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Police Continue 'Exhaustive' Investigation into Susanna Schick Biking Accident, Hope It Doesn't Create 'Bike Versus Car' Mentality

Police Continue 'Exhaustive' Investigation into Susanna Schick Biking Accident, Hope It Doesn't Create 'Bike Versus Car' Mentality

Friday night's bicycle accident in Downtown Los Angeles has proved quite controversial, as conflicting reports and skepticism of the LAPD's investigation have stirred the local community. We learned today that although police ruled out the alleged road rage/hit-and-run component of the accident, they will continue to probe the events leading up to experienced cyclist Susanna Schick's fall and injuries. more ›

Police Rule Out Hit-and-Run in Susanna Schick Case, Say the Experienced Cyclist 'Fell Down on Her Bicycle'

Police Rule Out Hit-and-Run in Susanna Schick Case, Say the Experienced Cyclist 'Fell Down on Her Bicycle'

Friday's cycling incident in Downtown Los Angeles that landed a 42-year-old woman in the ICU has not been filed as a hit-and-run case by police. The accident was initially alleged to be a road rage hit-and-run involving cyclist Susanna Schick and the driver of a white Lexus, but police say nay. more ›

Police Report Filed Today for Friday's Alleged Road Rage Hit-and-Run, Cyclist to be Hospitalized for 2 Months

Police Report Filed Today for Friday's Alleged Road Rage Hit-and-Run, Cyclist to be Hospitalized for 2 Months

The alleged road rage incident that has left cyclist Susanna Schick hospitalized in the ICU with a concussion, broken collarbone, six broken ribs, three pelvic fractures and facial lacerations has riled the local cycling community, but as we learned yesterday, there is very little police presence in the case. more ›

Cyclist Hospitalized After Alleged Road Rage Attack in Downtown

Cyclist Hospitalized After Alleged Road Rage Attack in Downtown

Susanna Schick—or Pinkyracer as she is known in the cycling community—was sent to the ICU after she was hit by a car while she was biking down Spring Street Friday night. The crash left Schick with a minor concussion, a broken collarbone, six broken ribs, a shattered pelvis and facial lacerations. more ›

Convicted Road Rager Who Ran Down a Cyclist Must Undergo Mental Eval Before Sentencing

Convicted Road Rager Who Ran Down a Cyclist Must Undergo Mental Eval Before Sentencing

Sentencing has been delayed in the controversial case of Louis Mraz, who was convicted last month for charges related to him running down a cyclist in his vehicle in Mt. Washington last year. more ›

Betty White Busts a Double Middle Finger and Some F-Bombs In Alleged Parking Lot Road Rage Episode

Betty White Busts a Double Middle Finger and Some F-Bombs In Alleged Parking Lot Road Rage Episode

And you thought hearing Betty White talk about her "muffin" on SNL was the height of scandal: According to the venerable bastion of reliable reporting The National Enquirer, a "feisty" Betty White let fly some colorful language and hand gestures recently outside a grocery store parking lot. more ›

Silver Lake Road Rage Suspect Ordered to Stand Trial, Witness Remembers Shooter Looking at Him

Silver Lake Road Rage Suspect Ordered to Stand Trial, Witness Remembers Shooter Looking at Him

The 18-year-old alleged gang member accused of fatally shooting a 25-year-old pizza deliveryman in an August 2011 Silver Lake incident considered "road rage" has been ordered to stand trial for murder. Jose Beltran is "already behind bars on a weapons case," according to CNS. more ›

Angelenos Have More Crashes Than Almost Anyone

Angelenos Have More Crashes Than Almost Anyone

It's not just your imagination: Angelenos are more than 50 percent more likely to get into a crash than everyone else nationally. That means while everyone else is only colliding once every 10 years, our individual drivers get into collisions every 6.6 years on average. The data comes from a survey of claims in the 200 largest U.S. cities from January 2008 to December 2009 put out by Allstate. more ›

Anger Management: Glendale Cop Cops a Plea Deal in Road Rage Incident

Anger Management: Glendale Cop Cops a Plea Deal in Road Rage Incident

Glendale Police Officer Eric Ritter has taken a plea deal for his role in an October 2010 road rage incident in which he fought with a fellow motorist while off-duty. As part of the deal, explains the Burbank Leader, Ritter must enroll in an anger management program. more ›

