6 Houston area cyclists injured by pranking truck driver
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I don't attribute malice to close passes. Of course, it is possible that the kid above tried to ruffle feathers by passing closely.
But, I've had numerous people yell something unintelligible at me. In one case a yell, and tossing a bag of garbage about 10 feet from me.
But, I've had numerous people yell something unintelligible at me. In one case a yell, and tossing a bag of garbage about 10 feet from me.
I mean, yeah, there are the "close passes" by idiots who simply don't understand the concept of a safe passing distance, but the ones where they intentionally try to intimidate you? I'm not sure what else to attribute it to but malice?
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Let's see... 6 felony counts doesn't exactly sound like doing nothing. Nope, post 39 was 180 degrees off.
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I don't attribute malice to close passes. Of course, it is possible that the kid above tried to ruffle feathers by passing closely.
But, I've had numerous people yell something unintelligible at me. In one case a yell, and tossing a bag of garbage about 10 feet from me.
But, I've had numerous people yell something unintelligible at me. In one case a yell, and tossing a bag of garbage about 10 feet from me.
I'm talking about obviously intentional, gunning the engine and rolling coal close passes, as in they went well out of their way to swerve at me on the shoulder. I definitely attributed malice. I'm not talking about inadvertent close passes, those are pretty much non-events I don't remember 5 minutes later unless it's really, really close.
BTW, that's not just possible, it's what the kid is charged with. The allegation is he assaulted them with a deadly weapon by close passing (threat of imminent bodily harm, using a deadly weapon) and inadvertently hitting them (causing serious bodily injury).
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The DA and the police chief both said the cops at the scene screwed up.
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You think people do it to be friendly and make you feel safe, or...?
I mean, yeah, there are the "close passes" by idiots who simply don't understand the concept of a safe passing distance, but the ones where they intentionally try to intimidate you? I'm not sure what else to attribute it to but malice?
I mean, yeah, there are the "close passes" by idiots who simply don't understand the concept of a safe passing distance, but the ones where they intentionally try to intimidate you? I'm not sure what else to attribute it to but malice?
I think Clifford and I were really talking about different kinds of passes. I probably should have specified the swerving, which is definitely the sign that this is intentional.
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I give CliffordK the benefit of the doubt--if he thought I meant something else, I think I need to clarify.
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I don't think I've noticed anybody swerve towards me while riding. There have been a few that passed at high speeds just inches away which I've attributed to simply ignoring me.
However, I listen and look back, but don't use a mirror so I wouldn't notice fine details of lane positioning. And, when a shoulder or bike lane is available, I am in it, at least when around other vehicles.
I have had at least one vehicle cross the fog line by a significant amount while passing, but that is rare.
I don't know about the concept of "coal". I'm sure some people have figured it out (as is likely with the kid above). However, there may also be cases when a vehicle will slow down to pass (which is a good thing), then slam the pedal to the metal once past (causing some diesel vehicles to smoke).
Some of the more annoying passes are when a vehicle decides to pass another vehicle coming towards me.
Or, when I was at Crater Lake, I was doing fairly high speed descents. No shoulders and a drop off to my right. Cars would choose to lane split and pass other bicycles climbing the hill I was descending. They didn't seem to care that I was "taking the lane", or that I had no place to go.
However, I listen and look back, but don't use a mirror so I wouldn't notice fine details of lane positioning. And, when a shoulder or bike lane is available, I am in it, at least when around other vehicles.
I have had at least one vehicle cross the fog line by a significant amount while passing, but that is rare.
I don't know about the concept of "coal". I'm sure some people have figured it out (as is likely with the kid above). However, there may also be cases when a vehicle will slow down to pass (which is a good thing), then slam the pedal to the metal once past (causing some diesel vehicles to smoke).
Some of the more annoying passes are when a vehicle decides to pass another vehicle coming towards me.
Or, when I was at Crater Lake, I was doing fairly high speed descents. No shoulders and a drop off to my right. Cars would choose to lane split and pass other bicycles climbing the hill I was descending. They didn't seem to care that I was "taking the lane", or that I had no place to go.
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I don't think I've noticed anybody swerve towards me while riding. There have been a few that passed at high speeds just inches away which I've attributed to simply ignoring me.
However, I listen and look back, but don't use a mirror so I wouldn't notice fine details of lane positioning. And, when a shoulder or bike lane is available, I am in it, at least when around other vehicles.
I have had at least one vehicle cross the fog line by a significant amount while passing, but that is rare.
I don't know about the concept of "coal". I'm sure some people have figured it out (as is likely with the kid above). However, there may also be cases when a vehicle will slow down to pass (which is a good thing), then slam the pedal to the metal once past (causing some diesel vehicles to smoke).
Some of the more annoying passes are when a vehicle decides to pass another vehicle coming towards me.
