# Right or Wrong? Elderly man run over and seriously injured in Road Rage Incident **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938 "2014-02-22T04:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/21 "2014-02-22T20:29:38Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I run over elderly men everyday. Women drivers! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/22 "2014-02-22T21:00:24Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Wrong. Obviously. > > Even if your vehicle has the right of way, it’s never OK to drive through a pedestrian. So, are “drive through pedestrians” a thing in Vegas now? Sheesh. I thought they’d come up with everything when they started drive-through wedding chapels. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/23 "2014-02-22T21:39:50Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Even if your vehicle has the right of way, it’s never OK to drive through a pedestrian. What if they’re fat and in the crosswalk? How are you even supposed to _notice_ them? ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/24 "2014-02-22T22:32:51Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I’m going to be the voice of dissent – I don’t see anything wrong with what he did. In fact, I run over elderly men everyday. Same here. Why is this even a question? In fact, last time I was in Las Vegas I stopped to let an old man cross the street and a cop pulled me over. He gave me a ticket for “failing to mow down a geezer.” Fucking ruined my whole vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/25 "2014-02-23T01:18:26Z")
He should spend quite a long time in jail - I think an attempted murder charge would be appropriate. Doing what that guy did with his car is so inappropriate - you can’t use a big, powerful machine like that to injure other people. He should also lose his driver’s license for life. Driving is a privilege, and he should never enjoy that privilege again. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/26 "2014-02-23T02:33:28Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > … I stopped to let an old man cross the street and a cop pulled me over. He gave me a ticket for “failing to mow down a geezer.”… That’s good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/27 "2014-02-23T04:32:51Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > I don’t think it could ever be “right” to run him over and seriously injure him Now, it’s a controversial thing and I’m probably going to take a lot of flak for this, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and agree with you…it’s bad to deliberately run over people. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/28 "2014-02-23T13:39:31Z")
_I’m_ going to go even further… it is the height of rudeness to cut somebody off in your car. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/29 "2014-02-23T14:20:10Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Now, it’s a controversial thing and I’m probably going to take a lot of flak for this, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and agree with you…it’s bad to deliberately run over people. > [@JohnT](#): > > _I’m_ going to go even further… it is the height of rudeness to cut somebody off in your car. But he was old, and a little overweight. Did you consider that before giving your knee-jerk opinion? Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/30 "2014-02-23T14:41:53Z")
Meh. Road rage happens. People get rewarded by trying to get over on others and how well they do “[The Weasel Laugh](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5zKC-vhT8)” afterwards at work; they evidently take that on the roads with them driving home too. Everybody wants to push the envelope, nobody looks to see if there’s a funeral card inside. “Somebody’s going to Emergency. Somebody’s going to jail.” -Don Henley ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/31 "2014-02-24T17:54:56Z")
From the article: “The driver was described as a white man in his 30s with a medium build. He was wearing a gray hoodie.” Once again the scurge of The Hoodie strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/32 "2014-02-24T19:26:22Z")
Anything you want to get off your chest, **Charlie**? ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/33 "2014-02-24T19:29:26Z")
If running over elderly people is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Seriously, the driver should be charged with attempted murder. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/34 "2014-02-24T22:03:00Z")
I’m an old geezer myself. It would depend on the size of the law suit involved. If it’s great enough, I’ll happily volunteer to get run over . . . especially if the driver is rich. Oh, and **Guinastasia** , you get more points running over elderly women. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/35 "2014-02-25T07:59:35Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’m an old geezer myself. It would depend on the size of the law suit involved. If it’s great enough, I’ll happily volunteer to get run over . . . especially if the driver is rich. > > Oh, and **Guinastasia** , you get more points running over elderly women. Who says I don’t? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938/36 "2014-02-25T20:02:19Z")
One of the highest point-value targets is baby ducks. [Sweet, innocent, not typically on the roads so there’s the scarcity factor, hard to hit because they’re so small.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGMzGxeO1wQ) After all, old men could be former Nazis and deserve it! StG [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-or-wrong-elderly-man-run-over-and-seriously-injured-in-road-rage-incident/681938.md?page=1)