Get your spoons ready- bike stolen from dying rider

[Statler]

who defended him?   everyone said he's an asshole.   'tizz just pointed out some relevent law.  we don't shoot horse thieves anymore  (although that was perhaps a step backwards).

[ryandalling]

I got nothing... seems like a pretty low point in somebody's life when they stoop to this... but society is already down in the wagon ruts... so nothing suprises me any more. Sad.

[Grampa]

not many facts in the story.


maybe the rider stole/borrowed the bike

maybe the person who took it was the actual owner

maybe they were both thieves

maybe the rider called the person who picked it up

[silentbob]

who defended him?   everyone said he's an asshole.   'tizz just pointed out some relevent law.  we don't shoot horse thieves anymore  (although that was perhaps a step backwards).

In Texas they still shoot horse thieves and some states do require you to render aid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_rescue

[ryandalling]

What about this one???

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/flagger_hurt_in_hitandrun_he_a.html

Idiot rider plows down a flagger and keeps going.

[ducatiz]

who defended him?   everyone said he's an asshole.   'tizz just pointed out some relevent law.  we don't shoot horse thieves anymore  (although that was perhaps a step backwards).

i was just sayin' he probably didn't know the guy was dying (but i wasn't there).

the thieving part is good enough for me to hang him.

In Texas they still shoot horse thieves and some states do require you to render aid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_rescue

no, you're not required to render aid, read the article more closely -- it is grounds for a tort claim which means if you leave someone wihtout helping you can be SUED -- not arrested.  it isn't criminal to leave them.  and if they die, who knows?

[sqweak]

wow. just wow.

What about this one???

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/flagger_hurt_in_hitandrun_he_a.html

Idiot rider plows down a flagger and keeps going.

(to be clear, these are questions of curiosity, not defense for the asshat who ran her down)

a) What motorcyclist in their right mind would deliberately hit a person?
b) How exactly did they identify a fully geared rider as being in their 30s?

[Popeye the Sailor]

wow. just wow.

(to be clear, these are questions of curiosity, not defense for the asshat who ran her down)

a) What motorcyclist in their right mind would deliberately hit a person?
b) How exactly did they identify a fully geared rider as being in their 30s?

Because if you're in your 20's you wear shorts and flip-flops.

If you're in your 40's, you stop running people over.

[erkishhorde]

a) What motorcyclist in their right mind would deliberately hit a person?

Someone suicidal. He musta plowed her real good to not have crashed bad enough to hurt himself. That has got to suck.

[ducpenguin]

True long story short....
I crashed on an overpass, flipped over the jersey wall and fell to the ground below.  Call a friend when I finally walk to a pay phone and he goes to get my bike, which is still on the overpass.  As soon as he arrives, he has to stop the individuals pushing my bike onto their truck!
Guess it isn't too strange...Go Humanity!

[Pakhan]

whether the biker was dying or not or was his bike or stolen, he was lying on the side of the road.  You call for aid.  At least they didn't steal more than his bike.  Hope they get caught

[lauramonster]

At least they didn't steal more than his bike.  Hope they get caught

Yeah really!!  Next thing you know, an 'entrepuener' will be riding around carrying a blood type kit looking for dying people by the side of the road.  Heart, lungs, they're worth more than the bike ( just easier to steal! ).

[herm]

whether the biker was dying or not or was his bike or stolen, he was lying on the side of the road.  You call for aid.  At least they didn't steal more than his bike.  Hope they get caught

+1

[GLantern]

Yeah really!!  Next thing you know, an 'entrepuener' will be riding around carrying a blood type kit looking for dying people by the side of the road.  Heart, lungs, they're worth more than the bike ( just easier to steal! ).

Lets hope it doesn't come to that!

[ducatiz]

Yeah really!!  Next thing you know, an 'entrepuener' will be riding around carrying a blood type kit looking for dying people by the side of the road.  Heart, lungs, they're worth more than the bike ( just easier to steal! ).

New York City is planning to do just that

http://www.infoniac.com/offbeat-news/ny-plans-to-introduce-transplant-ambulance.html