страшно быть пешеходом
Добавлено: 08 окт 2007, 16:54
We Canadians like to think of ourselves as a kinder, gentler people than Americans. We are anything but, according to an ongoing study of nasty driver habits by road rage expert Leon James, a Canadian psychology professor now teaching at the University of Hawaii.
James's on-line survey has found that 30 per cent of Canadian drivers admit to making insulting gestures to other motorists, compared to 24 per cent of Americans; 15 per cent of Canadians admit to chasing other motorists in "hot pursuit," as against eight per cent of Americans, and five per cent to getting into actual fights, versus two per cent of Americans.
The Reader's Digest calls Vancouver drivers some of Canada's worst.
"Welcome to British Columbia," said writer Robert Kiener, "where at least 150,000 drivers are un-licenced and prohibited."
real bullets, not rubber!Apr 27 2006
The dangers of road rage reached new heights Richmond Sunday afternoon when a heated argument between a driver and a pedestrian led to a shot being fired.
Around 5:45 p.m., a white BMW stopped for a pedestrian on St. Albans Road, near Blundell, when the driver and the pedestrian exchanged words.
The pair began to argue and a cyclist intervened, prompting the driver to pull out a gun, threaten the cyclist and fire a shot at him, but missing. Nobody was injured.
The driver sped off, but witnesses were able to provide enough information to help police find the BMW and its driver.
Richmond’s Avinash Singh Rathor, 24, appeared in Richmond provincial court on Tuesday and was charged with discharging a firearm intending to injure, pointing a firearm and occupying a vehicle containing a firearm and remained in custody as of Wednesday morning.
Richmond RCMP Cpl. Dave Williams said the incident happened in the middle of a sunny day, and there were numerous witnesses all around who were placed in harm’s way.
“People have got to know this can happen. There’s no need for people to be pulling guns out.”
Froggy писал(а):а местные - спокойные и добрые. вялые и милые.
"...В центре столицы рядом с Московской хоральной синагогой неизвестный преступник открыл стрельбу по прохожим. В результате инцидента ранения получили три человека.oblom писал(а):да я сам офигел, когда здесь увидел как два аборигена пытались набить друг другу морду.....причем один из них был пешеходом. Прям как на родине...хотя надо сказать и там я подобное видел всего раз.
понаехалиПроисходил этот дорожный беспредел в понедельник у дома №6 по улице Солянка. Там трое молодых людей славянской внешности переходили дорогу по пешеходному переходу. В этот момент к «зебре» подлетел «Мицубиси Галант». Водитель затормозил. Троица неспешно продолжала свой путь.
- И тут водитель машины стал орать, чтобы парни быстрее шли, - рассказывают очевидцы. - Те ответили.
Тогда шофер иномарки от слов быстро перешел к делу. 29-летний азербайджанец Ифраим Якубов выхватил травматический пистолет и принялся палить по обалдевшим пешеходам.