08-25-2010, 02:05 AM
A lot of question marks…
If the felony hit and run sticks, I'd have a hard time believing they won't serve some jail time with the surrounding facts and the history already on the record. How long do the "deserve"? Way too many facts missing to answer that one. But if it's not already a given, it's obviously way, way past time to pull their driving privileges permanently no matter what else happens.
threeprong wrote:
A driver of a vehicle crosses the center line and strikes an oncoming cyclist. The driver never hit the brakes. The driver of the vehicle keeps going and doesn't stop.
Never hits the brakes. Keeps going as if nothing happened. I have to wonder if they were not fully aware of their surroundings for some reason.
The accident happened 1 hour and a half before sunset. Visibility was excellent. No rain.
Witnesses watched the SUV involved hit the cyclist, slow down, execute a u-turn and then proceed to leave under high acceleration. Grossly slowed reaction time? Shock? The "high acceleration" aspect I would have to look at on it's own with some caution. It's somewhat subjective, and eye witnesses are far from reliable in hectic situations like this. Any physical evidence, like skid marks, to give weight to this?
2 days later, a convenience store clerk reports a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle in the accident and takes down the license plate. Highway patrol find the vehicle parked at a residence of the driver. The windshield is dished in and spider webbed over 1/3 of the glass on the driver's side. There's blood and hair from the cyclist in the windshield.
So they made absolutely no effort whatsoever to hide the very obvious evidence of their act. Something very, very wrong is going on. Sociopath? Sounds like they need some kind of psychological evaluation to find out what screw has come loose.
Court records show that the driver has charges pending from June 2007 of failure to appear in court on charges of driving with no operator’s license, having no insurance, speeding and driving the wrong way on a two-lane road.The wrong way on a two-lane road? All this really has me wondering if there's some cognitive deficit at work.
If the felony hit and run sticks, I'd have a hard time believing they won't serve some jail time with the surrounding facts and the history already on the record. How long do the "deserve"? Way too many facts missing to answer that one. But if it's not already a given, it's obviously way, way past time to pull their driving privileges permanently no matter what else happens.