Just when you think we are making progress towards all getting along on the streets, radio boneheads like ESPN’s Washington DC host Tony Kornheiser make stupid “jokes” like this to run down cyclists who get in your way: Within hours of this broadcast, Lance Armstrong created a Twitter storm that resulted in a big mea [...]
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The tipping point in justice for cyclists?
Today, Los Angeles doctor Christopher Thompson was sentenced to five years in prison for assaulting two cyclists with his car. In addition, he will likely lose his medical license. The conviction and serious penalty of the doctor is being considered by some a turning point in finally holding motorists accountable to actions that endanger cyclists. [...]
Asheville firefighter shoots cyclist over argument about safety
This story from North Carolina sounds like something from News of the Weird. The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting: Police charged a city firefighter with attempted first-degree murder Sunday after witnesses said he fired a handgun at a bicyclist along Tunnel Road, barely missing his skull. Charles Alexander Diez, 42, apparently fired at the Asheville man [...]
Whoa! Angry SUV driver pulls a Mike Tyson
Talk about mean streets. Here’s a story of a Newcastle, IN driver so enraged that a cyclist had stopped to talk to some kids that he bit the cyclist’s ear off. Sounds like somebody needs a little anger management. Full story here.
