physics laws? Like how brake pads work?Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
with Your sense of entitlement and smug you’d be great in Lycra on a carbon fiber weight weenie machine
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physics laws? Like how brake pads work?Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
with Your sense of entitlement and smug you’d be great in Lycra on a carbon fiber weight weenie machine
Trying to mash your soft dick into an urn must be frustrating, huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
You forgot to include "bodily injury." Was rolling coal an intent to create apprehension and fear of bodily injury to another? This is a tough call. He wanted to piss the cyclists off, but how does rolling coal next to someone assault them? You could contend having to inhale diesel exhaust causes bodily injury.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcphee
I think it is definitely vehicular assault though, because all you need there is a reckless act. And rolling coal is definitely reckless driving because it often involves peeling out and fishtailing.
Apprehension and fear of bodily injury due to the fact they’re now having to ride on a highway through OPAQUE BLACK SMOKE. Goddamn, man. How are you getting thoroughly cooked by a guy with an associates degree?Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
Do you have a source for this? You seem to be the only one making shit up here.Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
Like F=ma, son. Traffic laws are all ex post facto justifications.Quote:
Originally Posted by dunfree
Your mom said the same thing, and then wrote me a check for $11000.Quote:
with Your sense of entitlement and smug you’d be great in Lycra on a carbon fiber weight weenie machine
If there were life-threatening levels of scary "OPAQUE BLACK SMOKE", how could your scam witness see what happened?Quote:
Originally Posted by mcphee
I am prepared to accept the possibility that highanger knows what happened first hand. He's definitely not one to speculate, so maybe he was in Texas.
Giving driving lessons.
Loud diesel truck rolls up (2). Black smoke envelopes people riding their bikes (2). Coal was intentionally rolled (4).Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
There are 2 types of people in this world: those that can extrapolate from incomplete data
Because he was behind group that was hit and had a clear view of the whole thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
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Originally Posted by Dantheman
Except for the "OPAQUE BLACK SMOKE", amirite?
So you're both making shit up and being intentionally obtuse, got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
Staged car accident fraud, classy guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
Why the fuck do you guys indulge the troll. It just encourages him.
Pretty sure their spandex is tugging their dingleberries and inflaming their medulla oblongatas, Doc.
What else could explain their intolerance?
Anyone else notice that our buddy in Alaska spends a lot of time thinking about guys wearing spandex? NTTAWWT. Chill HA, it's the 2020s, we accept you just the way you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
Y'all need to accept that you are sharing the roads with 16yo coal rollers and doped-up 78yo PTSD diabetics who resent you the same way they resent road cones and armadillos.
You can't argue gravity with the fall line or debate traffic law with a skidding truck. Use the bike paths. You won't get hit by cement trucks and all our insurance rates will go down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrn6EpjNTRg
Vibes about that diabetes. Good for you for making it to 78 though.Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
Breathing dangerous diesel fumes
by Karen Bowen
February 23, 2016
Every time you stand outside your rig when it’s running, you experience an
occupational hazard – diesel fumes – a recognized toxic substance.
In recent years the composition of diesel fuel has become less toxic and diesel
engines have become more efficient; however, inhaling diesel fumes over an
extended period of time can still lead to acute or short-term health effects.
Diesel fuel, like gasoline, is a hydrocarbon-based fuel. Short-term exposure to diesel
fumes, such as when you fuel your truck or clean up a small spill, can temporarily
irritate your eyes, skin or respiratory tract and/or cause dizziness, headache or
nausea. However, longer-term exposure may lead to more serious health concerns,
such as lung cancer, kidney damage, and increased risk of heart attack.
Diesel exhaust, a specific type of diesel fume, has more negative health effects than
regular diesel fumes. Short-term exposure can irritate your eyes, nose, throat and
lungs; it can cause coughs, bronchitis, headaches, lightheadedness and nausea.
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Lengthy exposure to diesel exhaust may increase your risk of developing asthma, a
variety of lung diseases, heart disease, as well as brain and immune system issues. In
studies using human volunteers, exposure to diesel exhaust particles made people
with allergies more susceptible to the materials to which they were allergic, like dust
and pollen. Exposure may also trigger lung inflammation, aggravating chronic
respiratory symptoms and increasing the frequency and severity of asthma attacks.
