# Hit a cyclist. Brag about it in your tweet. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 22, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037 "2013-05-22T16:51:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/1 "2013-05-22T16:51:35Z")
I really have no words this time. [Woman Brags about hitting cyclist, Discovers Police also use Twitter.](http://jalopnik.com/woman-brags-about-hitting-cyclist-discovers-police-als-509059331) All aspects of this disgust me, except for the decent and effective police action. In the US the police would be more worried about ruining her day. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/2 "2013-05-22T16:55:09Z")
The stupid is strong with this woman. Makes life a lot easier for the prosecutor. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/3 "2013-05-22T16:58:26Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > In the US the police would be more worried about ruining her day. :dubious: This came out of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/4 "2013-05-22T17:02:41Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > :dubious: This came out of nowhere. Not for me it didn’t. I had a friend who was struck by a woman running a red light. Police at the station later on told him not to file a report as it would ‘ruin her day’. He was supposed to just suck up a $400 bike repair. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/5 "2013-05-22T17:05:40Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Not for me it didn’t. I had a friend who was struck by a woman running a red light. Police at the station later on told him not to file a report as it would ‘ruin her day’. He was supposed to just suck up a $400 bike repair. Oh ok. Now you have a point. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/6 "2013-05-22T17:10:17Z")
The Norwich police rock! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/7 "2013-05-22T17:10:27Z")
Good thing we all keep a backup of **Mr. Miskatonic** memories and experiences, otherwise that might not have sense to some of us. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/8 "2013-05-22T17:12:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The stupid is strong with this woman. Makes life a lot easier for the prosecutor. This could also be a bad day for whoever has been collecting her road tax up to this point. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/9 "2013-05-22T17:15:07Z")
> [@panaccione](#): > > Oh ok. Now you have a point. :rolleyes: Care to explain those rolleyes? You think US police would even care about this woman hitting a cyclist? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/10 "2013-05-22T17:15:21Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Not for me it didn’t. I had a friend who was struck by a woman running a red light. Police at the station later on told him not to file a report as it would ‘ruin her day’. He was supposed to just suck up a $400 bike repair. Bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/11 "2013-05-22T17:15:22Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Not for me it didn’t. I had a friend who was struck by a woman running a red light. Police at the station later on told him not to file a report as it would ‘ruin her day’. He was supposed to just suck up a $400 bike repair. I wanna hear the rest of the story. Did he file the report anyway, and just let the cops arrest him for disobeying their order to not file? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/12 "2013-05-22T17:18:37Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Good thing we all keep a backup of **Mr. Miskatonic** memories and experiences, otherwise that might not have sense to some of us. Here, why don’t you [watch the incident and then read the description](http://vimeo.com/4081131). Now can we get off this threaddrift? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/13 "2013-05-22T17:21:22Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > Bullshit. [http://vimeo.com/4081131](http://vimeo.com/4081131) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/14 "2013-05-22T17:24:21Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Here, why don’t you [watch the incident and then read the description](http://vimeo.com/4081131). Now can we get off this threaddrift? His description proves nothing. The video won’t let me fast-forward to see if there is footage of the police refusing to take a statement. The accident happened, I’m disputing the victim’s unsubstantiated claims. Edit : The Vimeo page says the video is 10:55, but I downloaded it, and only got 10 seconds. I guess it’s only ten seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/15 "2013-05-22T17:26:33Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > His description proves nothing. The video won’t let me fast-forward to see if there is footage of the police refusing to take a statement. The accident happened, I’m disputing the victim’s unsubstantiated claims. So you are calling him a liar. He made the whole post-accident events up out of whole cloth. Gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/16 "2013-05-22T17:28:47Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > So you are calling him a liar. He made the whole post-accident events up out of whole cloth. Gotcha. Something like that, yes. Perhaps he exaggerated. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/17 "2013-05-22T17:31:37Z")
Oh my god, she is an idiotic fucking bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/18 "2013-05-22T17:33:17Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > Something like that, yes. Perhaps he exaggerated. You’re calling him a liar. For no given reason. Gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/19 "2013-05-22T17:41:25Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > You’re calling him a liar. For no given reason. Gotcha. Yes, you got me. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037/20 "2013-05-22T17:42:30Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > You’re calling him a liar. For no given reason. Gotcha. You’re looking at one isolated incident and applying it to everyone in a huge country. For no given reason. Gotcha. Quick math lesson for you: 1 != tens of thousands. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-a-cyclist-brag-about-it-in-your-tweet/659037.md?page=2)