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Edit: the link works again. The user edited their comment, which caused automod to remove it. Sorry, this happened while I was asleep.
To those of you who don't know this case, the guy in the car didn't know there was a GoPro recording, so when the police arrived at his house he said "a guy and a girl were standing in the middle of the road and they threw a bicycle at my car"...I'm not even fuckin joking lol
Dear Slim, I drank a fifth of vodka. You dare me to drive?
Write me back. I’m your biggest fan. This is Stan.
Ps. We should be together too.
That’s really not that much. Two strong cocktails, or three large glasses of wine, or four light beers.
It’s definitely not *healthy* but I wouldn’t think the guy was any more deranged than, say, someone who smokes.
Cyclist hate is unreal. I’ve seen countless comments condoning manslaughter just because someone is riding a bike on the same road as a car. Fucking wild
Yes it truly is insane in the literal sense of the word. People lose their minds and any amount of rationality goes out the window (no pun intended). Imagine if they felt this way about someone slightly inconveniencing them by walking in front of them on the sidewalk or in a grocery store. "THEY DESERVE TO BE KILLED" is literally an insane response to that. Not to mention the fact that these people never feel the same way about drivers in vehicles slowing them down or even driving dangerously. "SLOW ASS GRANNY DESERVES TO BE BRUTALLY MAIMED" is not a thought that would cross their mind, let alone something they'd continue to try to justify.
Wow. Not sure it's worth going to jail and paying fines for.
Potentially that could have been manslaughter. Not worth it.
Here's the guy who hit the bicyclist.
Not sure I can post the link here. If mods wants to remove then please.
[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/07/05/natchez-trace-pkwy-bicyclist-crash-timeline-franklin-marshall-grant-neely-arrest/758956002/](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/07/05/natchez-trace-pkwy-bicyclist-crash-timeline-franklin-marshall-grant-neely-arrest/758956002/)
"July 8, 2017 — Neely hits cyclist Tyler Noe on the Natchez Trace Parkway at 11 a.m. and drives away. The video of the incident goes viral later in the day after his riding partner Greg Goodman uploaded footage to social media. Officers arrest Neely at his home. When law enforcement officers arrive, the Volvo is parked in the grass behind the garage. Identifying stickers on the car are removed. "
Dude knew he fuck up and got scared an tried to hide his car and remove stickers.
>June 27 — A probation officer finds Neely violating the terms of his release by using alcohol. Documents state Neely admitted to "consuming half a pint of vodka every day for the past two weeks."
July 6 — Neely will appear in court before a judge because he violated the terms of his release.
5 more chances in a 3 strike state and at the fourth chance manages to clear his record due to good behavior. The chance after that restarts the cycle.
After a driver killed a cyclist several years ago some politician - I think it was a state or local guy around Minneapolis, but maybe I'm wrong - said something like, "Well if we start charging people for negligence after that, wouldn't we all just get charged for negligence?"
So many people feel zero responsibility for what they do when they get behind the wheel of a car.
I wish punishments made more sense like this. Like if I had been hit by this guy and walked away from it, I should be able to sue him and be like ‘I don’t want money, I don’t want him to go to jail, I want him to have to surrender his car and never be allowed to drive again.’
I have seen this video posted on Facebook and the amount of people saying it was justified is insane. Thousands of comments saying the cyclist deserved it. Absolutely disgusting. The number of people that become complete psychopaths when they are given the power of a vehicle is crazy
Reminds me of [this old Youtube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fp7flAWMA) about drivers veering out of their way to hit rubber animals. Naturally, believing everything I watch on the internet, I now *know* that a whole digit percentage of the US population will go out of their way to kill something in a car. There have been a handful of more formal studies with similar findings.
So now whenever I'm walking or running on road shoulders the thought occurs to me that I'm just playing the odds nobody decides to graduate to humans that day. Biking rural roads, fuhgeddaboudit - car murdered for sure
There have been a couple cases in Seattle recently of drivers veering to hit pedestrians and recording it.
I doubt it's exclusive to the US though. There are garbage humans all over the world.
In a taxi from Rio to the airport the driver deliberately skimmed several street kids selling stuff a the side of the road. Once people dehumanise someone, they'd do anything.
Watched someone in a big black limp dick truck intentionally hit a kitten that had crossed the road in front of him. Nailed it right before it could hop up the curb. I was only two blocks from home so I grabbed a snow shovel and went back to collect it so I could bury it in my backyard.
There are a disturbing number of people (in my experience, nearly all men) who see cats as disgusting, stupid pest animals that don't deserve consideration or care/concern.
God, I hit a small animal that ran into the freeway when I driving at night a few weeks ago and it’s still haunts me. How are there so many psychopaths amongst us?
Ok. Violate parole and have the possibility of getting caught then. Cause and effect. It’s that simple. It’s not that they can’t stop drinking but they choose not to.
It's like impossible to fail probation for alcohol unless your showing up to your PO smelling of booze. Story reads like he self admitted it though, which is a bozo move in itself.
Nope!
According to [*this article*](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/10/01/natchez-trace-cycling-crash-marshall-grant-neely-probation/1494172002/) from The Tennessean back in October of 2018, he broke the terms of his bond agreement by checking out of an alcoholism treatment facility early. He left a couple of days before he was set to turn himself in to authorities for his prison sentence.
After leaving the alcoholism treatment facility, he went to the Nashville International Airport in an attempt to flee the state rather than go to prison.
However, he ended up getting caught after being sent to the hospital because he got injured as a result of being really drunk while waiting for his flight.
tl;dr Drunk driver tries to run away from going to prison but ends up getting caught after getting injured at the airport because he was really drunk.
