Bicyclists everywhere ought be aware that motor vehicle drivers like this one can appear anywhere. It's sad that this occurred here near my home town but I suppose the more cars that there are on the road, the more likely this kind of tragic injustice to non drivers results. It makes me question the accuracy of reports on fatalities from car/bicyclist collisions which are reported only by the motor vehicle drivers involved in the collision. Unless there are other witnesses, car driver's word is about all authorities have to go on. :0(
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Dorothy Krause via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote: > > http://host.madison.com/news/local/city-life/fitchburg-police-ask-for-charges-against-driver-for-allegedly-running/article_fe6fd8e9-c5f4-58c5-9f1c-f455cb638b06.html > <http://host.madison.com/news/local/city-life/fitchburg-police-ask-for-charges-against-driver-for-allegedly-running/article_fe6fd8e9-c5f4-58c5-9f1c-f455cb638b06.html#utm_source=[domain]&utm_campaign=%2Femail%2Fcaptimes_news%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline> > > > > Dorothy Krause > Dane County Board of Supervisors > Fitchburg Common Council > [email protected] > 608-271-7532 > Follow me on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/dorothy.krause > Progressive – where idealism meets reality > > > > *From:* Bikies [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul > T. O'Leary > *Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2015 11:30 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] Bike Fed blog post about Fitchburg road rage > incident > > > > > > On 2015/09/11 09:35, Patrick Lenon wrote: > > > > This guy needs more than a slap on the wrist. And DEFINITELY more than a > fine, which I'm guessing he can afford pretty easily. > > > > > > The way to make that happen is to treat this as a CRIMINAL case, that just > HAPPENED to use a vehicle as the tool/weapon. If it is treated as a > "traffic violation", there's a dysfunction. What if he had been waiting, on > foot, for the victim to pass, and clubbed him with a baseball bat? Would it > be prosecuted as a "sports violation"? > > If anything, the use of the vehicle should ADD to the CRIMINAL nature of > the person's act. > > -- > > Paul T. O'Leary > > Chronic Nuisance > > Madison, WI USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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