Suspect in Silver Lake Road Rage Shooting is 18-Year-Old Who Lives Near Crime Scene With Mom

Suspect in Silver Lake Road Rage Shooting is 18-Year-Old Who Lives Near Crime Scene With Mom

The Los Angeles Police Department believe they have a suspect in custody for the fatal "road rage" shooting that claimed the life of Juan David Vasquez Loma, a young man who was driving co-workers home from one of his two area restaurant jobs. more ›

LAPD Release Sketch of Suspect in Silver Lake Road Rage Shooting Death of Restaurant Worker

LAPD Release Sketch of Suspect in Silver Lake Road Rage Shooting Death of Restaurant Worker

The Los Angeles Police Department have released information about a suspect in the shooting death of Juan David Vasquez Loma, who was gunned down in what appears to be a random act of road rage violence that played out earlier this month on the streets of Silver Lake. more ›

Motorist Shot Last Week In Silver Lake To Be Taken Off Life Support, Organs Donated

Motorist Shot Last Week In Silver Lake To Be Taken Off Life Support, Organs Donated

Juan David Vasquez Loma, the 25-year-old former employee of El Chavo and Garage Pizza who was shot in the head while driving on Silver Lake Boulevard last week, will be taken off life support and his organs donated, according to Echo Park Patch. more ›

Silver Lake 'Road Rage' Victim Has Died

Silver Lake 'Road Rage' Victim Has Died

Juan David Vasquez, the victim of an apparent "road rage" attack this weekend in Silver Lake has died, reports NBC Los Angeles. He died this morning while hospitalized at USC Medical Center. more ›

Concerned Co-Workers Set Up Fund for Man Shot in Face in Silver Lake

Concerned Co-Workers Set Up Fund for Man Shot in Face in Silver Lake

Co-workers of Juan David Vasquez, the man shot in the face while driving home from work Sunday, have established a fund to which anyone wishing to help for his care can contribute. more ›

Cyclist Hit, Killed By Possibly Distracted, Road Raging Driver

Cyclist Hit, Killed By Possibly Distracted, Road Raging Driver

A cyclist riding westbound on 8th Street at around 7:30 Tuesday night in Downtown L.A. was struck and killed by a motorist driving on the same road. The motorist, a 37-year-old male driving a Chevy Avalanche, was allegedly "distracted" and had "possible road rage," says the Daily News. more ›

Recently Arrested Road Rager Has History of Violent Run-Ins While Driving

Recently Arrested Road Rager Has History of Violent Run-Ins While Driving

The driver arrested recently for a May confrontation with a bicyclist in Mount Washington has a history of violent encounters while behind the wheel. Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch points out a 1999 Los Angeles Times article about Louis Mraz, who was sentenced to probation and Caltrans road duty for punching a 72-year-old man "during a road-rage dust-up." more ›

Local Asks Caltrans to Replace Bike Safety Signage on Angeles Crest

Local Asks Caltrans to Replace Bike Safety Signage on Angeles Crest

One man is leading the movement to have Caltrans replace the bicycle safety signs destroyed by the Station Fire along Angeles Crest Highway. In fact, Trent Sanders of La Cañada says he's willing to pay to have them made and put up himself, according to the Glendale News-Press. more ›

Man Arrested for Using Car as 'deadly weapon' Against Cyclists on Angeles Crest Highway

Man Arrested for Using Car as 'deadly weapon' Against Cyclists on Angeles Crest Highway

Motorists suffering from "road rage" have surely taken their aggressions out on cyclists with whom they're meant to share the road in the past, and with consequences. Sierra Madre Patch offers details about a new case of driver versus cyclists leading to the motorist's arrest on "suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon," with the weapon being the man's Nissan Xterra. more ›

Road Raging Ped Shoots Himself While Confronting Driver

Road Raging Ped Shoots Himself While Confronting Driver

One agitated pedestrian is learning the pain of road rage after accidentally shooting himself in the leg during a confrontation on a Hawthorne Street. 21-year-old Dennis Vilchis of L.A. attempted to pull his handgun from his waistband to brandish at a motorist who didn't stop for his street-crossing Sunday morning "near the intersection of Prairie Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard," but wound up firing at his own thigh. Vilchis was listed in serious condition; authorities are working to determine if criminal charges need be filed. more ›

