Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Was this guy violating the exotic car code of conduct?

[Steven Noble (snoble]

The driver of the car was the aggressor, no matter how you or I feel about what the cop did, the driver was the one who instigated the incident by attempting to leave while the officer was so close to the car.

I have no reason to and am not agreeing with what the cop did.  I am though disagreeing with what the driver did, it was a very stupid thing, any sort of slip or wrong move and he could have badly hurt someone.  A vehicle can be used as a dangerous weapon and should be treated with respect.

On Aug 6, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Adam Green <FlatCrank [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Perhaps the cop was hobbling.  Perhaps he was feigning injury to excuse his behavior.  It's moot.  Even if his foot was severed at the ankle and he acted out the Black Knight "flesh wound" scene from Monty Python, his injury was self-inflicted.

I just can't agree here, so it's best to just agree to disagree.  I would never purposely put my foot under the wheel of a car to stop someone.. that's a useless move that will only get you hurt.  How can a driver even see your foot?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRUe-gz690

Hit by the car?  You mean he leaned against the mirror as the driver inched the car forward?

From how it looked to me, the driver of the car moved the car towards the officer to get the officer to move, I did not study the film frame by frame, but it appeared to me that the driver may have touched the officer with the car while doing that.  In that case the driver hit him with the car, while purposely moving the car, intentional or not.  No matter how slow, or careful he was being, the drivers goal was to get his car out as soon as possible no matter what happened.  Moving the car towards the officer was the offensive move here, the officer did nothing until that happened.

As stated before: if the guy had just waited, gotten the ticket and left, there would have been no issue.  Instead he tried to drive away with the officer blocking the car.  No matter what, the driver had no right to threaten or hurt the officer.