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java
09-28-2006, 10:36 AM
http://www.kirotv.com/news/9954458/detail.html
KnottedYet
09-28-2006, 07:19 PM
A ticket for an "improper turn" when you've killed someone?
BleeckerSt_Girl
09-29-2006, 04:07 PM
Oh those photos of her bike and helmet lying on the street are just heartbreaking.
HipGnosis6
09-29-2006, 06:46 PM
A ticket for an "improper turn" when you've killed someone?

Yeah. I was ticketed as at fault in my recent bike-meets-car, for making an unsafe lane change. I was ticketed in a previous car-vs-telephone pole accident for "traveling too fast to avoid a collision", despite the accident being caused by mechanical failure. The cops virtually always ticket somebody in an accident to affix blame/liability. I'm amazed they didn't try to blame the cyclist, though. Even when they're polite, cops hate bikes.