Posted on 12/17/2020 11:38:41 AM PST by Meatspace
Legalize Meth and the other drugs. Then that won’t be a crime...
Ahh... one doesn’t fall asleep with that amount of meth in your system. He might of thought the bicyclists were shadow people.
During my years of drug counseling I’d ask each the meth users how many days or longest they would’ve stayed awake before crashing. The most extreme cases were 29 days without sleeping the longest was 32 days.
Exactly.
I have known and worked with people with the same issue. Never knew anyone that was an a 32 day crank binge, but after five or six days, they are bat poop crazy.
No one more crazy than a middle age dude on crank.
Are you for real? Seriously? I'll confess total ignorance, but I would never have guessed anywhere near that. Lord, don't people die from lack of sleep?
Drugs or not I think it ‘s simply insane to allow bicyclists on major highways used by big semi trucks. I know the cyclists will strenuously object but the two are simply incompatible. No matter how carefully planned the cycling events are, accidents will happen and cyclists will get the worst of it.
"...incompatible..."
By George, that’s the answer!
And if you give me weed, whites and wine
And show me a sign
I’ll be willin’ to be movin’
- Little Feat (and the great Lowell George)
Love that song. Takes me back to weirder days.
Virginia is for gamblers and potheads.
“The killer looks like he has Down’s Syndrome. He don’t look right.”
A few too many meth binges will do that to a person.
Motorcycles are different - they travel in the lanes and at highway speeds. Bicycles are moseying along at 10-15 mph while traffic is whizzing by at 65+, so there is a huge speed differential.
Agreed. A bunch of idiots made the choice to ride their bicycles on a highway. Too bad they were killed but smarter decisions about where to go cycling could have saved their lives.
It’s not the size, it’s the speed. Ask yourself why bicycles are mostly restricted to bike lanes on city streets. I used to drive trucks and when they’re fully loaded it takes a while to make a panic stop under the best conditions. Coming onto a bunch of bikes hidden by a curve is a problem for a loaded semi traveling at 80 mph or faster, which is the new “normal” on interstates — I just got back from an 800 mile trip so I know that for a fact. I guess if cyclists want to risk their own butts they can.
The INITIAL report said this:
“The uninjured truck driver remained on the scene, cooperated with investigators, and impairment does not appear to be an issue, officials said.”
It didn’t say anything about an arrest. Clearly that didn’t happen until the results of the blood test came in.
The link was provided in post 11 for your reading pleasure.
“It didn’t say anything about an arrest. Clearly that didn’t happen until the results of the blood test came in.
The link was provided in post 11 for your reading pleasure.”
At the time of the original articles you reference he hadn’t been arrested. duh
He was arrested yesterday, ten days after the wreck.
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