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Post #1
 17th February 2005 - 04:14 PM
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Flogged from News.com... Angry man rams drag racers February 18, 2005 From: AAP A MAN who rammed two cars in Melbourne claims he was forced to take the law into his own hands after being shot at and terrorised by a group of drag racers. The 62-year-old man, who did not want to be identified, said dragsters had used the area as a racing strip for weeks and set cars alight, and an out-of-control car had killed one of his dogs. The man, who is the permanent caretaker of an industrial estate in Kirkham Road in suburban West Keysborough, and lives in a caravan on site, said he would call police but the culprits always seemed to get away. He said last night he'd had enough and took matters into his own hands and rammed his Dodge tray truck into two of the offending cars. "They get here all the time and these blokes seem to get away before police get here so I was determined that there was going to be somebody when the police did get here," he told Melbourne radio 3AW. "I was going to disable the cars so they'd be still sitting there when the police came and that's what I did. "When the police arrived I was talking back on Triple-0 then, I'd rung them up and I'd told Triple-0 what I'd done. "I said the police car is there now and I'm going to walk down and surrender myself. "I took the law into my own hands." Police said they were called to Kirkham Road shortly after 11pm (AEDT) following reports a Holden Commodore sedan and a Ford sedan had been rammed as they sat stationary on the side of the road. The Holden vehicle sustained extensive damage and is likely to be written off as a result. Neither drivers nor occupants received any injuries, but both vehicles were towed from the scene. The truck driver is expected to be charged on summons with conduct likely to cause serious injury, driving in a manner dangerous and other traffic offences. Firstly, these kids are not "drag racers".... they are 'street racers'....... big fucken difference! Secondly..... hahahaha, bet there wont be any street racing there for a while!  |
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Jusdrifn 86
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QUOTE(WattsyLX @ Feb 18 2005, 10:14 AM) he was forced to take the law into his own hands after being shot at and terrorised by a group of drag racers. Shot at? shit, those guys are hardcore hommie street racing ready to pop a cap in any homeboys arse who beats them QUOTE a Holden Commodore sedan and a Ford sedan had been rammed as they sat stationary on the side of the road. And this is the reason they were getting beaten, borrowing mum and dads car to be cool in cause they spend all their money on a stolen gun |
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mazdaguy01
Post #7
I love what he was charged with |
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Phat535
Post #10
QUOTE(Jusdrifn 86 @ Feb 18 2005, 10:27 AM) Shot at? shit, those guys are hardcore hommie street racing ready to pop a cap in any homeboys arse who beats them And this is the reason they were getting beaten, borrowing mum and dads car to be cool in cause they spend all their money on a stolen gun [right][snapback]4972705[/snapback][/right] a more sensible answer would be the old guy made up the shooting part because he knew he was going to get into trouble for what he did and needed to make up an excuse to try make it a little more justifyable I mean he didn't even ram cars racing, he rammed 2 cars parked stationary on the side of the road |
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jazz
Post #11
QUOTE(Jusdrifn 86 @ Feb 18 2005, 10:27 AM) Shot at? shit, those guys are hardcore hommie street racing ready to pop a cap in any homeboys arse who beats them And this is the reason they were getting beaten, borrowing mum and dads car to be cool in cause they spend all their money on a stolen gun [right][snapback]4972705[/snapback][/right] Yes, cause we should believe everything that they say on the news, shouldn't we. (now where's that sarcasm smiley?) Fact is, they were not street racing. You should all also be weary of making such comments because those you are talking about could quite possibly be your peers. The fact is, the reporters fucked these guys hard and made them out to be the bad guys when it was simply a bunch of car enthusiests hanging out and chillin. Car enthusiestsj just like the majority of people on this forum. Not 'street racers'. The bad guys here are the media so don't believe everything you read.  |
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_Insane089_
Post #12
yes i saw this one the news this morning... was crazy.. its always interesting to read both sides of the story tho |
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jazz
Post #14
QUOTE(_Insane089_ @ Feb 18 2005, 11:23 AM) yes i saw this one the news this morning... was crazy.. its always interesting to read both sides of the story tho  [right][snapback]4972786[/snapback][/right] It's just a shame that whenever the media get's involved, suddenly there's 3 sides instead of 2. Whatever happened to objective reporting? 
