glad I live in Canada where if I do this, when somebody nearly murders me in a crosswalk after they blow the stop line on a red light, that the worst that'll happen is they'll try to get me to come back into traffic and fight them, but they'll be too pussy to pull over and park and come over to me.
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America is such a shithole.
Absolutely. Lost my job recently and started having to drive again and let me tell you every single driver is some form of psychotic. It’s insane.
Including you?
Sure. You have to be insane to get behind a wheel. I am insane for doing it.
Introspection is a gift, not a gotcha.
Every. Single. One.
Especially me. I hate doing it so much. I don’t drive like a psycho but I’m certainly unwell.
People from Indiana are constantly fucking things up in Chicago.
If the pedestrian had a gun, this never would have happened.
Or if they had a car!
Stupid gunless pedestrians who don't bring a car when walking...
Don't bring a ped to a car fight... with guns.
The pedestrian here was really at a disadvantage if you think about it.
whats the difference?
As the pedestrian began walking away, the gunman, wearing a black hat and a black and white striped jumpsuit, parked on Canal Street and began following the 42-year-old before pulling out a handgun and shooting him in the left leg, police said.
He'd best get used to wearing that kind of clothing for a while.
Thats just how Americans say “Hello!”
The Hamburgler?
Or a referee.
Kicking or hitting a car that’s almost run you over is a hard instinct to stop. Like, I don’t bang on them or anything in anger, but just the instinct to fling out an arm or a leg to shove it back is intense if you’ve never been caught unaware by it. Escalating to shooting over that is nuts, also kind of nuts that he was in an actual car and not an emotional support truck, which is the kind of vehicle I usually expect the terminally carbrained to drive.
Whatever happened to a good ol' "I'm walking here!" Said with a strong Brooklyn accent.
Definitely. There are at least 5 or 6 cars in my city that have a pretty good scratch from my ring. I know it's just a matter of time before that goes wrong and I get a finger torn off in the most painful way possible, but goddamn if it isn't satisfying.
There are at least 5 or 6 cars in my city that have a pretty good scratch from my ring.
if this happened to you 5 or 6 times in your lifetime, you either live in some pretty absurd place, or you need to rethink your habit of jumping in front of the incoming cars.
there's a crosswalk near me that has a 50% historical chance of the approaching driver ignoring the no right on red. of that 50%, roughly 25% are close enough to me that I would say I am in danger and I can reach the vehicle.
I could absolutely have avoided some of those if I just waited for the car to blow the stop line, but I don't, because I don't want to live my life in fear, it's their fucking obligation to stop and not maim me, and then if I hesitate to walk out that just means it'll confuse other drivers who stopped for me but then see me not going and take the opportunity to blow the stop anyways as soon as I start walking. I'm fucked either way.
Or they just use the crosswalk in an average US city somewhat regularly
Enjoy your attempted murder charge, asshole.
Ianal but if he shot at him below the waist, he’d likely not get attempted murder. Assault/deadly weapon and whatever charges for discharging a weapon and road raging.
Not a car issue... It's a "Murica ma Gunz ar holy" issue.
almost hit by car in a crosswalk. kinda a car issue to.
Nah. It was absolutely an asshole problem. Yes, a car was involved, but the problem was the human driver.
It'd be different if it were a self driving car. It would be like if you used a lawnmower to mow your lawn, ran over a beehive, and tgen blamed the lawnmower for getting attacked by bees. Or blamed the gun itself for the pedestrian getting shot.
it's impossible not to call it a car issue. cars function as weapons against pedestrians, that's why car murders are illegal but almost never carry the same sentence as shooting someone despite sometimes being more lethal than a handgun.
also calling gun violence an American phenomenon is a European's way to soothe their own egos despite Germany frequently having lynchings by gun caused by Nazi cops. there's a reason why BLM didn't remain contained to USA and sparked massive uprisings in Europe
Still a car issue.
Well see, you’re not supposed to kick the car. You’re supposed to say “HEY! I’m walking heeyah!”
America. Where I have to carry a gun in anticipation of all the bruised ego adult children carrying guns
Arm the pedestrians.
yup, if the pedestrian had a gun as well, there'd be no problem /s
lol of course indiana plates
Does this mean something in Chicago land?
A lot of CPD live just over the state line.
It's probably a lot of confirmation bias, but it feels like (and it is a running joke) cars in Chicago with Indiana plates typically drive like maniacs.
Narr, fuck guns.
That person shouldn't have a gun or a car...
Ahhhhh! My epilepsy!