"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???
Most of us can, yea.
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.
If you cant do the right thing in such a situation you are simply unfit to drive and should have your license revoked.
and as the US has over 800x the population of Iceland, it could be seen as if that couple hit over 800 American cyclists.
I like! 😁😁😁
🤣
What?
What would Fox News say if someone hit 800 American cyclists?
Pretty sure they'd give them a standing ovation and a medal. The American right seems to loathe cyclists.
They hate cyclists for their Freedom.
Probably something about an illegal gathering of bicyclists and how every driver should strive to protect themselves from the roving gangs as this one did
gathering of bicyclists
That might be a good thing in the anti-ICE protests. 😁🙂
"1 death is a tragedy, 1 million deaths is a statistic"
These people fucking suck. I hope they get into a single-vehicle accident.
This is world news? Because... ?
My bad, sorry it wasn’t exciting enough for you
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