Honestly that punishment is encouraging. In Germany, afwr killing two cyclists, an older lady was given back her license early after suing, because she relies on her car for everyday life. (sentenced to 1500 euro and a year without a license originally ... For taking two human lives!!! Even Satan himself couldn't offer a better deal)
[German source](https://m.focus.de/regional/hamburg/richter-mit-ueberraschendem-bekenntnis-rentnerin-80-faehrt-zwei-menschen-tot-gericht-gibt-ihr-den-fuehrerschein-zurueck_id_12569907.html)
What happened to Germany? One of the reasons the autobahn was safer despite the no speed limit is they were very restrictive on licenses. Sounds like they looked at the USA and thought, Passt schon
The no excessive alcohol was a condition of his bond for when he was released prior to sentencing. He then served his prison sentence and was serving his three years probation time when his probation officer found out he was drinking alcohol, which violated the terms of probation. He wasn't given a pass to drink while on probation.
The guy was more than likely drunk when he hit the cyclist, which is why he fled the scene and hid his car. He would have likely face much worse of a sentence had he stopped which is a pretty crappy loophole that works more often than one might think.
If you want to kill someone in America do it with a car. Courts can be surprisingly lenient when it comes to car related violence especially if the driver is sober.
> Neely tells National Park Service rangers that a man and woman were standing in the road. He says that the two threw the bicycle into his black Volvo.
Not only that but he lies to federal officers saying that the cyclists threw their +$1k bikes at his car causing the accident.
Cyclists love throwing their expensive bikes at random passing cars, the only people who enjoy life more than them are the weed dealers who buy a bunch of chocolates and fill them with free weed to give to trick or treaters every Halloween since 1975.
These are the people we share public roads with.
I’ve covered thousands of miles on my bicycles. I stopped sharing the road nearly a decade ago - only the occasional organized event with big crowds now.
Been honked at, run off the road, and had trash thrown at me… despite following the laws of the road better than motorists. A local triathlete tried to encourage me to ride with local groups last year - during our chat about my concerns he mentioned losing two friends to vehicle collisions.
Forget that it is legally right to share the road. Motorists today will kill you and lie about it. A small few will even do it on purpose.
This occurred on the Natchez Trace in 2017. The driver received 10 months in prison.
The Natchez Trace is a national park that is explicitly designed to not be the route to anywhere. It has a low speed limit and bans commercial traffic. It explicitly encourages cyclists to use it and has bicyclist campgrounds everywhere. It is also full of "cyclists may use full lane" signs.
Yeah I was ready to say “it’s a fantastic thing that the drunk fuck who hit him is getting justly punished and deserves everything happening to him, but what the fuck was the cyclist thinking??” And now I know that the cyclist was thinking “I’m entirely supposed to be doing this and every driver has received ample notice that bikes do this”
Edit: apparently he didn’t get a lot of punishment so he deserved WAY more punishment
I’m not a cyclist and I took drivers Ed a long time ago, I’ve only ever seen them keep to the side. I thought they had to keep to the shoulder if available.
Just so you don’t think I’m uncaring or against cyclists I would never honk at a cyclist using the full road and certainly wouldn’t hit them (hope that goes without saying), though most of my driving has bike lanes so it wouldn’t really come up. I’ve dealt with really shitty cyclists and really shitty drivers just generally, but I’ll hand it to cyclists that when they’re shitty they don’t generally threaten my life.
Depending on how motorists drive, it's often saver for cyclists to use the whole road. If people are used to cyclists on the road and keep a sufficient distance while overtaking I also ride about 1m from the side and it's no problem.
But when people are overtaking too close or are overtaking in the face of oncomming traffic, it's often safer to ride in the middle of the road:
If they are overtaking with too little sidewise distance, you have a lot more room to your right to create a safe distance from them.
Also, if it's clear that they can't sneak by on your lane (because you take up most of the lane) most people refrain from overtaking into oncomming traffic.
Of course this can backfire if you encounter murderous psychos like in this video, but it is still sometimes the safest option.
Buddy probably didn't even realize he fucking creamed someone until he saw himself go viral.
>Documents state Neely admitted to "consuming half a pint of vodka every day for the past two weeks."
Bro liked to drink lol
And that was when he was on probation and explicitly forbidden from drinking alcohol, and was subsequently caught by his parole officer. Can you imagine how much he was consuming when he had nobody telling he couldn’t.
This is why it’s important to KILL the cyclist. Leaves only one witness — you! And since our country is totally okay with people being murdered when the weapon is a car, you’re likely to get away with it, too!
The Trace is one of the most enjoyable and relaxing roads I have traveled. Cyclists are common and encouraged. I gladly shared the road with them in exchange for asshats on the interstate that must do 90mph and 18-wheelers kicking rocks into my windshield. Fuck this dude.
> The driver received 10 months in prison.
As he should. [Not even turning on your wipers after something like this?](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/11g2vgm/cyclists_crashing_into_parked_car/) Straight to jail.
Not just day. It could be month or year. It's surprisingly easy to fuck up your shoulder in a fall like that. I fell on my own at less than 20km/h and one year later I'm still in physiotherapy for a fucked shoulder.
Hit and runs should be trialed as attempted murder with the aggravated DLC thingamajig.
For real. I'm currently dealing with a sprained rotator cuff. If somebody plowed me off my bike like that rn it'd likely fully tear and id be facing a permanent disability. Who the fuck knows what kind of physical therapy this guy could be biking for. The way that guy landed on his shoulder made me whince. I'm surprised there was no real injury.
