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07-13-2009, 12:42 PM
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#1 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Forget red light cameras! http://ca.yahoo.com/s/935230
"Mon Jul 13, 12:45 PM
BEIJING (AFP) - A retired teacher has become an unlikely Internet hit in China for throwing bricks at cars whose drivers were ignoring red lights at a dangerous crossing, state media has reported.
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The furious 74-year-old last week took up position on an intersection in Lanzhou, the capital of northwest Gansu province, and damaged more than 30 cars before he was stopped by police, the China Daily reported.
"I just wanted to catch people's attention and tell the drivers to think of pedestrians," the man said, according to the report.
The unnamed man's attacks drew wide support in Chinese cyberspace, with nearly 80 percent of 400,000 respondents to an online poll backing him, the English-language paper said.
The ex-teacher became a campaigner for road safety after a pedestrian was killed near where he lived.
He successfully lobbied for traffic lights at the intersection, but drivers continued to ignore them, the report said, citing the Lanzhou Morning Post.
So on Thursday last, he started lobbing bricks at transgressors, and was joined by two other elderly men, while other people found them more bricks and brought water.
He had planned to keep up his vigilante attack for a week but was stopped by police after one day. He was interviewed and released without charge, the paper said.
The reports did not indicate whether any cars were seriously damaged or crashed after being hit.
China's roads are notoriously dangerous. Last year, nearly 73,500 people died in road accidents in China last year, or more than 200 fatalities per day, according to police statistics."
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07-13-2009, 12:50 PM
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#2 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Go old man!
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07-13-2009, 12:52 PM
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#3 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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China's roads are notoriously dangerous. Last year, nearly 73,500 people died in road accidents in China last year, or more than 200 fatalities per day, according to police statistics."
| wow.
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07-13-2009, 12:53 PM
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#4 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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nice good job old man
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07-13-2009, 12:53 PM
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#5 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by roastpuff Go old man! | +1
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07-13-2009, 12:55 PM
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#6 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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lol i dun think brick will do the trick,mayb a gun will
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07-13-2009, 12:56 PM
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#7 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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lol, we need more of these ppl in China. No 1 really cares about the traffic lights there
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07-13-2009, 12:57 PM
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#8 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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This reminds me of old ppl waving their fists at young ppl 
I like the initiative, but they're bound to miss throws and the whole intersection will be covered in bricks...
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07-13-2009, 01:05 PM
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#9 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Awesome! I love how others came to help him too (by bringing bricks and/or water).
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07-13-2009, 01:17 PM
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#10 | | Banned (BBM)
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this guy is my hero
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07-13-2009, 01:22 PM
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#11 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by Jermyzy
So on Thursday last, he started lobbing bricks at transgressors, and was joined by two other elderly men, while other people found them more bricks and brought water.
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07-13-2009, 01:42 PM
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#12 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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Maybe he just got a engrish translation when someone asked him to start lobbying he started lobbing...
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07-13-2009, 01:47 PM
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#13 | | "They call me Bowser...RawR!"
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They should make tire spikes come up when the light is red
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07-13-2009, 02:18 PM
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#14 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 lol, we need more of these ppl in China. No 1 really cares about the traffic lights there | They don't care about traffic ANYTHING over there.
Road lines? What road lines... I see enough space between those two cars... let's squeeze in there...
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07-13-2009, 02:31 PM
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#15 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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wow, can't believe that many people die in road accidents
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07-13-2009, 02:48 PM
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#16 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Red light cameras work beautifully. I don't know why they don't put up more.
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07-13-2009, 03:05 PM
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#17 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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ran out of film/memory lol
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07-13-2009, 03:58 PM
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#18 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
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This is true, during my trip in China. I almost got ran over by a Van. It's retarded. Pedestrians don't give a hoots if there is a walk sigh or not. Car's don't give a hoot if the light is red or not. It happens mostly in major cities.
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07-13-2009, 05:05 PM
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#19 | | Banned (ABWS)
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rofl imagine all the ppl in vancouver go to china and walk around .... fucking fags gonna get run over..
ppl over here take forever to walk across the street and dun even look at cars ..
like they expect cars to stop in time for them .....
god i hate those ppl
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07-13-2009, 06:11 PM
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#20 | | Banned (BBM)
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old people can be hardcore street thungs too with bricks
damn
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07-13-2009, 06:11 PM
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#21 | | "Entertainment" mod.
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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon They should make tire spikes come up when the light is red | I was actually thinking that when I read the thread topic LOL. That makes sense, but would be hell to implement.
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07-13-2009, 06:23 PM
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#22 | | Lomac owned my ass at least once
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What an idiot. Let's throw bricks at cars and potentially cause MORE accidents.
If someone ever threw a brick at my car, I'm going to pedigree their ass to hell.
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07-13-2009, 06:30 PM
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#23 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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I am honestly to god scared shitless when I have to cross the road in China...Its fucken insane! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl3lBdk0KHA
its like playing fuck'n frogger...
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07-13-2009, 06:32 PM
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#24 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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you shouldn't run a red then.
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07-13-2009, 06:53 PM
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#25 | | I am on the internets
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hahah, all you people complaining here about plp running red lights - you have not been to europe, where cars have right of way, always.
haha
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