The 40 different toxic compounds found in diesel exhaust can cause immediate and
serious health concerns.
A complex mixture of fine particles and gases, diesel exhaust contains both
unburned diesel fuel and particulates (soot). The primary dangerous substances
found in diesel exhaust include particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen
oxides, hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, and other hazardous gases.
Diesel particulate matter (DPM), sometimes called diesel exhaust particles (DEP), is
the term used for the solid or liquid particles the exhaust carries into the air. Some
particles are visible as soot or smoke, but most are fine particulate matter, which is
composed of very small objects floating in the air, like dust, dirt, soot, smoke, and
liquid droplets. Ninety per cent of diesel particulate matter is considered fine
particulate matter (less than 2.5 microns in diameter).
Diesel particulate also contains diesel soot and aerosols, including: ash particulates,
metallic abrasion particles, silicates and sulfates. Since the fine particles are so small,
you easily inhale them deeply into your lungs where they are quickly transported into
your bloodstream. So, people with existing heart or lung disease, asthma or other
respiratory problems are most sensitive to the health effects of these fine particles.
As well, the particulates’ rough surfaces catch and carry other harmful,
environmental toxins along with them as you breathe them deeply into your lungs.
Inhaling this particulate matter may aggravate asthma, bronchitis, emphysema,
and/or cause coughing and difficult or painful breathing, decreased lung function,
weakening of the heart, heart attacks and/or premature death.
Carbon monoxide, another component of diesel exhaust, reduces your blood’s ability
to deliver oxygen to your organs, damaging these organs. Extremely high
concentrations cause death. Nitrogen oxide, also found in diesel exhaust, covers a
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group of highly reactive gases composed of various amounts of nitrogen and oxygen.
Low levels of nitrogen oxide can irritate your eyes, throat, lungs and cause coughing,
shortness of breath, tiredness and nausea. However, breathing high concentrations
can trigger more serious symptoms like rapid burning, spasms and swelling of the
throat and upper respiratory tract, reduced oxygen in your tissues and a build up of
fluid in your lungs.
Nitrogen oxides damage lung tissue, lower your body’s resistance to respiratory
infections and can increase the severity of chronic lung diseases, such as asthma.
Since studies show that people who work around diesel equipment, including truck
drivers, are more likely to develop these health issues than workers not exposed to
diesel emissions, it is important to take precautions. Even though you may not be
able to avoid fumes altogether, you reduce your risk.
Avoid breathing diesel fumes as much as possible. If you must idle your truck in an
enclosed area, such as a service bay or warehouse, keep the idling time as short as
possible. As well, be sure the ventilation system is working efficiently. When
available, use local exhaust ventilation with intake and exhaust fans, since this is
most effective. Use a tailpipe or stack exhaust, too.
However, if no local exhaust ventilation is available, avoid running your rig inside.
When necessary, use general ventilation practices: open doors and windows, use
floor fans and/or roof vents and fans. Since general ventilation distributes exhaust
throughout the inside of the building is less effective, keep idling time to a minimum.
Most people are exposed to diesel exhaust fumes daily, but your exposure is higher.
Take these precautions and let your health risks disappear into thin air.
***
Karen Bowen is a professional health and nutrition consultant, and she can be
reached at karen_bowen@yahoo.com.
Good point Ken! Why road bikers seek to subject themselves to enhanced levels of diesel fumes remains a mystery.
How many miles of bike path are there in Waller County, Texas?Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
I’ll open a betting line on whether it’s over or under highangers iq, with prop side bets on his bac.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Over iq, under bac.
