innocent pedestrian gets his clock cleaned

footfootfoot · 05-24-2006, 10:58 PM

This is pretty harsh, note the pedestrian crossing the street.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...99799148748390

lookout123 · 05-25-2006, 12:41 AM

holy crap - that was horrible.

lookout123 · 05-25-2006, 12:41 AM

i hope i bite it in a way that is recorded for internet consumption.

Undertoad · 05-25-2006, 08:22 AM

Christ.

Something equallly amazing where nobody gets hurt:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...24742613222871

Griff · 05-25-2006, 09:00 AM

Awful f3.

hmm.. I wanna call shenanigans UT but

lookout123 · 05-25-2006, 09:47 AM

no way!

BigV · 05-25-2006, 09:54 AM

Seen it. :retch:

Kitsune · 05-25-2006, 10:07 AM

Flying Aston Martin goes whee!

Ibby · 05-25-2006, 10:11 AM

Well sheeeee-YIT, that'll ruin your day.

glatt · 05-25-2006, 11:15 AM

As a pedestrian, I see this and cringe. It's a war zone out there.

MaggieL · 05-25-2006, 12:06 PM

I had something similar (but a near miss) happen to me many years ago.

I was walking down the sidewalk in the Loop area of downtown Chicago. Suddenly there was the sound of a revving engine from a parking garage across the street. A sedan came charging down the ramp, directly across the street, pushed between two parked cars, hit the side of a building, tore down the sidewalk (towards and then past me! I ended up between this car's path and the street) into the next intersection, t-boned a passing car, and fetched up aganst a stanchion for the El. They took the occupants of the t-bone victim off on back boards. Woman driving the car (apparently unhurt) claimed her accelerator stuck.

They don't have vehicle safety inspection in Illinois.

Kitsune · 05-25-2006, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaggieL

Woman driving the car (apparently unhurt) claimed her accelerator stuck.

Something similar: I witnessed a vehicle attempting to park suddenly jump the curb, smash into the nearby brick building at an angle, then push itself against the wall as the tire squealed away. This caused it to align with the sidewalk that ran alongside the business and scrape along the wall despite the wreck and only stopped once it wedged itself between the building and a brick pillar, forcing the engine to stall. The woman driving (obviously with child, no less) claimed the car "did it on its own as she hit the brake". When I approached, she was actually trying to restart the car to move it and she wouldn't stop until I removed the keys from the ignition and took them away from her. (Shock, perhaps? Two popped tires and a brick column threatening collapse didn't hold her back.)

The police arrived, one of them noting that this was a common, almost daily occurance as people mistake pressing the gas for the brake pedal. I was in awe. I don't feel too comfortable on the roads, anymore.

BrianR · 05-26-2006, 08:56 AM

YAWN! seen it all before.

wolf · 05-26-2006, 01:25 PM

Yes, but the view is totally different through the windshield. You miss a lot of the subtleties that way.

Trilby · 05-26-2006, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Yes, but the view is totally different through the windshield. You miss a lot of the subtleties that way.

yes, but how many of them would it take to make a decent turtle soup? HA!

Oh. Right. Nevermind.

05-24-2006, 10:58 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	innocent pedestrian gets his clock cleaned This is pretty harsh, note the pedestrian crossing the street. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...99799148748390 __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-25-2006, 12:41 AM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	holy crap - that was horrible. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-25-2006, 12:41 AM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i hope i bite it in a way that is recorded for internet consumption. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-25-2006, 09:00 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Awful f3. hmm.. I wanna call shenanigans UT but __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-25-2006, 09:47 AM	#6
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	no way! __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-25-2006, 08:22 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Christ. Something equallly amazing where nobody gets hurt: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...24742613222871

05-25-2006, 09:54 AM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Seen it. :retch: __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-25-2006, 10:07 AM	#8
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Flying Aston Martin goes whee!

05-25-2006, 10:11 AM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Well sheeeee-YIT, that'll ruin your day. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

05-25-2006, 11:15 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	As a pedestrian, I see this and cringe. It's a war zone out there.

05-25-2006, 12:06 PM	#11
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	I had something similar (but a near miss) happen to me many years ago. I was walking down the sidewalk in the Loop area of downtown Chicago. Suddenly there was the sound of a revving engine from a parking garage across the street. A sedan came charging down the ramp, directly across the street, pushed between two parked cars, hit the side of a building, tore down the sidewalk (towards and then past me! I ended up between this car's path and the street) into the next intersection, t-boned a passing car, and fetched up aganst a stanchion for the El. They took the occupants of the t-bone victim off on back boards. Woman driving the car (apparently unhurt) claimed her accelerator stuck. They don't have vehicle safety inspection in Illinois. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

05-26-2006, 08:56 AM	#13
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	YAWN! seen it all before. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

05-26-2006, 01:25 PM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Yes, but the view is totally different through the windshield. You miss a lot of the subtleties that way. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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