Vilnius Mayor A.Zuokas Fights Illegally Parked Cars with an Armoured Personnel Carrier

Source: The Atlantic
Credits: John Hudson
Dated: 2011-08-02

Lithuanian Mayor Crushes a Mercedes Parked in a Bike Lane

Here's one way to make a point. Arturas Zuokas, the peeved mayor of Lithuania's capital city Vilnius, was sick and tired of luxury vehicles parking in the city's bike lanes. So what did he do? The 43-year-old civil servant taped himself crushing a Mercedes-Benz S-Class in a Russian armored personnel carrier as a part of a publicity stunt. According to a report in the Irish Timesthis morning, Zuokas is an avid cyclist and he told reporters "I wanted to send a message... I want to point out that if you have a car and more money it doesn’t mean that you can park it everywhere. Recently there’s been an increase in this type of parking violations, and it shows a lack of respect for others.” Here's the PSA-style video that's circulating on the web today: