn't there any more! As I helped drag him from the wreckage he must have recognised me but I refrained from comment, and our pizzas were delivered by other drivers much slower after that.
A few days later I heard a terrific bang outside and rushed out to find the yobbo's car upside down in the road with a 200 yard trail of debris behind. He'd somehow (swerving for a puddle? Avoiding a cat with a nasty look on its face? Forget the excuse) hit a Citroen BX while travelling at a minimum of 60mph (30mph road, most people travel it at 20-25) and I had never seen an accident involving a car with plastic bodywork before - the rear of the BX had just exploded and wasn't there any more! As I helped drag him from the wreckage he must have recognised me but I refrained from comment, and our pizzas were delivered by other drivers much slower after that.
Today whilst driving along a D.C. in my speed restricted work van a battered Punto, that was more gaffer tape than metal, started to overtake me on a bit of a hill.
As we went up the hill the speed of my van dropped slightly from it's limit of 64mph down to about 60. The Punto that was loaded to the point of its rear screen being blocked also dropped in speed, but by more than myself, to the point that having got its rear quarter level with the front of my van was now going slower than myself.
Once at the top of the hill the car that could have just shifted down a gear to complete its overtake was finally able to get passed and pull over into lane 1.
Now other than being crap driving and poor planning on the Punto's behalf I wasn't bothered by this and I don't think they were either.
Then some little oik in a similarly loaded up Focus comes past and gives me the coffee beans and pulls over narrowly missing my front end, as though I was intentionally speeding up to stop them passing, even though there is a big 64mph limit sticker on my rear OS door that clearly showed this wasn't possible.
Less than 2 minutes later I see a van in lane 2 of an empty stretch heading the opposite direction warning our side to slow down. I come round the bend to see said oik has somehow managed to smash into the central reservation kicking a load of mud into lane 2 before coming to rest in lane 1. No idea how he managed it as the road wasn't even busy.
Gave him the coffee beans back as he was exiting his car but unfortunately I don't think he saw me.
As we went up the hill the speed of my van dropped slightly from it's limit of 64mph down to about 60. The Punto that was loaded to the point of its rear screen being blocked also dropped in speed, but by more than myself, to the point that having got its rear quarter level with the front of my van was now going slower than myself.
Once at the top of the hill the car that could have just shifted down a gear to complete its overtake was finally able to get passed and pull over into lane 1.
Now other than being crap driving and poor planning on the Punto's behalf I wasn't bothered by this and I don't think they were either.
Then some little oik in a similarly loaded up Focus comes past and gives me the coffee beans and pulls over narrowly missing my front end, as though I was intentionally speeding up to stop them passing, even though there is a big 64mph limit sticker on my rear OS door that clearly showed this wasn't possible.
Less than 2 minutes later I see a van in lane 2 of an empty stretch heading the opposite direction warning our side to slow down. I come round the bend to see said oik has somehow managed to smash into the central reservation kicking a load of mud into lane 2 before coming to rest in lane 1. No idea how he managed it as the road wasn't even busy.
Gave him the coffee beans back as he was exiting his car but unfortunately I don't think he saw me.
VR6T Gar said:
Today whilst driving along a D.C. in my speed restricted work van a battered Punto, that was more gaffer tape than metal, started to overtake me on a bit of a hill.
As we went up the hill the speed of my van dropped slightly from it's limit of 64mph down to about 60. The Punto that was loaded to the point of its rear screen being blocked also dropped in speed, but by more than myself, to the point that having got its rear quarter level with the front of my van was now going slower than myself.
Once at the top of the hill the car that could have just shifted down a gear to complete its overtake was finally able to get passed and pull over into lane 1.
Now other than being crap driving and poor planning on the Punto's behalf I wasn't bothered by this and I don't think they were either.
Then some little oik in a similarly loaded up Focus comes past and gives me the coffee beans and pulls over narrowly missing my front end, as though I was intentionally speeding up to stop them passing, even though there is a big 64mph limit sticker on my rear OS door that clearly showed this wasn't possible.
Less than 2 minutes later I see a van in lane 2 of an empty stretch heading the opposite direction warning our side to slow down. I come round the bend to see said oik has somehow managed to smash into the central reservation kicking a load of mud into lane 2 before coming to rest in lane 1. No idea how he managed it as the road wasn't even busy.
