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BGBD

(3,282 posts)
41. This kind of thing has happened several times
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 12:02 PM
Jul 2021

and each time it was because the person driving away was so blitzed that they didn't realize it was even happening.

Odds are this guys BAC was .25.

Sober people who weren't at fault don't run from fatal accidents....especially with bodies or motorcycles stuck to their cars.

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I'm sure he didn't realize that he had hit the biker COL Mustard Jul 2021 #1
For Bicyclists Old Crank Jul 2021 #2
It's been tried even with safety yellow and blinking lights. plimsoll Jul 2021 #19
Well, this certainly couldn't have been caused by the Republican. The Libtard on the Vinca Jul 2021 #3
We know the political affiliation of the motorcyclist? Treefrog Jul 2021 #34
You know what a sense of humor is? My post is a potential excuse the Vinca Jul 2021 #35
Uh, ok. Treefrog Jul 2021 #36
Sarcasm often isn't funny. No requirement that it be so. nt Blue_true Jul 2021 #48
Is this unusual in Pennsylvania? twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #4
The motorcyclist was - obviously - suicidally depressed . . . hatrack Jul 2021 #5
I am sure that the republican lie machine is working up a story to make Blue_true Jul 2021 #47
I don't know. Blue_playwright Jul 2021 #6
"Let's see before we pile on." Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #29
People "react" like this when they're shitfaced drunk too. Texin Jul 2021 #31
That was my first thought. WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2021 #44
That is unambiguously evil behavior, very typical of members of the Reptilian Party. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #32
I can't imagine the mororcycle inserted through his grill not being able to shake his reverie ... marble falls Jul 2021 #40
A person like you described SHOULD NOT be driving a motor vehicle. Blue_true Jul 2021 #46
How in the world could someone not grasp TNNurse Jul 2021 #7
Oh he knew obamanut2012 Jul 2021 #10
So he is counting on the stupidity of others??? TNNurse Jul 2021 #15
He's a Republican--what do YOU think? durablend Jul 2021 #16
It says car, maybe he was in a new model truck? plimsoll Jul 2021 #21
We don't have the toxicology report on the driver of the car as to presence Ford_Prefect Jul 2021 #24
7 hours of investigation... lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #33
WIthout reference to anything else I can accept that the driver was in shock Ford_Prefect Jul 2021 #39
Every criminal has motivations. Those are not adequate excuses. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #42
I doubt the judge will find them exculpatory either. Ford_Prefect Jul 2021 #43
A woman drove through the gate at a neighborhood whopis01 Jul 2021 #25
South Dakota attorney general still in office Mysterian Jul 2021 #8
This Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #30
I cannot imagine ever getting behind the wheel that drunk obamanut2012 Jul 2021 #9
Perhaps he thought he was protected by a ticket fixing scheme bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #11
Only toxicology tests on the deceased? LiberalFighter Jul 2021 #12
Shouldn't he be charged with hit and run? LiberalFighter Jul 2021 #13
That's what I can't figure out. He obviously knew he'd been in a wreck, because Wingus Dingus Jul 2021 #26
Sometimes bluedevil4 Jul 2021 #14
He'll plead the same thing Trump did for a year: NO COLLISION Mr. Ected Jul 2021 #17
You are fine in my book. Ligyron Jul 2021 #18
I get 'cha. Ilsa Jul 2021 #23
Just because the motorcycle was stuck to the front of his car Danascot Jul 2021 #20
Makes sense. twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #27
I had heard this story on the news here in Philly BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #22
A sign of TRUMP STRENGTH Tiger8 Jul 2021 #28
Typical Jilly_in_VA Jul 2021 #37
Absolutely not. It seems to be a repellent pattern. benfranklin1776 Jul 2021 #38
This kind of thing has happened several times BGBD Jul 2021 #41
Don't you know??? Blue_true Jul 2021 #45
soon to be "former" GOP candidate for Gov. ZonkerHarris Jul 2021 #49
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