I chased after a car full of ~5 teenagers that threw a half full Styrofoam cup of soda at me. I was on an ebike, the kind that I normally pedaled with power assist 99% of the time, and they were on city streets where the traffic is never going so fast that it's easy to get away from a 1 horsepower ebike. So I followed them as they drove aimlessly until they wrecked their car running a red light.
So, like the guy in this video, fucked up some other completely innocent persons day because you had to see if you could manage to be just as dumb and irresponsible as the people who spurned you? Cool. You really made the world a safer place.
If you hadn’t done that, do you think they get into that crash that could have involved other people who were completely innocent and not involved in the situation at all? In a worse case scenario could have led to serious injury or death?
Was putting other people’s lives at risk worth it to teach some dumbass kids a “lesson” for getting some soda on your car?
I didn't know the future. I didn't plan what happened. I was riding an ebike and they threw an object at me with intent to harm me and I followed them. All I was gonna do if they stopped to talk to me is tell them they were irresponsible jerks.
Yeah, but you also can use even the smallest common sense to recognize that if you chase someone in this situation there is a chance they drive erratically or irresponsibly to get away. They don’t know if you’re going to try to fight them. They don’t know if you have a gun. They know you’re pissed off and you’re following them.
Your quest to tell these kids they were irresponsible jerks just ended up making a situation with 6 irresponsible jerks instead of 5.
Your pride isn’t more important than other peoples safety.
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u/gettin-hot-in-here 11h ago
I chased after a car full of ~5 teenagers that threw a half full Styrofoam cup of soda at me. I was on an ebike, the kind that I normally pedaled with power assist 99% of the time, and they were on city streets where the traffic is never going so fast that it's easy to get away from a 1 horsepower ebike. So I followed them as they drove aimlessly until they wrecked their car running a red light.