Attachment 387284
No charges in Greg Knapp case
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a3708...t-by-a-driver/
The Contra Costa County District Attorney blamed the collision on the driver’s inattention, but that it was not enough to press criminal charges. In fact, the driver has not received any negligence charge or other citation, and the police have stated that the investigation is closed. The D.A.’s office released a follow up statement on September 24 to clarify its decision, according to the Pleasanton Weekly:
“Bicycle fatalities are devastating events. Following thorough review of the investigation, the Office of the District Attorney has determined that there is insufficient evidence to satisfy the requisite standard of criminal negligence on the part of the suspect driver. The dangers of distracted driving are well known; to truly promote road safety, motorists need to be attentive drivers as well,” the D.A.’s office said.
Not even a traffic citation. Knapp was riding in a bike lane at the time. If Knapp had been riding inattentively and killed the DA's kid in a crosswalk I suspect that they would have charged him. America: Where murder is legal if you use your car.
Contra Costa County might be the top road biking county in America. It's liberal, wealthy, and where the entire Bay area goes to road bike. It's full of biking infrastructure.
You’re a disgusting human.Quote:
Originally Posted by highangle
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Including the bike lane the victim was using.Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
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Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn
Thank you. I'll take the trouble to remind you the whole "Rolling coal" allegation is from 1 source. Cops at the scene didn't issue citation. Maybe they heard another story, Nancy Drew?
It was for looking not touching, apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by jono
Confusing article on the Knapp case. Says vehicle hit Knapp from behind. Also says Knapp was riding his bike in a bike lane at intersection of Dougherty Road and Bollinger Canyon Road. When you look this up on google it shows sharrows on the vehicle road. So I assume Knapp was using the sharrows and that is what they refer to as a "bike lane." I noticed the intersection includes one of those awful situations where a vehicle making a right turn has to cross over the sharrow, and a biker using the sharrow going straight has to go across the right turn lane (see below). Bottom line, this isn't Texas and I don't see a political motivation for the DA to error on the side of the driver. The county really is one of more pro-bike places in the US.
Attachment 387291
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Originally Posted by altasnob
Checks out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Criteria for vehicular manslaughter under California law:Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
1. Commits an unlawful act (not amounting to a felony);
2. With negligence, or gross negligence; and
3. Someone is killed as a proximate cause of the unlawful act.
The Knapp case involves unlawful acts (failure to yield, failure to maintain lane, failure to exercise reasonable care for the safety of others on the road), negligence (most traffic infractions, including failure to yield, are commonly cited as examples of negligent driving), and death as a proximate cause of the unlawful act.
Not saying the DA made the right call. Just saying her constituents include lots of road bikers, and I assume she knows that (DA is born and raised in Oakland, was judge for 22 years). Have to see the full reports to pass judgment. I wish the media would make public record requests for the full police reports rather than just give us scraps of info from press releases.
Maybe that information shouldn’t cost so much $. That’s if the police & courts care about people understanding them.
Public records requests are typically free. At least in Washington. Once the prosecutor has their hands on the case, the police reports have to be released to anyone who requests them. This is typically via email. Try it dunfree. Make a public records request to the Contra Costa DAs office, and San Ramon Police Department, for the full police report and post up here what you get in return.
https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/2345/Public-Records
https://www.sanramon.ca.gov/our_city..._units/records
Contra costa county website (court/public records) told me it was $0.50 a page in person or emailed. I looked before I posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
edit: since you edited even $.10 page adds up to a nontrivial bill for a news agency
Try it and report back to us. You don't pay until you get to see the final price quote. I see $3 for cd. Washington also allows charging per page, but that's only if the record only exists in paper format, which would only be really, really, old records. Washington also allows like $3 to burn the reports on a cd and mail them to you. But nothing if they can fit on an email. And I find that even if an agency can charge for records, they typically don't bother. And for high publicity cases like this they normally provide them free, and very quickly (since they are normally overwhelmed by requests). Washington is a much more fair, logical, and open state than CA, but CA can't be that bad.
It’s your point, it’s your request, it’s your fucking problem. Me? I think even in “liberal” “friendly” jurisdictions the police/prosecutors can be cozy and unaccountable.
Made the request. I would agree that both the county and the police department do a piss poor job of making it easy to request reports (they do a much better job up here in the Seattle/Tacoma area). I always knew California was an ass backwards state like Texas.