From the Downright Bizzare Folder
Comes the story of a man in North Carolina who was driving on Sunday morning when he saw a man cycling on a busy road with his 3 year old son in a bike seat on the back of the bike. The driver was angered by the cyclist bringing his child with him onto a busy street so kindly suggests to the cyclist a safer route pulls out his gun and SHOOTS THE CYCLIST IN THE HEAD. Thankfully he was wearing a helmet as the bullet went through the outer lining of the helmet but didn’t penetrate the skull.
The driver has been charged with attempted first degree murder, as he should be. However I want to know what make the cyclists’ helmet is. Quite literally, it is bullet proof. If I was that company’s marketing director I know what my next ad campaign would be.
I’ve never been a great fan of the need for, or extra safety provided by helmets but I might change my mind after this.
Comment by Bandobras — July 28, 2009 @ 9:33 pm
The grand jury has knocked the charge down the felony assault:
http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/06/update-from-nc-shooting-a-cyclist-in-the-head-is-not-attempted-murder/
Let’s not play up the cycling angle too much on this story…
Comment by Padraic — August 6, 2009 @ 5:41 pm