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Did we do this yet? Vigilante wing mirror justice meted

guy.spartacusguy.spartacus Posts: 321
edited February 2017 in Commuting chat
The van man seems like a caricature of the stereotypical sexist idiot...

https://twitter.com/dash_camr/status/834261849881260032
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  • dhopedhope Posts: 6,699
    Not seen here, but seen on facebook, twitter, some news site, lfgss.
    Van driver and passenger definitely a pair of pricks. Cyclist probably shouldn't have ripped the wing mirror off, but having gone that far she should really have proceeded to beat them to death with it. In for a penny...
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  • fat daddyfat daddy Posts: 2,605
    agreed, if you just rip a wing mirror off its seen as excessive, if you go full on nuts and start beating stuff with the wing mirror or attacking the wing mirror with something else like a bike pump, then it adds a little validity to the situation
  • PufftmwPufftmw Posts: 1,941
    I've seen tell that its a fake though quite amusing
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  • smokey_baconsmokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    If its fake, why would you fake it is beyond me. If its real, fair play to the lady after taking all that [email protected] from those two idiots.
  • guy.spartacusguy.spartacus Posts: 321
    Pufftmw wrote:
    I've seen tell that its a fake though quite amusing

    The calls of 'fake' on twitter seem to come from the same direction as the calls of 'fake news' and the like. A go-to response to something you don't want to believe/don't like because it doesn't back up your views.
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  • fat daddyfat daddy Posts: 2,605
    she must have done that before though to have faith that the mirror was going to come off ..... I have tried taking a wing mirror off a rusty mk1 mx5 having gone the normal route of rounding the screws off, tried ripping it off, it took a lot longer than that.

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  • slowbikeslowbike Posts: 8,498
    not so much to grab hold of on an MX5 - but low enough to get kicked off ...

    If the hassle she was receiving was as the video showed I don't blame her for her actions - nice follow up by the motorcyclist too :)
    Unfortunately, if the police got involved, she'd be done for criminal damage and the knuts in the van would get a stern talking too about harrasing a woman.
  • spasypaddyspasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    she rides past a police car just as the van pulls over, the guy on the motorbike should have caught her before then and told her he had it all on camera before the ripping off incident and then they could have dealt with it properly.

    2 wrongs dont make a right.
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  • slowbikeslowbike Posts: 8,498
    spasypaddy wrote:
    she rides past a police car just as the van pulls over, the guy on the motorbike should have caught her before then and told her he had it all on camera before the ripping off incident and then they could have dealt with it properly.
    As I said - they'd get a stern talking too ...
    spasypaddy wrote:
    2 wrongs dont make a right.
    nope - but sometimes it gets the message across ...
  • Ben6899Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Inbred c**ts got everything they asked for.

    This lady has my full support.
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  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 67,626 Lives Here
    spasypaddy wrote:
    she rides past a police car just as the van pulls over, the guy on the motorbike should have caught her before then and told her he had it all on camera before the ripping off incident and then they could have dealt with it properly.

    2 wrongs dont make a right.

    Your faith in the police and bystanders is admirable, but rather naive.
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  • mattsawmattsaw Posts: 907
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    If its fake, why would you fake it is beyond me. If its real, fair play to the lady after taking all that [email protected] from those two idiots.

    Large amounts of money through newspaper licencing.

    It's Daily Mail bingo.

    Cyclist + sexism + white van man + vigilante justice = clickbait
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  • keyser__sozekeyser__soze Posts: 2,066
    Mattsaw wrote:
    Cyclist + sexism + white van man + vigilante justice = clickbait

    They only failed to shoe-horn in Lady Di, how headcams can cause cancer and how it's all the EU's fault and they'd have the full house :)
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  • dhopedhope Posts: 6,699
    Keyser__Soze wrote:
    Mattsaw wrote:
    Cyclist + sexism + white van man + vigilante justice = clickbait

    They only failed to shoe-horn in Lady Di, how headcams can cause cancer and how it's all the EU's fault and they'd have the full house :)
    Also she wasn't wearing a helmet which would have protected her not only from every possible type of brain injury, but also the brain offence caused by the fcukwit van occupants.
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  • natrixnatrix Posts: 1,111
    Good for her
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  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 67,626 Lives Here
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... l-it-seems
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  • rjsterryrjsterry Posts: 25,090
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/22/why-a-viral-video-of-a-cyclists-revenge-on-catcallers-may-not-be-all-it-seems
    Indeed. Fake news: how very on trend.
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