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Should the guy in this pickup get an award?
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Unrelated, I got rear ended in my truck last night by a bad driver in heavy traffic.
on the other, i don't support road rage and home-boy in the truck took it way too far and deserves firm punishment.
that said, the car driver still needs a good ass kicking for not moving the fuck over.
Am I surprised?
Play stupid games win stupid prizes...(that goes for both of them).
I get frustrated plenty by left lane drivers and driving over I90 has plenty of them, but they're merely an inconvenience. You can't play the safety card if you're spinning someone out on the freeway.
So many problems in this country are caused by selfishness...and how selfish we really are is often determined by now we respond to life's little irritants (like slow left lane drivers, or drivers not going the instant a light turns green, etc. etc.).
But taking it to the point of causing an accident and then taking off is inexcusable.
we also don't know what happened before the video began and who may have "started it". As juvenile as that sounds it can explain decisions on both sides.
http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/District0News.shtml?action=displaySSI&…
Of course pulling a pit maneuver on a car who isn't following the law is illegal as well. You're not a cop and it's not your job to enforce the law, that goes for the guy in the pickup, and the person matching speed (like the poster above) who wants to get in front of someone who is in a hurry. You're going to escalate something that doesn't need to be escalated. Get the fuck over and there won't be a problem. More on this specific story:
http://www.newson6.com/story/32116252/watch-truck-runs-teens-car-off-mu…
Oh yeah.....and definitely a FAT ticket for the sports car driver!
Pit Row
No matter, what the truck did is inexcusable. Another car not involved could have crashed as well and hurt an innocent person.
We all have a little man in our heads that keep most of us from doing that type of shit. This guys little man was out to lunch that day.
What the driver in front did appears inconsiderate and may have been worthy of a ticket. Or perhaps the driver in the right lane sped up to match him......
What the person in the truck did was an intentional act of violence that could have involved several vehicles and should be prosecuted fully.
The Intention
To be convicted of attempted murder, a prosecutor must show that the accused specifically intended to commit the crime. The prosecutor must not only show that the accused intended to kill, but that the intent was to kill the specific victim.
Intent to act. You must have the intent to take the required actions. In other words, you have to intend to carry out the direct step. For example, if you are thinking about killing someone with a home-made bomb and, coincidentally, end up buying the pieces you need to make the bomb before you ever know how to make it, you don't have the intent to commit the direct step. If, on the other hand, you research bomb making and then buy the material and put the bomb together, you have committed a direct step.
Intent to kill. To be convicted of attempted murder, the accused must intend to cause a specific harm, namely to kill the targeted victim. You cannot, for example, commit attempted murder if you intended to only maim, frighten, or disfigure someone. It can be difficult for the prosecutor to prove this point, but often, the circumstances of the crime lead naturally to this conclusion. For example, if you hit someone in the head with a lead pipe, that alone may be enough to show that you intended to kill the person. On the other hand, hitting someone in the legs is less lethal, and may not amount to attempted murder.
A little consideration of others goes a long way, like Peelout suggests ^^^^
I do love the odd timed lane mergers or the 'ill go around and cut you all off ahead' people. This doesn't make you smarter than everyone, it makes you an asshole. This is a game I like to play, usually its in bumper to bumper so everyone can see. You let that fucker have his clear lane and then swing that bitch out wide. Ah ah ah! Wait in line bitch.
L.A. driving, It's just a rat fuck after rat fuck! Protect your cheese
Sounds like the beginning of a joke, but there was nothing funny about the end result on that one.
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