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re: Driver who killed EBR councilman sentenced, gets handful of days in jail
Posted on 1/10/19 at 1:05 pm to Golfer
Posted on 1/10/19 at 1:05 pm to Golfer
quote:
Sounds like he saw them too late, there was a vehicle in the other lane, and he tried to fit between them but didn't.
Which, IMO, equates to
“I saw the yellow light but thought I could make it...”
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Posted on 1/10/19 at 1:10 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
quote:
This kinda thing infuriates me.
Agreed. 15 days is way too much given he didn’t do anything wrong. I thought they had dropped all charges.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 1:57 pm to Rock the Casbah
There should be a minimum speed on every road.
Slower drivers make traffic worse in all situations.
I didnt read much but how aware were the cyclists of the situation? Could they have been more defensive and gotten off the road?
Slower drivers make traffic worse in all situations.
I didnt read much but how aware were the cyclists of the situation? Could they have been more defensive and gotten off the road?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 2:04 pm to Rock the Casbah
quote:
given he didn’t do anything wrong
except not slow down, yield to cyclist, and mowed two people down, killing one. I bet you're one of those jackasses who try to mirror check people on a bike, aren't you?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 2:08 pm to Cump11b
Time for laws to change. People shouldn't be able to use roadways for recreational cycling
Posted on 1/10/19 at 2:09 pm to Cump11b
Was that the guy on the bicycle?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 2:10 pm to Ed Osteen
quote:
t was an accident.
quote:this proves it wasnt an accident. it was negligence. he should be serving multiple years.
“I started to slow down and go around them ... there was another vehicle coming on the incoming side and I didn’t want to hit them either so I tried to make the best decision and still go around them,” Alexander wrote. Alexander had said he had the cruise control for the rented Chevrolet Tahoe he was driving that day set for 35 mph. The State Police investigation estimated that Alexander’s speed was between 45 and 55 miles per hour at the time he applied the brakes, according to their calculations using a “slide to stop formula.” Police wrote in their report that Alexander braked “post impact,” meaning after he struck Amoroso. LINK That indicates he not only saw them, but decided to pass them knowing he couldn’t give the required distance, while not slowing until after he hit them.
This post was edited on 1/10/19 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 1/10/19 at 2:11 pm to Cump11b
quote:
I bet you're one of those jackasses who try to mirror check people on a bike, aren't you?
5 points is 5 points.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 2:12 pm to CarRamrod
Yes.
This is the equivalent of a car trying to pass another car but sees an oncoming car and then runs the car they were passing off the road and kills someone.
No one would argue that as an solely an "accident".
This is the equivalent of a car trying to pass another car but sees an oncoming car and then runs the car they were passing off the road and kills someone.
No one would argue that as an solely an "accident".
Posted on 1/10/19 at 2:12 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Bicycles should not be allowed on any road with a speed limit above 45. Bicycles were banned from the interstates back when speed limits were 55. It makes no sense to have two vehicles share a roadway when they have drastically dissimilar speed characteristics.
I'd rather less cars on the road.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 2:37 pm to Cump11b
Systemic raci- well... idk.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 4:11 pm to Cump11b
quote:
except not slow down, yield to cyclist, and mowed two people down, killing one. I bet you're one of those jackasses who try to mirror check people on a bike, aren't you?
i bet you’re one of those jackasses that thinks any vehicle-bicycle crash is always the drivers fault, aren’t you?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 7:14 pm to doubleb
Nah. You absolutely ruin his life. Wasn’t this a hit and run, or am I thinking of another case?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 7:18 pm to BigSquirrel
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Wasn’t this a hit and run, or am I thinking of another case?
Not a hit and run.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 7:49 pm to CarRamrod
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this proves it wasnt an accident. it was negligence. he should be serving multiple years.
"Accidents" often involve negligence.
Criminal negligence is a different standard:
"§12. Criminal negligence
Criminal negligence exists when, although neither specific nor general criminal intent is present, there is such disregard of the interest of others that the offender's conduct amounts to a gross deviation below the standard of care expected to be maintained by a reasonably careful man under like circumstances. "
It is almost a gross negligence v. ordinary negligence standard.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 8:01 pm to chinhoyang
The 14 citizen Grand Jurors didn't see it that way. They indited him on careless operation. A charge that could be upheld by the court.
I assume the DA added the negligence charge to the plea agreement.
I assume the DA added the negligence charge to the plea agreement.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 8:23 pm to brass2mouth
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brass2mouth
If this is correct the guy in NOLA who beat the homeless guy to death
shouldn't have any issues. I man, he was homeless, not a politico, right?
Posted on 1/11/19 at 9:29 am to Btrtigerfan
quote:
The 14 citizen Grand Jurors didn't see it that way. They indited him on careless operation. A charge that could be upheld by the court.
I assume the DA added the negligence charge to the plea agreement.
I posted the statute as some of the posters seem to assume that we are some third world nation where ordinary negligence in a car wreck gets you put in jail (or should).
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