Good on the guy who chased the hit and run guy. Should have contacted the police to pick the guy up, though.

Police records indicate a roadside breath test showed Ettipio's blood alcohol content was .225 percent

Maybe it's just me, but doesn't that seem a little high for just 6 beers?

"I grabbed him by the back of his shirt and said: Let's go," Benny Kirkland, 40, told The Buffalo News. "You're going to answer for what you did."

Damn, I like this guy! He's like a real life Batman.

ugh. :( How terrible.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Police records indicate a roadside breath test showed Ettipio's blood alcohol content was .225 percent

Maybe it's just me, but doesn't that seem a little high for just 6 beers?

Not if he chugged them right in a row, then took off about an hour later. IIRC, each beer can raise your BAC by about 0.04.

Darth_Lukecash: Good on the guy who chased the hit and run guy. Should have contacted the police to pick the guy up, though.

I disagree. Go back and re-read the whole story. This played out exactly the way it should have.

I would've been tempted to hit him with his own car, just to give him a taste of that medicine.

Sad, sad story, but good on the guy for taking the initiative to follow the driver.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Police records indicate a roadside breath test showed Ettipio's blood alcohol content was .225 percent

Maybe it's just me, but doesn't that seem a little high for just 6 beers?

Its all about timing. Like someone above said... its just not the amount alcohol, but also how fast you drink it. Remember, your body gets rid of the liquor slowly. Pace yourself, and you'll never be too drunk... no matter how much you drink.

downstairs: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Police records indicate a roadside breath test showed Ettipio's blood alcohol content was .225 percent

Maybe it's just me, but doesn't that seem a little high for just 6 beers?

Its all about timing. Like someone above said... its just not the amount alcohol, but also how fast you drink it. Remember, your body gets rid of the liquor slowly. Pace yourself, and you'll never be too drunk... no matter how much you drink.

That's why, using the math I mentioned above, I just get up to 2 drinks, keeping me just under the legal limit. Then, I pace myself with 1 drink per hour. This way I never go over & I'm safe to drive home.

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Like timujin said, it's a terribly sad story.

That said...

Walker: Damn, I like this guy! He's like a real life Batman.

You know, I came here *just* to post a picture of George Costanza and the quote "You're Batman."

*fistbump*

So... yeah. This dude's totally Batman.

Ettipio has been charged with second-degree vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, driving while intoxicated and failure to keep right.

Say what you will about the tragedy of drinking and driving, but failure to keep right? Lock him up and throw away the key.

Two lives destroyed, and many others irreparably scarred how sad.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: So... yeah. This dude's totally Batman.

Yeah, but is he the goddamn Batman, or just regular type? THIS IS IMPORTANT

Oh, come on. I came in here for witty banter about how DUI is a victimless crime.

*SIGH*. Guess I'll have to go wheeze somewhere else, then.

Did he reconstruct his balls from the steel of the car, or were they always that way?

Hmmm, following around some one who you think might have committed a crime, I thought we were not supposed to do that.

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Hmmm, following around some one who you think might have committed a crime, I thought we were not supposed to do that.

Well done! Now THAT will get some bites!

9/10

toxy gonna get you

Donnchadha: Ettipio has been charged with second-degree vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, driving while intoxicated and failure to keep right.

Say what you will about the tragedy of drinking and driving, but failure to keep right? Lock him up and throw away the key.

Heh, I was given a "Fleeing the scene without leaving" charge for pulling my vehicle into my driveway 20 yards away from the accident rather than leaving it in the middle of the road

Hit and run is terrible. Following the guy is commendable.

However, forcing the guy into his car to bring him back is essentially kidnapping.

He should've just gotten the address and called the police.

Why is it called hit and run? It's not like you hit someone, pull over, then start jogging. It should be called a hit and flee, or a hit and drive.

The kid on the bike was probably holding up the car and not driving close enough to the shoulder. When he starts paying road taxes and gets insurance for his bike, then we might be interested.

/channeling the Fark anti-bike brigade

Darth_Lukecash: Good on the guy who chased the hit and run guy. Should have contacted the police to pick the guy up, though.

machoprogrammer: forcing the guy into his car to bring him back is essentially kidnapping.

He should've just gotten the address and called the police.


