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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on October 26, 2013 at 7:40am

Here's the link to the Woodlands Villager newspaper as well:

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/news/man-arrested-after-ro...

And yet the penalty would be up to a $20,000 fine if convicted.  I hope something's missing here.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on October 26, 2013 at 11:58am

That was a surprisingly well balanced article for texas.

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Permalink Reply by Davo on October 28, 2013 at 3:30am

I agree it seems like any article about something like this has to include something about sharing the road and how cyclists need to follow the same rules. We do have to share the road as well but that has nothing to do with jerk out there driving like kassholes.

Jeff Schneider said:

The story here is that a man wilfully injured someone.  Why did the article have to go off on a tangent about sharing the road?  If the cyclists had been violating rules of the road, would that have made the assault justified?

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:

Here's the link to the Woodlands Villager newspaper as well:

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/news/man-arrested-after-ro...

And yet the penalty would be up to a $20,000 fine if convicted.  I hope something's missing here.

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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on October 28, 2013 at 8:47am

I was eluding to jail time for what he allegedly did, not just a hefty fine.  Seems ridiculous that you can cause a crash, hop out of your vehicle with a weapon and flee the scene of the accident and just get possibly fined in the end.

Jeff Schneider said:

The story here is that a man wilfully injured someone.  Why did the article have to go off on a tangent about sharing the road?  If the cyclists had been violating rules of the road, would that have made the assault justified?

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:

Here's the link to the Woodlands Villager newspaper as well:

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/news/man-arrested-after-ro...

And yet the penalty would be up to a $20,000 fine if convicted.  I hope something's missing here.

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Permalink Reply by Ivo Iliev on October 28, 2013 at 9:20am

When a cyclist violates the rules of the road, it is very unlikely that a motorist will get injured. This is not the case for the opposite situation as we see cyclists get injured and even killed almost daily by idiots who should not be even allowed driving a car. I am not advocating that cyclists should do whatever they want and there should be no rules for us, just that certain infractions, which could result in a minor nuisance in one case and a life-threatening injury in another situation should be penalized differently.

Jeff Schneider said:

The story here is that a man wilfully injured someone.  Why did the article have to go off on a tangent about sharing the road?  If the cyclists had been violating rules of the road, would that have made the assault justified?

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:

Here's the link to the Woodlands Villager newspaper as well:

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/news/man-arrested-after-ro...

And yet the penalty would be up to a $20,000 fine if convicted.  I hope something's missing here.

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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on October 28, 2013 at 11:33am

*alluding

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:

I was eluding to jail time for what he allegedly did, not just a hefty fine.  Seems ridiculous that you can cause a crash, hop out of your vehicle with a weapon and flee the scene of the accident and just get possibly fined in the end.

Jeff Schneider said:

The story here is that a man wilfully injured someone.  Why did the article have to go off on a tangent about sharing the road?  If the cyclists had been violating rules of the road, would that have made the assault justified?

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:

Here's the link to the Woodlands Villager newspaper as well:

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/news/man-arrested-after-ro...

And yet the penalty would be up to a $20,000 fine if convicted.  I hope something's missing here.

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