One would think (hope) that the Vernon Co. Sheriff's Dept. interviewed the cyclists separately (standard procedure). Yet there's no mention of any inconsistencies, before or after the truck driver came forward, between their stories. How is it that, if the truck driver's version is the "updated" one, that all the cyclists' stories match up?
Intent aside for a moment, what is, once again, most belief-challenging is that the truck driver didn't know he'd hit anything. On our way home last weekend, we ran over and killed a cat. An eight-pound cat. Ten, tops. Yeah, I saw him, so I knew what I'd hit, but I heard/felt him as I hit (sorry about the "detail"). How can one possibly hit 150-plus pounds of human and bicycle without hearing or feeling it? Even in a vehicle that size? And ultimately, how relevant is that? It's like the question of whether "Reagan knew" (wrt. Iran-Contra). Is it any worse or better that the driver didn't know what he'd done? This is not a tractor-trailer rig we're talking about; it's a "civilian" vehicle. Should an ordinary citizen be operating a vehicle with which s/he is capable of hitting something as large/heavy as an adult human without knowing it? (And no, I'm not asking the question hypothetically, I think that's the question EVERY motor vehicle driver should ask her/himself before getting behind the wheel.) ---- Cathy Van Maren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, apparently the driver of the truck who hospitalized a cyclist a > couple of weeks ago didn't mean to. It will be interested to see what > happens now since his story seems to be much different than the > bicyclists'. > > The new article is here > http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/07/16/newsupdate/03vernonbike.txt > > With previous stories here > http://www.vernonbroadcaster.com/articles/2007/07/16/news/01story.txt > and here > http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/07/11/news/z00hitrun11.txt --------------- Paul T. O'Leary Chronic Nuisance Madison, WI USA _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