Or, when I was at Crater Lake, I was doing fairly high speed descents. No shoulders and a drop off to my right. Cars would choose to lane split and pass other bicycles climbing the hill I was descending. They didn't seem to care that I was "taking the lane", or that I had no place to go.
However, I listen and look back, but don't use a mirror so I wouldn't notice fine details of lane positioning. And, when a shoulder or bike lane is available, I am in it, at least when around other vehicles.
I have had at least one vehicle cross the fog line by a significant amount while passing, but that is rare.
I don't know about the concept of "coal". I'm sure some people have figured it out (as is likely with the kid above). However, there may also be cases when a vehicle will slow down to pass (which is a good thing), then slam the pedal to the metal once past (causing some diesel vehicles to smoke).
Some of the more annoying passes are when a vehicle decides to pass another vehicle coming towards me.
Or, when I was at Crater Lake, I was doing fairly high speed descents. No shoulders and a drop off to my right. Cars would choose to lane split and pass other bicycles climbing the hill I was descending. They didn't seem to care that I was "taking the lane", or that I had no place to go.
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I've seen people swerve towards me, thanks to my mirror; it doesn't happen a lot, but enough to where I keep an eye out... Most of the times when I see someone seeming to take a line towards me, I go into the lane, that usually freaks them out and hit the brakes.
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I don't think I've noticed anybody swerve towards me while riding. There have been a few that passed at high speeds just inches away which I've attributed to simply ignoring me.
However, I listen and look back, but don't use a mirror so I wouldn't notice fine details of lane positioning. And, when a shoulder or bike lane is available, I am in it, at least when around other vehicles.
I have had at least one vehicle cross the fog line by a significant amount while passing, but that is rare.
I don't know about the concept of "coal". I'm sure some people have figured it out (as is likely with the kid above). However, there may also be cases when a vehicle will slow down to pass (which is a good thing), then slam the pedal to the metal once past (causing some diesel vehicles to smoke).
Some of the more annoying passes are when a vehicle decides to pass another vehicle coming towards me.
Or, when I was at Crater Lake, I was doing fairly high speed descents. No shoulders and a drop off to my right. Cars would choose to lane split and pass other bicycles climbing the hill I was descending. They didn't seem to care that I was "taking the lane", or that I had no place to go.
However, I listen and look back, but don't use a mirror so I wouldn't notice fine details of lane positioning. And, when a shoulder or bike lane is available, I am in it, at least when around other vehicles.
I have had at least one vehicle cross the fog line by a significant amount while passing, but that is rare.
I don't know about the concept of "coal". I'm sure some people have figured it out (as is likely with the kid above). However, there may also be cases when a vehicle will slow down to pass (which is a good thing), then slam the pedal to the metal once past (causing some diesel vehicles to smoke).
Some of the more annoying passes are when a vehicle decides to pass another vehicle coming towards me.
Or, when I was at Crater Lake, I was doing fairly high speed descents. No shoulders and a drop off to my right. Cars would choose to lane split and pass other bicycles climbing the hill I was descending. They didn't seem to care that I was "taking the lane", or that I had no place to go.
The swerving is not subtle, and I don't need a mirror to know it's happened. This is the only motor vehicle suddenly operating to the right of the fog line, where I am, then going back to the left well in front of me. They are literally going out of their way to harass and terrify me. And the coal rollers are gunning the engine right before and during the pass, there's no slowing involved. You're lucky enough not to experience these, but there's no room for a benign interpretation of their motives. I know when I'm being attacked.
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The swerving is not subtle, and I don't need a mirror to know it's happened. This is the only motor vehicle suddenly operating to the right of the fog line, where I am, then going back to the left well in front of me. They are literally going out of their way to harass and terrify me. And the coal rollers are gunning the engine right before and during the pass, there's no slowing involved. You're lucky enough not to experience these, but there's no room for a benign interpretation of their motives. I know when I'm being attacked.
I thought human intention was too difficult to predict? Can you really attribute malice, when distracted driving is just as valid an explanation (radios, phones, and passengers have all been shown to cause serious inattentive behaviors)?
I see people swerve over the fog line with frightening regularity, whether I'm on a bicycle or following at pace in a vehicle -- unfortunately, people just don't take paint on the road all that seriously.
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I thought human intention was too difficult to predict? Can you really attribute malice, when distracted driving is just as valid an explanation (radios, phones, and passengers have all been shown to cause serious inattentive behaviors)?
I see people swerve over the fog line with frightening regularity, whether I'm on a bicycle or following at pace in a vehicle -- unfortunately, people just don't take paint on the road all that seriously.
I see people swerve over the fog line with frightening regularity, whether I'm on a bicycle or following at pace in a vehicle -- unfortunately, people just don't take paint on the road all that seriously.
I was there, you weren't. This wasn't drifting. Nothing about it indicated it was a matter of distraction, including the obviously intentional timing of the engine gunning.
