JDM vandals!?

[nxski]

Driving South on the oak street bridge today and I had sand/small rocks thrown at me by a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction. I heard a cracking noise as it hit my windshield and thought my windshield had cracked. Luckily there was no damage and I was only doing about 40km/hr. Is someone out to damage jdm's or send a message? Or maybe they're just jealous of my amazing beast.

[mark]

I would bet that these were random dumb-asses (and not folks specifically targetting JDMs).

Nonetheless, you might contact your local MP and insist that JDM-related attacks be added to Canada's anti-hate crime laws!

[jessef]

did you see someone reach out and throw stuff out the window or are you imagining things? That bridge gets a lot of cross flow debris.

[thedjjack]

Maybe they do not like BATMAN???

[CREGAN]

My money is on the random dumbasses. The world seems to be saturated with them. Maybe they feel bad and are lashing out because their parents bought them a Sunfire instead of a Delica.

Craig

[FalcoColumbarius]

If it's any consolation ~ I was driving one day when I heard a whack coming from my aft port quarter. This was on a paved road in the city and I was the only moving vehicle in that particular area. Everything seemed okay so I figured my rear wheel had picked up and let go a random rock in the street, or something ~ and drove on. When I got to my destination I had a look and found, just above where the metal wraps around into the wheel well, a new ding ~ about the size of a BB.

Another time when I was driving my blue Chevy van up Keith Road, a piece of limestone gravel came plummeting from the heavens, well from the school yard, actually..... Probably kids exercising their misspent youth. Glad your windscreen made it through the ordeal.

Falco.

[glenn]

One time I was driving my deli to las vegas I was completely alone in the van. I was completely alone on the road - no cars or trucks on either side. Wack! I looked over, and there was a nice little chip on the windshield. To this day, I can't explain where the rock came from - but there you go. I think they come from one of the other dimensions.

[nxski]

I've had many rocks hit my windshield, many have cause chips and cracks (one even put a big dent above the windshield). Unfortunately I didn't see the individual who threw the rocks / sand but I have no other explanation. I drive across that bridge about 6 times a day and have never seen a big cloud of debris about 2'x2' come directly at me at high speed while I was going so slowly. I'm hoping it was just dumb-asses, if I have another encounter like this I'll speak with my MP. I've certainly dealt with my share of road dumb-asses (mainly in my old civic though). Some Americans in a white van screaming white pride were blocking me everywhere I went in Tsawwassen and even late at night with me hammering on my horn in a residential area they didn't quit, they even drove by my house multiple times after I managed to nip around them (good thing I'd been practicing 'J' turns, but they're not easy in a civic). I've had someone take a slap shot at my quarter panel using a tennis ball, and even had an old man yell at me for doing burnouts (granted, that was me being a dumbass)

[tonydca]

Few years back my folks were driving home from walking the dog out in Cloverdale. Driving past a wooded section their rear passenger window on their Dodge Caravan *exploded* spontaneously.

My dad pulls over, looks around inside the van and lo and behold - a AA battery of a type he has never bought before is in the back seat.

Likely some kids with a pile of dead batteries, some surgical tubing and too much time on their hands out in the forest playing target practice.