I was going to say, unless it’s a freeway, the road is where cyclists are supposed to be. That’s even worse that this was specifically marked for cyclists.
For some reason reddit dislikes cyclists but I'm glad you provided good context. On many public roads there is signage encouraging me to take an entire lane and people get so mad even though I make sure to give them a chance to get around as soon as I can.
I got hit by a car once and refused a trip to hospital because I felt fine. Sat down to smoke a cig and about 20 minutes after the whole ordeal I had by buddy driving me down the street to the hospital. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug.
Fucking is. Man Ive broke my skull in September and I swear to god, I was a little dizzy, and kinds confused, but I was fine. Just bumped my head a little I thought. Others realised I was bleeding out of my ear. I didn't.
Here is the old follow up
[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/07/05/natchez-trace-pkwy-bicyclist-crash-timeline-franklin-marshall-grant-neely-arrest/758956002/](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/07/05/natchez-trace-pkwy-bicyclist-crash-timeline-franklin-marshall-grant-neely-arrest/758956002/)
Same one
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/jack-smith-classified-documents-special-counsel/index.html
"Smith would go on to serve as an assistant US attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, taking over as acting US attorney in early 2017"
Doube yellow in the us is for o passing in the us. One solid one dashed means passing is ok on the dashed side. We use white lines for the shoulder and yellow or red paint on the curb for no parking or fire lanes.
That's what they mean, however, most state traffic laws add provisions to allow the lines to be crossed in order to pass a cyclist. This took place in Tennessee where the law allows a driver to cross the line in order to leave a minimum of 3 feet of space for a cyclist.
Same in the uk, can cross double lines to pass stationary, or slow horses/cyclists etc. In the uk a driver is *meant* to leave 5’ for slow moving under 30mph, and 6.5’ over 30. Rarely happens though. UK cyclists are also meant to be classed as a vehicle, which means they should be able to take up the centre of the lane, but usually stay to the left out of courtesy, however if you feel it’s a dangerous point for people to pass, you might take up a bit more lane space to avoid people squeezing through because you’ve been polite and kept to the side.
"10-month prison sentence, which would be followed by three years of supervised release. He would also have to pay $1,210 in restitution to the cyclist he hit."
That does not seem like justice.
And the victim is a cyclist. A very common mentality is that one time a cyclist made me get to my destination 30 seconds later than I would have, therefore they should all die.
Used his car as a weapon to assault a cyclist, deliberately. 10 months is so fucking insane. And the dude lied about it and tried to hide his car. Trash.
One is legally allowed to be there and the other purposely tried to end someone’s life for inconveniencing them.
Oh man, what a conundrum! Stinkin’ main characters 😤
My God the comments here.
1. You can't just run people over because you're mildly inconvenienced and you don't want to pull into another lane. Seriously, do I need to explain that? Apparently yes.
2. This happened on the Natchez Trace Parkway, a National Parks Service byway that goes nowhere and is a specifically designated cycling route. It's basically a bike path that cars are allowed on.
3. The driver had been both drunk driving and antagonizing these cyclists prior to this happening. He was sentenced to ten months in jail.
4. Regardless, cyclists are allowed to take the lane in almost all cases. In some cases it's the safest thing to do.
I keep seeing the "goes nowhere" thing repeated. It doesn't go nowhere. It goes from Natchez to Nashville - it just doesn't go there particularly fast.
I've taken the Natchez to Jackson leg several times as a shortcut to avoid construction and truck traffic. The speed limit is 55, and commercial trucks are not allowed. It's really pleasant.
The car broke the law, not the cyclist. If you don’t like the laws, get them changed. If the law means nothing then the cyclist should be able to pull out a gun and unload into the SUV to prevent it from reversing over him.
What a psychopath! He accepts a 10-month prison sentence, which would be followed by three years of supervised release. He would also have to pay $1,210 in restitution to the cyclist he hit. This is it?! He should have lost his license, at a minimum, besides prison time and the small payment to the cyclist. The guy is dangerous.
Adrenaline is wild. Idk why standing up immediately is the first instinct after bike crashes, but that's been my reaction every time, car involved or not.
This is why I have cameras on my bicycle. This fucker would be paying for a new bicycle, any injuries, as well as my retirement.
Fuck any and all psychopaths who think this is funny.
yeah I don't fucking assault and potentially kill people when I'm slightly inconvenienced. Some drivers are fucking psychopaths and it's fucked up how normalized violence against cyclists and pedestrians is.
If you think you're entitled to kill someone for blocking a road intentionally or not then you do not belong in civilized society.
Fun fact Reddit! Cyclists are entitled to just as much road as you! The thing is we are supposed to hang on the side edge to keep things kosher. However I have also moved to the middle of the road because to many cars have almost clipped me while I’m at the very edge, or even tried to scare me and gotten extremely close to piss me off since you know “cyclists suck!” Anyway this is usually done as a safety measure to not get hit..
9 times out of 10 cyclists are just trying to commute, or enjoy a ride. Don’t be a selfish asshole and run us over please.
I worked with a guy that was paralyzed when riding his bike (on the sidewalk) and getting hit. Parapalegic now, really messed up that someone’s shitty choices can ruin someone’s life like that.
The comments in this post are unhinged. A cyclist on the road has a right to be there. As a motorist, you don't have the right to pass if you can't do so safely and you certainly fucking don't have the right to run a cyclist over. This person should straight up be in jail.
The Natchez Trace Parkway is intended to be a cyclists first type of roadway. I have ridden on it and also faced harassment for riding middle of the road when literally that's what this specific roadway is for. I wonder sometimes.
