Comments about road rage

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EvilGentleman: Two years and a few months later, this article still defines several different conflicts in a way that few if any articles can. {Motorists} vs {Cyclists} {Road Rage} vs {Radical Activism} {Male} vs {Female} {Entitled} vs {Empowered} The article that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Rob Tynan: Hi Steve, Here is a map from 1926. You can see the school. Elsinore Avenue dosnt exist yet. If you look carefully you will find the position of Lee Close. The Tennis......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

anon (d122-109-199-99.adl12.sa.optusnet.com.au): Hi Eric, Yes I do remember you and your Mum from when I was delivering greengrocery round Eldon road and Harewood road around 1950 just before I got married. It was Fred Wolfendon who had the old......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: OK, so she's a little overweight but if thats her son and husband they look like a nice family and that makes her beautiful, all women who take care of their husbands and children but......

in response to: Several Rather Unremarkable Glimpses of Great Yarmouth by Jamie

EvilGentleman: You mean we can get arrested for not using government-authorized positions? I am soooo busted... ##Six months later, in a Toronto courthouse...## Defense: "Your Honour, my client maintains his innocence in the face of these outrageous claims.......

in response to: Fuck Police! by Elicar

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Cyril The bank was at the top of Caroline Street, was Martin's then Barclays,the wallpaper shop was Lupton's, then a dry cleaner's called Irlam Valet Service, further along the road their was Billy's (I think......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, What do you mean, the posh end!! Do you remember the small park/ playarea behind the houses on Victory Road, and the old garages. There was always some old car abandoned in a garage......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Marissa There was a reason it was named as such, because that piece of ground they were built on and the land stretching back to where it meets Boat lane, has only a couple of......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Before the "new road" was built through Irlam in the early 1800s Platts brook was open with a bridge over it. The Old Road, going towards Cadishead, went up Boat Lane, down Ferry Road,......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Bree: I'm considering studing abroad to Goldsmiths in Fall 09 and I am a little discouraged after reading these posts. I am from San Francisco, California and I am studying in Oregon and I NEED to......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Rob Tynan: This is the only picture to exist of the farm run by my great grandfather John Tynan from approx the 1880s. It was called School Farm and was on the corner of Springfield Lane,......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned! Vicarage Road [[img:24962]] Two Churches, Liverpool Road. [[img:24963]] The Band Stand [[img:24964]] The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys, how about a few pics ? :) :) Of anything in irlam. Is the large bus shelter at the top of Ferryhill road diagonal from *Culshaws* still there? What about the......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

BBC Reports Kite deaths in Lahore: BBC News Kite deaths mar Pakistan 2005 festival It is not the first time Lahore has seen kite-related deaths Up to nine people have been killed and dozens injured during an annual kite-flying festival called Basant in the......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Do the Hutchinson.: Yes, it is a great adaptation to that great 70's hit. EVERYTIME I drive I get behind some old fossil who is driving 10 to 15 Mph under the legal posted limit and randomly hitting......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

BDweller: My friend Mike graduated from JHS 111 in the early seventies. It had already acquired a rough reputation by then, as I recall. Like Pierre said, the gang/thug threat was present. All......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Grange: It says , "Regency Landing " which suggests its on the water , and unloads trade from around the world . Yippies , they have to have somewhere to live , and play. With pastel......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

EvilGentleman: chiamatt, your points are valid, but if Canada can pass laws that state that tobacco companies cannot sponsor sporting events or family-oriented events where children are present, so as to protect children from being influenced......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

Micah: Grange, that's a very good point, when you think about all the money donated by high-profile people to high-profile causes, when they could take some of that money and save so many lives and make......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

elaine: i stopped driving when i got ill, and haven't started again yet. i didn't fancy being responsible for anyone else's death etc. but when i do take it up again, i hope eventually, when i......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

Mach: Just btw here, didnt any Ontarians catch wind of a great film called CRASH? And I dont mean Cronenbergs sleazoid celluiod number. CRASH will make you think LONG AND HARD about incidents such as this. Mark......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Tits McGee: Who's that Grey Aluer guy above who said he hates people and has Herpes? What does that have to do with anything? I think that broad was very courages in what she did. She......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

len: I just moved back to Canada from Georgia, USA ... where suburbia is human unfriendly (like some of Scarborough), cyclists get doored, and people are obsessed with their vehicles. On top of that the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

