The most ironic traffic death ever in Ontario

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/michael-bryant-in-police-custody/article1271489/

The former attorney general who committed the hit and run, resulting in death, was the keystone figure behind the 50 over = $10k and car impounded… also the pitbull law etc. etc.

Fuck you Bryant.

I am not a religous man, but thank you lord for this day… unless i end up knowing the cyclist… but even then

Stick it to him. This fggt ended my top speed runs on the 407.

Wow… and he kinda looks like Dr. House, lol.

Wow. I hate that guy for the pit bull laws. Talk about hypocrisy. Maybe he has a dog fighting ring too. :gotme:

Pretty weird story. Guessing he’ll probably argue justified since he was the one attempting to get away from the altercation and the crazy bike guy was the one hanging on to the car. Should be interesting as they get more witness testimony.

The ordeal began around 9:45 p.m., on Bloor Street between Bay Street and Avenue Road, at a traffic light. Police said the cyclist and a man in a convertible got into an “altercation.” What followed next is unclear, but according to witness accounts, the cyclist found himself gripping to the outside of the car driver’s door as it sped away.

The driver was now going west in the eastbound curb lane, leaving the cyclist clinging to the curbside door of the car. The cyclist, clinging to the car as it sped away, then struck trees and a grey mailbox like a “human battering ram,” Mr. Brazeau said.

“You could hear hitting, something, bam, bam, bam,” a third worker said.

The cyclist fell off the car when he struck the mailbox, and collapsed in a heap of blood on the sidewalk in front of Sephora. The driver kept going, hanging a right at Avenue Road.

uh… pwned?

This part is interesting too, at least in his defense.

A car matching descriptions from other witnesses, registered to Mr. Bryant, was found a short time later in the parking lot of the Hyatt hotel, which sits on the northwest corner of Bloor and Avenue, just metres from the crash site.

Several people, including someone “closely related” to Mr. Bryant, called 911, police said.

You just had to ram some trees to get a guy off your car. Not sure how many reasonable people would stop right there and give the crazy guy another chance to come after you. Can you really consider it hit and run if you stop less than a block away? Who was this “closely related” person who called 911? Were they in the car? Whole lot of questions have to be answered here.

the silver lining here is that even if it isnt as we are assuming it went down, at least this will keep this guy out of major office from now on.

^ Truth.

The problem is even if he goes to jail it’s not like the stupid laws he got passed just go away.

Seriously that was the first place I ever went over 180 mph. :slight_smile:

I can’t believe a guy so focused on traffic safety would do this. :lol:

Edit:

How do you not personally call the police after something like this? Not to mention getting a police report so your insurance can fix your banged up car.

Even if the bike guy was a wacko, can you drive your car into them? Maybe if he thought his life was in danger I guess he could, but come on this happened in Canada, not Texas. haha

I was pleasantly surprised I didn’t get any warnings with my bill…I went 100 km in 36 minutes the one time in my GTO :lol:

“the cyclist found himself gripping to the outside of the car driver’s door as it sped away.”

You have got to be kidding me.:picard:

Found himself?!?!?
Hey here is an idea, let go retard!

^ Exactly. I’ve been in shouting matches at an intersection before. If the other guy tries getting in my car, then continues to hold on as I drive away, I can’t say I wouldn’t do the same thing and rub his ass out against a tree/mailbox/parked car. :slight_smile:

Wait so you’re saying you wouldn’t do that? LoL

Stupid mind working faster than I can type. Fixed. :stuck_out_tongue:

Both guys sound like douchebags. Still, no reason to get away with murder/negligent homicide.

So if you get in your car and try to leave an altercation, and the person grabs onto your car trying to get your door open it’s murder when you drive away with them hanging onto your car? Not in the eyes of the law of NY, and I doubt Canada either. The person withdrawing or fleeing is always going to be in the right. Now if he got in his car and then proceeded to run the biker down that’s a whole different story.

It’s cool how fast people pass judgment without really knowing any of the facts.

I’m not claiming I know either, but I’m not calling him a murder or innocent, just speculating to different ways this may have happened.

What did I say? Seriously… Did I pass judgment at all? Did I condemn one party over the other?

I made a general statement; the only thing I can do without full knowledge of the facts. You seem to be the one looking at this in black and white with your example above.

If the driver was negligent or acted in malice he should be punished accordingly, if not, then he should be exonerated.

love the google maps rendition, really brings the story to life.

I wonder though at what point does the biker go from hanging onto the door trying to open it, to holding on for dear life. If the guy stopped the car, I’d bet the biker would have let go and gone on his way. I doubt be had to smash the guy into things to the point of death to get away.

Why not just punch the biker in the face or hands and drive away. No damage to your car or death.

haha.

My friend was just bitching about how much better it is to cycle in Toronto in comparison to buffalo.

Or hit the gas then jack the brakes = flying homeless person and damage free car except maybe few scratches. Better than using him a plow I guess…