Man gets a ticket for being a good samaritan

[Sawyer]

Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

If you judge this incident in a totally technical sense, he should have been charged with assault and possibly battery when he pushed the ladies from in front of the vehicle. If motivation is removed, his actions were clearly assault. The same could be said for Fire Trucks headed to a fire that exceed the posted speed. Technically, they are breaking the law.

As the other articles demonstrate, the driver took extraordinary means to run into this group by driving around stopped traffic.

Either way, I would believe his actions were justifiable in this circumstance.
My .

Is it extraordinary means to drive in the left turn lane?

"A driver of a truck was driving in the turn lane to turn from Federal onto 63rd. The report says the driver didn't see the pedestrians until it was too late. He swerved to avoid them but hit Moffett with the right front of his Dodge pickup."

The trooper puts it best.

"We don't ever want to see tragedies like this happen. That is why we can't stress enough for people to be careful and always use crosswalks," Trooper Ryan Sullivan with the Colorado State Patrol said. "We understand Mr. Moffett was doing something with great intentions, but it was still dangerous for anyone to be in the road."

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by Sawyer

Is it extraordinary means to drive in the left turn lane?

Driving around stopped traffic through the left turn lane is now an acceptable way to pass people? Maybe next time he will choose to use the sidewalk to pass stopped vehicles when he doesn't have time to wait.

Originally Posted by Sawyer

The trooper puts it best.

"We don't ever want to see tragedies like this happen. That is why we can't stress enough for people to be careful and always use crosswalks," Trooper Ryan Sullivan with the Colorado State Patrol said. "We understand Mr. Moffett was doing something with great intentions, but it was still dangerous for anyone to be in the road."

Still wondering why Trooper Ryan has not ticketed the two elderly ladies whom he was helping cross the street if that was the case. It seems as if they had chosen to cross there regardless of the consequences and he felt he should help them for some reason or another.

[Sawyer]

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Driving around stopped traffic through the left turn lane is now an acceptable way to pass people? Maybe next time he will choose to use the sidewalk to pass stopped vehicles when he doesn't have time to wait.

The guy was turning and using the turn lane, what is hard to see about that?

"A driver of a truck was driving in the turn lane to turn from Federal onto 63rd."

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Still wondering why Trooper Ryan has not ticketed the two elderly ladies whom he was helping cross the street if that was the case. It seems as if they had chosen to cross there regardless of the consequences and he felt he should help them for some reason or another.

I am wondering the same thing. They are the ones who caused all this.

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by Sawyer

The guy was turning and using the turn lane, what is hard to see about that?

"A driver of a truck was driving in the turn lane to turn from Federal onto 63rd."

Guess it depends on who you believe.
"But one pickup driver got impatient and passed in the left-hand turn lane"

[chippewastud79]

Apparently the police department has dropped the ticket against the good samaritan. It sounds like he is going to be spending quite some time in the hospital though

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090228/...ritan_ticketed