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FATBEGGARONABIKE wrote:

Have to agree with Mathelo that looked deliberate. admittedly there is only a short piece of footage to judge the pickup's driving but you can see it driving in lane prior to the incident then coming over (poss just to scare the cyclist) but he miss-judges it badly. I hope the driver is charged with attempted murder (vehicular homicide? I think is what the yanks call it).

You think it is deliberate attempted murder from the video? What exactly do you see that tells you that?

Do a bit of motorway driving, cars drifting out of lane isn't a rare event. You often know to give certains drivers a wide berth, because they're obviously not fully attentive. It's why the Gov't still has to run safety adverts telling tired drivers to pull over, and there's tons of research into safety devices that detect drivers nodding off.

It's a serious problems that is also criminal, but inflating the crime to "attempted murder" without anything to suggest there was intent is silly.

-and the driver didn't bother to stop. Doesn't that suggest something to you? This is appalling whatever way you look at it. There are some sick people about.

bikebot wrote:

FATBEGGARONABIKE wrote:

Have to agree with Mathelo that looked deliberate. admittedly there is only a short piece of footage to judge the pickup's driving but you can see it driving in lane prior to the incident then coming over (poss just to scare the cyclist) but he miss-judges it badly. I hope the driver is charged with attempted murder (vehicular homicide? I think is what the yanks call it).

You think it is deliberate attempted murder from the video? What exactly do you see that tells you that?

Do a bit of motorway driving, cars drifting out of lane isn't a rare event. You often know to give certains drivers a wide berth, because they're obviously not fully attentive. It's why the Gov't still has to run safety adverts telling tired drivers to pull over, and there's tons of research into safety devices that detect drivers nodding off.

It's a serious problems that is also criminal, but inflating the crime to "attempted murder" without anything to suggest there was intent is silly.

I haven't taken too much note of this particular incident, but the most likely cause is that the driver was messing with his cell phone, most likely texting. Phone use while driving isn't illegal in Texas (unless you are a school bus driver or under 18!) and is absolutely rife here. I reckon I have a 100% success rate in driving behind people and determining whether they are using their phone; they always, ALWAYS, drift in and out of their lane, just like the truck in the video. As it's not illegal and there is no need to conceal the phone use, most people's favorite method is to hold the phone up directly in front of them, just so they can keep an eye on the road at the same time as checking out what someone's kitten has done on Facebook. Welcome to the land of the free and the home of the cretinous, people!!