It would be good to follow-up with what action was / will be taken. I would not treat this as simply a "traffic incident". The driver's action implied intent, which makes it a CRIMINAL matter. It would, of course, require one or more of the cyclists to file a criminal complaint, and describe the vehicle, and go through with pressing charges.
---- E Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While out on a group ride last night, heading west through Belleville on > 69/92 by the high school, a red early 2000 Ford Explorer brushed our group > of 6 riders and purposely swerved into the bike lane, just ahead of us. > Fortunately no one was hit and no one crashed. The coward then sped off > heading west towards New Glarus. > > The encouraging news is that right after this happened, a police car was > traveling the opposite direction. We waved the officer down, and pointed > towards the red Explorer. The office immediately pulled to the side of the > road, turned on his lights and waited for us. One rider in our group > reported what happened and the officer turned around and chased down the > Explorer with lights flashing - no hesitation and no questions asked. > > I did not notice the name on the police car, but I am assuming it was the > city of Belleville police. Thanks are in order for the officer, it is nice > to know that some are looking out for cyclists. I'll be getting in touch > with the department to express the gratitude of our group, and thought I > should share the experience with the bikies and try to offset some of the > not so encouraging news we've heard lately. > > Eric > _ -- --------------- Paul T. O'Leary Chronic Nuisance Madison, WI USA _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
