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Dorrie Meyer	Right of way offenders		Lead	[-]
HSATF Member Posts: 9 10/16/07 1:35 PM	Tags : None This year has been the year we have had the most biker deaths, 8, caused by cagers breaking the law..drunk drivers, cell phone useers.The last one was Sunday, about 130 in the afternoon...The driver, 24years old, didn't know how the biker "ran" into him.....hummmmm...witnesses said the biker was in his own lane and the SUV crossed over...as it always seems, the news portrayed the biker as the one at fault...I have attended 6 funerals this summer...I just wish the law would charge the offenders with the right charges,....like felony manslaughter or murder with intent if they get behind the wheel......maybe, just maybe, cagers would wake up...wishful thinking...
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danbgt		#1	[url]	[-]
HSATF 1st Officer Posts: 1970 10/16/07 4:11 PM	I can tell you, first hand, they appear out of nowhere. And they are, nearly, always perceived as being in the right. -Dan
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Fredrider		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6282 10/17/07 4:19 PM	Dorrie, Tennessee just passed a law regarding right-of-way and causing harm by not yielding the right-of-way. Anybody guilty of causing bodily harm will have their license suspended and will be fined $250 if the accident results in injury and $500 if it results in death. The new law is the result of the American Motorcycle Association's 'Justice for All' campaign. Perhaps other states will enact similar laws. On a similar topic, Britain has posted signs warning people that there is a 2000 Euro fine for using a cell phone while driving. Now that's a serious fine. Fred Last Edited By: Fredrider 10/17/07 6:48 PM. Edited 2 times.
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dynodon1		#3	[url]	[-]
HSATF Tail Gunner Posts: 75 12/19/07 11:46 AM	I have a good friend whos son was killed by a drunk driver (2nd time she was caught driving drunk) that crossed the median of a 4 lane highway and hit him head on. The boy was stone cold sober and did NOTHING wrong. He was just ready to graduate from college, had a child on the way and a good job waiting. Everything going his way, a good person that would have contributed greatly to society. Wiped out (no bikes involved, just ranting about drunk drivers and the law) by a drunk that will probably get a slap on the wrist. Her attorney is trying to say the road was designed wrong or the boy was in the wrong place at the wrong time (BS). This person should get charged with manslaughter at least and be in jail for MANY YEARS. Another person I don't know well but is on another internet group lost his drivers license for 6 months. He was sober, caught doing 105 in a 65. Empty highway, didn't even get tagged with wreckless driving, but in Kentucky, he lost his license with no chance of a hardship deal to let him get to work. He is probably going to lose his house, job and maybe his family over this. I am NOT advocating no penalty for speeding, but even the cop tried to cut him a break, but the law says no. Oddly, though, in Kentucky, if he was DRUNK as well as speeding, he would have a chance to apply for a hardship license to get to and from work. Really. How sick is that. Don Illinois
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alepel		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8217 12/19/07 12:28 PM	Don....doesn't it make you wonder how the human mind creates "logic" like this. What is the rationale behind this kind of nutty thinking? You know what....I don't even want to try to figure this out! alepel "Ride with the Spirit always, and in all ways"....hombldr
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kcroadrocket		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1146 12/19/07 2:21 PM	missouri just passed some sort of law, but it only applies to the second offense. i believe many of the laws passed are in anticipation as to what a politican might be involved in down the road and allows them with an "out" i got a dui about 30 years ago and can truthfully say that i'm glad i did, and greatful up to that point i never hurt anybody. it was after my second divorce and i got a little crazy running around. many nights i didn't remember where i had parked my car after coming out of a club, but eventually i did find it and drove home! after the dui, i quit drinking and wouldn't even think of getting behind the wheel anymore IF i did have any alcohol. guess on me it worked, but most just go back to doing the same old thing. what gets me around kansas city is the poker runs that seem to promote riding and drinking. i.e. all the stops on the poker runs are at bars, and even the bike nights are mostly at "sport bars" and you see so many guys and gals standing around with a beer. later, bud
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