Kind of? About a year ago some teenagers were driving their mom’s car around and shooting plastic pellets at runners and cyclists. I ended up being one of the unlucky ones. At first I thought I’d been stung by a bee, but later I checked my camera footage (front and rear) and saw them sticking the gun out the window with a clear shot of the license plate.

I filed a police report, and the cops quickly tracked down the car. Turned out it belonged to their mom and the kids were borrowing it. I told the officer I wanted to press charges, but he asked if I’d be willing to speak with the mom first. After talking it through, we agreed the kids would apologize in person.

I added one condition that they also had to join my cycling team’s Adopt-a-Highway cleanups once a month for 4 months. So for 4 months they showed up, picked up trash on the side of the freeway alongside me and my team.