Intentional fatal hit and run by car thief, filmed by his passenger
09-26-23, 04:29 PM
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I was not shocked by this story. Lived hearing it all my life.
09-26-23, 07:43 PM
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Seventeen-year old kids are not just smaller versions of adults; they are neurologically very different, with underdeveloped frontal lobes -- the part of the brain that controls judgment and impulse control, among other things. This is why juveniles are treated differently under the law. (You're still entitled to your opinion, of course.)
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09-26-23, 08:49 PM
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Brain analysis is on a par with phrenology…
and of course it is expensive to keep guys in prison. But as they say, if you think peace is expensive, try war. Serious felonies destroy and maim lives of people who otherwise might have earned hundreds of thousand of dollars and enjoyed productive and useful lives. Their medical care and therapy often imposes private costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars, paid in large part by insurance premiums leveled on all of us. Meantime prisons have libraries, game rooms, gymnasiums, conjugal visits (even for ****-ists) ad Infinitum.
And of course the death penalty, specifically mentioned in the constitution as a punishment for certain crimes, is unconstitutional. 🤣
09-26-23, 11:00 PM
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(one of whom he graped first)
is it like "jugging"?
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10-05-23, 04:12 PM
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10-06-23, 06:14 PM
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Basically, nothing can protect a bicyclist from a deliberate attack of this kind.
10-06-23, 08:15 PM
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Actually there is one thing that can, but 99% of the forum member's are against it: riding against traffic instead of with traffic. You would see them speed up and swerve at you, giving you time to get out of the way. I don't say this to start the age old debate because I ride with traffic, not against it, unless there is no other option.
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10-07-23, 12:48 PM
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A mirror probably would. Of course, there is still no guarantee that he'd have time to realize what was happening and evade. Garmin Varia is a device that serves no meaningful purpose. It couldn't possibly make any difference in this case.
Basically, nothing can protect a bicyclist from a deliberate attack of this kind.
Basically, nothing can protect a bicyclist from a deliberate attack of this kind.
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10-07-23, 02:15 PM
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People who think it's safer to ride against the traffic have faulty logic. The reason why majority of cyclists are against riding against traffic is because it's stupid and dangerous to do so. Riding against the traffic isn't going to save you from some driver who is determined to run you over. You would need to have extremely fast reflexes and be extremely explosive to avoid having a vehicle run into you, good luck trying to do that. The only thing that riding against the traffic will accomplish is give you the last glimpse of your killer just before you die.
10-17-23, 10:50 AM
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Formally charged with murder.
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I shouldn't have to "make myself more visible;" Drivers should just stop running people over.
Car dependency is a tax.
I shouldn't have to "make myself more visible;" Drivers should just stop running people over.
Car dependency is a tax.
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10-23-23, 07:49 PM
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18 and 16. We shouldn't give driver's licenses to people with immature brains; 25 is young enough. 
10-24-23, 05:45 AM
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People who think it's safer to ride against the traffic have faulty logic. The reason why majority of cyclists are against riding against traffic is because it's stupid and dangerous to do so. Riding against the traffic isn't going to save you from some driver who is determined to run you over. You would need to have extremely fast reflexes and be extremely explosive to avoid having a vehicle run into you, good luck trying to do that. The only thing that riding against the traffic will accomplish is give you the last glimpse of your killer just before you die.
I don't think age is the issue here - I think education is. Unfortunately, in a big society like ours, there's always the exception that proves the rule. ''For every X thousand people, there will always be 1 idiot''
10-24-23, 02:18 PM
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a look into one of the defendants
10-25-23, 08:02 PM
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Motor vehicles can be operated without a driver's license. Farm boys and girls start driving as soon as they can reach the pedals. Average age of car thieves in my city is likely around 13yo.
10-25-23, 08:06 PM
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Their trial will not start for almost a year. I hope that both of them are prosecuted to the fullest extent of Nevada law. The longer these two are kept locked up the safer the public will be.
