Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Dead Vermont cyclist Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:50:39 -0500 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <74b6tjhm5rlu81m4ie4t7nara8bc9u9v7f@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:50:47 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="629b1b9818ff65759dc1a1c5093cb83c"; logging-data="390601"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1886Z+soBBYkJrXvXgh41Ig" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:DDao/+Z4lt1igNLgL0HpMlzLthg= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3134 On 3/13/2025 4:42 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:18:58 -0500, AMuzi wrote: > >> On 3/13/2025 2:11 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote: >>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:50:30 -0400, Catrike Ryder >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:55:56 -0500, AMuzi wrote: >>>> >>>>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14490079/Vermont-police-crash-cyclist-Kapitanski-Sean-Hayes.html >>>> >>>> Cop cars laptops can show him Youtube? Can he also tune in "Dancing >>>> with the Stars?" and "Howard Stern?" That's likely the kind of garbage >>>> that moron would watch. >>> >>> If he had a smartphone with internet connectivity he could run a web >>> browser on the smartphone and watch any kind of streaming content >>> including YouTube. If he had a tablet with a built in LTE cellular >>> modem, he could also use the tablet for watching YouTube. >>> >>> "Public safety smartphones and tablets" >>> >>> >>> Whether the phone or tablet was issued by the police department or was >>> owned by the officer for personal use is unknown. >> >> Semi truck drivers are convicted regularly after watching >> videos on a telephone or more frequently tapping out texts. >> When things go badly, that is construed as criminal >> negligence. As well it should be. > > It would be nice if the court would suspend his drivers license and > give him a desk job. Have him drive to work on a bicycle and see how > long he survives. If that's too harsh, maybe put him on a freeway > debris cleanup crew. The punishment should fit the crime. > Picking up litter on highways may be appropriate to a first offense vandalism (and it often is) but for a murder? I can't see where that's at all appropriate. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971