The Chimp: My guess is that "rage boy" and blondie were mixing it up in the car long before our plucky little bike courier showed up. His reaction seems to be way over the top for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Dan: I can't believe I read this far... Because of the notoriety of this blog entry, its not surprising to see so many trolls coming here. I have to believe that a lot of the angry people......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Catzas: This is not road rage as in "cyclist vs. auto. This is a concerned citizen trying to stop some idiot from turning our streets into a garbage dump. The guy, without doubt, is a real......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

babs: I've had two days worth of blog comments to read. What I've noticed is that there seems to be two camps of opinions. One belonging to the cyclists and one to the motorists. I......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

JimboToronto: I live on Augusta Ave about a block north of where this occurred but missed it due to being out of town. I am neither a bike courier nor a motorist, but my sympathies lie......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Armed Pacifist: It is utterly ridiculous to assume that the Police should be responsible for dealing with every single incident that occurs in daily life...this kind of thinking is sheeple mentalitality at best. Good on her that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Bob Stickers: To me;): Most Roadies are over pumped numbskulls. That pretty much is a fact. Mountain bikers on the other likely would have approached this differently. If the Toronto Police are tracking alot of things on......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Dr, O in London: If the courier is to be charged I would happily contribute to her defence fund based on Hool's rendition of events and the photos. Heck, I'll even chip in on a new rim for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Bobbikes in Calgary: I can't believe I read all this -- so much vilification and nonsense for a few gems of insight and information. Cyberspace is much more dangerous than I'd realized. I instinctively side with Leah. I......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Daryl G.: What ever happened to just throwing litter away? Obviously this cyclist was either mentally retarded or just a plain bitch. Sure, it's not that great to litter, but there's really no need to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Superman: Haha which reminds me............ My sister and her boyfriend (my friend Chris) were road riding in New Hampshire, my sister in the left turning lane and Chris on the far right of the road. Two G-unit......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

ketchup-wrappers, not hamburger patties.. part 2 : my friend really had little choice but to switch to a combination of (a) home heating oil (b) used transmission fluid , and (c) old engine oil, to power his vehicle. gas prices were way......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Andy: This incident is typical of the 'me generation' that doesn't give a flying fuck about anyone other than themselves. It doesn't matter what it is - garbage / noise / budding in lines / road......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

dude had a baseball bat!: Again the pathetic folks who defend Driver while ignoring the fact he took a bat to the photographer. You people are grim. Again I challenge any one of you losers to justify Driver's actions vis a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

4 mode observation: This incident is an excellent example of some of the worst features of human behaviour and the consequences that result from the actions of those who are misguided and self indulgent enough to believe they......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

City Dweller II: Ms. Thang: Excellent post, I couldn't agree more. I'm both a driver and a cyclist, and I'm as fed up with self-righteous vigilante cyclists who ignore the law and believe that the streets belong to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

PBass: To the pretty young lady in the white vest, you could get any guy you want with the snap of your fingers. Why are you putting up with this childish, bad tempered, psycho with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Both sides: I have read/heard both side of the story. Unfortunately, the "motorist's" side was stated by his fiancé and not by him, as the actual participant. Both sides are plausible but I am still......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

roads for all: This guy needs an angermanagement class. Drivers forget, it is a privilege to drive not a right. Cyclists share the road equally, and they also must be mindful of the risk involved. This guy could've......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

NO ONE DESERVES TO GET BEATEN: It's disappointing to read and see what transpired between Leah and the motorist, involving, and endangering the lives of themselves and those around them. It is even more disappointing to read the comments here endorsing......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Retired Cop: Hmmmmm???? This is rather embarrassing isn't it? Sort of ... internet posting = road rage? I can see how we elected the Cons. Oh, and thinking about it, how we elected the Crimi... I mean Libs......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

To 'She Had in coming', 'The Motorists' and Everyone else.: It's too late to defend this very very dumb individual. Why is it everyone who claims to know him personally writes the exact same way? So "Brother in Law" are the kind of......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

justlookatthatevileyedpsycho!!!!!!!!!!: First of all, who carries a baseball bat around in January(the middle of winter)? The guy must have some serious issues! I think road rage, a mid day attack of coffee, bike stomping and assault......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