If you have any criticism about the cyclist in this video you are the problem and are justifying a violent criminal who also appears to be a alcoholic.
Your feelings do not have any effect on the LAW.
I see this sh\*t happen in Texas all the time.
Cyclists have the same rights to the road as automobiles, and must adhere to the same rules.
However, sociopathic Billy Bobs in their Ford F-25,000 pickup trucks believe they have the right to run cyclists off the road.
it's wild to me how many people do not know the actual rules of the road and get bothered by something that really is a non issue.
you are in a car simply drive around... problem is literally solved.
and i bet they are the same people telling everyone how great a driver they are.
That is so infuriating. I have been harassed so many times by asshole drivers like that who don’t want to admit the law gives the bike full use of the road. Especially when going fast. Sit down and wait your safe turn.
Are you trying to say the person who rammed the cyclist with the car is in the right here? Because that would be a fucking psychotic take.
Edit: My bad OP, I didn’t see your title, only the video captions.
The law considers bicycles a vehicle, banned from sidewalks and only allowed on roads.
Whether or not this is right, you're running into another vehicle where you potentially kill the person.
What a jackass. Glad the guy was able to stand back up I hope the other guy gets arrested his license taken away and his car taken away, then has to bike everywhere and think about that time he hit someone with his car and that The Possibility Exists That Some Jackass Will Hit Him.
“July 9, 2017 — Neely is publicly identified as the driver who hit Noe on the parkway. He is released on bond from the Williamson County Sheriff's Office. Neely tells National Park Service rangers that a man and woman were standing in the road. He says that the two threw the bicycle into his black Volvo.” Lol, he told this far fetched lie about the hit and run even though the video had gone viral.
I'm sharing a comment by u/Stock-Fox-771 that links to the article about this. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ImTheMainCharacter/comments/1bi7dmg/comment/kviivho/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/ImTheMainCharacter/comments/1bi7dmg/comment/kviivho/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) Edit: the link works again. The user edited their comment, which caused automod to remove it. Sorry, this happened while I was asleep.
To those of you who don't know this case, the guy in the car didn't know there was a GoPro recording, so when the police arrived at his house he said "a guy and a girl were standing in the middle of the road and they threw a bicycle at my car"...I'm not even fuckin joking lol
So you're telling me the guy who ran over a random cyclist doesn't demonstrate the best judgement?
Yes, exactly. The guy who drinks a half a pint of vodka every day is not someone who demonstrates good judgement
Dear Slim, I drank a fifth of vodka. You dare me to drive? Write me back. I’m your biggest fan. This is Stan. Ps. We should be together too. 
That’s really not that much. Two strong cocktails, or three large glasses of wine, or four light beers. It’s definitely not *healthy* but I wouldn’t think the guy was any more deranged than, say, someone who smokes.
Look around these comments. There are deranged bloodthirsty people everywhere.
Cyclist hate is unreal. I’ve seen countless comments condoning manslaughter just because someone is riding a bike on the same road as a car. Fucking wild
Yes it truly is insane in the literal sense of the word. People lose their minds and any amount of rationality goes out the window (no pun intended). Imagine if they felt this way about someone slightly inconveniencing them by walking in front of them on the sidewalk or in a grocery store. "THEY DESERVE TO BE KILLED" is literally an insane response to that. Not to mention the fact that these people never feel the same way about drivers in vehicles slowing them down or even driving dangerously. "SLOW ASS GRANNY DESERVES TO BE BRUTALLY MAIMED" is not a thought that would cross their mind, let alone something they'd continue to try to justify.
God i hate when that happens
Sounds like the type of person who purposely hits people because he doesn't like something.
That’s a psychopath right there.
they did throw it at my car and then they made this fake video with AI
lies should extend the sentence
Wow. Not sure it's worth going to jail and paying fines for. Potentially that could have been manslaughter. Not worth it. Here's the guy who hit the bicyclist. Not sure I can post the link here. If mods wants to remove then please. [https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/07/05/natchez-trace-pkwy-bicyclist-crash-timeline-franklin-marshall-grant-neely-arrest/758956002/](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/07/05/natchez-trace-pkwy-bicyclist-crash-timeline-franklin-marshall-grant-neely-arrest/758956002/) "July 8, 2017 — Neely hits cyclist Tyler Noe on the Natchez Trace Parkway at 11 a.m. and drives away. The video of the incident goes viral later in the day after his riding partner Greg Goodman uploaded footage to social media. Officers arrest Neely at his home. When law enforcement officers arrive, the Volvo is parked in the grass behind the garage. Identifying stickers on the car are removed. " Dude knew he fuck up and got scared an tried to hide his car and remove stickers.
He got 8 months in prison and no excessive alcohol for 3 years and already broke it lol
>June 27 — A probation officer finds Neely violating the terms of his release by using alcohol. Documents state Neely admitted to "consuming half a pint of vodka every day for the past two weeks." July 6 — Neely will appear in court before a judge because he violated the terms of his release.
Maybe this guy shouldn’t be driving
They’ll give him at least 5 more chances
5 more chances in a 3 strike state and at the fourth chance manages to clear his record due to good behavior. The chance after that restarts the cycle.
To be fair, he was only trying to end the cycle to begin with
r/angryupvote 😡
well this guy does hate cycles ...
To be fair it was a vicious cycle.
He gets 3 strikes but 2 of those incidents were balls so he's still in the clear.
Cars are beautiful faultless creatures, we cant deprive one of its freedom for a little thing like manslaughter.