Off-Duty Glendale Cop Involved in Burbank Road Rage Incident

Off-Duty Glendale Cop Involved in Burbank Road Rage Incident

Glendale Police Officer Eric Ritter has been charged with misdemeanor battery in relation to an October road rage incident in Burbank, according to the News-Press. Ritter pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he struck Armando Alvarez following a dispute that began between the two men as they drove on city streets. more ›

School Crossing Guard Beaten, Whistle & Sign Stolen

School Crossing Guard Beaten, Whistle & Sign Stolen

What do you get when you help twenty kids cross the street safely outside a school in Florence? A serious beating. According to CBS Los Angeles, a man and a woman have been arrested on charges of beating a crossing guard and...wait for it...stealing her whistle and sign. What the...? The 59-year-old crossing guard tried to stop a black Ford Expedition from entering the intersection to protect kids she was attempting to ferry safely across. more ›

I-5 Road Rage Confrontation Leads to Shooting in Burbank

I-5 Road Rage Confrontation Leads to Shooting in Burbank

An altercation between strangers that began on the 5 Freeway yesterday afternoon ended in a shooting on the streets of Burbank, according to the Burbank Leader. The drivers of a dark-colored van and a Mercedes-Benz sedan became involved in a dispute while driving on the northbound I-5 Freeway near the Western Avenue exit. The motorists exited the freeway at Alameda Avenue, and "stopped and got out of their cars near Ash Avenue and Varney Street, where they continued to argue." more ›

Ronni Chasen Murder a Car-to-Car Shooting, No Motive or Suspects Identified Yet

Ronni Chasen Murder a Car-to-Car Shooting, No Motive or Suspects Identified Yet

Detectives in Beverly Hills are working around the clock to ascertain who killed Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, and while they have released information about new details in the shocking murder, they have not yet determined a motive nor identified suspects, according to LA Now. more ›

Road Rage Attacker Climbs on Car, Hits Passengers through Sunroof

Road Rage Attacker Climbs on Car, Hits Passengers through Sunroof

It's random timing, but on the heels of Glendale falling to the bottom of the "Best Drivers Report" and Los Angeles being named the second most stressful city in the country, comes this report about road rage. more ›

Apparent Road Rage Leaves One Man Shot in Toluca Lake Area

A man was shot in the hand yesterday afternoon after an alleged road rage attack, according to the LAPD. The 35-year-old man while driving on the northbound 101 freeway when at least six shots were fired at him, forcing him to exit onto Lankershim Blvd and stopping outside a body shop on the 4300 block near Bloomfield St. shortly before 3:45 p.m. The shooter crashed into a pole and ditched the car only to be found a few blocks away by police, ABC7 reported. more ›

Road Rage Dr. Who Attacked Cyclists Pleads 'Not Guilty'

Road Rage Dr. Who Attacked Cyclists Pleads 'Not Guilty'

Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson pleaded not guilty today to charges following a July 4th incident where he slammed on his breaks causing one cyclist's face to partially smash through the back window and sending another one rolling on the ground. Thompson told police, before he was arrested, he wanted to teach the cyclists a lesson. Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood is a popular but narrow hillside road for groups of cyclists. more ›

Hip-Hop Artist Pleads Not Guilty to Jazz Musician Murder

Hip-Hop Artist Pleads Not Guilty to Jazz Musician Murder

Swedish hip-hop artist David Moses Jassy today pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges stemming from an alleged Hollywood road rage incident on November 23rd, in which he killed John Osnes, a jazz musician. Osnes, also described as a pedestrian rights activist, was said to have slapped his hands onto Jassy's rented SUV when the vehicle crossed into the crosswalk. An altercation began resulting in Jassy throwing a punch, a kick and then fatally running Osnes over. Jassy remains in jail with bail set at $1 million. (In the Photo: Jassy stands with his lawyer in court today) more ›

Mandeville Canyon Road Rage Case Moves Forward

Mandeville Canyon Road Rage Case Moves Forward

Dr. Thompson, the emergency room physician who stands accused of the Mandeville Canyon road rage incident that left two cyclists seriously injured, appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday for his preliminary hearing and it did not go well for him. more ›

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