Tourists hit cyclist and fled the scene
icelandmonitor.mbl.is
An American couple hit a cyclist with their SUV in Reykjavík just over a week ago and fled the scene after falsely claiming they were going to look for a parking space. The victim, Búi Aðalsteinsson, described the incident to mbl.is as something out of a movie.
  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
    604·
    10 days ago

    “Tourists hit cyclist and fled the scene”

    … Probably Americans.

    reads the very next line

    Wow, I’m soooooo surprised. Shocked, even.

    Can American tourists not be shit for FIVE MINUTES???

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      152·
      10 days ago

      shitty entitled people exist in the world.

      they aren’t just all Americans.

      but you never hear anyone complain about Chinese tourists or French tourists or Indian tourists…wait a minute…

  • spicystraw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    10 days ago

    While I can emphasize with people being panicked and scared of consequences for doing a major fuckup, I believe that its in those moments its most important to stay on course of what is moraly correct.

    As most people, I have had moments where I did not live up to the words above, and those are the usually moments that bother me the most on sleepless nights. The moments when my actions did not live up to my morals.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
      301·
      10 days ago

      If you cant do the right thing in such a situation you are simply unfit to drive and should have your license revoked.

  • DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1539·
    10 days ago

    and as the US has over 800x the population of Iceland, it could be seen as if that couple hit over 800 American cyclists.

  • rc__buggyEnglish
    238·
    10 days ago

    I was on his side until I saw the picture of him in the polka-dot with the stupid fucking hat. Chill out, bro.

    But yeah, doesn’t that bring criminal charges in Iceland? The whole hit-and-run?

      • rc__buggyEnglish
        24·
        10 days ago

        Lance. I haven’t been the same since

        • Renohren@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          The polka dot top is what you win as being the fastest mountain climbing cyclist in the “Tour de France” race. It’s not a Lance fan thing, just a cycling fan thing.

          • rc__buggyEnglish
            1·
            8 days ago

            Yeah, that’s the (failed) joke. Like touching the Stanley Cup, who wears either gold or red polka-dot?