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yum update reflective-clothing sorry, couldn't resist.
On a serious note, it's not likely more/better reflective clothing would have helped. It sounds like the driver was deliberately and abruptly deviating from the normal lane to bypass traffic. It was not a decision made with the safety of others in mind.
I'm glad that he had the courage to turn himself in.
I hope the smirking picture was an old one though (not from after he ran a bicyclist over). Also, I wonder what the chances are that he waited till he sobered up to turn himself in.
One of the posters also claims to have met the suspect and attributes the "smirk" to some sort of skeleto-muscular deformity, though it's hard to determine validity with anonymous internet posters.
The NTSB wants to make forward collision avoidance systems in cars standard. I wonder if it would be possible to spoof radar and/or IR return signals so as to trip the autonomous braking in a car that gets too close to a bike?
Try thinking more than one step at a time. What will be the very next thing that happens if you actually succeed in doing this?
I'm glad that he had the courage to turn himself in.
I want to think it is courage but I suspect it could be a phone call to friend or family from a police investigator or the description of a car on a public news or social channel, or seeing a neighbor notice the dent in the car. At that point he might have realized his only 2 options: get arrested or turn himself in.
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Try thinking more than one step at a time. What will be the very next thing that happens if you actually succeed in doing this?
It would be made illegal immediately due to the potential for abuse.
Don't do this.
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I hope the smirking picture was an old one though (not from after he ran a bicyclist over). Also, I wonder what the chances are that he waited till he sobered up to turn himself in.
Hit and run is a felony, especially failure to stop and render aid, while DWI is often still a misdemeanor. Not saying the dude was necessarily knowledgeable about that or weighing those options if he was intoxicated at the time. One of the posters also claims to have met the suspect and attributes the "smirk" to some sort of skeleto-muscular deformity, though it's hard to determine validity with anonymous internet p…
yum update reflective-clothing sorry, couldn't resist.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I want to think it is courage but I suspect it could be a phone call to friend or family from a police investigator or the description of a car on a public news or social channel, or seeing a neighbor notice the dent in the car. At that point he might have realized his only 2 options: get arrested or turn himself in.
Yeah I'm a bit cynical about that too. Since he already has a revoked license (what a surprise: a bad driver, driving badly), he also already has an attorney. I suspect that's who decided he would be turning himself in.