Re: ONE FOR THE CYCLIST

My point was that we have a long way to go to be "respected" and
anything we can do to prove ourselves without being jerks is a good
thing.

ANY of the Garmin 305, 500, 705, or 800 will do what you want.

Diane


On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 11:34 AM, j.a. tackett <[email protected]> wrote:
> ok you did it Ms." D".....
> time for me to save up for a gps device....
> i like it....
>  it put the insurance snakes on the spot....
> could not slither out of that one....
> and it put the police on the spot to respect a bicyclist...
> and what a bicyclist might have on them...
> and ti educated a few attorneys ...
> you never can get away with what ever you are conjuring up in your little
> pea size reptilian jurassic minds...
>
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Diane Lees <info-q1/[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> We also mentioned this on the radio show THIS week!  :-)
>>
>> I think the more exposure these types of incidents get, the more
>> likely the police will act on them.
>>
>> The second interview I did this week was with Ryan Sabga whose Garmin
>> GPS proved his innocence in a bike/car accident.
>>
>> It was his word against the car driver and the police didn't cite
>> either one of them - although they did get the woman to admit she
>> "probably hit him" since there was a hand print and knee indent on the
>> car!
>>
>> When Ryan got home he remembered that his Garmin had been recording
>> and it proved that he was where he said he was and that this driver
>> had lied.  The insurance company paid off immediately!
>>
>> I'm certainly not trying to sell products here - just thought it was
>> very interesting that technology can work in our favor in cases like
>> these.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Diane
>> HubBub
>> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:46 AM, David Whitmon <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:33 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yesterday a man in Waco,Tx. got convicted of murder and will spend the
>> >> next 65 years in jail for killing a cyclist while driving. He can get
>> >> parolled after 30 years so at least he will be gone awhile.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Fran,
>> >>
>> >> Be who you are and say what you feel........
>> >> Because those that matter dont mind.....
>> >> And those that mind don't matter.   Anon
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Here is the news paper article.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Three-time convicted felon pleads guilty to killing bicyclist while
>> > fleeing
>> > police in 2009
>> >
>> > By Tommy Witherspoon
>> > Tribune-Herald staff writer
>> >
>> > A Waco man on trial as a habitual criminal faces up to life in prison
>> > after
>> > pleading guilty Tuesday to causing the death of a bicyclist while he was
>> > fleeing police in his car in October 2009.
>> >
>> > Marcus Cain, 37, a three-time convicted felon, pleaded guilty to evading
>> > arrest causing death and is asking a 19th State District Court jury of
>> > seven
>> > women and five men to assess his punishment.
>> >
>> > Cain pleaded guilty to striking 37-year-old Joseph Lee Ray, of Waco, who
>> > was
>> > riding his bicycle near Irving Lee Street and the Interstate 35 access
>> > road.
>> >
>> > Marcus Cain pleaded guilty to killing a man in October 2009 when he hit
>> > the
>> > man while running from police in his car.
>> >
>> > Waco police said Ray was killed instantly after Cain struck him with his
>> > gray Chevrolet Caprice while evading Waco police.
>> >
>> > In opening statements, Assistant District Attorney Lauren McLeod, who is
>> > prosecuting the case with J.R. Vicha, told the jury that Waco police
>> > officer
>> > Charles Conner spotted the Caprice driving 42 mph in a 30 mph zone on
>> > Dutton
>> > Avenue shortly before midnight.
>> >
>> > The car also swerved over the white line and had an expired registration
>> > sticker, so Conner turned on his lights and tried to pull over the
>> > driver.
>> >
>> > Cain turned right onto South 18th Street, then right again and
>> > accelerated
>> > up to 70 mph or more, McLeod said. He ran a stop sign near George’s
>> > restaurant and headed onto the southbound I-35 access road, where he ran
>> > two
>> > stop lights.
>> >
>> > At that point, Conner determined that the chase was becoming too
>> > dangerous
>> > and ended his pursuit, McLeod said.
>> >
>> > While Conner was waiting at the red light, he saw the car strike
>> > something
>> > near Irving Lee Street and then turn onto Richter Street, she said.
>> >
>> > As the officer approached, he thought he saw part of the damaged vehicle
>> > lying in the roadway. But, instead, it was Ray and his crumpled bicycle,
>> > McLeod said.
>> >
>> > Officers found the abandoned Caprice a short time later on Richter.
>> > Police
>> > used a dog to track down Cain, who was hiding in a nearby drainage pipe,
>> > McLeod said.
>> >
>> > In the meantime, officers searched the car and found an Alcoholics
>> > Anonymous
>> > registration sheet with Cain’s name on it, along with some marijuana.
>> >
>> > Officers also found marijuana in Cain’s pockets while he was being
>> > questioned at the police department.
>> >
>> > Cain denied involvement in the fatal crash, even after Detective John
>> > Clark,
>> > who searched through Cain’s cell phone, found a text message that Cain
>> > sent
>> > to his uncle while he was hiding in the drainage pipe that read, “I
>> > think I
>> > just hit someone and killed them,” McLeod told jurors.
>> >
>> > Waco attorney Robert Callahan, who is representing Cain with attorney
>> > Robert
>> > Canonico, told jurors Cain is sorry for his actions and never intended
>> > to
>> > kill Ray.
>> >
>> > “Have you ever been in a position of having to apologize for something
>> > that
>> > you know no words or actions can make up for?” Callahan said to the
>> > jury.
>> > “It’s never going to be enough. He never intended to hurt anyone.”
>> >
>> > If sentenced as a habitual criminal, Cain faces a minimum of 25 years in
>> > prison up to 99
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>>
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