Accused drunken bicyclist arrested

"Ken [NY]" wrote in message
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Accused drunken bicyclist arrested
after falling at highway intersection

CourtTV.com
Updated March 22, 2005, 10:08 a.m. ET

OGDEN, Ark. (AP) - An allegedly drunken bicyclist wound up getting a
ride to jail after a state trooper saw him take a clumsy spill at a
state highway intersection.

Don Evans, 46, was riding where U.S. 71 and Grand Street intersect
early Saturday when he fell from his mountain bike onto the highway
pavement.

Trooper Jamie Gravier was about 50 feet away.

"He was pedaling through the intersection of Highway 71 at the Grand
Street crossover and fell off the bike. The pedals kept hitting the
kick stand and he couldn't keep it up. He was in the middle of the
southbound lanes of traffic," Gravier said.

"I saw it happen and thought 'Lord, don't let someone come around the
curve.' I turned on the emergency lights and positioned the car to
warn motorists. Fortunately nobody was coming or he would have been
run over," Gravier said.

Gravier took the man to the hospital, where he was treated and
released. He was then taken to the jail and charged with public
intoxication.

Cordially,
Ken (NY)

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Where I live (in rural northern California), we have one or two "cyclists"
like this killed each year. Invariably, the victim is riding a POS bike at
night, on a dark high speed road, with no lights or reflectors (save for the
glow of the cigarette in his mouth). Most of them are homeless and/or have
lost their licenses due to previous DUI's.

GG

In article ,
"Ken [NY]" writes:

Gravier took the man to the hospital, where he was treated and
released. He was then taken to the jail and charged with public
intoxication.

If he was simply trying to get home and he wasn't bellicose
or injured from his fall, I'd have just given him and his
bike a lift home. If he was too disarticulated to function,
a peaceful sleep-over in the drunk tank, followed by a hearty
breakfast[*] in the morning and a gentle bum's rush out the door
(not forgetting to give him his bike back) should be adequate
treatment. But I'm not a cop, and I'd probably be instantly
fired if I was. I don't even drive, so the only way I could
give drunks a lift home would be if I had a pedicab or a
very large trailer.


cheers,
Tom
[*] scrambled eggs (whipped w/ a splash of milk, a shake of celery
seed, and a shake of ground chili) on multi-grain toast, a couple
of rashers of bacon & a couple of cups of strong coffee sounds good.

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