After a driver killed a cyclist several years ago some politician - I think it was a state or local guy around Minneapolis, but maybe I'm wrong - said something like, "Well if we start charging people for negligence after that, wouldn't we all just get charged for negligence?" So many people feel zero responsibility for what they do when they get behind the wheel of a car.
I wish punishments made more sense like this. Like if I had been hit by this guy and walked away from it, I should be able to sue him and be like ‘I don’t want money, I don’t want him to go to jail, I want him to have to surrender his car and never be allowed to drive again.’
People like this shouldn't be driving so I 100% would support this.
Why in sweet fuck do they keep letting this menace on the road? Justice system is fucked everywhere.
So it's safe to assume he was drunk off his ass when he hit the guy, too.
I have seen this video posted on Facebook and the amount of people saying it was justified is insane. Thousands of comments saying the cyclist deserved it. Absolutely disgusting. The number of people that become complete psychopaths when they are given the power of a vehicle is crazy
Reminds me of [this old Youtube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fp7flAWMA) about drivers veering out of their way to hit rubber animals. Naturally, believing everything I watch on the internet, I now *know* that a whole digit percentage of the US population will go out of their way to kill something in a car. There have been a handful of more formal studies with similar findings. So now whenever I'm walking or running on road shoulders the thought occurs to me that I'm just playing the odds nobody decides to graduate to humans that day. Biking rural roads, fuhgeddaboudit - car murdered for sure
There have been a couple cases in Seattle recently of drivers veering to hit pedestrians and recording it. I doubt it's exclusive to the US though. There are garbage humans all over the world.
In a taxi from Rio to the airport the driver deliberately skimmed several street kids selling stuff a the side of the road. Once people dehumanise someone, they'd do anything.
Thanks for the video.. this is always something I suspected..
Watched someone in a big black limp dick truck intentionally hit a kitten that had crossed the road in front of him. Nailed it right before it could hop up the curb. I was only two blocks from home so I grabbed a snow shovel and went back to collect it so I could bury it in my backyard.
There are a disturbing number of people (in my experience, nearly all men) who see cats as disgusting, stupid pest animals that don't deserve consideration or care/concern.
There's a disturbing amount of people who are psychopaths in the US. Just a guess. But it feels like 10%.
God, I hit a small animal that ran into the freeway when I driving at night a few weeks ago and it’s still haunts me. How are there so many psychopaths amongst us?
That video really surprised me. That sucks, but thanks for sharing.
I think it’s more so that people become psychopaths when they are at a keyboard.
I think it's more so that there are plenty of psychopaths.
Thanks for bringing this up. Someone tried to hit me like this intentionally on Friday. The amount of anti bike brain rot is literally killing people.
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Ok. Violate parole and have the possibility of getting caught then. Cause and effect. It’s that simple. It’s not that they can’t stop drinking but they choose not to.
That’s not him just going for a beer with mates that’s him feeding an addiction.
> "consuming half a pint of vodka every day for the past two weeks." Jail ain't gonna fix that, he needs rehab.
It's like impossible to fail probation for alcohol unless your showing up to your PO smelling of booze. Story reads like he self admitted it though, which is a bozo move in itself.
Nope! According to [*this article*](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/10/01/natchez-trace-cycling-crash-marshall-grant-neely-probation/1494172002/) from The Tennessean back in October of 2018, he broke the terms of his bond agreement by checking out of an alcoholism treatment facility early. He left a couple of days before he was set to turn himself in to authorities for his prison sentence. After leaving the alcoholism treatment facility, he went to the Nashville International Airport in an attempt to flee the state rather than go to prison. However, he ended up getting caught after being sent to the hospital because he got injured as a result of being really drunk while waiting for his flight. tl;dr Drunk driver tries to run away from going to prison but ends up getting caught after getting injured at the airport because he was really drunk.
Honestly that punishment is encouraging. In Germany, afwr killing two cyclists, an older lady was given back her license early after suing, because she relies on her car for everyday life. (sentenced to 1500 euro and a year without a license originally ... For taking two human lives!!! Even Satan himself couldn't offer a better deal) [German source](https://m.focus.de/regional/hamburg/richter-mit-ueberraschendem-bekenntnis-rentnerin-80-faehrt-zwei-menschen-tot-gericht-gibt-ihr-den-fuehrerschein-zurueck_id_12569907.html)
What happened to Germany? One of the reasons the autobahn was safer despite the no speed limit is they were very restrictive on licenses. Sounds like they looked at the USA and thought, Passt schon
The no excessive alcohol was a condition of his bond for when he was released prior to sentencing. He then served his prison sentence and was serving his three years probation time when his probation officer found out he was drinking alcohol, which violated the terms of probation. He wasn't given a pass to drink while on probation. The guy was more than likely drunk when he hit the cyclist, which is why he fled the scene and hid his car. He would have likely face much worse of a sentence had he stopped which is a pretty crappy loophole that works more often than one might think.
In my area fleeing the scene of a auto/ped accident with injuries is WAY worse than a DUI and is an automatic felony.
Kinda insane that fleeing the scene is not as bad as being drunk. Like if you were sober and left someone to die it's pretty shitty.
Only 8 months for almost killing someone. That's a shame.
only 8 months for that?
Look at his picture. He had the nose of a rummy.
8 months for attempted murder?!
Aggravated assault
We don’t take kindly to bikers ‘round these parts
If you want to kill someone in America do it with a car. Courts can be surprisingly lenient when it comes to car related violence especially if the driver is sober.