And this isn't a matter of prediction, it's inferring intent from the action, something that's done in courtrooms every day.
I see that unintended "swerving" fairly frequently. It doesn't look or sound anything like the malicious variety.
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My doubt is aimed towards the jury, most of whom will be never-bicyclists, and the few who maybe ride a bit but never on the highways. Whatever the defense comes up with just has to cast reasonable doubt.
I think the wildcard in this case is the passenger in the truck, whom we've heard little from in this case.
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Even from a distance, I assume the intention was to harass in this case, and the result being assault. Testimony from the cyclists will probably be plenty for any civil cases.
My doubt is aimed towards the jury, most of whom will be never-bicyclists, and the few who maybe ride a bit but never on the highways. Whatever the defense comes up with just has to cast reasonable doubt.
I think the wildcard in this case is the passenger in the truck, whom we've heard little from in this case.
My doubt is aimed towards the jury, most of whom will be never-bicyclists, and the few who maybe ride a bit but never on the highways. Whatever the defense comes up with just has to cast reasonable doubt.
I think the wildcard in this case is the passenger in the truck, whom we've heard little from in this case.
Juries are a crap shoot, so agreed we can't know what will likely persuade them.
This is pure speculation on what will happen to this case as we have no idea what evidence and statements were gathered at the scene. There's a lot more wild cards than just the passenger's testimony.
We don't know what the defendant said at the scene and if those statements were properly recorded/transcribed. From experience handling a lot of cases, I think it's a 50-50 shot he incriminated himself while being questioned at the scene. He was never taken into custody, so Miranda rights shouldn't be an issue. But we know the cops mishandled the scene (per the DA and the Chief), so we have no idea if they even tried to question him or record what he said in some form or another. He also may have remained silent (if I was his attorney, this is what I'd hope he did).
We also don't know how many witnesses there were to the rolling coal or whether there's any kind of data recording going on in the F150 that would support that that was what he was doing.
Just to be clear, the definition of "assault" in TX includes merely threatening, so an intentional close pass with the intent to "annoy" would likely rise to the level of assault with a deadly weapon (the vehicle). Different states define assault differently, TX uses the definition that doesn't require actual physical contact. This is important because the jury could find that the assault was an intentional felony even if hitting the cyclists was not the intended result.
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If this truck ECU had been modified to allow the engine to 'roll coal', there may be a data logger incorporated as part of the (illegal) modification. Should that be the case, the information could be very interesting.
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This is a very old post. Has anyone heard what happened to the teen that hit the cyclists? Or for that matter how the cyclists are doing? There is NO info on the web that I can find. The kids name is Dylan Arnold, son of Jason & Jennifer. Sounds like they had a lot of political pull. Has anyone heard anything?,
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@Hondo Gravel is down in Texas. Perhaps he's heard some followup.
I found a discussion on the Redd It website.
https://www.******.com/r/cycling/comments/117rzd1/any_update_on_the_kid_who_ran_over_6_cyclists_in/
Notes seem to indicate felony charges. However, a lot will depend on whether he is tried as a juvenile or as an adult. However, the Red... site seems to indicate that information may be kept confidential for juvenile defendants, so there may not be a lot of information about the criminal case. That is, unless he was remanded to an adult corrections facility once he turned 18.
However, the Red... site also indicates an ongoing lawsuit as of a month ago, apparently against the parents who authorized the use of the pickup. Case number: CV22-05-0462 in Waller County
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I was thinking about this case the other day when a cyclist in Augusta got killed in a bike lane (almost no coverage by the media, but I know why but will stir up political party feathers here). I bet even if he is tried in juvie court, the victims families might say something in public.
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@Hondo Gravel is down in Texas. Perhaps he's heard some followup.
I found a discussion on the Redd It website.
https://www.******.com/r/cycling/com...6_cyclists_in/
Notes seem to indicate felony charges. However, a lot will depend on whether he is tried as a juvenile or as an adult. However, the Red... site seems to indicate that information may be kept confidential for juvenile defendants, so there may not be a lot of information about the criminal case. That is, unless he was remanded to an adult corrections facility once he turned 18.
However, the Red... site also indicates an ongoing lawsuit as of a month ago, apparently against the parents who authorized the use of the pickup. Case number: CV22-05-0462 in Waller County
Do we know whether the truck needed to be modded for coal rolling? If so, that would definitely bump it into punitive damages.
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It's old, but after reading this thread I didn't find this,
https://www.thedailybeast.com/teen-d...stock-breeders
https://www.thedailybeast.com/teen-d...stock-breeders
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He subsequently posted a video claiming that the response to the incident, which has included death threats, was an attempt to “cancel me, tarnish the shop and attack me, unprovoked.”
So the chucklehead who was rolling coal thinks he's the real victim.
So the chucklehead who was rolling coal thinks he's the real victim.
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Based on the photo in the above article, that is a contemporary model Super Duty, which means it was definitely modded.
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