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[–] 61 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Callaghan said Stechman, who was on a learner licence, had been aggressive from the start of his interaction with Huntsman, which was an aggravating feature of his offending.

He said Stechman drove up behind Huntsman tooting his horn, even though Huntsman had been cycling at around 58 kilometres per hour in the 50 zone.

There wasn't even any reason to overtake him, I'm sure it's the kind of guy that will tell you cyclists don't respect the rules

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  • [–] 39 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Huntsman had been cycling at around 58 kilometres per hour in the 50 zone

    If that wasn't downhill, Huntsman was FAST! 😮

    Sorry for the digression, but as an avid but slow long distance cyclist, I gotta give props where they're due 😁

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  • [–] 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Yeah, this immediately jumped out at me too. Dude was fucking booking it. He was riding that shit like he was being chased, before the asshole even pulled up behind him.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Could be riding a pedal assist e-bike too no? Or do they stop helping above a certain speed? He was going ~36mph for any other freedom unit cyclists, which is pretty damn quick for any kind of bicycle!

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Not an E-bike, no. My E-bike can technically go up to 25mph before it stops assisting, but I, and everyone else I know that owns one, have it set to cutoff at 20mph. Not because 25 is particularly fast around here with good bike infrastructure (for the US,) but because I had it set to 25 for about 600 miles and the motor started making a loud high pitched whine anytime it went over 20. I didn't want to burn up the motor, so I set it to 20mph max. I now have 4000+ miles on that bike and add 150-200 miles a month.

    Electric motorcycles are a different story.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    What’s wild to me. Isn’t that abhorrent lack of justice here. But that so so so so many people are totally willing to kill someone with their car. Walking, running, riding a bike, doesn’t matter.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 weeks ago

    i once watched a documentary about some of the most wanted criminal in japan. basically there's a guy thats been to prison. in there his cellmate told him that the easiest way to kill a person is just hit them with a car, because its so hard to prove the murder intent they just charge you with negligence.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Where I'm from, if you don't lie.. you can just drive away from it, if your car still works. True story :(

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

    Who decides if something is a lie or not

    Edit: The comment made it sound like people could just drive away from the scene of the accident.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago

    Lies expose themselves? Have you not seen guilt wither the truth? It happens so much today. With enough time, a lie rots. Super easy to see. It's not immediately physical. But it does take a physical toll. On both those who see it and those who create it.

    A lie is the opposite of truth. No judgement can change this decision. It exists, does it's damage, and then the truth comes along and mops the lie up..and we start over again.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (14 children)

    That sounds like plenty of time to me.
    Though I believe, nearly all criminal sentences are shockingly too long, and punitive punishment is primitively barbaric.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 weeks ago* (12 children)

    'Prmitively barbaric'. I have never heard a combination of words that so easily betrayed pseudo-intellectualism before. That's impressive.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)
  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

    Just barbaric. Why add a useless qualifier?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

    There are modern barbarians. But I can see your point. Fixed

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (8 children)

    You know what. Props for editing your comment. I still may not agree with you, but I can appreciate you listening to criticism.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

    You came across like a massive ass, the fellow capitulated, and you continue to patronize him. Do you think you're some sort of positive influence here?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I don't think I will, and it seems like the majority agrees with my statement. Maybe you should take your own advice.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Oh no. Random people on the internet dont like me. Whatever will I do?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    A normal, decent person might be self critical for a moment and use this as a learning experience, and be more kind in the future.

    But a keyboard warrior just screams reeeeee and smashes the mountain dew cans off the desk like a child.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    I think it would be a very bad idea for "lying to the authorities" to be a crime...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    "would"? that's pretty standard everywhere already. I'm pretty sure most people who do it and are caught either get away with it Scot free, or it's added alongside another legit charge, like murdering someone in a car.

    Curious, why is it a very bad idea?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    He looks awfully sorry tho

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