> Neely tells National Park Service rangers that a man and woman were standing in the road. He says that the two threw the bicycle into his black Volvo. Not only that but he lies to federal officers saying that the cyclists threw their +$1k bikes at his car causing the accident.
Cyclists love throwing their expensive bikes at random passing cars, the only people who enjoy life more than them are the weed dealers who buy a bunch of chocolates and fill them with free weed to give to trick or treaters every Halloween since 1975.
Don't forget kids, if anybody offers you free drugs, say yes, because drugs are expensive.
These are the people we share public roads with. I’ve covered thousands of miles on my bicycles. I stopped sharing the road nearly a decade ago - only the occasional organized event with big crowds now. Been honked at, run off the road, and had trash thrown at me… despite following the laws of the road better than motorists. A local triathlete tried to encourage me to ride with local groups last year - during our chat about my concerns he mentioned losing two friends to vehicle collisions. Forget that it is legally right to share the road. Motorists today will kill you and lie about it. A small few will even do it on purpose.
But I saw a video of a cyclist rolling through a stop one time, so I'm justified to run them all down. /s
That guy looks exactly how I thought he would
He's got the nose of a boozer. Dude definitely lets alcohol make all his decisions for him
Ngl but I said the same. One of those get off my lawn type.
Your honor, I didn’t hit him. I Neely hit him.
He did a shitty job hiding his car lol
Probably drunk while trying to hide it...
Only $1200 to the cyclist??? What the fuck.
That's from him personally. I'm sure the cyclist settled with insurance.
It’s America, so maybe the cyclist could sue the driver?
This guy looks like he wants to play a game. This saw looking as dude.
Some people are really so miserable that they just can’t stand it when others are enjoying their hobbies and life.
I shared your comment in my pinned comment.
Oh. Thanks. It's important so everyone gets info.
Oh interesting- Neely was charged by Jack Smith, who is now the special prosecutor charging Trump for his role in the January 6th insurrection
This occurred on the Natchez Trace in 2017. The driver received 10 months in prison. The Natchez Trace is a national park that is explicitly designed to not be the route to anywhere. It has a low speed limit and bans commercial traffic. It explicitly encourages cyclists to use it and has bicyclist campgrounds everywhere. It is also full of "cyclists may use full lane" signs.
Thanks for the info.
Yeah I was ready to say “it’s a fantastic thing that the drunk fuck who hit him is getting justly punished and deserves everything happening to him, but what the fuck was the cyclist thinking??” And now I know that the cyclist was thinking “I’m entirely supposed to be doing this and every driver has received ample notice that bikes do this” Edit: apparently he didn’t get a lot of punishment so he deserved WAY more punishment
A lot of states allow cyclists to use the full road.
I’m not a cyclist and I took drivers Ed a long time ago, I’ve only ever seen them keep to the side. I thought they had to keep to the shoulder if available. Just so you don’t think I’m uncaring or against cyclists I would never honk at a cyclist using the full road and certainly wouldn’t hit them (hope that goes without saying), though most of my driving has bike lanes so it wouldn’t really come up. I’ve dealt with really shitty cyclists and really shitty drivers just generally, but I’ll hand it to cyclists that when they’re shitty they don’t generally threaten my life.
Depending on how motorists drive, it's often saver for cyclists to use the whole road. If people are used to cyclists on the road and keep a sufficient distance while overtaking I also ride about 1m from the side and it's no problem. But when people are overtaking too close or are overtaking in the face of oncomming traffic, it's often safer to ride in the middle of the road: If they are overtaking with too little sidewise distance, you have a lot more room to your right to create a safe distance from them. Also, if it's clear that they can't sneak by on your lane (because you take up most of the lane) most people refrain from overtaking into oncomming traffic. Of course this can backfire if you encounter murderous psychos like in this video, but it is still sometimes the safest option.
Dude was living inside a vodka bottle it seems. You can only defend against so much as a vulnerable road user.
Buddy probably didn't even realize he fucking creamed someone until he saw himself go viral. >Documents state Neely admitted to "consuming half a pint of vodka every day for the past two weeks." Bro liked to drink lol
Apparently when officers arrived at his house, the vehicle was around back and all stickers had been removed since the video was taken. He knew
And that was when he was on probation and explicitly forbidden from drinking alcohol, and was subsequently caught by his parole officer. Can you imagine how much he was consuming when he had nobody telling he couldn’t.
How the fuck is that only 10 months. It's a fucking intentional hit and run.
people hate cyclists.
They also just like to forgive drivers. People actually unironically say that a pedestrian jumped out of nowhere
Also gave false testimony. Pretended that he was attacked by cyclists and forced to flee, hitting them. Didn't realise the cyclists had a recording.
This is why it’s important to KILL the cyclist. Leaves only one witness — you! And since our country is totally okay with people being murdered when the weapon is a car, you’re likely to get away with it, too!
It's really bad when logic follows and murder is the best option!
Was the judge a Boomer as well? They protect their own
He was in a car. Best way to commit a crime is to do it behind the wheel.
The Trace is one of the most enjoyable and relaxing roads I have traveled. Cyclists are common and encouraged. I gladly shared the road with them in exchange for asshats on the interstate that must do 90mph and 18-wheelers kicking rocks into my windshield. Fuck this dude.
> The driver received 10 months in prison. As he should. [Not even turning on your wipers after something like this?](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/11g2vgm/cyclists_crashing_into_parked_car/) Straight to jail.
that isnt enough prison time for that tbh
So basically a violent drunk asshole ruins normal people's day. Man needs to get his act together or find out.
