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Using a Tank to Solve Parking Problems - Video!
02 Aug 2011 22:30 #1
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Using a Tank to Solve Parking Problems - Video! was created by ScienceChic
So the mayor of this little town in Lithuania, who is apparently an avid cyclist, found a new way to deal with people who park their cars in bike lanes! rofllol rofllol
[youtube:1a338eyk][/youtube:1a338eyk]
(Yes, it was staged - can you imagine the outrage if that happened in the U.S. to someone's Mercedes and the lawsuits that would follow?!)
Found the video here: http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-08-02- ... e-witha-ta
Mayor of Vilnius takes out Mercedes parked in bike lane—with a tank [/b] by Sarah Goodyear 2 Aug 2011 9:22 [quote]Zuokas, who is described in news reports as an "avid cyclist" and who is bringing a bike-share program to Lithuania's capital, staged a fairly awesome stunt (and it is clearly a stunt) the other day: He ran over a Mercedes parked in a bike lane. With an armored personnel carrier. Cheesy though the video may be, the mayor is making a real point about privileged drivers hogging the tiny sliver of real estate reserved for bikes.[/quote][VIDEO][/b]
by Sarah Goodyear
2 Aug 2011 9:22
"What should the city do with drivers who think that they are above the law? It seems that a tank is the best solution."
[youtube:1a338eyk][/youtube:1a338eyk]
(Yes, it was staged - can you imagine the outrage if that happened in the U.S. to someone's Mercedes and the lawsuits that would follow?!)
Found the video here: http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-08-02- ... e-witha-ta
Mayor of Vilnius takes out Mercedes parked in bike lane—with a tank [/b] by Sarah Goodyear 2 Aug 2011 9:22 [quote]Zuokas, who is described in news reports as an "avid cyclist" and who is bringing a bike-share program to Lithuania's capital, staged a fairly awesome stunt (and it is clearly a stunt) the other day: He ran over a Mercedes parked in a bike lane. With an armored personnel carrier. Cheesy though the video may be, the mayor is making a real point about privileged drivers hogging the tiny sliver of real estate reserved for bikes.[/quote][VIDEO][/b]
by Sarah Goodyear
2 Aug 2011 9:22
Zuokas, who is described in news reports as an "avid cyclist" and who is bringing a bike-share program to Lithuania's capital, staged a fairly awesome stunt (and it is clearly a stunt) the other day: He ran over a Mercedes parked in a bike lane. With an armored personnel carrier.
Cheesy though the video may be, the mayor is making a real point about privileged drivers hogging the tiny sliver of real estate reserved for bikes.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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02 Aug 2011 23:34 #4
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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Yeah well "armored troop carrier" didn't fit in the title space limits! 
I did the best I could with what I had to work with (ask my husband - he'll say it's the story of my life dealing with him!) rofllol
I did the best I could with what I had to work with (ask my husband - he'll say it's the story of my life dealing with him!) rofllol "Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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02 Aug 2011 23:55 #6
by otisptoadwater
The correct terminology is Armored Personnel Carrier which is abbreviated as APC in military jargon, so no I didn't get it right either. The vehicle in the video is most likely a BRDM3 http://warfare.ru/?lang=&catid=245&linkid=2574 Most people don't need to know that but it might be helpful if you get in to a topic specif discussion.
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Replied by otisptoadwater on topic Using a Tank to Solve Parking Problems - Video!
Science Chic wrote: Yeah well "armored troop carrier" didn't fit in the title space limits!
The correct terminology is Armored Personnel Carrier which is abbreviated as APC in military jargon, so no I didn't get it right either. The vehicle in the video is most likely a BRDM3 http://warfare.ru/?lang=&catid=245&linkid=2574 Most people don't need to know that but it might be helpful if you get in to a topic specif discussion.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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03 Aug 2011 00:42 #7
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Replied by ScienceChic on topic Using a Tank to Solve Parking Problems - Video!
I know, I was being nice not correcting you too! Just kidding! The Grist article that I linked to at the bottom of the original post stated it was an armored personnel carrier in the article, but they said tank in the title - apparently they have space issues with title lengths too! lol
Just kidding! The Grist article that I linked to at the bottom of the original post stated it was an armored personnel carrier in the article, but they said tank in the title - apparently they have space issues with title lengths too! lol "Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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03 Aug 2011 19:29 #8
by Blazer Bob
Ya better watch out. Fox used your clip and also called it a tank. Before you know it they will be calling you a teabagger.
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Science Chic wrote: I know, I was being nice not correcting you too!
Ya better watch out. Fox used your clip and also called it a tank. Before you know it they will be calling you a teabagger.
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