Atlanta Time Machine founder intentionally run down by SUV driver (house, neighborhood)

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by erick295

People tend to cheer for the little guy. You'll notice the same feelings directed at motorcyclists. Just human nature I guess.

For example, a lot of people are assuming the driver in this story hit the bicyclist on purpose even though no one actually saw it happen. It's entirely possible the guy was chasing him down and hit him accidentally.

If your immediate reaction to that is "OH COME ON ," congratulations, you're human

I'm pretty sure I saw a witness interviewed on television. It was she that saw the initial exchange, the SUV make a u-turn and then strike the cyclist. The vehicle then dragged the cyclist until he got caught by the wheel of a parked car.

[afdinatl]

I think the bike rider started it and is now playing the victim. Something similar happened to me 10 years ago. I was trying to pass this guy on a motorcycle and he got in front of me on an exit ramp and stopped just to **** me off. Now if I had hit him he would have played the victim role.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

I think the bike rider started it and is now playing the victim. Something similar happened to me 10 years ago. I was trying to pass this guy on a motorcycle and he got in front of me on an exit ramp and stopped just to **** me off. Now if I had hit him he would have played the victim role.

it doesn't matter who started it. you don't run over people. how is this even debatable?

[HH82]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

I think the bike rider started it and is now playing the victim. Something similar happened to me 10 years ago. I was trying to pass this guy on a motorcycle and he got in front of me on an exit ramp and stopped just to **** me off. Now if I had hit him he would have played the victim role.

Wow, that's the most ignorant thing I've ever read. "Playing the victim?" The guy ran him down with his SUV, idiot. Of course he's the victim. I don't care who started the argument. No argument justifies attempted murder.

[afdinatl]

Originally Posted by HH82

Wow, that's the most ignorant thing I've ever read. "Playing the victim?" The guy ran him down with his SUV, idiot. Of course he's the victim. I don't care who started the argument. No argument justifies attempted murder.

No. People start stuff and play the victim all the time. It's kind of like the episode of Dave Chapelle show called "When keeping it real goes wrong." This is similar to when women hit men and play the victim when he hits her back. Just because the victim was on a bike does not automatically mean that they are the victim. Something happened and I'm sure the person on the bike started it because I see them acting invisible all the time since they are on the bike. People on bikes generally act like they can do no wrong becausethey are on a bike. I hope the bike rider recovers but we do not know what happened from the drivers point of view

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by erick295

What you think is evidence is really just a gut feeling. No one saw the collision. You can't possibly know whether it was intentional. Maybe he was just going to yell at the cyclist again and accidentally struck him. How can anyone know if they didn't see it happen?

He certainly won't be charged with murder or manslaughter. The cyclist wasn't killed. I doubt he'll be caught at all, but if he is he'll be convicted of assault at worst.

Could be attempted murder and if he dies, the charges could be increased. It sounds as if people saw the collision. I guess a lawyer could dispute their observations as being intentional. Leaving the scene of the accident will be an additional charge. They've a clear identification of the car in question as well as it changing direction. The car likely sustained some damage, so they might catch him.

[erick295]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

It sounds as if people saw the collision.

The CL article explicitly states that no one saw it.

No witnesses saw the impact, the police report says.

[HH82]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

No. People start stuff and play the victim all the time. It's kind of like the episode of Dave Chapelle show called "When keeping it real goes wrong." This is similar to when women hit men and play the victim when he hits her back. Just because the victim was on a bike does not automatically mean that they are the victim. Something happened and I'm sure the person on the bike started it because I see them acting invisible all the time since they are on the bike.

It doesn't matter what you think happened. You cannot run someone down with your car because you don't like something they said to you. And now you're blaming victims of domestic violence to shore up your argument. Clearly you have a large brain.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

I think the bike rider started it and is now playing the victim. Something similar happened to me 10 years ago. I was trying to pass this guy on a motorcycle and he got in front of me on an exit ramp and stopped just to **** me off. Now if I had hit him he would have played the victim role.

First of all, no one knows what transpired in their initial exchange, so I don't know on what you can base such an assumption.
Second of all, the cyclist is lying unconscious and broken in an ICU unit. If he's playing the victim, it's an Oscar-worthy performance. Meanwhile, the driver remains at large.

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

No. People start stuff and play the victim all the time. It's kind of like the episode of Dave Chapelle show called "When keeping it real goes wrong." This is similar to when women hit men and play the victim when he hits her back. Just because the victim was on a bike does not automatically mean that they are the victim. Something happened and I'm sure the person on the bike started it because I see them acting invisible all the time since they are on the bike.

Those bike people are "acting invisible all the time" and you are "sure the person on the bike started it"? That's evidence of how Atlanta drivers hate cyclists.