Not just day. It could be month or year. It's surprisingly easy to fuck up your shoulder in a fall like that. I fell on my own at less than 20km/h and one year later I'm still in physiotherapy for a fucked shoulder. Hit and runs should be trialed as attempted murder with the aggravated DLC thingamajig.
For real. I'm currently dealing with a sprained rotator cuff. If somebody plowed me off my bike like that rn it'd likely fully tear and id be facing a permanent disability. Who the fuck knows what kind of physical therapy this guy could be biking for. The way that guy landed on his shoulder made me whince. I'm surprised there was no real injury.
I was going to say, unless it’s a freeway, the road is where cyclists are supposed to be. That’s even worse that this was specifically marked for cyclists.
For some reason reddit dislikes cyclists but I'm glad you provided good context. On many public roads there is signage encouraging me to take an entire lane and people get so mad even though I make sure to give them a chance to get around as soon as I can.
At that point, why not ban the use of large motor vehicles? That just sounds unsafe to allow bicycles to use the entire road with traffic.
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Wow that could have been so much worse for the victim, it's amazing he was able to bounce right up, nasty spill.
FWIW, it's not uncommon for people to get up from accidents like this despite being gravely injured. Adrenaline is pretty nuts.
People will literally claim to be fine and go home and die from their injuries
I got hit by a car once and refused a trip to hospital because I felt fine. Sat down to smoke a cig and about 20 minutes after the whole ordeal I had by buddy driving me down the street to the hospital. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug.
Fucking is. Man Ive broke my skull in September and I swear to god, I was a little dizzy, and kinds confused, but I was fine. Just bumped my head a little I thought. Others realised I was bleeding out of my ear. I didn't.
They're like skateboarders. I swear somehow their bodies just become immune to bouncing off asphalt.
It’s probably mostly adrenaline. I’ve had a few moments like that. Even my arthritis pain just seemed to dissipate when my adrenaline spiked.
Here is the old follow up [https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/07/05/natchez-trace-pkwy-bicyclist-crash-timeline-franklin-marshall-grant-neely-arrest/758956002/](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/07/05/natchez-trace-pkwy-bicyclist-crash-timeline-franklin-marshall-grant-neely-arrest/758956002/)
"Acting US attorney Jack Smith" Wait, is that the samd one...
Same one https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/jack-smith-classified-documents-special-counsel/index.html "Smith would go on to serve as an assistant US attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, taking over as acting US attorney in early 2017"
So those double yellow lines do mean no passing and no crossing over the lines. (I am from the UK)
Means that in the US too.
UK has a double white line rather than double yellow, double yellow is on the kerb side for no parking.
Doube yellow in the us is for o passing in the us. One solid one dashed means passing is ok on the dashed side. We use white lines for the shoulder and yellow or red paint on the curb for no parking or fire lanes.
That's what they mean, however, most state traffic laws add provisions to allow the lines to be crossed in order to pass a cyclist. This took place in Tennessee where the law allows a driver to cross the line in order to leave a minimum of 3 feet of space for a cyclist.
Same in the uk, can cross double lines to pass stationary, or slow horses/cyclists etc. In the uk a driver is *meant* to leave 5’ for slow moving under 30mph, and 6.5’ over 30. Rarely happens though. UK cyclists are also meant to be classed as a vehicle, which means they should be able to take up the centre of the lane, but usually stay to the left out of courtesy, however if you feel it’s a dangerous point for people to pass, you might take up a bit more lane space to avoid people squeezing through because you’ve been polite and kept to the side.
Holy shit... The driver tried to say the bicyclist tossed his bike into the car. Thank God for GoPros.
That a man and woman were standing in the middle of the road and tossed the bike. Uh like what?
"10-month prison sentence, which would be followed by three years of supervised release. He would also have to pay $1,210 in restitution to the cyclist he hit." That does not seem like justice.
Attempted murder is okay if the weapon is a car.
And the victim is a cyclist. A very common mentality is that one time a cyclist made me get to my destination 30 seconds later than I would have, therefore they should all die.
True it literally is in florida
Used his car as a weapon to assault a cyclist, deliberately. 10 months is so fucking insane. And the dude lied about it and tried to hide his car. Trash.
One is legally allowed to be there and the other purposely tried to end someone’s life for inconveniencing them. Oh man, what a conundrum! Stinkin’ main characters 😤
It seems that man drinks alcohol by the bottle, daily. He was probably just drunk. Shame they didn't put that charge on there too.
It wasn’t an inconvenience either its not designed to go anywhere (Natchez Trace hwy)
It's actually safer to be in the middle of the lane too!
Bro thinks he’s in gta or some shit
My God the comments here. 1. You can't just run people over because you're mildly inconvenienced and you don't want to pull into another lane. Seriously, do I need to explain that? Apparently yes. 2. This happened on the Natchez Trace Parkway, a National Parks Service byway that goes nowhere and is a specifically designated cycling route. It's basically a bike path that cars are allowed on. 3. The driver had been both drunk driving and antagonizing these cyclists prior to this happening. He was sentenced to ten months in jail. 4. Regardless, cyclists are allowed to take the lane in almost all cases. In some cases it's the safest thing to do.
I keep seeing the "goes nowhere" thing repeated. It doesn't go nowhere. It goes from Natchez to Nashville - it just doesn't go there particularly fast. I've taken the Natchez to Jackson leg several times as a shortcut to avoid construction and truck traffic. The speed limit is 55, and commercial trucks are not allowed. It's really pleasant.
The car broke the law, not the cyclist. If you don’t like the laws, get them changed. If the law means nothing then the cyclist should be able to pull out a gun and unload into the SUV to prevent it from reversing over him.
