This post comes from a Bike Fed blog reviewing this crash. It is normal for no citations to be issued at this point in a crash that results in a death. The crash reconstruction and blood-test results often take months, and the decision-making by the district attorneys in the individual counties also takes several months. As I follow these cases, I find that it takes a year or more before citations or criminal charges are filed.
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/bicycle-crash-victim-was-highway-commuter/article_3b26a086-6b94-53f8-8060-c2a71d0372ac.html Steve Meiers Safety educator (608) 267-1102 Box 2986 Madison WI 53701 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Brian Mink [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 5:54 PM To: Robbie Webber Cc: Meiers, Steven; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Sarah Gaskell Subject: Re: [Bikies] Bike/car fatality in Cross Plains Police reported that he (driver) was reading "papers". So purposeful, inattentive driving. Seems to me to be a slam dunk for prosecution but we all know that drivers generally get away with murder. Most DA's don't have the spine to prosecute when the weapon is a vehicle. Use a gun, knife, etc. and there is no question as to whether to prosecute. Brian Mink Monona Robbie Webber via Bikies wrote: Wow. 9 AM (daylight), and she was biking on the shoulder. The sunlight would have been behind her (although I think this morning is was cloudy and/or a few drops of rain, but not enough for that to be a factor), so the driver couldn't say the sun was in his eyes. Driver veers onto the shoulder. "Inattentive driving appears to be a factor in the crash...." How bad do things have to be for a driver to be charged? Robbie Webber Transportation geek All opinions are my own, and not necessarily those of any group or organization with which I am affiliated. Founding member, Madison Bikes<http://www.madisonbikes.org/> ...where anyone can ride a bicycle conveniently and comfortably to any place year round. MadisonBikes.org<http://www.madisonbikes.org/> Follow Madison Bikes on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBIIC/> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Meiers, Steven via Bikies <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/bicyclist-killed-near-cross-plains-pickup-truck-veered-onto-shoulder/article_91e4a996-93ec-5c62-abf1-f6a073b2a28b.html Steve Meiers Safety educator (608) 267-1102<tel:%28608%29%20267-1102> Box 2986 Madison WI 53701 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Bikies [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Dorothy Krause via Bikies Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 12:12 PM To: 'Sarah Gaskell'; 'Grant Foster'; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Bikies] Bike/car fatality in Cross Plains WISC is reporting a woman died in a bike/car accident near Stagecoach Rd and Highway 14 this morning. No specifics yet. Dorothy Krause Dane County Board of Supervisors Fitchburg Common Council [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 608-271-7532<tel:608-271-7532> Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dorothy.krause Progressive – where idealism meets reality _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- Sent from Postbox<https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campaign=reach>
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