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Created 08/03/2011 - 1 year ago


Fed up with illegal parking along a main thoroughfare in Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, the city's mayor made video of himself crushing an illegally parked Mercedes Benz with a tank.


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thelede.blogs.nytimes.com
Vilnius Mayor Crushes Car in Bike Lane With a Tank - NYTimes.com


#lithuania #vilnius #bikelane #mayor #tank #greentechnology #fitblog #bike #blogher #ijustmovedtolithuania #triathlon #zuokas #cycling #car #perhapsalittleexcessivebutstillverygratifying #government #sofia #ymm

Tweeted by @HotlineReid 1 year ago

HotlineReid: Do NOT park your luxury car in a no parking zone in Vilnius, Lithuania. The mayor will crush it with his tank -- http://nyti.ms/pUvD1K



Tweeted by @performance_inc 1 year ago

performance_inc: Wow! RT @mountainrunner: Velnius mayor released vid of his crushing a Mercedes Benz illegally parked in a bike lane http://nyti.ms/poWYj0



Tweeted by @TriRunner302 1 year ago

TriRunner302: Gotta love a pro-bike lane mayor! http://nyti.ms/nSivJ3 #fitblog #blogher #triathlon #cycling



Tweeted by @birdorama 1 year ago

birdorama: RT @fixative: When in Vilnius, don't park your Benz in the bike lane: http://nyti.ms/nSivJ3 #perhapsalittleexcessivebutstillverygratifying



Tweeted by @peter_Gillie 1 year ago

peter_Gillie: Vilnius Mayor Crushes Car in Bike Lane With a Tank - NYTimes.com: Fed up with illegal parking along a main thoro... http://bit.ly/o5BJZ8



Tweeted by @sommersix 1 year ago

sommersix: get out of the #bikelane, please? http://t.co/AvK1qgy #mayor, #lithuania, #tank



Tweeted by @wonkinakilt 1 year ago

wonkinakilt: Maybe @MikeBloomberg can do this to some illegally parked UN vehicle? It'd be a reason to pay their old parking tickets! http://t.co/r2mMBGt



Tweeted by @wonkinakilt 1 year ago

wonkinakilt: Sometimes, due process stands aside for badassery. http://t.co/QLeEO6t



Tweeted by @agpublic 1 year ago

agpublic: Arturas Zuokas is my new hero: http://shlong.us/v1



Tweeted by @Jawsytown 1 year ago

Jawsytown: http://nyti.ms/nSivJ3 US LITHUANIANS DON'T FUCK AROUND, YA HEARD?



Tweeted by @julio_costa 1 year ago

julio_costa: RT @katiewdowd: Do not want cars, parking in bike lanes? The mayor of #Vilnius has one way to stop it, hysterical. http://t.co/RBGr51w



Tweeted by @YoungMarmalade 1 year ago

YoungMarmalade: Vilnius Mayor Crushes Car in Bike Lane With a Tank http://ow.ly/5TSHg



Tweeted by @katibren 1 year ago

katibren: Bike? MUST watch. Mayor + tank crush Mercedes in bike lane. My new hero. Good as Jose Bove crashing McD's with tractor! http://t.co/rNZMz0R



Tweeted by @hunt72 1 year ago

hunt72: @ReidDave You know this guy? http://t.co/nT4L3r4



Tweeted by @KCbakes 1 year ago

KCbakes: sheesh, that'll teach 'em! RT @brimil And this is what happens if you park in the bike lane in Lithuania http://t.co/cTDTimU



Tweeted by @DaveUsellis 1 year ago

DaveUsellis: RT @MattKuzma: Now that's extreme urban planning! http://t.co/dFRjgey @DaveUsellis #greentechnology #kickass



Tweeted by @_thelunchbox_ 1 year ago

_thelunchbox_: RT @KarynPugliese: ROFL Fed up with cars blocking #bike lanes? Watch how a mayor in Lithuanian deals with it. (Funny publicity stunt) http://t.co/WAWSvDs



Tweeted by @LittleZaide 1 year ago

LittleZaide: the mayor of Vilnius (Lithuania) crushes a Mercedes illegally parked in a bike lane. With a tank. http://t.co/fQzDTG0 #ijustmovedtolithuania



Tweeted by @KaptRodskjegg 1 year ago

KaptRodskjegg: RT @andhalse: http://t.co/qOWnD63 Sånn kan man rydde sykkelveiene i Oslo for feilparkerte biler!



Tweeted by @mattgalluzzo 1 year ago

mattgalluzzo: “@jbelmont: Lithuanian mayor crushes illegally-parked car with armored vehicle. NYT: http://t.co/QthY3aH”. My new favorite mayor!



