1/29/2006: Motorist vs bike courier

Undertoad · 01-29-2006, 03:33 AM

Ubiquitous cameras mean that everyone who thinks quickly can become a journalist on the spot. In this case, via Boing Boing, a bicycle courier in Toronto is accosted by a motorist after an incident involving the guy's littering. But the entire event is shot by an alert photog, who posts it all to an urban photography web site; check it out, in a series of 15 images, the story is told and is more interesting than most news photography.

Look at that jagoff!

Furthermore the incident and photos turn up so much interest that the courier herself appears in the comments at the site, to describe what happened from her point of view. (Look for the comment from "Leah")

Life. Documented. Even the sucky parts.

Griff · 01-29-2006, 08:14 AM

There are so many unemployed actors in Toronto... That is my first reaction to pic three. The rest looks real though. Who friggin litters? Jerk.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2006, 09:02 AM

Who litters? Must be somebody because I see tons of it every damn day.
The link is dead, both from here and from Boing Boing.
Ah, the dangers of taking the law, or the enforcment of it, into your own hands. A lesson in escalation, too. How far will you go to make a point?

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The incident reportedly began when the motorist tossed litter out his window, and the courier threw it back in; the motorist reportedly threw a cup of coffee on the courier and the courier reportedly keyed his car.

If she'd have been driving a car, like normal people, this probably wouldn't have happened.

FloridaDragon · 01-29-2006, 10:16 AM

Any of you smokers out there throw your butts out the window? I often daydream of catching someone doing that at a red light and getting out and tossing it back into their backseat (hope it is leather). But reality is then they would pull a weapon, I would have to pull a weapon (remember this is gun-toting-Florida) and someone would go to the morgue or hospital and the other to prison.... not worth it but still a nice day dream.

Why don't smokers think this is littering??

Griff · 01-29-2006, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Who litters? Must be somebody because I see tons of it every damn day.

Every Earth Day we pick up the trash for about a mile and a half of our rural road here. It usually comes to about 4 bags... let's call my question rhetorical.

Pancake Man · 01-29-2006, 12:24 PM

What is he doing in that first pic? Trying to pull the tire off?

jaguar · 01-29-2006, 08:52 AM

2 counts of assult, littering and property damage, got what he deserved, girl-hitting littering piece of shit.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2006, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

2 counts of assult, littering and property damage, got what he deserved, girl-hitting littering piece of shit.

Some girls deserve hitting.....some girls like to be hit.

capnhowdy · 01-29-2006, 12:40 PM

I bet this dude wouldn't have reacted the same way had the cyclist been a 245 lb linebacker. Fockin pussy. He even looks lile a wuss to me.

milkfish · 01-29-2006, 02:19 PM

Man, you Canadians totally broke your country.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2006, 02:41 PM

Maybe it's an American tourist.

Trilby · 01-29-2006, 02:51 PM

not 'hit', xob, 'spanked'. big difference.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2006, 03:23 PM

You, maybe.....some like to be hit, whipped, cut and all kind of other disgusting things. Not that it has anything to do with the story.

capnhowdy · 01-29-2006, 07:07 PM

Bri... how do you think he controls his 'virtual' harem?

dar512 · 01-29-2006, 07:37 PM

I don't think much of her either. She key'd the guys car.

01-29-2006, 03:33 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/29/2006: Motorist vs bike courier Ubiquitous cameras mean that everyone who thinks quickly can become a journalist on the spot. In this case, via Boing Boing, a bicycle courier in Toronto is accosted by a motorist after an incident involving the guy's littering. But the entire event is shot by an alert photog, who posts it all to an urban photography web site; check it out, in a series of 15 images, the story is told and is more interesting than most news photography. Look at that jagoff! Furthermore the incident and photos turn up so much interest that the courier herself appears in the comments at the site, to describe what happened from her point of view. (Look for the comment from "Leah") Life. Documented. Even the sucky parts.

01-29-2006, 08:14 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	There are so many unemployed actors in Toronto... That is my first reaction to pic three. The rest looks real though. Who friggin litters? Jerk. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-29-2006, 08:52 AM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	2 counts of assult, littering and property damage, got what he deserved, girl-hitting littering piece of shit. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

01-29-2006, 12:40 PM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I bet this dude wouldn't have reacted the same way had the cyclist been a 245 lb linebacker. Fockin pussy. He even looks lile a wuss to me. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-29-2006, 02:41 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe it's an American tourist. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-29-2006, 10:16 AM	#4
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	Any of you smokers out there throw your butts out the window? I often daydream of catching someone doing that at a red light and getting out and tossing it back into their backseat (hope it is leather). But reality is then they would pull a weapon, I would have to pull a weapon (remember this is gun-toting-Florida) and someone would go to the morgue or hospital and the other to prison.... not worth it but still a nice day dream. Why don't smokers think this is littering??

01-29-2006, 12:24 PM	#6
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	What is he doing in that first pic? Trying to pull the tire off?

01-29-2006, 02:19 PM	#10
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Man, you Canadians totally broke your country.

01-29-2006, 02:51 PM	#12
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	not 'hit', xob, 'spanked'. big difference. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-29-2006, 03:23 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You, maybe.....some like to be hit, whipped, cut and all kind of other disgusting things. Not that it has anything to do with the story. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-29-2006, 07:07 PM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Bri... how do you think he controls his 'virtual' harem? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-29-2006, 07:37 PM	#15
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I don't think much of her either. She key'd the guys car. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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