Re: Sydney Bicycle accident

"Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> **Yeah, sounded like he was coached well by his lawyer to me too. Can
you 
>> think of an engine fault which requires such emergency action, such
that 
>> the lives of 50 people were put at risk? Hell, he (allegedly)
re-started 
>> quickly enough, so he could flee the scene. Smells like bull**** to me.
>
> Of course it does, because you've already got your mind made up that he
is 
> guilty *regardless* of what actually happened.
>
> I never said he had an *engine* fault, and I've never seen that re****ted

> anywhere. All that has been said is that he had a "mechanical issue" and

> that could have been anything from a blown tyre to no brakes.

**Here are the alleged words used by the driver:

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/05/13/1210444378585.html?from=top5

"The driver, calling himself "Jason", telephoned Macquarie Radio last
Friday 
and claimed his car had stalled after "the airbox popped" and blamed the 
cyclists for failing to watch where they were going."

Is an airbox the air filter assembly? I see nothing which required the
lives 
of 50 people to be placed in jeopardy.

I should mention, at this point, that the accident occured AGAINST the 
direction of peak hour traffic. At 6:35AM, heading South on Southern Cross

Drive, the traffic is relatively light.

>
>> **Gee, I wonder why? He swerved in front of them, placing their lives
at 
>> risk.
>
> As much as I don't mind a good stoush, and the though of taking on 50 
> lycra wearing homo***ual bicycle riders could make for an entertaining 
> slap fest, I don't blame the guy for getting out of Dodge in a hurry.

**HE LEFT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT! That is against the law. BTW: Not all 
cyclists are homo***uals. I'm a little unsure of how you arrived at your 
conclusion.

>
>> **They weren't Hell's Angel bikers, for ****'s sake. They were
cyclists.
>
> It doesn't matter if they were ****ing little old ladies with training 
> wheels. The guy might have been the type who is frightened by his own 
> shadow, and 50 pissed off people is enough for most.

**He should have thought of that, BEFORE trying to cause the mayhem he did

cause. He is a ****wit.

>
>> Come to think of it: It is a shame he didn't pull the same stunt in
front 
>> of a group of Hell's Angels. I suspect the police would be
investigating 
>> an entirely different scenario. Chalk outlines and all that.
>
> Your bias in this case is staggering.

**I'm just dealing with the facts. His story doesn't add up. He left the 
scene of an accident. I hope they lock the **** up.

Trevor Wilson