Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Biker-Motorist Vandetta

So, I'm opening with some very contraversial debate that's going on here in Big City, Canada. First of all, look at this picture - taken by Adam Krawesky (not me), a photographer who happened to be right there to snap the situation as it was happening.

This photo is totally real and candid. The story is this: Bike-courrier is riding along. Suddenly, a motorist - sitting inside his car - throws food out his window, obviously littering. Seeing this, the biker picks up the garbage and throws it back into the car to land on the motorist's lap! The picture depicts the attack of the motorist thereafter. There are actually more pictures and detailed scoop on Citynoise.org The motorist also claims that biker's chain key, which she was wearing around her wrist at the time, scratched his car. Mind you, this is happening in the downtown core of the city!
There are a few sides to this story, if there are bikes in your city, I'm sure you'll be able to relate. First of, bikers don't get any respect from motorists. Secondly, some bikers are either too aggressive-a.k.a. they scare the fireworks out of motorists creeping up suddenly- or they simply don't watch out at all. What about the photographer who saw all this happening and didn't do anything to break the fight? In any event, whatever side you take, it's putrid that people choose to express themselves in such uncivilized, primitive ways. What do you think?

6 Comments:

At 1:55 p.m., Blogger Unknown said...

Wow - I think that is a crazy pic. I think motorist need to watch out for bikers. If you are a biker and you also drive, you seem to give the respect bikers deserve. After all, it will be the biker who gets hurt first before the driver in most cases. Watch out for them, the biker is trying to do her job!

 
At 2:11 p.m., Blogger nyana said...

that's a good point. i'm still blown away how crazy the sitution is! How can you attack someone like that?

 
At 3:40 p.m., Blogger Tijen said...

thanks for stopping by.
you haven't fall off your chair have you?
tijen

 
At 3:44 p.m., Blogger CocteauBoy said...

The bikers vs vehicle issue is completely separate from the LITTERING vs GETTING-PISSED-OFF-AT-LITTERERS issue. I live in NYC where there are trash bins on nearly every corner, and I want to make many a littering people just EAT the trash they throw down on the ground not 10 feet from a bin! Uggh!

Btw, thanks for popping by and giving this "older man" some kudos! LOL!

Love
Troy aka CocteauBoy

 
At 4:15 p.m., Blogger nyana said...

Troy has a point too. There's a constant battle between bikers and motorists here. Motorists tend to win, so I suppose this is a good media exposure for the biking folk. What I'm thinking is that the biker actually threw the litter back into the car because it could have hit her, and potentially caused damage. Depends on how you look at it. ;)

 
At 2:00 p.m., Blogger Unknown said...

nyana - you might want to check out this link which could correspond or relate to such the litter problem.

 

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