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From: ALAN FAIRLEY
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00
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> I had a great time this morning Blading between Freedon Blvd and >Downtown Santa Cruz, as I do about two to five times a week. Have >gotten the roadways down pretty good, know where the major dangers >are, know which sections of road I like and hate, which hills have >to be delt with more carefully than others, what intersections have >the most maniacs at them in general. > [snip] > Now, I took off down the hill and possitioned my body in "fast mode" >to enjoy the hill to it's most. However, halfway down, at 30+ MPH, a >psycopath decided to make a show of proving how big and bad his little >brown Toyota Truck was compared to me and made a swerve at me, before >I could think. My middle fingers both went up at him. [physical confrontation snipped] Moral of story: don't engage. Nothing you do will get the guy to change his behavior, which is what we ultimately want. If you do want to get the guy, get his license number and file a civil claim for assault (assault= intentionally putting a person in apprehension of an immediate harmful contact) in small claims court. Witnesses help. If he doesn't show, you can collect a default judgment. Alan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f437d,7e3c0020d46131fc X-Google-Attributes: gidf437d,public X-Google-Thread: 10decc,7e3c0020d46131fc X-Google-Attributes: gid10decc,public X-Google-Thread: 10d50a,7e3c0020d46131fc X-Google-Attributes: gid10d50a,public X-Google-Thread: 10658a,7e3c0020d46131fc X-Google-Attributes: gid10658a,public From: fairley@law.ucla.edu (ALAN FAIRLEY) Subject: Re: Blades and Psycopaths... Date: 1995/07/19 Message-ID: <fairley.589.300D6A0C@law.ucla.edu> X-Deja-AN: 106544673 references: <3uidrt$92j@news.scruz.net> organization: UCLA School of Law newsgroups: scruz.general,rec.bicycles.misc,ba.bicycles,alt.skate