Pack of bikers attack motorist

[Yogimus]

Stay in retail long enough and you'll perfect the art of smiling sweetly when you want nothing more than to pick up the cash register and slam it down on the customer's head. Which is extra-funny to think about when there are a lot of dudes out there who'll confuse a chick's customer service face for sexual interest.

The best part is, it takes em longer to say no! (And by that time, it doesn't matter)

[308Mike]

Stay in retail long enough and you'll perfect the art of smiling sweetly when you want nothing more than to pick up the cash register and slam it down on the customer's head. Which is extra-funny to think about when there are a lot of dudes out there who'll confuse a chick's customer service face for sexual interest.

The best part is, it takes em longer to say no! (And by that time, it doesn't matter)

LOL! Speaking from experience (especially for the amount of time it takes for it to not matter anymore)?

Sorry, couldn't resist!

[Jericho941]

Stay in retail long enough and you'll perfect the art of smiling sweetly when you want nothing more than to pick up the cash register and slam it down on the customer's head. Which is extra-funny to think about when there are a lot of dudes out there who'll confuse a chick's customer service face for sexual interest.

The best part is, it takes em longer to say no! (And by that time, it doesn't matter)

Unless you're talking about raping cashiers while they're on the register... no, they drop that act the moment they hit a smoke break or clock out.

[mekender]

http://www.ma-rooned.com/2013/10/wait-l ... -face.html

Buddy of mine's blog:

The Lawrence motor­cyclist struck and paralyzed as a desperate SUV driver tried to escape the rage of other bikers in New York on Sunday has a six-page criminal record that began at age 12 with a negligent driving charge and includes jail time for drugs, guns, resisting arrest and other convictions, according to court records.

Edwin Mieses, 32, never got a driver’s license in the Bay State, the Registry of Motor Vehicles said, but he was frequently nabbed behind the wheel, and even sentenced to jail for driving without a license, court records show. Mieses has a pending case out of Lawrence District Court for driving suspended, subsequent offense, said Carrie Kimball Monihan, spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Mieses also has 15 guilty findings for criminal offenses including distribution of cocaine, possession of a firearm without a permit, knowingly receiving stolen property, resisting arrest and several motor vehicle violations, court records show.

[308Mike]

And the media is trying to paint the guy on the motorcycle (even if he was trying to help another biker, but while the SUV driver and his family was being attacked) as the victim. If you're on a bike and move DIRECTLY in front of a SUV and then brake-check the SUV, WTF do you expect to happen????

I support civil behavior from ALL parties involved, NOT just from the guy driving the cage! Just because you're on two-wheels does NOT give you permission to do anything you want in regards to other four-wheeled (and/or more) vehicles/trucks. I rode a bike as my PRIMARY transportation for MANY years and I'd NEVER even think of doing something so stupid and dangerous, no matter how many other bikers I might have around me.

As my dad told me MANY years ago, "It does you NO GOOD to be DEAD RIGHT!" - even if he wasn't right in the first place by his illegal movement in front of the SUV which caused him to react to the too-close lane-change!!

I'm sure other FACTS will emerge to possibly change the scenario somewhat, but at least for me, that DOES NOT change the actual events as they occurred. It remains to be heard/seen what actually happened prior to the accident and videos.

Reserve your opinions for AFTER the facts come out, and even then take everything with a grain of salt.

YMMV

[Weetabix]

I wonder if he was going for life-time income, medical care, close free parking, etc? He definitely caused it, and it was definitely on purpose.

[Aesop]

So apparently, according to Lifetime Ambulance Chaser Gloria Allred, in the 4 seconds she's been the speedbump's lawyer, has let it be known that speedbump Mieses wasn't the original (and apparently unscathed) victim of the bumper check, just a serial criminal operating a motorcycle with no license as part of a life-long pattern of criminal behavuior - which we should overlook, she says, since he was helpfully standing in front of SUV driver Lien's vehicle at the time of his victimhood via 4WD. One prays Ms. Allred looks up the statues in NY regarding the status of criminals injured while falsely imprisoning people and blocking a highway, or the commission of any other criminal act. One Mssr. Cruz, who actually initiated the precipitating incident, has been formally charged for the original behavior and related felonies.

Also comes word from The NY Daily News that somewhere amongst the 50-ish number of bikers were at least two UC cops (for an infiltration rate of around 4% - bravo!), who fortunately didn't take part in the subsequent motorist beatdown, but neither did they do anything to either hinder or prevent it, report it, nor apparently give any material assistance whatsoever during the incident. But it should be noted for the record, at least they didn't draw weapons and commence shooting uninvolved bystanders by the dozen, so it isn't a total loss.

One hopes that in addition to the Lien's insurance carrier, every member of the ride is charged by name as co-conspirators and accessories in Mieses' civil lawsuit, since they undoubtedly all will be in the inevitable Lien countersuit.

50+ bikes x >$10K@ and up should provide a nice incentive to both parties respective counsel.
Now that one of more LE agencies are hereby open to suits for contributory negligence, with the deep pockets that represents, this should get truly circus-worthy, esp. after the criminal trials have played through.

Conspicuously absent in all this is blowhard Bloomingidiot anywhere to be found calling for a ban on motorcycles, or helmets for same.

I still find it hard to believe after watching the video that the dipstick in the SUV didn't have sense enough to lock his door after the original incident, let alone practice tactical clutch-work. This is why it's generally a good idea to know where the nearest PD station is, and where one ought to drive under similar circumstances if at all practical. Or, in a pinch, the donut shop that gives away free donuts and coffee to on-duty officers.

It also points out that the number of polymer window applique products available (here, just for example) that convey resistance to impacts up to .44mag for a relative pittance are an incredibly sound investment for any driver. Nothing says "Go **** yourself" quite as nicely as watching some leather-clad thug thump in vain on one's protected windows to little effect to the occupants.

[Weetabix]

Where would one look for this polymer window applique?

[Aesop]

GMTA.
Check my final-paragraph edit above, or Google "bulletproof window film" or "bulletproof vehicle film", and you'll get multiple pages of options and products.
I know what I'm getting for Christmas.

Note the embedded video of one product here.
They're literally a few miles down the street from me here.
Being in TX, you've got nationally recognized car armoring firms, and probably god-only-knows how many shade-tree Cooter glass armoring operations available, for pennies on the dollar compared to ICU bills, and evidently the stuff is literally cut, prep, apply, and let cure. The longer it's on, the more it bonds with the glass, turning even the tempered sideglass into Level III kevlar. Which also comes in handy for stones kicked up by semis, and debris from hurricanes, twisters, and street miscreants.

The thought of watching some doofus cranking away at your window and unable to break it would make it hard not to laugh from inside.
It also works on home and business doors and windows.
If I hadn't pissed away 20 years in emergency nursing I think I'd be looking at a new career; it's gotta be a growth industry about now.

[mekender]

3M makes some stuff that is quite impressive...

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/e ... dow_Films/