| Author | Message | ||
     Aeholton |
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060905/BREAKINGNEWS/609 05003 | ||
| Lake_bueller |
Any bets that he was either drunk or stoned? | ||
| Paw |
Damn he did a squid a$$ move in a truck. What an A-hole. | ||
| Macbuell |
It was 9PM. I wonder if the moped had lights. I assume it did but I've riden that road. It is flat and straight. I'm not sure how he could have not seen him. | ||
| Sleez |
regardless, illegal pass, double yellow, guilty! if the article is correct and accurate!? | ||
| Kdan |
Any bets that he was either drunk or stoned? You're saying that because...? I know, it's the long hair and tattoos isn't it Sgt. Prescott? He musta been hammered, he doesn't look "normal". | ||
| 99buellx1 |
...maybe because they are awaiting the results of toxicology tests before filing charges, as stated in the article. | ||
| Aeholton |
You're saying that because...? I know, it's the long hair and tattoos isn't it Sgt. Prescott? He musta been hammered, he doesn't look "normal". Or maybe the persona he portrayed on the TV of being a partier? He works hard to come across that way. I don't think it has anything to do with his tattoos or dreadlocks. Act that way and people assume the worst. | ||
| Stealthxb |
act that way and people assume the worst. Assumptions are shame. Most of the time they are incorrect. I am a ex-dreadlocked, tattooed, hooligan, biker personally portrayed in real life as a partier; yet am fully responsible for my actions and their effect on others. | ||
| No_rice |
i wonder it from personal experiance. everytime i have ever talked to him he has been hitting it hard. also same with the rest of my friends that have partied with him. also though those were different circumstances,not driving down the road in a truck. hope he wasnt but either way i think he's in some trouble for this one (Message edited by no_rice on September 05, 2006) | ||
| Kano832003 |
They do a toxicology test on pretty much any accident especially when someone dies as a result. I'm sure some of you have done something stuipd and illeagle while driving. And we should all know how hard it is to see a motorcycle and even harder to see a moped. I'm not saying Lane is innocent of any charges that may come up and it is a bad idea to pass one car in a no passing zone let alone two. But I don't think it's right to call him a squid and make him a poster child for the low life scum of this country. Had this been some unknown person in Florida you wouldn't even have heard about it. It sucks that someone had to die but I'm not going to blam Lane for all the troubles in the world. | ||
| Eboos |
"I wonder if the moped had lights." From the news article: "Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Patrick O'Neill confirmed that Morelick was riding the small motor bike. “But it was street legal,” O'Neill said this morning." It would have lights, or else it wouldn't be street legal. | ||
| Aeholton |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20060905/lo_wkmg/9791096 This article mentions that Lane was "semi-conscious". Could be from impact (damage was pretty heavy on driver side) or possibly from some sort of intoxication. | ||
| Chainsaw |
Florida Highway Patrol traffic homicide investigators said no charges were filed... WTF! Regardless of toxicology results, they could charge this asshat with reckless driving resulting in death, illegal passing, and a boatload of other traffic infractions without knowing his blood alcohol level. Dude probably wont even lose his license.  | ||
| Curtyd |
You would HOPE it would at least create a downturn in his business, but in this publicity crazed world, he'll probably sell more bikes than ever. | ||
| 1313 |
Billy Lane driving while impaired in Sailsbury, NC 1313 | ||
| Statik |
sweet dreadlocks bro. | ||
| Psyclonej |
I wonder how the AMA will respond, if at all. | ||
| Aeholton |
Billy Lane driving while impaired in Sailsbury, NC Wonder what the result of his Aug 24th court date was? | ||
| Iamike |
Some LEOs here could probably corroborate this but my guess is that they aren't filing any charges until they are sure what they can nail him with. They don't have to charge him with anything right away. In my book killing someone while passing in a no-passing zone should put him away for a long time. | ||
| Eboos |
The Discovery Channel abhors a vacuum. I'm sure they will have a new host before he even gets charged. | ||
| Notpurples2 |
That sucks. He was one of the few big name bike builders I liked. Not because of his "persona" but because he had some great ideas in engineering and design of his bikes. The irony of it is that he hit a rider, a moped rider but a rider nonetheless. Everyone I've ever know who has rode motorcycles says the same thing; "Its the other drivers you have to watch." Most people haven't been on a motorcycle, and so they don't understand or give them the respect they deserve on the road. You would think that someone who builds motorcycles for a living would be more aware of a rider on the road. But I wasn't there and I don't know the whole story. | ||
| Curtyd |
" KILL A BIKER, GO TO JAIL"... Isn't that the bumper sticker on all the pick-up trucks trailering their bikes down to Bike Week every year? | ||
| Ftd |
"maybe because they are awaiting the results of toxicology tests before filing charges, as stated in the article." Small World I work probably 30 feet from where the tox. screens will be performed. In the past I have testified in DUI vehicular manslaughter cases in FL. Seven (7) year sentences are common. YMMV FTD | ||
| Chainsaw |
Seven (7) year sentences are common I hope he gets jail time. Problem is, if he was not chemically impaired, he wont serve a day in jail. It's very frustrating to see time and time again. The message I see: If you want to commit a random murder, use a car. Do it sober, and you'll never even have 'cuffs slapped on you. | ||
| Lake_bueller |
Taken from WFTV website: "They are waiting for blood-alcohol tests to come back. That could take weeks, but they do believe they already have enough probable cause to think he was under the influence" Troopers suspect he was driving under the influence late Monday night. "We do believe he was impaired based on the evaluations the trooper did on Mr. Lane," Miller said. | ||
| Whodom |
I hope he gets jail time. Problem is, if he was not chemically impaired, he wont serve a day in jail. It's very frustrating to see time and time again. The message I see: If you want to commit a random murder, use a car. Do it sober, and you'll never even have 'cuffs slapped on you. Chainsaw, Do you know that to be true? It seems like he should get a worse sentence if he was sober, because that would mean that he knowingly and willingly passed two cars in a no-passing zone and killed the moped rider as a result. No excuses. | ||
| Ftd |
"It seems like he should get a worse sentence if he was sober, because that would mean that he knowingly and willingly passed two cars in a no-passing zone and killed the moped rider as a result. No excuses." That might make sense initially but think of a DUI vehicular manslaughter as being a combination of two mistakes. Being impaired while driving and then causing an accident. DUI vehicular manslaughter always gets you a stiffer sentence. | ||
| Rex |
he should be sentenced, if he was driving under the influence and crossed the line and hit the guy. Anyone else doing this in the country, all of the motorcyclist would be wanting the persons head. REX | ||
| Aldaytona |
If he was DUI, what's the worst thing that can happen to him.......................... Discovery Channel presents: "Prison Biker Build Off"  |