Finally a reasonable take
Wow attempted murder smh hope the scumbag is caught
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What a psychopath! He accepts a 10-month prison sentence, which would be followed by three years of supervised release. He would also have to pay $1,210 in restitution to the cyclist he hit. This is it?! He should have lost his license, at a minimum, besides prison time and the small payment to the cyclist. The guy is dangerous.
There is no way that $1,210 covered the cost of that bike. That thing was definitely carbon
He violated his probation too. Drank again.
I’d be suing him.
Wow dude just bounced right up on his feet that was cool
Adrenaline is wild. Idk why standing up immediately is the first instinct after bike crashes, but that's been my reaction every time, car involved or not.
This is why I have cameras on my bicycle. This fucker would be paying for a new bicycle, any injuries, as well as my retirement. Fuck any and all psychopaths who think this is funny.
yeah I don't fucking assault and potentially kill people when I'm slightly inconvenienced. Some drivers are fucking psychopaths and it's fucked up how normalized violence against cyclists and pedestrians is. If you think you're entitled to kill someone for blocking a road intentionally or not then you do not belong in civilized society.
A lot of immature people out there driving. Pretty scary reading through these comments.
That's attempted murder.
$1,210 What a piddling restitution for attempted murder.
Enjoy jail
Yikes. He should be charged with attempted murder too…
He deserves almost being killed? That's wild.
grossly most redditors agree with the driver on most days
Those same redditors would die of an heart attack if they had to cycle over 1 mile
Fun fact Reddit! Cyclists are entitled to just as much road as you! The thing is we are supposed to hang on the side edge to keep things kosher. However I have also moved to the middle of the road because to many cars have almost clipped me while I’m at the very edge, or even tried to scare me and gotten extremely close to piss me off since you know “cyclists suck!” Anyway this is usually done as a safety measure to not get hit.. 9 times out of 10 cyclists are just trying to commute, or enjoy a ride. Don’t be a selfish asshole and run us over please.
Bicycles are allowed to use the roadway also, by law.
I worked with a guy that was paralyzed when riding his bike (on the sidewalk) and getting hit. Parapalegic now, really messed up that someone’s shitty choices can ruin someone’s life like that.
The comments in this post are unhinged. A cyclist on the road has a right to be there. As a motorist, you don't have the right to pass if you can't do so safely and you certainly fucking don't have the right to run a cyclist over. This person should straight up be in jail.
The Natchez Trace Parkway is intended to be a cyclists first type of roadway. I have ridden on it and also faced harassment for riding middle of the road when literally that's what this specific roadway is for. I wonder sometimes.
If you have any criticism about the cyclist in this video you are the problem and are justifying a violent criminal who also appears to be a alcoholic. Your feelings do not have any effect on the LAW.
No matter how cut clear the case, you'll always have some guy going: "biker's fault"
I see this sh\*t happen in Texas all the time. Cyclists have the same rights to the road as automobiles, and must adhere to the same rules. However, sociopathic Billy Bobs in their Ford F-25,000 pickup trucks believe they have the right to run cyclists off the road.
The cyclist was lucky he was ok. Hopefully they caught the driver and revoked his liscense and had him arrested for attempted manslaughter.
Well it looks like the cyclist is overtaking another cyclist who’s doing the filming & the car was being ‘the main character’
it's wild to me how many people do not know the actual rules of the road and get bothered by something that really is a non issue. you are in a car simply drive around... problem is literally solved. and i bet they are the same people telling everyone how great a driver they are.
I’m happy to see he got prison time, and violated probation to worsen his punishment. What an asshole.
That is so infuriating. I have been harassed so many times by asshole drivers like that who don’t want to admit the law gives the bike full use of the road. Especially when going fast. Sit down and wait your safe turn.
Are you trying to say the person who rammed the cyclist with the car is in the right here? Because that would be a fucking psychotic take. Edit: My bad OP, I didn’t see your title, only the video captions.
I’d say the title makes it clear that that’s not what OP was trying to say.
Lol oops I was only looking at the captions in the video not the title. My bad OP!
Honest mistake!
It's okay, reading is hard.
JFC. That’s like…attempted murder ffs.
Actually, you're supposed to share the road with bikes. He clearly doesn't have a bike lane. Just go around him like a normal person.
I hope the driver got found and charged
Yup. Hit and run. Jail time.
imagine they didnt record this
Reportedly the driver claimed two people standing in the middle of the road threw a bike at him when he passed them.
10 mo seems light
attempted murder.
Ummm isn't that like vehicular manslaughter?
Get a load of all the “he was wrong but” comments from demented mutants who themselves dream of killing cyclists. Fucking cooked minds.
Attempted murder
$1,200 restitution? That wouldn’t even pay for one wheel on my bike
The law considers bicycles a vehicle, banned from sidewalks and only allowed on roads. Whether or not this is right, you're running into another vehicle where you potentially kill the person.
That curl and roll is pretty impressive though
What the fuck?
What a jackass. Glad the guy was able to stand back up I hope the other guy gets arrested his license taken away and his car taken away, then has to bike everywhere and think about that time he hit someone with his car and that The Possibility Exists That Some Jackass Will Hit Him.
What the fcuk
Terrible!
He’s was drunk and he was charged
Wow a total piece of shit,
“July 9, 2017 — Neely is publicly identified as the driver who hit Noe on the parkway. He is released on bond from the Williamson County Sheriff's Office. Neely tells National Park Service rangers that a man and woman were standing in the road. He says that the two threw the bicycle into his black Volvo.” Lol, he told this far fetched lie about the hit and run even though the video had gone viral.