Carry a few used AA batteries instead and throw them at the back window after they’ve passed. That way you have time to get away.
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America is such a shithole.
If the pedestrian had a gun, this never would have happened.
Idk, the crosswalk would be still unarmed - needs some movement-sensor gun turrets.
Imagine that there IS indeed a company that caters to such needs
I’m 75% sure that this is sarcastic and the upvoters believe this is sarcastic.
I would say it’s “tongue in cheek”. Sarcasm, irony, absurdity of reality, all packaged together.
Yep, you’re correct!
I just wish they would do it somewhere more appropriate like in a school.
Or if they had a car!
Maybe even an arm
ored car.Stupid gunless pedestrians who don’t bring a car when walking…
“If my car failed to kill them my gun will!”
Don’t bring a ped to a car fight… with guns.
The pedestrian here was really at a disadvantage if you think about it.
crossing flag < crossing brick < crossing glock
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.
Aussie here and yeah, someone here nearly hits a pedestrian and it’ll be pedestrian: throws hands up in wtf gesture, shakes head and the driver will either be like fuck I’m so sorry or return the same gesture and perhaps swear out the window as they pass.
Ah, the privilege of not having to do a double death dodge in one interaction. If they don’t get ya with the car they don’t get a second chance here!
The rest of the world doesn’t live like this.
Nah, we Germans would’ve run him over.
I know what will help! More guns!
Have you considered… more ballrooms?
Give more money to the wealthy, that always helps with problems!
A lot the world does, however, have to live with the constant threat of being bombed by our military or a military that our taxes fund.
Almost like the violence we export to other countries comes back home to our own culture and society.
guns aren’t common glovebox item in most places
its either strapped thier waist or on the dash.
Guns skittering across the dash like m&ms looking for the air vent
No joke, heard a story of a guy that had a gun stolen from is car. Lamenting it because it was a expensive piece with modifications to is appearance that he liked. When asked what happened, he left it on the fucking dashboard in plain view. Didn’t even attempt to hide it at the least. Just out there for all to see. I like firearms as a preface, I think they’re neat and do serve some purposes but, the careless and frivolous nature of how we consider them in the USA is one of the reasons gun violence is so high.
guns aren’t common glovebox item in CIVILIZED SOCIETIES
America is a shithole full of assholes and bullet holes
Neither do most Americans. Or most Chicagoans.
Jfc. That’s… something else. Interesting but fucked up.
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.
Just add a comically oversized sack with a $$ sign on the side, and a mask of zorro and he can audition for the role of bank robber in a pink panther cartoon.
The Hamburgler?
Thats just how Americans say “Hello!”
People from Indiana are constantly fucking things up in Chicago.
I too have this policy. If I’m close enough to hit your car when you go by you deserve it. Might need to start everyday carrying though - I’ll just shoot the cars instead. Much safer.
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.
He did bang on the car as well, though.
Why can I hear this in my head, is it a movie reference 😂 I can hear it so clearly lol
It is said by Dustin Hoffman’s character, Rico, in the 1969 movie “Midnight Cowboy.”
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.
close enough to me that I would say I am in danger
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
you don’t want to live your life in fear, so you will rather subject yourself to danger of being maimed? that is interesting strategy. who cares whose obligation it is when it is you who is going to be injured or worse?
Me, motherfucker. I FUCKING CARE.
Oh my fucking gawd… I fucking hate this country
Enjoy your attempted murder charge, asshole.
Yeah! At least the law still works for the poor fuckers.
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.
Okay but why is it relevant that you anal?
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.
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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.
Still a car issue.
The car becomes a kind of psychological armour that can disinhibit normal social behaviour.
Behind the wheel, people often express emotions they would never display in face-to-face interactions. This disconnect between normal personality and driving behaviour suggests that cars can trigger different psychological states. Understanding this can help drivers recognise when their emotions are becoming problematic and take steps to regain control.
i agree with this statement from a page i’ve never heard of
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
at least he shot him in the leg i guess… thats were we are at hahaha
America. Where I have to carry a gun in anticipation of all the bruised ego adult children carrying guns
