# Video of Ferrari 458 Spider driver running over cop's foot while he is writing a ticket -
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 6, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577 "2012-08-06T02:38:17Z")
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/1 "2012-08-06T02:38:17Z")
Have to wonder what this driver was thinking.
[Video (this link) is sharp as a tack.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKwkn6JT74)
> **[Watch A Ferrari 458 Driver Run Over A New York Cop's Foot And Get His Ass...](https://www.jalopnik.com/5931907/watch-a-ferrari-458-driver-run-over-a-new-york-cops-foot-and-get-his-ass-kicked/)**
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> Here we see an asshole get into his $257,000 Ferrari 458 and try and drive away from a ticket. The cop writing the ticket blocks the way and the driver pulls up onto his foot. He will regret that decision.
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> I was walking around Soho, NYC today when I stumbled upon this Ferrari 458 Spider with a cop writing a ticket next to it. I started to record the situation because I thought it’d make a cool video, little did I know what I was in for. As soon as I started recording the owner of the car appeared and got in it. He slowly started moving since he refused to accept the ticket (the car was parked in a hotels valet zone and the hotel valet had the keys, I myself don’t understand why the cop was giving him the ticket, it was approved by the hotel that the car was parked there.) The cop then told him to stop but he proceeded to move forward. Now at this point I believe the cops foot was under the front drivers side tire. Yet again the owner moved the car forward and apparently he somewhat ran over the cops foot (or at least that’s what can be made out from everything in the video, others at the scene claimed otherwise.) This triggered the cop and he slammed his hand into the drivers window and proceed to open the door (notice how many times he bumped it into the taxi cab) and pull the driver out forcefully. The driver was then thrown on the ground and handcuffed and arrested. The owners girlfriend seen in the video is also Stephanie Pratt from the MTV hit show, The Hills. The car did suffer some damage, paint chips on the door from when the cop slammed it into the cab and some scuffs by the engine bay shown in the last scene of this video. Pretty crazy situation, I was definitely at the right place at the right time!
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### Author:  [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/2 "2012-08-06T02:46:44Z")
> [@astro](#):
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> Have to wonder what this driver was thinking.
The driver wasn’t thinking.
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/3 "2012-08-06T02:57:07Z")
What infuriates me is that, like a sucker, I read all the comments on the pages from morons. :mad:
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/4 "2012-08-06T03:34:26Z")
> [@IceQube](#):
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> The driver wasn’t thinking.
Correction: he was thinking with a bodily organ other than his brain. One which is pretty microscopic actually.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/5 "2012-08-06T03:51:50Z")
I don’t know if the original ticket was justified, but the guy shouldn’t have tried to drive away, and absolutely shouldn’t have driven over the cop’s foot. However, it does bother me a bit to see the officer reacting out of anger.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/6 "2012-08-06T04:42:00Z")
Guy deserved a beating for those shoes he was wearing.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/7 "2012-08-06T04:51:43Z")
Guy’s a complete fucking asshole.
The person who posted the video said:
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> the car was parked in a hotels valet zone and the hotel valet had the keys, I myself don’t understand why the cop was giving him the ticket, it was approved by the hotel that the car was parked there.
But as far as i can tell from a perusal of New York City’s [traffic rules](http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/trafrule.pdf) (PDF), there is no such thing as a hotel “valet zone.” There is such a thing as a “hotel loading zone,” and as you can see from [this Google streetview image](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=zadig+and+voltaire+nyc&hl=en&ll=40.724694,-73.998515&spn=0.002911,0.004882&sll=40.724879,-73.998366&sspn=0.001464,0.002441&gl=us&hq=zadig+and+voltaire&hnear=New+York&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.724794,-73.998434&panoid=_qzTz9guGEYkl7rVk5ZLug&cbp=12,263.98,,1,4.03), the area where the incident occurred is marked by a red sign that says:
NO STANDING
Hotel
Loading Zone
According to the NYC traffic rules i posted above, this sign means:
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> No person shall stand or park a vehicle in such zone except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers and their personal baggage at hotels.