Gave him the coffee beans back as he was exiting his car but unfortunately I don't think he saw me.
Just on the Punto, changing gear may not have been much help, some of them rolled out of the factory with 55hp, which isn't much when empty never mind stacked to the gunnels!As we went up the hill the speed of my van dropped slightly from it's limit of 64mph down to about 60. The Punto that was loaded to the point of its rear screen being blocked also dropped in speed, but by more than myself, to the point that having got its rear quarter level with the front of my van was now going slower than myself.
Once at the top of the hill the car that could have just shifted down a gear to complete its overtake was finally able to get passed and pull over into lane 1.
Now other than being crap driving and poor planning on the Punto's behalf I wasn't bothered by this and I don't think they were either.
Then some little oik in a similarly loaded up Focus comes past and gives me the coffee beans and pulls over narrowly missing my front end, as though I was intentionally speeding up to stop them passing, even though there is a big 64mph limit sticker on my rear OS door that clearly showed this wasn't possible.
Less than 2 minutes later I see a van in lane 2 of an empty stretch heading the opposite direction warning our side to slow down. I come round the bend to see said oik has somehow managed to smash into the central reservation kicking a load of mud into lane 2 before coming to rest in lane 1. No idea how he managed it as the road wasn't even busy.
Gave him the coffee beans back as he was exiting his car but unfortunately I don't think he saw me.
I had one, and hills were painful. The amount of motorway "overtakes" I had to back out of when the road unexpectedly gained a slight incline is embarrassing
tomjol said:
Just on the Punto, changing gear may not have been much help, some of them rolled out of the factory with 55hp, which isn't much when empty never mind stacked to the gunnels!
I had one, and hills were painful. The amount of motorway "overtakes" I had to back out of when the road unexpectedly gained a slight incline is embarrassing
Try driving a 2CV! I don't buy into all the nonsense about them being great drivers cars - see Chris Harris- they are properly horrific pieces of kit. BUT they are a hell of a challenge, that's for sure. Wide open throttle at all times and still little progress.I had one, and hills were painful. The amount of motorway "overtakes" I had to back out of when the road unexpectedly gained a slight incline is embarrassing
I think I learnt to drive in a Punto (a 16v one, mind) in about 1999, and it made my Fiesta Zetec feel like a rocket. (To be fair, that Fiesta was a damn good car.)
In the early seventies I was pumping petrol in a busy filling station with a fairly cramped forecourt in Wokingham. Fuel deliveries were a nightmare. We had the tanker, cones and increasingly impatient drivers. One guy in a Rover 2000 tried a bit of creative manoeuvring to jump the queue. The forecourt manager, the other pump hand and I yelled at him to stop but you have to try and imagine how far down the evolutionary scale petrol pump attendants were perceived to be by many people, including this particular Rover owner, and he pressed on. He was not going to obey shouted instructions from three low life. This was a pity. The reason we were keen for him to stop was the covers were off the manholes for the tanker driver to couple up his hoses. Down went the car; only one wheel, but sufficient for it be jammed and, I seem to recall, fairly badly damaged. We had a forecourt full of customers and couldn't do anything to help, even we had wanted to. I think the mechanics were called to tow him out when it got quieter. I think his passengers, who I fondly hoped were his wife and in-laws, were monumentally unimpressed.
Late 1990s.
Trundling through an Essex village on a motorcycle one night doing the 30 with someone dying to do their '30', which is 40 behind me in their woefully under-powered car, still. This guy finally overtook me, no problems, apart from the blinding white flash as he overtook heading towards a gatso.
Laugh? me?
The village finishes a minute after the gatso and returns to NSL, yes I did overtake him, pointing at him with a thumbs up..
Trundling through an Essex village on a motorcycle one night doing the 30 with someone dying to do their '30', which is 40 behind me in their woefully under-powered car, still. This guy finally overtook me, no problems, apart from the blinding white flash as he overtook heading towards a gatso.
Laugh? me?
The village finishes a minute after the gatso and returns to NSL, yes I did overtake him, pointing at him with a thumbs up..
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