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From: Shadow <Sh@dow.br>
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Subject: Re: House arrest after killing cyclist in hit and run.
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:24:48 -0300
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:18:18 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 2/28/2025 2:49 PM, pH wrote:
>>  From today's San Jose Mercury News (28 Feb 2025).
>> 
>> https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/27/man-gets-house-arrest-for-killing-bicyclist-in-fremont-hit-and-run-crash/
>> 
>> A paywall pops up fairly soon.
>> 
>> I counter w/ a Ctrl-A as soon as the page loads to highlight all the text
>> then switch to a terminal window with and open instance of 'jstar' (or use
>> text editor or your choice), right click and "paste" and read the text
>> there.
>> 
>> I forget if I right click and 'copy' after I highlight the text...might have
>> to play around.
>> 
>> Anyway, the driver swerved over and hit the victim in the bike lane "for
>> unknown reasons" then drove on.  He eventually did call 911 however.
>
>I tried your trick, but didn't need it. I was able to read the entire 
>article.
>
>I'm amazed that the crime is classed as a misdemeanor. It's been said 
>that if you want to murder someone, be sure to do it using your car.
>
>In my view, a person who kills someone with their car should never, ever 
>be allowed to drive again.

	Far too radical. Check out what happened first, then decide
how much fault each person had. Sometimes the victim is not a victim,
he's a suicide attempt. In this case the driver was speeding AND he
invaded the bike lane.

	The only part of the story I didn't understand is that he only
returned to the crime scene AFTER he got a family member to drive him.
Was he too drunk to drive? On drugs? Or just in a state of shock?

	" The car swerved and struck him for no apparent reason,
police said at the time, then drove on."
	Strange that was not investigated. Might have had a minor
epileptic episode...

	Could just be a very badly written report ...
	[]'s
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