TS: I moved to Vancouver last month from Toronto, hbahaha good ol' Toronto, ppl still at each others necks! Thats the beauty of Toronto, you dont like something/someone to tell em to their face, and shitkick em......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (CPE0006257386fc-CM0011ae911c4a.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): Funny how all these comments seem to come from environmentalist and cyclist. I have lived and worked in this city for my entire life. I work downtown town and spend a good part of my......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Uncle Jerky: The White Vest Girl ought to be single in the near future, what with hubby going to jail, either for the road rage incident or for future domestic abuse. When this happens, White Vest Girl, will......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jos: Steve in Vancouver (jan 31, 22:30), thanks for your words of wisdom. Cyclist, I'm glad you weren't hurt more badly than you were. You were at great risk. Bystanders, thanks for getting involved and protecting the vulnerable. As......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Road Rage Sucks: To the "Woman in the White Vest": According to you, you dropped a hambuger after just purchasing it. I call Bullsh*t on this statement, because, if you dropped it unintentionally, it would still be in......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

TOBoy: Unfortunately with her action she allowed the focus to turn into a "who did what and what was worse"..I dont condone her reaction, but she did have a cup of coffee thrown at herand for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

JRM: I myself have wanted to kill a few bike couriers in my day as the majority of them feel they own the road because they schlep it out on them everyday which gives them the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jack: i cant believe so many people have enough spare time to debate this nonesense. seriously... it was road rage, and they had a fight. So what. While you're at it, how about pumping out a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jack: i cant believe so many people have enough spare time to debate this nonesense. seriously! it was road rage, and they had a fight. So what. While you're at it, how about pumping out a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Road Raged Motorist Loses: It's great how any comments defending the jackass guy come from obvious hillbilly types and socially backward neanderthals or right thinking people satiring the ignorant apes among us. Most people KNOW the guy is wrong......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Kindofkensington: Jaysus, I can barely believe some of the stuff I've read here. Got the link from BoingBoing, used to live just up the road on Augusta, saw some idiotic carry on in my time at......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Scunny: Back in the day (25 years ago), when I first started as a bike courier, I too was guilty of returning litter to motorized slobs in much the same manner (although I never actually had......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Es in Ottawa: Road rage is everywhere....my sister in law was on a city bus when the driver said to her watch this, he was about to 'squeeze out' a cyclist, when she saw it was her brother,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

j: it obvious he is a wacko by carrying a baseball bat in the middle of winter...bet this isn't his first incident of road rage...100 to 1...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

JayMTL: Just to add another dimension - the thing I miss the least about being a courier is the road rage. Having people swerve at you in their cars sucks - but what sucks even worse......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Sam: It's a car, not his penis. Part of the problem is the attachment that weirdos get to their cars. For some reason otherwise ordinary people accept violence and commit violent acts, up to and including......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Peter: i agree. though i didnt always, the past couple of years i generally go out of my way to avoid road-rage situations or altercations like this while cycling.... yet theres something... something about the look......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Leera: Yea. U kno, road-rage is stoopid, but when u see some guy tryna beat up a girl and smash her bike, u think da fucker deserved it. And he prolly did. So yea, good for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hool: i did not see the beginning of this, but the report goes as follows: motorist throws food out of window. courier, disliking littering, picks up food and throws food back in car. motorist dumps......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

adam: looks like the people got him.. roadrage + messengers = bad mix...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Peter: Wow... yes, {best of}. also: i see she has a u-lock tucked under her belt. she should have been using that on the guy attacking her. nothing quashes road-rage like a 5-pound steel bikelock swung full-speed......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elaine: taxi drivers might not know it as the hand car, but they do respond to 'it's the turning just before the old texaco garage'. there is a bp garage on cambridge heath road, opposite the......

in response to: Hand Car by elaine

bee: taxi drivers might know this place as the hand car but every other fucker in the area seemed convinced that there was a 24 hour garage 'just down the road' when i was hunting for......

in response to: Hand Car by elaine

kc: you can almost see it in the car hood, too. Shi-ney. Btw, is that guy flashing a peace sign? Whatever happened to road rage? ...

in response to: Haiku by haiku fan

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo