Two people riding on a motorcycle blew through a red light where a cop was sitting. The cop started to persue the motorcycle, but the bike left the cop in the dust. Seeing that the cop had no way of catching up to the bike, the cop turned off the lights and started to slow down. At that point, the driver and passenger on the motor cycle promptly turned around and gave the cop the finger. While flying the bird, they flew through another red light and struck a taxi cab in the side. The driver of the bike was killed instantly, and his passanger suffered a broken jaw. The taxi driver was not hurt.

Submitted on 05/28/2003

Submitted by: Mike K.
Reference: 92.3 FM - Omaha NE. 05-28-03

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Jack said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
Before my time, so I'll defer to my elders ...

Charles said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
This is the same story as the Japanese one. Unfortunately it hit the site while Darwin was having too much trouble fighting hackers to keep the site updated, and it may have fallen through the cracks. I think we felt it was defintely a winner.

Gregory said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
We had an identical story, I thought from Japan, posted several year's back. Using the #!$$$%#@!% search engine I can find no reference to it. I thought it was a good story at the time. Injury to passenger does not invoke bystander rule because passenger was presumably willing accomplice.

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