This evening out on a nice evening run along quiet country lanes, a car approched me at a fair speed. Since I was at a passing place I didn't think much about it, but as it passed I was suddenly aware of an object thrown from the rear drivers side window, and soon felt a pain just below my collar bone, as a raw egg hit me.
Im sure the lads who through it will have a good old laugh showing their mates the incident on their mobile phones video clip, that Im sure they took, apart from a raised oval bruise thats pretty tender at the moment Im basically OK, but if the egg hit me a few inches higher a more permanent and serious injury would have resulted.
Hopefully I was just very unlucky, but fear there may be some sick trend in hitting unsespecting runners/walkers with missiles thrown from a moving car.
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I came to a rapid halt almost coming off, sure that it was a stone that they had used. To my amazement it was a raw egg.
Also on my bike I regularly get idiots who slow right up and yell or distract you in some other way. The momentary distraction could prove very dangerous and potentially fatal.
Hopefully with the dumb asses filming it on their mobiles if they are caught they need to be charged.
About 3 weeks ago I was similarly egged except it split my lip open. Had a few cuts and a large lump on my lip for weeks. I can attest that an egg at about 30mph, if you run in to it, is about as painful as getting punched by a very angry woman. Not good at all and far more dangerous than the drivers think.
Are you keeping an eye on youtube, I think you should.
I'd definately keep an eye on youtube, hopefully the b*stards can get caught.
i had a t-shirt and jacket on and it still left a nasty bruise
surprising just how hard an impact they make
Cheers,
DB
If you don't report it, it didn't happen. This is the only way that these things will get dealt with.
It's not only mindless and cruel but downright dangerous. Someone will lose an eye or even worse one day.
Carol didn't mind she gave them the finger - I made a note of the car and thought if I could ever find it I'd *have a word* . A while later we were going to a sunday morning race and had top leave very early . On a nearby road , at the bottom of a hill is a bend with a field and trees. There was all this wreckage , a bumper assembly still with part number plate , at the start of the bend then loads of wreckage strewn all the way to the trees. No car but enough bits to realise it wasn't going anywhere again!
Pay back! Karma?
Cr*p driving.....
Not good to get involved in an eye for an eye but it may be an idea for us all to start carrying golf balls for retaliation.
Chucking golf balls at passing cars is not only likely to land you in trouble with the law, but even assuming your aim was accurate is likely to result in matey driving the chavemobile losing control and causing an accident, possibly injuring another innocent party.
I asked at a pub beer garden just up the road, and they had thrown an egg in there but luckily it didnt hit anyone.
Its not just young lads who are into egg throwing from cars, top search on google produced the following report, bit that made me laugh was, they now realise how stupid their actions were. So before they got caught they thought they were doing nothing wrong!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4533917.stm
Happy slapping and joy riding are terms which annoy me, they suggest a bit of fun, not the serious actions they are.
Sympathies, TT.
At work last year I was called to administer first aid to a pedestrian who had been hit in the face by a drinks can thrown at him from a passing car. He had injuries from the can and also from his specs which had been damaged. Luckily he had noted the number plate and the police were duly called. They responded quickly and I gave a report of injuries and treatment to an armed officer who treated the incident very seriously.
I wonder if the person throwing the can thought this was funny?
Some idiot threw a full can of beer at me from a passing car whilst shouting "thirsty?". I was lucky to dodge it - it isn't easy to quickly change direction when you're running full pelt.
I suspect that on this on other similar occasions, a mobile phone camera was involved. Damn you, YouTube.
It annoys me no end when some shining wit shouts "get those knees up!". I'm doing the work, and I'm fully aware of how well I'm doing without some passing "expert" commenting on it. I'm greatful for my iPod, becuase at least (on the quieter roads) I can turn it up and prevent myself from reacting to these stupid people.