Despite what the YouTube videographer might believe, a hotel loading zone is not the private property of the hotel, and the hotel valet does not get to decide who parks there, and for how long. If you are parked there, and are not actually engaged in the act of “receiving or discharging passengers and their personal baggage,” then you’re eligible for a ticket.
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### Author:  [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/8 "2012-08-06T05:04:09Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Guy deserved a beating for those shoes he was wearing.
+_ **1** _
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### Author:  [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/9 "2012-08-06T05:30:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> However, it does bother me a bit to see the officer reacting out of anger.
Well, analyze it this way: the cop has just been assaulted with a deadly weapon, and he is acting in self defence, getting the idiot away from the controls of that weapon as quickly as possible. Anger doesn’t need to come into it: he just needs to take control of the situation, and get himself and others out of danger.
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### Author:  [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/10 "2012-08-06T06:27:52Z")
Driver deserved what he got - hope he gets a nice jail term for (attempting to) evade arrest and assault on an officer.
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### Author:  [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/11 "2012-08-06T07:06:54Z")
Yeah but the cop, I mean comon. He stuck his foot in front of the tire. Who does that?
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/12 "2012-08-06T07:18:31Z")
> [@Giles](#):
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> Well, analyze it this way: the cop has just been assaulted with a deadly weapon, and he is acting in self defence, getting the idiot away from the controls of that weapon as quickly as possible. Anger doesn’t need to come into it: he just needs to take control of the situation, and get himself and others out of danger.
The driver was an idiot and I’m sure the cop’s foot didn’t feel too good, but to describe that as self-defense is a little overboard. The car was barely moving and all the officer had to do was step away from the wheel and he was in no danger.
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### Author:  [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/13 "2012-08-06T08:53:45Z")
> [@The\_Niply\_Elder](#):
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> Yeah but the cop, I mean comon. He stuck his foot in front of the tire. Who does that?
The police. You can see that he is using his body to let the guy know to not drive off, and the guy tries anyway. For chrissake, it was just a simple parking ticket.
I don’t know if he deserves to be convicted of an assault charge, but I think deserves to have the video go viral.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/15 "2012-08-08T06:24:43Z")
Spam reported.
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/16 "2012-08-08T07:30:30Z")
Heheh. That’s a couple blocks from where I work. I see that Ferrari sitting around there regularly.
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/17 "2012-08-08T15:00:24Z")
New York traffic is _brutal_.
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> The owners girlfriend seen in the video is also Stephanie Pratt from the MTV hit show, The Hills.
If only that had been Spencer driving the car.
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### Author:  [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/18 "2012-08-08T19:16:23Z")
I’ve heard of cops getting flat feet, but this is ridiculous.
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/19 "2012-08-08T19:28:31Z")
Meh. I’m one of the first people to criticize police physicallity, but this aint’ it. They got the guy out of the car and they put him on the ground. It’s not like they pumped 50 rounds into him and no one hit him.
The guy fucking deserved it and I hope he’s charged with felony assault on a police officer.
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### Author:  [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/20 "2012-08-08T22:07:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I don’t know if the original ticket was justified, but the guy shouldn’t have tried to drive away, and absolutely shouldn’t have driven over the cop’s foot. However, it does bother me a bit to see the officer reacting out of anger.
Eh, we all get cranky when our feet are tired.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-ferrari-458-spider-driver-running-over-cops-foot-while-he-is-writing-a-ticket/630577/21 "2012-08-08T22:24:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I don’t know if the original ticket was justified, but the guy shouldn’t have tried to drive away, and absolutely shouldn’t have driven over the cop’s foot. However, **it does bother me a bit to see the officer reacting out of anger**.
How was he supposed to react when his foot was getting run over and the dude in the Ferrari was trying to drive off? He didn’t go overboard in my eyes. I wonder why the cop didn’t say anything to the guy when he hopped in his car and started it up though.
And I loved the nonchalant tossing of the safety cone…“here, just try not to run over his head but if you do I don’t really care”
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