Re: Road Rage Moron

In aus.bicycle on Thu, 8 May 2008 20:39:18 -0700 (PDT)
AndrewJ <AJenningsFrankston@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> Still, having 50 witnesses should make the whole process a bit more
> straightforward.
>

I'm hoping the riders did write things down as soon as possible.

Because many of them will only have seen small ****tions of it - head down,
not at the front or where the driver was supposed to have swerved - and
with the publicity their recollections could end up being unconvincing
if a decent defence counsel hammers on that enough.

The semi driver and any other uninvolved witnesses are the best bet.

I must admit I don't see how that if it is how the cyclists say, that
the driver thinks he can get away with the "had time to stop and get
out" bit. 

Unless the ones at the head of the pack were really not looking where
they were going, and so had some 15-20 seconds of inattention.  Which
is presumably what the defence will say - that the head-down bum-up
riders were only looking at the bit of tarmac in front of them. 

Zebee