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57ING
Post #22
Alright we'll start illegal street racing along your street at all hours of the night, see how you feel. It was just his way of saying he was sick of the shit, thats all, bet you the pricks wont come back for a while. QUOTE(Phat535 @ Feb 18 2005, 12:34 PM) good on him for ramming 2 cars that were parked on the side of the road? why don't you go park your car there one night and we'll see if you still agree with him [right][snapback]4972953[/snapback][/right] |
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SilverSZ
Post #24
nah, probably a old psycho |
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Chickita
Post #25
Well read whats written in this link... |
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BSIDE
Post #28
cripes!!!! love how the news likes to beat up on young guys in cars. in reading the original topic, from NEWS.COM or whatever, it seems like the old codger is basically a hero. now after reading the Supraforums.com story, which is a first hand acount the whole picture changes drastically. |
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Phat535
Post #30
QUOTE(57ING @ Feb 18 2005, 01:06 PM) Alright we'll start illegal street racing along your street at all hours of the night, see how you feel. It was just his way of saying he was sick of the shit, thats all, bet you the pricks wont come back for a while. [right][snapback]4973043[/snapback][/right] number #1 the cars he rammed weren't racing, they were parked on the side of the road. How would you feel if you were parked at aspley or milton maccas or something and some old senile fuckwit decided he was sick of all the cars doing burnouts so he rammed his truck into your car because you happened to like cars are were parked in the vacinity and someone did a burnout as they left.....yeah good one, you make a lot of sense number #2 come race in my street see if I give a fuck, i'd love it, just let me know when you're going to so I can get some deck chairs and popcorn ready |
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Phat535
Post #31
QUOTE(Ruffels @ Feb 18 2005, 02:29 PM) *shakes head in shame* i feel discraced to be a melbournian.... maybe bell street maccas closed the the fooli sick bro'z had to go street racing .... so be honest what the man did was wrong and illegal, but if i were him, shit i would seriously consider it! -Ruffels [right][snapback]4973261[/snapback][/right] according to every account of it I've read, some guys were in an industrial estate, only one of the cars was honing around so this crazy old senile @#$! takes shots at them with a rifle then randomly rams cars that weren't even the one that was honing around someone should go tip over his caravan |
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Ruffels
Post #32
QUOTE(Phat535 @ Feb 18 2005, 03:00 PM) according to every account of it I've read, some guys were in an industrial estate, only one of the cars was honing around so this crazy old senile @#$! takes shots at them with a rifle then randomly rams cars that weren't even the one that was honing around someone should go tip over his caravan [right][snapback]4973359[/snapback][/right] hmmm i only just read that other bit.... but what the hell, there are allways 2 sides to the story, the old guy claimed they were shooting at him... so *shrugs* -Ruffels |
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toolchick01
Post #34
QUOTE(Ruffels @ Feb 18 2005, 03:29 PM) *shakes head in shame* i feel discraced to be a melbournian.... maybe bell street maccas closed the the fooli sick bro'z had to go street racing .... so be honest what the man did was wrong and illegal, but if i were him, shit i would seriously consider it! -Ruffels [right][snapback]4973261[/snapback][/right] hehe, yeah i know what ur talking about, and how u feel. |
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70XIN
Post #35
QUOTE(Phat535 @ Feb 18 2005, 02:54 PM) number #2 come race in my street see if I give a fuck, i'd love it, just let me know when you're going to so I can get some deck chairs and popcorn ready I think after a few nights of it, you'd eventually want to sleep? Then what do you do with ~100dB exhausts racing past you every few minutes? *Newbie sense ... tingling* |
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