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Cyclist shot by pellet gun on Southwest Parkway
Early this morning KVUE ran a story about a local commuter cyclist getting shot in early May by an automobile passenger in a blue Prius as he rode to work. You can read the story on their website or you can watch the news report here.
Of course the story is only the icing, the real good stuff is in the comments section. I love Austin! This all went down on my commute route to work, though to be honest I've never had any problems there besides cars exceeding the already generous 55mph speed limit on SW Parkway and hugging the shoulder. Also note that it was the driver of a PRIUS that's suspected of the crime, so it's not only rednecks in trucks that don't like us cyclists on "their" roads...
On my commute there is a section of road 45 mph limit that typical traffic goes 65~ 70. Last week i was buzzed by a county Prius. This was a piker, some shake my shirt sleeves, one clipped my arm last winter in the slush. This fool was about 7 inches away and the prius was gasping. that's fairfax county va. land of uncleaned road sides, yep the gravel is left from the winter yet, salt has washed off in the rain. The standard is when there are two lanes they come behind you and beep,(yes there's no cars in the other lane). I'm not 220 and my only "tattoo's" were painted by a hard life. But most don't see value in tangling with me after a good look. So it's not really just rednecks,(I'm a redneck- the term comes from the miners who wore bandannas around their necks to differentiate themselves from the company goons and vaguely the "red" movement). Often big trucks (the kind that squeeze cars) give me my space. Motorcyclists usually allow me all I could ask for and more. The garbage trucks here mostly driven by poor blacks and Salvadorans give plenty of room. Cars react in a varied manner. as do cars with bike racks!!! Metro buss drivers think I should be on their bus being quiet, so carefully give me just enough room. School bus drivers are into the squeeze big time,( although they fear for their job so don't bump me). Hybrid drivers in case you have not noticed are GAS BURNERS. LONG LIVE WILLIE NELSON
These two were in a fucking Prius...?!?!?!?!?
WTF!
John Rensho
Not this shit again!
If I were trying to locate the shooter(s), I'd sweep the St. Andrew’s Episcopal School on SW parkway for a light blue Prius first. It might just be some bastard high school kids.
I think I get dumber each time I dare read the comments section on any Austin news outlet. It's bullshit straw-men arguments most of the time.
The guy who shot me with a paintball gun on Escarpment about two years ago had brown curly hair. (I saw the shooter, but not the driver.) Alas, I couldn't get a plate either, though it wasn't a Prius. (But this was two years ago, so ...)
The police took it seriously, but I didn't give them much to go on. No news coverage, however ...