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From: Arif Khokar on 3 May 2010 21:44 http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/245523 > A Roanoke County police officer and two others were injured Monday > morning in a wreck on Interstate 81 in Glenvar, officials said. > > The officer was operating stationary radar in his cruiser on the right > side of northbound I-81 at mile marker 134 about 11:30 a.m. when a Ford > Taurus ran off the left side of the highway, overcorrected and came > across both northbound lanes, according to state police spokesman Sgt. > Rob Carpentieri. The sedan struck the police car, forcing it over onto > its side. > > The driver of the Taurus, Eleanor Galliher, 73, of Tazewell, and her > husband, Jerry Galliher, 76, were taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial > Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, Carpentieri said. The > officer, Christopher Gass, of Roanoke, was taken to the hospital in > another police car by his supervisor. The driver was LLBing and not paying attention. Had he not crashed, he wouldn't have been cited. OTOH, a safe driver keeping right except to pass but driving over the limit would have been cited. Interesting how that works, eh?
From: richard on 3 May 2010 22:19 On Mon, 03 May 2010 21:44:21 -0400, Arif Khokar wrote: > http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/245523 > >> A Roanoke County police officer and two others were injured Monday >> morning in a wreck on Interstate 81 in Glenvar, officials said. >> >> The officer was operating stationary radar in his cruiser on the right >> side of northbound I-81 at mile marker 134 about 11:30 a.m. when a Ford >> Taurus ran off the left side of the highway, overcorrected and came >> across both northbound lanes, according to state police spokesman Sgt. >> Rob Carpentieri. The sedan struck the police car, forcing it over onto >> its side. >> >> The driver of the Taurus, Eleanor Galliher, 73, of Tazewell, and her >> husband, Jerry Galliher, 76, were taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial >> Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, Carpentieri said. The >> officer, Christopher Gass, of Roanoke, was taken to the hospital in >> another police car by his supervisor. > > The driver was LLBing and not paying attention. Had he not crashed, he > wouldn't have been cited. OTOH, a safe driver keeping right except to > pass but driving over the limit would have been cited. Interesting how > that works, eh? You're always assuming things not mentioned or known. You say LLB. How about excessive speeding?
From: Arif Khokar on 3 May 2010 22:49 On 5/3/2010 10:19 PM, richard wrote: > On Mon, 03 May 2010 21:44:21 -0400, Arif Khokar wrote: > >> http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/245523 >> >>> A Roanoke County police officer and two others were injured Monday >>> morning in a wreck on Interstate 81 in Glenvar, officials said. >>> >>> The officer was operating stationary radar in his cruiser on the right >>> side of northbound I-81 at mile marker 134 about 11:30 a.m. when a Ford >>> Taurus ran off the left side of the highway, overcorrected and came >>> across both northbound lanes, according to state police spokesman Sgt. >>> Rob Carpentieri. The sedan struck the police car, forcing it over onto >>> its side. >>> >>> The driver of the Taurus, Eleanor Galliher, 73, of Tazewell, and her >>> husband, Jerry Galliher, 76, were taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial >>> Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, Carpentieri said. The >>> officer, Christopher Gass, of Roanoke, was taken to the hospital in >>> another police car by his supervisor. >> >> The driver was LLBing and not paying attention. >> Had he not crashed, he wouldn't have been cited. Edit: Had *she* not crashed, *she* wouldn't have been cited. >> OTOH, a safe driver keeping right except to >> pass but driving over the limit would have been cited. Interesting how >> that works, eh? > You're always assuming things not mentioned or known. How do you run off the *left* side of the highway if you're driving in the right lane? > You say LLB. How about excessive speeding? When was the last time you saw a female driver in her 70s excessively speeding?
From: Brent on 4 May 2010 09:39 On 2010-05-04, Arif Khokar <akhokar1234(a)wvu.edu> wrote: > When was the last time you saw a female driver in her 70s excessively > speeding? Need to define excessive. 15-20 over isn't uncommon around here. Then again IL interstate speed limits are a good 10-15mph below normal for the rest of the nation.
From: N8N on 4 May 2010 09:44
On May 3, 10:49 pm, Arif Khokar <akhokar1...(a)wvu.edu> wrote: > When was the last time you saw a female driver in her 70s excessively > speeding? In my opinion, or in the opinion of the state of Virginia? The answer depends on how you phrase the question. nate |