Speed limit vigilante sent to jail

A man took offense at another driver's speed and decided
to teach him a lesson by cutting him off and driving slowly.
He's going to jail for the crash he caused.

http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...mph-06-28.html

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John Carr )

John F. Carr wrote:
> A man took offense at another driver's speed and decided
> to teach him a lesson by cutting him off and driving slowly.
> He's going to jail for the crash he caused.
>
> http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...mph-06-28.html

This ****er gets only 30 days for PURPOSELY cutting someone off?

Talk about criminal coddling! He should have been charged with 2nd
degree attempted murder.

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>> http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...mph-06-28.html
>
> This ****er gets only 30 days for PURPOSELY cutting someone off?
>
> Talk about criminal coddling! He should have been charged with 2nd
> degree attempted murder.
>

No ****, if you read the article carefully, you will note that there was
contact between two vehicles before one of them rolled over several times,
and the driver of the rollover vehicle required surgery. Sure sounds like
2nd degree attempted murder to me. -Dave

John F. Carr wrote:
> A man took offense at another driver's speed and decided
> to teach him a lesson by cutting him off and driving slowly.
> He's going to jail for the crash he caused.
>
> http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...mph-06-28.html
>
> --
> John Carr )

Four weekends in jail and under $3K in fines? Utter and complete
horse****. Now THIS is criminal coddling, to steal a phrase from troll
being.

nate

"John F. Carr" > wrote in message
...
>A man took offense at another driver's speed and decided
> to teach him a lesson by cutting him off and driving slowly.
> He's going to jail for the crash he caused.
>
> http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...mph-06-28.html
>

I don't get this one. I've read it carefully, twice. The speed limit was
wrongfully reduced on a stretch of road, causing traffic (which doesn't
change speed, ever, especially not in response to changing a sign on the
side of the road) to suddenly be WAY over the speed limit, as opposed to
slightly over the speed limit. Someone living on that road (coincidentally,
the idiot who successfully lobbied to have the speed limit reduced) CUTS OFF
another driver, deliberately. The driver who got cut off was probably doing
the 85th percentile speed through the area (But now the 85th is way above
the posted limit). Anyway, the driver who got cut off had his car RUN INTO
by another car, and somehow that caused his car to roll over several times,
resulting in serious injury to the driver who was cut off. An injury
requiring surgery is pretty serious. (granted, it could have been a lot
worse)

At BEST, this is a airtight case of attempted vehicular homicide. It's a
miracle that the driver in the car that was cut off survived this incident.
Rollovers are often fatal.

If I was the DA, I'd probably press for attempted murder second degree. But
oddly, the vigilante was only charged with various misdemeanors.
????????????????????????????????????????? -Dave

In article >,
John F. Carr > wrote:
>A man took offense at another driver's speed and decided
>to teach him a lesson by cutting him off and driving slowly.
>He's going to jail for the crash he caused.
>
>http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...mph-06-28.html

Here is an older story with more detail:
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...8/mknepola.htm

In New York speed limits between 30 and 55 are typically
based on engineering studies rather than arbitrary political
decisions. It is not clear whether the 40 mile per hour
speed limit in this case was justified.

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John Carr )

>
> Here is an older story with more detail:
> http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...8/mknepola.htm
>
> In New York speed limits between 30 and 55 are typically
> based on engineering studies rather than arbitrary political
> decisions. It is not clear whether the 40 mile per hour
> speed limit in this case was justified.
>
> --
> John Carr )

It's perfectly clear, the 40MPH limit is NOT justified. It was changed in
response to political pressure, with no traffic engineering study.

Unrelated quote from story you just posted:

" Here, though, is a statement to the police from March 4, 2003, from a man
from Warwick:
"(He) was traveling north on Kings Highway . and came upon a vehicle that
was traveling less than 25 mph. (He) said that this backed up traffic and a
line of at least 10 cars behind him started flashing their headlights and
beeping their horns. (He) said the driver of the vehicle going less than 25
mph then stopped his vehicle . then began to drive less than 25 mph again .
then came to a complete stop . an additional two or three more times."
This time, the report states, Officer Bobby Ferrara warned Nepola that
these sorts of "actions could lead to a motor vehicle accident.
"Thomas said that he will comply with the law and not put his safety at
risk in the future," the report says.
Four months later, the speed limit on this stretch of Kings Highway was
dropped from 55 to 40 mph - a result in part to urging from Nepola, who,
police records show, also has called in the past three or so years to
complain about speeding, racing, even the plowing habits of the town's
highway department.
Earlier this year, though, on Jan. 11, a woman from Chester called the
cops and told Officer Janice Oppmann about a car that "pulled out in front
of her and stopped . then started moving very slowly and kept on stopping."
Oppmann ran the plate.
Nepola. "

So this Nepola guy is guilty of 2nd degree attempted murder, and he's
apparently a SERIAL OFFENDER. So why was he only given a slap on the wrist?
Other information in the article you referenced clearly states that this
perp is loaded to the gills, including several multi-million dollar
mansions, one overseas. So what we have here is yet another example of how
rich people are given preferential treatment. He should be in jail. Not
for a few weekends, but for a few years. Oh, and he should clearly lose his
NY driver's license, PERMANENTLY. If not, he's GOING TO (not guessing here)
kill somebody. He damn near succeeded, after several attempts (during
which, the police warned him he was likely to kill somebody, but that didn't
stop him). -Dave

In article >, John F. Carr wrote:

> In New York speed limits between 30 and 55 are typically
> based on engineering studies rather than arbitrary political
> decisions. It is not clear whether the 40 mile per hour
> speed limit in this case was justified.

based on engineering studies.... this can mean a highway engineer goes to
his tables that kind of road for a model T ford and comes up with a speed
limit of 40mph. The town council then decides they should add an
additional factor of safety and satisify the local complainers so they
put up 30mph signs. There it's based on an engineering study, and
absolutely incorrect.