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[RJ749]

Seems to me that the lawyer should find out what tires the truck was equipped with.
You can't drive a truck without tires, and you can't crash a truck you can't drive. Definitely!, the tires contributed to this tradgedy - sue Goodyear. ...And sue Firestone, too - they may make a tire model that would fit on that truck.
Holy Cow! was Billy Lane wearing a BELT??? Who made the belt? You can't go out drinking if you can't hold your pants up!
Mom always said I was argumentative enough to be a lawyer, but really... when is enough enough?

Never get out of the driveway without fuel either...........what about the truck company that delivered it to the dealer, oops what about the dealer that handed it over, it could go on and on I guess.

[the O`Fender]

Lets not forget the bar/establishment where he was served his final intoxicating beverage, they will ultimately be named in a suite too. [smiley=pumpkin.gif]

[Twolanerider]

And the Hanes company also as obviously, somewhere along the way, his shorts were way too tight.

[RedFXR2]

This just in:  Lane charged with three felonies.  He's in a lot more trouble here than he ever dreamed of in NC.  Scheduled court date is October 27.

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061018/BREAKINGNEWS/61018027

[Midnight Rider]

I've stayed out of this discussion, but if an auto manufacturer furnished a known drug/alcohol abuser with a vehicle for advertising or promotional purposes (all it takes is a simple background check for DUI/arrest records), they SHOULD be held accountable.  BL's irresponsible act of self-indulgence cost a man his life, just as surely as if he had put a gun to this guy's head and pulled the trigger.  His "weapon" of choice just happened to be a big chunk of steel and a legal drug which acted as the gunpowder. He made a conscious choice on some level. While it is true that a certain percentage of the population have a chemical dependent personality, and in fact may be born with a predisposition for drug abuse (and make no mistake that alcohol is a drug, no different, and in many ways much worse, than ANY OTHER drug), most people, including myself, have "abused" alcohol at one time or another and do not meet any reasonably set criteria for "Alcoholism".  The difference is that most of us have sense enough, or more importantly, CARE enough about the potential consequences of our actions or irresponsibility, to NOT get behind the wheel of a vehicle, much less drive recklessly intentionally.  I have absolutely NO sympathy for BL, and hope he does hard time for many, many years, is totally wiped out financially, and all other consequences possible due to his actions, though he will probably be able to wiggle out...his wiggling out has probably happened most of his life, which is what led to this unfortunate incident.

There is a small percentage of people who fit the criteria of the "Disease" as defined by the AMA, but would any sympathy be shown to this man if he was an abuser of Heroin and had gotten behind the wheel of a car/truck? This would be a different discussion if that were the case, I'm sure. His CHOICE of drugs just happens to be one condoned by society and not condemned.  In the end, each person, regardless of history, makes a CHOICE to drink/not drink, shoot up/not shoot up, snort/not snort, smoke/not smoke.  On some level, it is still a choice, and each individual who abuses drugs makes that choice every day they wake up.

[greglyon]

Let's hope Florida has not jumped on the tort reform band wagon that many states have adopted.  If they did it will be dificult if not legally impossible for the next of kin to be fairly compensated for their loss.

[RedFXR2]

This just in:

[RedFXR2]

The media article about Lane's charges is back, but not quite in the same form.

[GC_Super]

I've stayed out of this discussion, but if an auto manufacturer furnished a known drug/alcohol abuser with a vehicle for advertising or promotional purposes (all it takes is a simple background check for DUI/arrest records), they SHOULD be held accountable.

[05Rider]

I've stayed out of this discussion, but if an auto manufacturer furnished a known drug/alcohol abuser with a vehicle for advertising or promotional purposes (all it takes is a simple background check for DUI/arrest records), they SHOULD be held accountable.

[RedFXR2]

I don't see how anybody in the motorcycle world can not be outraged by the latest development.

[HUBBARD]

Hey, RedFXR,
  No matter what he pleads, or his scum-bag Lawyer pleads for him, he's done.  You didn't think he would plead guilty, or no-contest, did you?  I think BL has a conscience, and it's probably eatin' his lunch, everyday.  The sad thing is, it may be botherin' him cause he got caught, not for killing GM.  If that's the case, he's a sorry lot, indeed.  That said, he don't want to go to jail.  He'll do, or say anything, to try and weasel out of this jam he's in.  Who knows, with these panty-wasted judges, and lunatics that get called for jury duty, anything could happen.  Justice is blind in the courtroom, right?  Look at OJ.   Later--HUBBARD    

[RedFXR2]

You didn't think he would plead guilty, or no-contest, did you?

No, but it still gripes me.

[SBB]

I guess there's about as much chance of Lane standing up and saying "I have messed up big time and now stand ready to accept punishment and make retribution, your Honor" as there is of Otis telling everybody what he's really got in his Road Glide.

Now that's right!
S&S gear drives and S&S cams is what I was told.
Maybe Redshifts would have helped [smiley=nixweiss.gif]
If the truth was told!

[HUBBARD]

No, but it still gripes me.