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hoorayquestionmark OP t1_j56ega8 wrote

Reply to comment by BabyLegsOShanahan in Got jumped by a driver trying to run a red by hoorayquestionmark

I was crossing w the pedestrian sign on, he tried to run and slammed his brakes bc I got in his way, so I flipped him off. He got out so I started running and he chased me down and hit me in the head several times before going back to his car. I was too shocked and scared to follow him back to his car.

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BabyLegsOShanahan t1_j56eqbs wrote

Whoa! Did you file a report? There may be street cameras that picked up the license number.

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hoorayquestionmark OP t1_j56lgq3 wrote

Yeah i just did, not really sure if anything will come from it

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PCPirate262 t1_j56ngez wrote

Knowing boston cops they wont follow up, sorry. They ignored me when someone threw a smoke bomb in the T

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Boston1_ t1_j56wcsn wrote

Probably because they don’t have jurisdiction on the T… need to call the MBTA Transit Police

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PCPirate262 t1_j56wgmt wrote

That was who i called directly. They never even followed up. I know damn well theres cameras there

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hoorayquestionmark OP t1_j57luex wrote

Yeah crossing the street well after the walk signal starts is really crossing the line… people like you are fucking psychotic and shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a car.

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AccomplishedGrab6415 t1_j585acy wrote

>Yeah crossing the street well after the walk signal starts is really crossing the line… people like you are fucking psychotic and shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a car

Scary thing is he works for FedEx. Wonder if they know what a fucking whack job he is

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hoorayquestionmark OP t1_j57na3q wrote

I did… note how all these examples u bring up are prime examples of reckless driving (and nearly every other word is misspelled lmao) - just reinforcing my point that ppl with ur violent mindset shouldnt be allowed behind the wheel of a 2 ton machine.

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Apprehensive-Sir618 t1_j57nxg5 wrote

Ok man keep flipping ppl off that takes A right on red. Screaming and flipping ppl off. Your not going to end up far. Get out of the city. Good luck ..

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hoorayquestionmark OP t1_j57oe5g wrote

He went straight thru the intersection on red and I never screamed. You gotta work on ur anger issues, self-centeredness, and reading comprehension my guy.

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potus1001 t1_j57nvif wrote

Why did you have to park in a bike lane?

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Apprehensive-Sir618 t1_j57pzh9 wrote

For work.. I can't block the Street or side walk.

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potus1001 t1_j57szxy wrote

Sorry, I just want to make sure I understand the situation. Instead of driving around, looking for a spot, or parking in a lot/garage, you choose to block a bike lane, and get angry and threaten the bicyclists who get mad at you for obstructing their right of way?

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Apprehensive-Sir618 t1_j57whka wrote

Look up bike path vs bike line not in city 30 ft truck .

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potus1001 t1_j5881qk wrote

I have no idea what a “bike line” is. Now, if you mean “bike lane”, and your referring to the painted lanes on along the curbs of the street, I will repeat…you have no right to park there.

If that’s not what you were referring to, please let me know what a bike line is.

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Aside_No t1_j5a9elr wrote

So you admit you can't block lanes of travel... now what is a bike lane again? A lane of travel? It is just as unacceptable to block bike lanes as it is the entire road/sidewalk. Literally follow your own thought through and you'll get there buddy

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fitdude19 t1_j56py34 wrote

OP, glad you're safe. In future, please rethink giving the middle finger to anyone anywhere. There are a lot of mentally ill people who are not supposed to drive but are on the road anyways. One time a woman driver showed me what looked like a 7 inch knife because I honked when she didn't turn right after lights turned green and it's been a few seconds she's been sitting. That was on Newbury St. These days it's best to keep your head down and ignore unless someone directly attacks you, no guarantee anyone will show up on time to protect you. Better safe not engaging psychos out there

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Budget-Celebration-1 t1_j56rz68 wrote

My god really? Do you think these folks do this because they know there won’t be any ramifications? you run that risk of what this guy ran into. But I’d have run back at the guy not away from. choose your battles wisely.

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CommonNotCommons t1_j576bnx wrote

I will continue to flip folks off but I sure hope I don’t get beat up like OP

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some1saveusnow t1_j591bjf wrote

Your getting downvoted for trying to save lives out here. Half of your downvotes themselves wouldn’t flip ppl off, I promise you

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ggnzg20 t1_j5c5mc6 wrote

Not sure why this is being downvoted. This is sound advice. Sucks that this happened to OP, but flipping someone off can instigate the wrong person in the wrong ways to do the wrong things and if you’re not carrying (which I doubt anyone in Boston does) then you might feel very unsafe.

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