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Mark C. Eades

  • American writer and educator based in Shanghai, China

  • Lecturer in English language and literature, Shanghai International Studies University

  • Online instructor in humanities, Santa Rosa Junior College (California, USA)

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Saturday, 27 March 2010
Teabag Express: Nashville SUV Driver Rams Car for Obama Bumper Sticker

An incident of Driving While Teabagging resulting in violent road rage over an Obama bumper sticker occurred in Nashville, Tennessee today. From WKRN, Nashville (includes video):

Road Rage, Accident Centers on Obama Bumper Sticker

Mar. 26, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Nashville man says he and his 10-year-old daughter were victims of road rage Thursday afternoon, all because of a political bumper sticker on his car.

Mark Duren told News 2 the incident happened around 4:30p.m., while he was driving on Blair Boulevard, not far from Belmont University.

He said Harry Weisiger gave him the bird and rammed into his vehicle, after noticing an Obama-Biden sticker on his car bumper.

Duren had just picked up his 10-year-old daughter from school and had her in the car with him.

"He pointed at the back of my car," Duren said, "the bumper, flipped me off, one finger salute."

But it didn't end there.

Duren told News 2 that Weisiger honked his horn at him for awhile, as Duren stopped at a stop sign.

Once he started driving again, down Blair Boulevard, towards his home, he said, "I looked in the rear view mirror again, and this same SUV was speeding, flying up behind me, bumped me."

Duren said he applied his brake and the SUV smashed into the back of his car.

He then put his car in park to take care of the accident, but Weisiger started pushing the car using his SUV.

Duren said, "He pushed my car up towards the sidewalk, almost onto the sidewalk."

Police say Harry Weisiger is charged with felony reckless endangerment in the incident.

Friends don't let friends teabag and drive.

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Posted by Mark C. Eades at 2:42 AM JST
Updated: Wednesday, 2 March 2011 12:34 AM WST
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