State v. Patrick, 153 Ohio Misc.2d 20, 2008-Ohio-7142 Link to .pdf choice on Ohio Supreme Court internet site, or can google for it, to fast view it. It is unusual for a lower court decision to be published (so why was this 1?). The short summary is; since there was no possibly trigger for the [...]
The Arizona Republic is running all manner of “12 months in review” stories, so of course Phoenix marks 1st 12 months of light rail, Dec 26, 2009 hit the news. The light-rail cars are cyclist-friendly, greatly aiding multi-modal trips to several valley locations. The lines themselves have brought on some difficulties, though that was due [...]
This story about who can and can’t be sued in the case of wrongful death is interesting to those who follow such matters; Nevada High Court Says Pharmacies Can’t Be Sued for Death, WSJ 12/26/2009. I was more interested in a habitual prescription drug abuser who killed this guy and served a whopping 9-months. 9-months! [...]
Nicely, not precisely. After an post in “theNewspaper.com” (”a journal of the politics of driving”… an anti-photo enforcement website), the local anti-photo enforcement blogosphere Digital camera Fraud has declared that a FHWA letter will be “will be sending shock waves via the insidious network of purple light cameras across the country”. Despite the digital camera-foes’ [...]
In Arizona, rushing, like most traffic infractions, is usually a civil matter — but “excessive” dashing, defined as over 20mph (and truly over 85mph on the highway) over the posted limit, is a class 3 (minor) felony misdemeanor; it carries a theoretical maximum punishment of $500 fine and 30 days in jail. See §28-701.02. Maricopa [...]
As of Jan 1, 2009(?); Arizona has new forms. The old “Arizona Traffic Accident Report” will now be an “Arizona Crash Report”. You can see what’s on the new form here, in a presentation by Rick Turner; includes the tantalizing bullet point “Customers Will Be Able to Query, Analyze and Retrieve Their Own Crash Data”. [...]
First, some perspective: In the state of Arizona, approximately 1,000 people are killed per year in traffic collisions of all types. The number of cyclist (usually called a “pedalcyclist” in the jargon) fatalities fluctuated between15 and 36 per year over the past twenty years, with an average of about 25/year. [as a sidebar, Arizona total [...]
Larissa Jean Castilleja Larissa Jean Castilleja, 43, a Bullhead City High teacher was killed Sept 9 when a driver hit her and fled the scene. This fatality bears many similarities to several of four recent fatalities in the Phoenix-metro area this past summer. the automobile driver hit-and-ran (all 5 incidents) DUI on the part of [...]
(Phoenix, Ariz. – Oct. 7, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard is warning Arizonans to be wary of unsolicited contractors coming to your door and offering help with repairs or clean-up related to this week’s strong storms across Arizona. “From the tornadoes that touched down around Flagstaff to the golf ball-size hail that fell in parts [...]
A judge granted the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office a two-week delay in the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit that seeks records from the police agency.