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http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2011/08/16/story-chillicothe-man-sentenced-for-killing-puppy.html?sid=102 Six months? Waaay too short for the crime. I suspect the judge was limited by sentencing ranges. If I was in charge, I'd have a Monthy Python Foot installed in his cell.

Dr.Frankenstein plugged the thread into his machine, the lightning struck, and... "IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE!"

In the 10tv comments section there are relatives trying to spin the accident as a faulty signage thing. They are claiming the riders "were riding towards what they thought was path from the parking lot towards some off-road biking, and it's easy to see how they made that mistake, but it turns out the lack of warnings resulted in a deadly accident." So, with better information, I say sorry for the families' loss... but I will mark the man's passing with a simple re-affirmation that I owe it to my family to never be that bloody stupid. 100mph racing in a parking lot with a passenger and no safety gear? I can imagine Darwin right now... "Dude, you want a mulligan?"

I sold my 04 earlier this year for 2500. I got an offer of 3k just after it sold. 2000 is low for an 05 which is the year they switched to injected versus carb. It is not just a year of age. I would expect that bike (naked as it is, no farkles) to fetch 3000-3500. Make sure you inspect in person and verify the title. I suspect the price is just a little too good and the seller will ask for a wired deposit...

Both of those situations are state-specific. In some states you can only run the red in a funeral procession while there is an officer in the intersection blocking the green traffic. In some states the flag is enough. And staging for a left turn is not always legal either - although my understanding is the camera only activates if the sensors predict that you will cross the stop bar on red. If you cross on green or yellow and stage for a left turn then the camera should not care. Can you give an example? (EDIT: Here is an example of a dismissal for a left-turner http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80456&page=1 ) In either situation you need to send in your not-guilty plea, and if the camera company denies it then contact the police department that issued the ticket. Heck, with a funeral procession go to 10tv and get some of your 15 minutes.

The correct answer there is to tow the bike.

Sorry to hear. Coroner had your best interests at heart. My dad used to be a traffic cop. They see horrible things at accident scenes.

I hate the .08 limit. It gives people a target to aim for. The limit should be so low that one drink puts you over.

I used to work in a bar. Some folks should be banned from drinking (this whole tirade is directed at bad drunks, not 2talltim). In fact anyone who ever does anything horrible and then says; "It was the booze" should take it upon themselves to never drink again. If you know that booze turns you into a belligerent violent asshole then you are being even more of an asshole by drinking again. But don't let anyone ever blame their drunken behavior on the booze. All the booze does is remove inhibitions and make you act like the person you really are deep down. If you are a happy drunk then you're a good person deep down. If you are a belligerent drunk then you are an asshole in real life.

How did you get the truck home again? Or did you drive drunk? I'm not a real big fan of drunk drivers after the being the victim of a one who crossed the center line and hit me head on at 80mph. This was 20 years ago and it's still as fresh in my mind as on that night.

One of many factors.

The auctioneer can bid up to, but not including the reserve price. Next time you go there ask them is a no reserve auction is binding even if the seller is unhappy with the price.

Good luck, hope all goes smoothly.

Being an IT guy who deals with databases in many different countries with different date formats I always write dates as 20110813 (for the computer) or 2011-08-13 (human readable). If I need time too then I write 201108130918 or 2011-08-13 09:18. Alpha sorts in date order, and no fellow employee has ever had to ask for clarification on which is the month and which is the day.

There's a gas station near me that tends to attract idiots fro some reason. Right off the freeway, so plenty of tourists. One time I saw two cars approach the same pump from opposite directions, face-to-face. Both wanted the pump first so both accelerated, and both refused to back down. About 5 minutes later I could see the Deputy giving them both the WTF look as he took the accident report. The worst was when I was getting gas one time and I saw a car approach the other side of the same pump. There was already a car there but it wasn't parked in front of the pump, it was about 5 feet past it. The second car pulled up and waited for a couple of minutes, the decided that the first car must not be using the pump. He gets out and goes to pick up the nozzle only to have the driver to of the first car get out and... Well the argument was on. "I was first" "You weren't using it" etc. Finally one of them runs his credit card through the pump and claims victory, only to have the other grab the nozzle and thank him for the free gas. Then the fight was on. The two of them were physically fighting over the nozzle of an activated fuel pump (pull the trigger - gas goes everywhere). I was gone so quickly it must have been like a cartoon with me leaving a car-shaped cloud of dust in my wake.

Before decimalisation of money in the UK, there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound. A price tag could say "£4, 3 & 6" which is 4 pounds, 3 shillings and six pence. (42 pence total) Quick, add 4,3&6 to 2,17&3. No? Metric is a good thing.

Am I right in thinking that an "if" sale refers to a reserve auction where the highest bid is below the reserve price, and the seller has the option of accepting the lower-than-reserve-price IF he chooses? Still, eBay Motors terms specifically state that auto auctions are non-binding (due to the complexity of some states' buying/selling laws, especially when the buyer and seller are in different states), so at the end of the day it was only reputation that was on the line. I always believed that auctions were binding as long as the highest bid was above the reserve price, or the was no reserve price.

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No way duuuude!

So do these patients now carry a modified form of HIV that they could transmit to other people?

I'd like it better if the first pic DIDN'T show it losing control and careering into oncoming traffic.

Understood. I believe that a fleeing suspect should be held responsible for any accident that can be blamed on the pursuit, and that any death should be charged as voluntary manslaughter - even if the police car is the one that crashes. The only defense would be that the officer took risks that would shock the conscience of a reasonable person AND it was the police car that crashed. Example would be if a cop turned around and drove the wrong way on a freeway to backtrack to an exit ramp that the speeder had made but the cop missed. That would be an extreme risk not justified by any sensible reasoning. If the police car crashes under those circumstances then the fleeing driver would not be responsible for the crash. In any other case where the officer's actions do not shock the conscience of a reasonable person the bad guy should be criminally charged for any damage, injuries or deaths that result from the chase. I'd be ok with reckless intent as mens rea. Oh, and autocorrect hates latin words.

The police have a responsibility to all of the community, and that means they have to consider the risks involved in chasing someone. If an officer is chasing someone whose only crime was that they ran off from a gas station wihtout paying then chasing them at triple-digit speeds creates too much risk to other road users when compared to the reward of catching the guy. They have to balance risk and reward. If the car contains violent felony fugitives then the need to stop ithem is much greater, but it makes no sense to put people's lives in danger over a tank of gas, or a shirt shoplifted from walmart. There should be no absolutes in deciding when to start and when to continue a chase. You can't say "No chases ever, not even if we see a child kidnapped into a vehicle" and you can't say; "We'll chase that stop-sign-runner at 150mph to the ends of the earth leaving wrecked cars and dead civillians in our wake..."

Not judging you, or him. Just hoping that he learns the value of gear.

Hope he recovers. And learns.