"Lt. Jones said the driver gave a different version of events at the stop sign. By her account, Mr. Arp leapt on to the hood of her car before she turned left on to Portola Road, then fell off after she traveled about 75 feet."
Yep, that's what I always do when a car does something bad. Jump onto the hood as it speeds away, dragging my feet on the ground in an attempt to stop it. That's why Sidi shoes have replaceable heel pads.
Yep, that's what I always do when a car does something bad. Jump onto the hood as it speeds away, dragging my feet on the ground in an attempt to
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it. That's why Sidi shoes have replaceable heel pads.
Even if her version were correct, which seem very unlikely, isn't it some sort of actionable crime to drive down the road with someone on the hood of your car? Something like an attack with a deadly weapon with intent to harm.
Yep, that's what I always do when a car does something bad. Jump onto the hood as it speeds away, dragging my feet on the ground in an attempt to
stop
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it. That's why Sidi shoes have replaceable heel pads.
Even if her version were correct, which seem very unlikely, isn't it some sort of actionable crime to drive down the road with someone on the hood of your car? Something like an attack with a deadly weapon with intent to harm.
I can hear Judge Judy yelling at her now:
"Oh, Come now, Mrs Mahgilla, that didn't give you the RIGHTto DRAG him DOWN THE ROAD for 75 _FEET_, <softly> now did it?"
Yep, that's what I always do when a car does something bad. Jump onto the hood as it speeds away, dragging my feet on the ground in an attempt to stop it.
=v= Hey, it works for Fred Flintstone. Not so well for T.J. Hooker, though ... <_Jym_>
By [the driver's] account, Mr. Arp [36] leapt on to the hood of her car before she turned left on to Portola Road
Admirable acrobatics for a 36-year-old in cycling shoes.
-- "Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with much to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish crazes, it has not died out." -- The Daily Telegraph (1877)
By [the driver's] account, Mr. Arp [36] leapt on to the
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of her car before she turned left on to Portola Road
Admirable acrobatics for a 36-year-old in cycling shoes.
It's possible that when he realized he was snagged on the mirror, he did try to leap up on the hood. The adrenalin is already pumping on this incident, and I doubt many of us would know exactly how to respond to this in a moment of panic. I can imagine thinking: If I can jump up and hang onto something up on the hood, I won't be dragged to death.
It's possible that when he realized he was snagged on the mirror, he did try to leap up on the hood. The adrenalin is already pumping on this incident, and I doubt many of us would know exactly how to respond to this in a moment of panic. I can imagine thinking: If I can jump up and hang onto something up on the hood, I won't be dragged to death.
Something doesn't feel right about this. When you think about it, how in heck could you get snagged on a car mirror? Even if you try. They are carefully designed so that that cannot happen. Anything is possible, I guess. Seems more likely he was snagged on something else.
Something doesn't feel right about this. When you think about it, how in heck could you get snagged on a car mirror? Even if you try. They are carefully designed so that that cannot happen. Anything is possible, I guess. Seems more likely he was snagged on something else.
Modern car mirrors that fold in flush against the car when you bump against them are indeed designed so that you can't get snagged on them. Look at the mirrors on an older car ('70s or earlier) or aftermarket mirrors designed for a car towing a trailer, though, and it wouldn't be hard to get snagged on them. And yes, there are still plenty of '70s vintage cars running around California. -- mark
Yep, that's what I always do when a car does something bad. Jump onto the hood as it speeds away, dragging my feet on the ground in an attempt to
stop
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it. That's why Sidi shoes have replaceable heel pads.
Even if her version were correct, which seem very unlikely, isn't it some sort of actionable crime to drive down the road with someone on the hood of your car? Something like an attack with a deadly weapon with intent to harm.
If someone is attacking you while you are in your car, it is reasonable to take off, without any particular regard for the attacker's safety. At least in a case where there is this kind of disparity of force, which almost always is considered in favor of any female and/or anyone over fifty.
In this case that defense wouldn't pass the giggle test.
If someone is attacking you while you are in your car, it is reasonable to take off, without any particular regard for the attacker's safety. At least in a case where there is this kind of disparity of force, which almost always is considered in favor of any female and/or anyone over fifty.
=v= Yet she was the one armed and brandishing a deadly weapon. No doubt her lawyer would try that excuse, though; it has been successful even when ludicrous.
=v= But it ain't a done deal. <_Jym_>
P.S.: I was once a witness to a dooring. Then bicyclist doored wasn't wearing a helmet, so the motorist's lawyer said she was obviously a reckless menace to society, and so the motorist had to flee the scene. Then, without missing a beat, he argued that since I *was* wearing a helmet, I was menacing in appearance and so the motorist had to flee the scene. Astonishingly, the D.A. accepted this. Fortunately, it didn't fly in the civil suit.
Even if her version were correct, which seem very unlikely, isn't it some sort of actionable crime to drive down the road with someone on the hood of your car? Something like an attack with a deadly weapon with intent to harm.
Probably depends on who you can convince that, as a reasonable person, you believed the person was intent on doing you harm. -- PeteCresswell
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote
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Yep, that's what I always do when a car does something bad. Jump onto the hood as it speeds away, dragging my feet on the ground in an attempt to
stop
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it. That's why Sidi shoes have replaceable heel pads.
Even if her version were correct, which seem very unlikely, isn't it some sort of actionable crime to drive down the road with someone on the hood of your car? Something like an attack with a deadly weapon with intent to harm.
It is would be very easy to prove/disprove here account. If you jump on someones hood you will leave dents on the hood of the car. If there are no dents, then you know the woman was lying. -------------- Alex
