People vs. Janklow, day one

Maybe the aging sportbikers aren't compensating as much as the 'Vette
drivers. Or maybe, just maybe, they simply like sportbikes.

 

After looking at all these, it WAS-
Episode 12 Season 1 Titled: Miri
Thanks for the reference site.
Mag

 

The helmet requirement makes it difficult to tell whether she's
blonde.
R, UB

 

No, but "you" where "your" is meant does. ;-}
R, UB

 

HAH ha...!!!

 

One thing is for someone to kill a motorcyclist, but
motorcyclists are not the only ones to get T-boned. Take a look
at this! Kind of wrenches the heart.

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/03/Pasco/School_bus_flips_in_c.sht
ml

 

Alass, the you was properly applied. The 'ass' was merely an annoyingly
deliberate misspelling of 'as.'
Tee hee! Gotcha!

barbz

 

The episode you're thinking of is "Miri".

 

Naw, that wasn't a "big bald spot", it was just a "helmet friction zone".
;-)

 

I hope you're not framing this as being about "cagers" vs. bikers.
It's about reckless speeding in general.

http://news.google.com/news?num=100&q=janklow+speeding

Bikers tend to die when they meet cars, not because "cagers" are the
greater evil, but because motorcycles are much lighter and less
protective of their occupants. General recklessness and speeding is
the real issue, and bikers are notorious for taking risks. Had Janklow
been riding a bike during that crash, or a lifelong member of some
biker club, you'd probably be firmly on his side.

C.T.

http://www.geocities.com/aggressive_driving/

 

If you think he'll ever spend one second in jail you're sadly mistaken...

 

I didn't. But you'd have to read the entire 250-word post to realize
that. The case is about one privileged shithead who killed one innocent
motorcyclist. It doesn't have anything to do with speed, though the
simpletons in the media have reported it that way. The collision
occurred not because he was driving at 70+ in a 55 but because he
ignored a stop sign. And a STOP AHEAD sign. And rumble strips that
warned of the upcoming stop.

Are you suggesting that I would side with a motorcyclist who gets
himself killed by blowing a stop sign simply because he's a fellow
rider? Your presumptuousness is staggering.

 

the best safety device that could be introduced in car would be a
sword that comes out of the steering column that impales the driver if
he is in an accident. I am willing to go out on a limb and predict
that there will be approximately five (5) accidents nationwide after
this new device0 is installed in all automobiles..................
drivers will obey speed limits religiously, will go under the limit.
If a kid runs in the street there willbe sufficient time to avoid
him. Under this new regime, no jail time will be necessary, because
there will be no "accidents", or very close to zero accidents. there
are very few auto accidents, actually.

 

California has a law regarding people with medical probs which might
affect their driving skills. Basically, if you're subject to seizures,
serious diabetic problems, major head injuries, etc. you can't drive.

Since this putz Janklow is using the same defense he's used in the past,
he obviously has a chronic problem and should have a vehiclectomy.
I really, really hate this guy, crocodile tears and all!
barbz

 

I doubt it. I believe that politicians should be held to a higher
standard than the rest of us.

barb

 

I'd like him to...and I'd like him to share a cell with some of the
recently busted Hell's Angels. I bet they'd LOVE his ass!

Literally...

barb

 

Same in New Zealand - you're asked when getting a license or at the 10
yearly renewal whether you have medical problems that could affect
your driving (with handy-dandy sample list), and if you do, you're
required to get a doctor to certify you're safe to drive if you want
the license.

 

I disagree. Every driving / defensive driving instructor I've talked to
tells me that statistics bear out that the number one cause of multi-vehicle
accidents is someone driving too SLOW. It's not speed that kills, but the
differential in speeds of vehicles.

There is major highway construction going on in the town where I'm posting
from. A four-lane freeway (two lanes each way) has been necked down to
two-way. Officials posted the speed limit at 60mph to keep traffic flowing
and prevent traffice jams, etc. However, there are always a few numbskulls
that think it prudent to drive 45mph along the six-mile or so construction
zone, despite the posted limit. There've been quite a few accidents out
there, and nearly always caused by someone holding up traffic. I'm still
trying to decide if they really are idiots, or if they get some sort of
power trip over holding up a mile of traffic.

 

You are mistaken. There is only one important actuarial study of the
question, and the fact that emerged is that in fully half of all
motorcycle fatality accidents, the driver of a car was at fault,
violating the motorcyclists right-of-way. This is the greatest single
cause of death in motorcycling accidents, by a considerable margin.

Exactly how many "bikers" do you know personally. Perhaps you've
noticed some risk takers among them, I certainly have. I've also
noticed that the chronic risk-takers are very conspicuous, while the
more conservative riders are all but invisible. It's the latter,
however, who go on riding year after year, in large numbers.

Look at how people on this newsgroup are castigated by others of the
group (I'm reading in rec.motorcycles) when they admit to being
involved in an accident -- or even a near miss -- and you'd realize
how rediculous this last statement is.

It seems to me that there are two important issues in the Janklow
trial. The first, and most important is, as you suggest, speeding and
reckless driving generally, and the consequences therefor. The second
is whether people in high office, or being influential for other
reasons, are to be held to the same standards of justice as the rest
of us. So far, Janklow hasn't been...

Al Moore
DoD 734

 

Thanks for that clarification Chris. I had envisioned a prolongued and
pointless argument with some idiot. Knowing this up front will save me
some irritation.

Al Moore
DoD 734