A 35-year-old man in Florida is accused of drunkenly running down and killing a cyclist in broad daylight, hitting the victim so hard that authorities said the bicycle was “embedded” in the front of his car. Thomas Vayianos was taken into custody on Sunday and charged with driving under the influence-manslaughter with a vehicle causing death to a human in the death of Felipe Soares de Moraes, court documents reviewed by Law&Crime show.
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The mug shot eyes say there was more than alcohol involved in motivating Thomas.
ReplyDeleteSomething we've all dreamed about doing but, damn man, learn to separate dreams from reality.
ReplyDeleteThe dead guy was in a bike lane.
DeleteThat's a solid ten points for Thomas which puts him in the lead.
ReplyDeleteWas the cyclist wearing neon hemp bike shorts, rocking a man bun and riding a $5k titanium cycle while weaving in and out of traffic and ignoring traffic rules? Hey, there may have been extenuating/exonerating circumstances.
ReplyDeleteI was on my way to work the other day when a guy on a bike was in the road. I tried to pass, and as I went to go around him, he swerved into my path. Each time I would try to go around him, he would swerve into my way. When I honked the horn, he gave me the finger.
ReplyDeleteSo my sympathy for people on bikes is exactly zero.
This is common enough that one expects it. And when you're not right, whether just having a bad day, or drunk, or high, I can kinda see how one might go off. Which is why I don't ride bikes.
DeletePeddlefools.
ReplyDeleteThere are dicks on bikes, and there are dicks in cars. If I saw a driver deliberately hit a bicycle rider, I would PIT them into the ditch, ensure a long hospital stay, then hold them at gunpoint for the cops. All this B.S. about how much you hate cyclists goes the other way too.
ReplyDeleteThis to me is kinda like that healthcare CEO murder: I'm not saying he should have done it, but I totally understand the sentiment. Gotta have some self control.
ReplyDeleteThe rider was in the bike lane and the driver was drunk, you can understand this?
DeleteThe driver was way beyond drunk. His ass was blitzed on who knows what all. Besides his eyes are too close together.
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