So I read his quote and I’m missing the part where he says “they don’t understand how to build F1 cars” even though your title clearly states that’s precisely what he said.

“I’m sorry officer, I was on my way to Assholeville in the republican of Dumbfuckistan and wasn’t aware that the concept of “laws” applied to me.”

I’d love to see them band together and attempt their own utopian paradise of libertarianism and anarchy. Let’s give ‘em Oklahoma, then put an enormous fence around it.

Sure, bud. It’s the Porsche owners who have fragile egos. Not the vapid man-baby who buys entire companies on a whim (only to burn billions by failing by every conceivable metric) and his bootlicking fans.

Who cares? Very clearly Tesla cared since they invented the story ...

More roundabouts. We need more roundabouts.

Is there some ratio of button count to “real racing” that I’m not aware? If so, I think F1 would like a word.

I take the video as he locked up the rears and got sideways trying to stop (do these things even have front brakes?). But he should have been slowing the fuck down as soon as he saw the cop.

Glad you mentioned this. And not only in a coma with a TBI, but multiple fractures to both legs and her pelvis.  

Well, given that the idiot was unable to stop in time for a stopped cruiser, despite a valliant last ditch throw-the-anchor effort of the ATV rider, it is reasonable to assume that he also would not have been able to successfully stop or evade pedestrians.

agreed, I mean the ATV has brakes and it doesn’t look like he even lifted or otherwise slowed down other than when he was airborne into the hood/windshield.

Nah, bro. There are times when the cops should be skewered for their actions.

Just a few days ago, up in Albany, some moron driving an ATV on a pedestrian path hit a student, and now she’s in the hospital in a coma with a TBI. Alexa Kropf, University at Albany student from Floral Park, in medically induced coma after hit-and-run - Newsday

I’m guessing the ATV guy planned on blowing past the cruiser and was not expecting to be cut off. It is clear he did not plan on stopping and I am fine with what happened here.

It’s unfortunate the rider got seriously injured, but I really fail to see what the cop should have done differently except perhaps block the path a little sooner. On the flip side the rider could have:

You watch the tape and that self-centered jackass is really booking down the path. If he struck a pedestrian from behind at that speed, that person would be at least as injured as jackass ended up but he wouldn’t be scathed much due to the ATV taking most of the impact.

Agreed. Bad take on Jalopnik’s part to suggest that the ATV driver running through a bunch of cyclists and pedestrians was the more desirable outcome than hitting a stopped police car. This isn’t exactly the trolley problem, because one of the outcomes is measurably worse than the other.

I am failing to see how the cop did not do *exactly* the right thing here. If moron was going too fast to stop in time to not hit a very plainly visible cop car, he was going too fast to not hit a pedestrian. Not like he came around a blind corner and there was the cop.

Two parties in the wrong you say?

I’m normally on the ACAB side, but I’m really struggling to be displeased with what the cop did here.

Stop.giving.optimus.a.mouth.