Warning, a little gory. LA Dr. uses road rage vs. Cyclists

[Aggie_Ama]

The articles say he is being charged with a felony. If he is convicted he will have to answer yes on every job application that asks if he has been convicted of a felony. I wonder what the laws on practicing medicine with a violent felony conviction are? I believe you cannot practice law if you have been convicted of a felony, am I right lawyers? Let's hope the charges stick, although he will probably try to plea bargain out right?

Blue- How are the guys recovering?

[OakLeaf]

I believe you cannot practice law if you have been convicted of a felony, am I right lawyers?

In Ohio and Florida, it's pretty subjective on the part of the disciplinary panel and it depends on what you actually did. Could be anything from a reprimand to probation to suspension. I think for a first offense, it would have to be a lot worse than this one before someone would be permanently disbarred.

Lawyers are a lot better at policing their own than doctors are, though. My money says he doesn't get any disciplinary consequences at all. This wasn't something he did in his office to a patient, so they'll probably ignore it.

Plus, even in the rare instances where they do get disciplined, doctors just move to another state and continue to practice - supposedly the state medical boards are getting better about it, but there've been several highly publicized scandals where doctors had lost their licenses in two or three different states and just kept moving and getting re-licensed.

/thread drift off

[Bluetree]

I'm with LaGrange, 'Cat. No racing for me til next season (have some "stuff" I need to get cleaned out of my knee) but I will be working at the Brentwood Grand Prix in August. Hope you can make it!

BTW, updates about the Mandeville case is here. I'm going to try and make the Council meeting on Monday.

[BlueVet11]

Saw this on velonews just now. This guy sounds like a total jackass. His attorney says it "was jsut an unfortunate accident". Its not an accident when you intentionally brake check someone... car, bicycle, horse and buggy.

http://www.velonews.com/article/8002...ked-to-another

[ny biker]

They have filed felony charges against the driver.

http://www.velonews.com/article/8002...ked-to-another

[SheFly]

I just heard about this yesterday from my DH. Unfortunately, the context in which he was telling me about it was eerily similar...

He and two riding pals went out yesterday morning and were riding along a road in single file. A car was behind them, with another driver behind that car. The first car swung a bit wide and stopped to take a left hand turn. The trailing driver decided to pass on the right, where the cyclists were, missing them by only 6 inches or so.

Angered, DH shouted at the driver, who then did the same thing - pulled in front and slammed on the brakes. DH and his friends were able to stop, but barely. In their minds, this drive had just intentionally tried to kill them - TWICE!

Unfortunately, DH has a bit of a temper in situations like this. He chased down the driver who was stopped in traffic, kicked his car and reached through his open window and grabbed him by his shirt. He recognizes now that this was wrong (and dangerous), but said he wasn't thinking clearly given the adrenaline from the close calls.

I am just grateful that all worked out well, and that I am not visiting him in hospital today, or worse. Drivrs need to realize that as inconvenienced as they may feel, using their 3000+ lb vehicles against a biker is a losing proposition.

Ride safe out there everyone. And keep the anger in check too.

SheFly

[ny biker]

The trial has begun in this case. velonews.com is following it:

http://www.velonews.com/article/99398#

http://www.velonews.com/article/9947...-la-road-rage#

[MM_QFC!]

http://www.velonews.com/article/9980...n-la-road-rage

Glad to see that a jury found him guilty on all counts; at least this sends a strong message to all the other psycho drivers out there while also getting him off the road and headed for some jail time.

[staceysue]

This is so scary. This particular case is really awful, and we've had people on here who were hit by cars. Last week I had two people, in two different locations, deliberately run me off the road.

Shefly, I sympathize with your husband's temper. When the second person ran me off the road (after honking and glaring), I caught up with him at a stoplight and banged on his window until he got out of the car and had it out with him right there at a 4-way stop on a busy road. I'm ashamed of my behavior, but Jeez! Do they think we're wearing armor or something? Don't they know how easy it is to seriously injure or kill a person with a vehicle?

I'm scared to ride in traffic anymoe.

[ginny]

I used to ride my horse up Mandeville cnyn and the cars weren't even very nice to horses! Man, people in LA are just... horrible! I am SO glad to have left that place behind. No amount of money could lure me back