On 15 May 2007 19:26:40 -0700, Bill C <
[email protected]> wrote:
>> The guy fell into a truck, struck his head on the ground and had a high
>> speed vehicle pass within fractions of an inch from him. He can be excused
>> if he doesn't know what happened.
>>
>> It's the dumbass reporter that I think ought to be made a laughing stock.
>
>It's an insult to even use the salute dumbass with a reporter,
>especially today, to dumbasses averywhere.
Perhaps, but there are many doing a good job. And there are recorded,
demonstrated examples of cars driving over people at slow motion and
the person living will relatively little damage, so it is in the realm
of possibility for a truck to have passed over the helmeted rider. I
could see situation where certain truck axles would have the tire
largely unweighted - not unsimilar to when a buddy and I lifted and
completely unweighted the rear tire on a TR3 and watched the tire
assembly pass us on the inside, shortly before the rear touched down
and we exited into the trees.
OTOH, the REAL humor of this is TK - the relentless 'you weren't
there' critic - telling us he knows more, much more, than the guy
under the wheel. That alone is enough for me to believe the guy.
Completely.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...