Tweeted by @Nerius 1 year ago

Nerius: RT @jbelmont: Lithuanian mayor crushes illegally-parked car with armored vehicle. Video's on all the morning news shows. NYT: http://t.co/GDIiboA



Tweeted by @Bloler 1 year ago

Bloler: Would very much like to see Boris give this a go. http://t.co/M9cFCCg



Tweeted by @slingshotbikes 1 year ago

slingshotbikes: yea, what he said... http://fb.me/Uimwf9ig



Tweeted by @wmrogers 1 year ago

wmrogers: The message is probably a wash w/ the tank, but still, what better way to say stay out of my bike lane: http://nyti.ms/nSivJ3. #Zuokas



Tweeted by @Katulis 1 year ago

Katulis: In my ancestral lands, the mayor of Vilnius, #Lithuania drives a tank thru a luxury car parked in city bike lane http://t.co/04fSWwK



Tweeted by @patrickgibsonau 1 year ago

patrickgibsonau: @paularmanas Is this how they enforce traffic fines in Lithuania? http://t.co/fHgSgLQ



Tweeted by @intweetz 1 year ago

intweetz: We want a mayor like this, not a rubber stamp http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/vilnius-mayor-crushes-car-in-bike-lane-with-a-tank



Tweeted by @mileskmcpherson 1 year ago

mileskmcpherson: @amosjheller http://j.mp/nNYQD4 You might be the schoolmaster, but this dude is the mayor and he rules.



Tweeted by @StephenYarwood 1 year ago

StephenYarwood: Awesome RT @p_raph: I can imagine @StephenYarwood doing this: "Vilnius Mayor Crushes Car in Bike Lane With a Tank" http://t.co/E8Gifrq



Tweeted by @nanecito 1 year ago

nanecito: How effective is going to be this video? Defending bike lanes: http://t.co/pao3WiB



Tweeted by @msnbme 1 year ago

msnbme: Talk about abuse of power...Vilnius #Mayor Crushes #Car in #BikeLane With a Tank - NYTimes.com: http://t.co/OhrsFJV #government



Tweeted by @JGCalderon 1 year ago

JGCalderon: “@muchachurris: WN! La mejor venganza contra los autos (de lujo) estacionados en las ciclovías!! http://t.co/jSQq1F6 (via @LucVidal )”



Tweeted by @dimi_z 1 year ago

dimi_z: Кмете, кмете... във #Vilnius са почнали да се справят с неправилното паркиране. http://t.co/pPlOTgQ #Sofia @ProshkoProshkov Успех и на Вас!



Tweeted by @DirtProof 1 year ago

DirtProof: Mayor rides a tank to crush car parked in bike lane. Now if only Bloomberg would do the same for bikes in NYC! http://t.co/W8N4jDY



Tweeted by @megankstrait 1 year ago

megankstrait: RT @susandra: Extreme but effective way to clear blocked bike lanes http://t.co/6uWwBje @MayorRTRyback, are you next in the tank?



Tweeted by @RTPortland 1 year ago

RTPortland: RT @AmautaCoffee Don't park in the bike lane or else... http://t.co/t0kFRsJ cc: @MayorSamAdams: Don't park in th... http://bit.ly/qukB0P



Tweeted by @blu_tone 1 year ago

blu_tone: Cyclers Rejoiced ! Vilnius Mayor Crushes Car in Bike Lane With a Tank - NYT: http://t.co/KQq31mM via @addthis



Tweeted by @KyleHarrietha 1 year ago

KyleHarrietha: No tanks in #ymm but there are heavy haulers - Lithuanian mayor crushes car parked in bike lane w tank - http://nyti.ms/n8s4Wl @MayorMelissa



Tweeted by @cpltalk 1 year ago

cpltalk: RT @eugenephoto: Forget FourSquare! Mayorship does NOT get more awesome than this: http://goo.gl/6ZNNK (cc: @absolutspacegrl @deepfoo @chrisguillebeau)



Tweeted by @Spinlister 1 year ago

Spinlister: Mayor crushes car parked in bike lane...with a tank. http://t.co/EbYf9NP



Tweeted by @jvoorhis 1 year ago

jvoorhis: @MayorSamAdams any chance we can adopt this approach in Portland? http://t.co/vKcCYgD



Tweeted by @joel_mynsberge 1 year ago

joel_mynsberge: Park your luxury car in a bike lane- it gets run over by a tank! http://t.co/cQSnFfz



Tweeted by @abedouin 1 year ago

abedouin: Lithuania is underrated. http://t.co/OHHt9Su



Tweeted by @rfreebern 1 year ago

rfreebern: Don't park in the bike lane. http://t.co/k6kHfhH



Tweeted by @Goldni 1 year ago

Goldni: Well, that's...certainly one way to deal with cars illegally parked in the bike lane: http://t.co/skSWVjl @cruickshank



Tweeted by @tonystarkradio 1 year ago

tonystarkradio: RT @G_RANTHot935: A mayor, fed up with illegally parked luxury cars, decides to use A TANK to crush them! http://t.co/M0Forxz



Tweeted by @RevPedroSerrano 1 year ago

RevPedroSerrano: Mayor Crushes illegally parked car with tank. It was either a tank or the Segway. http://t.co/poCnyW9



Tweeted by @shredwoodforest 1 year ago

shredwoodforest: @shanella @aforty @La_Suazo let's go to the video tape! http://t.co/9SguZie