[Jermyzy]

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."

[roastpuff]

Go old man!

[chouchou]

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.

[hotjoint]

nice good job old man

[Noir]

Go old man!

+1

[boatcaptain]

lol i dun think brick will do the trick,mayb a gun will

[q0192837465]

lol, we need more of these ppl in China. No 1 really cares about the traffic lights there

[ilvtofu]

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...

[Gumby]

Awesome! I love how others came to help him too (by bringing bricks and/or water).

[you]

this guy is my hero

[Blinky]

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.


Awesome.
:haha:

[ilvtofu]

Maybe he just got a engrish translation when someone asked him to start lobbying he started lobbing...

[!LittleDragon]

They should make tire spikes come up when the light is red

[InvisibleSoul]

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...

[JSALES]

wow, can't believe that many people die in road accidents

[slammer111]

Red light cameras work beautifully. I don't know why they don't put up more.

[ilvtofu]

ran out of film/memory lol

[skyxx]

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.

[pandalove]

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

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

old people can be hardcore street thungs too with bricks

damn

[CorneringArtist]

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.

[rsx]

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.

[Jackygor]

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...

[JKam]

^
you shouldn't run a red then.

[maxx]

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

[PiuYi]

hahaha real life frogger ftl

[124Y]

lol I saw this on the news a few days ago. This old man is intense!!

[TheKingdom2000]

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.

lol they didn't charge him. i love china!

[Hot Karl]

driving was sketchy in beijing when i was there but i didn't see mad red light running.

just the insane lane changes and people crossing 6 lane roads like whut!

[BinsentoW]

when i was in china, the taxi driver went on the opposite side of the road to run a red light. at 50-60km/h without stopping. This was at 6 am or something, but still, scared the hell out of me

[asian_XL]

^ I love chinese taxi...even they see a big dump truck coming on the opposite side, they
still pull a left turn 20 ft away from it. Also, they honk as much as they hit the gas
pedal

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

20 years later, chinese pedestrians will be just as bad as vancouver pedestrians

haha... pedestrian rights, fuck that, go buy a fucking car.

[hk20000]

^ no they won't, they will be an ubiquitous stream in gaps between cars. Vancouver people wait for "safe" gap, or expect you to stop.

[BNR32_Coupe]

FOR ALL THOSE PEDESTRIANS OUT THERE, I GOT ONE THING TO SAY TO YA:



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http://i34.tinypic.com/zupj6p.jpg

[E=mc²]

....ok there

[shenmecar]

what he should do is get his former female students to stand at that intersection nude. guarantee no more running red lights.

[dual]

when i was in china, the taxi driver went on the opposite side of the road to run a red light. at 50-60km/h without stopping. This was at 6 am or something, but still, scared the hell out of me

When I was in Hong Kong, the tax drove between two other cars on a two lane street like this:

------------
[ car ]
---[ taxi ]----
[ car ]
------------

[urrh]

what he should do is get his former female students to stand at that intersection nude. guarantee no more running red lights.

unless they're fat

[Mancini]

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

:nono: not every European country

[Psykopathik]

fuck bricks. just get a bag of cement pour yourself an instant speed bump