And you thought you were having a bad day...

[Wes@motivemag]

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196544

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A man who had been pulled over and ticketed by police ran backward up and onto a Buffalo Grove squad car Friday morning, apparently in his haste to drive off. Henry Raskin, 70, of Niles had been pulled over by a Buffalo Grove officer on the 400 block of Dundee Road around 11:30 a.m. Friday for driving 58 mph in a 35 mph zone, Sgt. Scott Kristiansen said. The officer wrote the ticket and returned to the car, and Raskin got ready to drive away. Except he went flying backward. "(He) apparently was going to pull away at a high rate of speed, but the only problem was that he was in reverse," Kristiansen said. He said Raskin was not happy about getting a ticket. He said police are reviewing the squad car videotape to see what Raskin might also be charged with.

[GTI 20v]

I'm astounded by the apparent complete lack of damage to the Camry.

[Sledge]

Buffalowned Grove

[BTM]

haha i know exactly where that is

that has to be one of the biggest moves ever

[Egz]

Camry has torx?

[Wes@motivemag]

One more, courtesy of the Buffalo Grove PD.

[Markasaurus!]

Old guy in a Camry backing into stuff? Par for the course.

[SSLByron]

I'd love to be able to replay this guy's thoughts for those couple seconds leading up to impact. My guess is they'd go something like this:

"****ing pig. I can't believe he gave me a ticket. Everybody goes 60mph on this stretch... ****ing mother****ing **** ****er ****..."

*Puts car in gear*

"****ing **** ****er I'm so ****ing pissed **** **** **** ****.."

*Nails the gas*

"What the ****? Oh **** me..."

*Bam!*

[Swallow Doretti]

Quote, originally posted by Markasaurus! »

Old guy in a Camry backing into stuff? Par for the course.

He thought there was a farmer's market just a block behind him.

[sebasEuRo]

if I were the old man I would've gotten out the driver side door and stomp on the cop's hood on my way down

[K2.0]

Over the push bar and everything!

[Spa_driver]

Many of the Camry drivers I see have similar driving "skills".

[IJM]

IB4TSaturnLady

[BTM]

Quote, originally posted by Spa_driver »

Many of the Camry drivers I see have similar driving "skills".

backing over a police car (including the push bar as previously stated) without any visible signs of damage? i'd definitely call those skillz

[DoubleNaught]

The 'Man' getz Owned by legendary Toyota Quality

[jebglx]

hahahahahaha...that's exactly the same camry my mother in law has

bill

[cougar]

The only thing that really surprised me was that this was a Camry and not an Avalon.

[Ryukein]

IB4 Saturn Lady
That is hilarious. But how did the squad car get damaged when the Camry apparently hasn't?

[ItzDarrell]

up and over the brushguard.

coming in 09', The Yota Tank

[Entwerfer des Audis]

Hmm.... FWD+reverse gear+low gearing in reverse=reverse wheelie and ownage?

[DoubleNaught]

Maybe the owner was trying to fix that bent exhaust pipe underneath?

[Big M]

Give me a ticket, will he? Thinks he can slow me down, does he?
I'll show him. I'll gun it right now and show him nobody messes with ol' Henry Raskiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnn!!!!

[gtivr4]

How is that even possible? Shouldn't the bumpers line up, or did the bar on front of the cop car allow the Camry to mount it (and therefore wouldn't it be extremely dangerous if a cop car ran into the back of a parked vehicle)?

[DoubleNaught]

I guess the bar acted like a ramp or 'speed bump'

[Golfotron]

Quote, originally posted by gtivr4 »

How is that even possible? Shouldn't the bumpers line up, or did the bar on front of the cop car allow the Camry to mount it (and therefore wouldn't it be extremely dangerous if a cop car ran into the back of a parked vehicle)?

answer a few posts above;

Quote, originally posted by Entwerfer des Audis »

Hmm.... FWD+reverse gear+low gearing in reverse=reverse wheelie and ownage?

"if you are going to give it to the Man, go for gold"

[Big M]

Quote, originally posted by gtivr4 »

How is that even possible? Shouldn't the bumpers line up, or did the bar on front of the cop car allow the Camry to mount it (and therefore wouldn't it be extremely dangerous if a cop car ran into the back of a parked vehicle)?

I'd say he must have stomped the accelerator so hard that there was some significant reverse squatting, lifting the rear bumper.

I'm wondering now about the cop's reaction, sitting in the car watching the Camry do a bonzai charge and mount his windshield.

[Golfotron]

Quote, originally posted by Wes@motivemag »

I like the drop on the CV car (front)

[woofster]

Must be one of those new, witty Toyota ads...

[Amsterdam087]

That just made my day

[Arsigi]

Quote, originally posted by Entwerfer des Audis »

Hmm.... FWD+reverse gear+low gearing in reverse=reverse wheelie and ownage?

I guess... but still it just doesn't seem possible!

[dunhamjr]

Quote, originally posted by GTI 20v »

I'm astounded by the apparent complete lack of damage to the Camry.

i was thinking the same thing... almost as if somehow the Camry had been set down onto the hood of the cop car.

[Gdouglas]

Please oh please somebody Photoshop the Saturn Lady!

[atomicalex]

Quote, originally posted by jebglx »

hahahahahaha...that's exactly the same camry my mother in law has bill

My MIL has a beige one! Totally hilarious.

[Jetty!]

To think we share the roads with people like this every day...

[jebglx]

Quote, originally posted by atomicalex »

My MIL has a beige one! Totally hilarious.

that's my father in law's car. he says it's gold

bill