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This happened today on "Foam Sword Fight Friday" at the University of Texas' Austin campus.
The guy is wearing an Obama mask and must have diminished peripheral vision and hearing.




He posted on FB that he is out of the Hospital and going to a different event tonight. So I guess he is more or less ok but WoW....
Be careful out there guys!

Population control has failed. That bus should have been going faster. Maybe, if we're lucky, he has lost his ability to breed.

"I'm going to diminish my view and ability to hear with a mask, then run out into a street that is very obviously active without looking." Crunch. "Ow."

As a follow up the bus driver was given a ticket for running a red light when this happened.
He's a 21 year veteran with the company and had only one accident on his record and is now on Administrative leave pending the investigation.
At least the young man seems to only have a minor shoulder injury from the buses windshield.

I have no idea where the secret service was at this time.

Oh my damn. What an idiot. Thats exactly why I teach my kids to look both ways TWICE

timetowaste85 wrote:Population control has failed. That bus should have been going faster. Maybe, if we're lucky, he has lost his ability to breed.

There's really no call for this kind of comment.

It was idiotic to run across a street without looking one way or the either (mask or no), but to actually wish for him to have been killed in this incident is the kind of opinion you can keep to yourself.

I haven't laughed that hard in a while.

So the bus ran a red light? That puts rather a different spin on it.

Did it run a red light??

If these where the busses in my area the kid would be dead. HE got save from the windshield. But Our busses have bike raves infron of the bust. If they where up? The kid would be dead.

That's gotta be one of the more amusing things I've seen on video lately. Glad he's OK, but man I did laugh.

Hazardous Harry wrote:

timetowaste85 wrote:Population control has failed. That bus should have been going faster. Maybe, if we're lucky, he has lost his ability to breed.

There's really no call for this kind of comment.

It was idiotic to run across a street without looking one way or the either (mask or no), but to actually wish for him to have been killed in this incident is the kind of opinion you can keep to yourself.

Maybe it was a little harsh of me, but stupidity like that really pisses me off. He blew off a basic rule that mommy and daddy (or at least the schools) should have taught him when he was 5, and he suffered for it. I extend no sympathy towards people who make such stupid choices, but perhaps my remark was in poor taste.

Also, finding out that the bus driver blew through a redlight and hit him... 21 years in the service of the bus-lines, you know better. You lose your job for this action? Got nobody to blame but yourself.

I believe in equality-I hate everyone involved equally.

Did he run the red light? There's an "investigation" on. All I see is someone running out into the street. Let's not jump to conclusions.

If he got a ticket for it, then a cop saw it.

Did the cop see the driver run a red light, or see him hit someone, the light turned red, and the cop saw the red light?


Glad the dudes ok, even if he did deserve it....

That sounded really painful.

KingCracker wrote:Oh my damn. What an idiot. Thats exactly why I teach my kids not to LARP

Fix'd that for you...

LARPing is fine, especially on busy roads where you have "dragons" such as this one that bested the champion.

Khorne berserker's gonna berserk. Even through traffic.

There is a very simple rhyme I was taught in nursery that has prevented me from being the victim of incidents like this.

"Stop, look, listen and think before you cross the road; and use your eyes, and use your ears and use the Green Cross Code"

The bus rolled a 6 to hit, but only a 1 to wound.

CT GAMER wrote:

KingCracker wrote:Oh my damn. What an idiot. Thats exactly why I teach my kids not to LARP

Fix'd that for you...

That made me laugh, good one.

Nocturn wrote:The bus rolled a 6 to hit, but only a 1 to wound.

And this is quality as well. Every minis game player knows that pain all too well........how does that happen with a Melta anyways?

Ahahahaha what an idiot!

When did the bus run a red light? It actually looked as if it was coming to a stop before it hit him.

KingCracker wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

KingCracker wrote:Oh my damn. What an idiot. Thats exactly why I teach my kids not to LARP

Fix'd that for you...

That made me laugh, good one.

Nocturn wrote:The bus rolled a 6 to hit, but only a 1 to wound.

And this is quality as well. Every minis game player knows that pain all too well........how does that happen with a Melta anyways?

How does it happen with melta less then 3 inches away?
But OT. That poor kid, im sure i heard a crunch in there.

Mannahnin wrote:If he got a ticket for it, then a cop saw it.

Or a traffic camera.


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Amaya wrote:When did the bus run a red light? It actually looked as if it was coming to a stop before it hit him.

Generally drivers apply the brakes when they see someone in front of their vehicle.

dogma wrote:

Mannahnin wrote:If he got a ticket for it, then a cop saw it.

Or a traffic camera.

Not necessarily. I was ticketed once during an accident when the other party ran a red light. He just happened to be good friends with the responding officer (even though I had four independent witnesses that were on my side).

dogma wrote:

Generally drivers apply the brakes when they see someone in front of their vehicle.

Wow, Captain Obvious I never thought of that! Do you have anything else you'd like to enlighten us with?

Nocturn wrote:
Not necessarily. I was ticketed once during an accident when the other party ran a red light. He just happened to be good friends with the responding officer (even though I had four independent witnesses that were on my side).

Its sort of a moot point though, because that's essentially the standard all drivers are held to, fair or not. Additionally, I doubt that the student was friends with many Austin police, though there were certainly plenty of witnesses that would favor him.


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Amaya wrote:

dogma wrote:

Generally drivers apply the brakes when they see someone in front of their vehicle.

Wow, Captain Obvious I never thought of that! Do you have anything else you'd like to enlighten us with?

You're overly sensitive, and often comment before fully considering your response.

Really, so even though I perceive that the bus is stopping quicker than I think it could even if the driver slammed on the brakes justifies you being your generally snarky self.

A friend on another site sais this
That sums up Obamas time as a president quite well.
"Yeah! We're gonna have some CHANGE!" *suddenly, senate*