Not only these, but stupid as well. He had no idea who or what he was dealing with, and is lucky the guy didn't pull a weapon on him.

It's the cops' job to risk their lives hauling in these wastes; let them handle it.

"The Lancaster Middle School student was headed home on his favorite orange bike after riding with friends in the village, when he was hit and left on the side of Lake Avenue."

Did he have other color bikes too that were not his favorites?

xanadian: Yeah, but is he the goddamn Batman, or just regular type? THIS IS IMPORTANT

*thinks on that*

Infinitely better than Clooney-era Batman. We can say that much.

machoprogrammer: Hit and run is terrible. Following the guy is commendable.

However, forcing the guy into his car to bring him back is essentially kidnapping.

He should've just gotten the address and called the police.

Kidnapping would impart no wrong-doing on the other guy's part. I think this qualifies more as a citizen's arrest, as the first did see him commit a series of felonies. The guy admitted at his house to committing the crime; the witness would not need to wait for police at that point to take him into custody.

Like, who's going to pay for that broken headlight? They don't fix themselves. Damned kids!

I have to watch a clip to get the story? No thanks.

I'll just take your word that the guy is batman.

/carry on.

Another reason you should always wear a helmet while riding your bike in the neighborhood. You never know when stupid will turn the corner.

WTF is so hard about not driving if you've been drinking? It doesn't matter whether or not you're driving within legal BAC limits, just don't drive if you're drinking. Walk. Take a cab. Have a friend be a DD. Take the subway/bus.

The way some people cling to their "right" to drink and drive, it seems like they'd rather give up a limb than be stopped from drinking their alcohol and then getting behind the wheel.

ArcadianRefugee: Darth_Lukecash: Good on the guy who chased the hit and run guy. Should have contacted the police to pick the guy up, though.

machoprogrammer: forcing the guy into his car to bring him back is essentially kidnapping.

He should've just gotten the address and called the police.


Not only these, but stupid as well. He had no idea who or what he was dealing with, and is lucky the guy didn't pull a weapon on him.

It's the cops' job to risk their lives hauling in these wastes; let them handle it.

This, oh and...

FTFA Kirkland, a transportation worker out on disability.

Not anymore, I bet. I say we start a pool for how long until the Follow Up story is posted about some insurance agent deciding "If you're healthy enough to chase down murderous criminals and take them into custody, you're healthy enough to be working. Goddamn no good lazy dirt bags suckling off the public teat!"

machoprogrammer: Hit and run is terrible. Following the guy is commendable.

However, forcing the guy into his car to bring him back is essentially kidnapping.

He should've just gotten the address and called the police.

I only have a GED in law, but isn't it citizen's arrest? He watched the guy commit a felony.

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Hmmm, following around some one who you think might have committed a crime, I thought we were not supposed to do that.

Aw, you bastard, I wanted to do that =(

bim1154: "The Lancaster Middle School student was headed home on his favorite orange bike after riding with friends in the village, when he was hit and left on the side of Lake Avenue."

Did he have other color bikes too that were not his favorites?

How dare that person take the law into his own hands. I bet he was a White Hispanic or some creature along those lines.

The_Original_Roxtar: bim1154: "The Lancaster Middle School student was headed home on his favorite orange bike after riding with friends in the village, when he was hit and left on the side of Lake Avenue."

Did he have other color bikes too that were not his favorites?

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After 2 double martinis, I had to look close at that.

What a hero might look like:

themeaningoflifeisnot: WTF is so hard about not driving if you've been drinking? It doesn't matter whether or not you're driving within legal BAC limits, just don't drive if you're drinking. Walk. Take a cab. Have a friend be a DD. Take the subway/bus.

The way some people cling to their "right" to drink and drive, it seems like they'd rather give up a limb than be stopped from drinking their alcohol and then getting behind the wheel.

It's almost as though drinking somehow interferes with one's judgment abilities.

ZoeNekros: machoprogrammer: Hit and run is terrible. Following the guy is commendable.

However, forcing the guy into his car to bring him back is essentially kidnapping.

He should've just gotten the address and called the police.

I only have a GED in law, but isn't it citizen's arrest? He watched the guy commit a felony.

I may be wrong, but I think the limitation is that you don't get to take people you arrest under a Citizen's whereever the hell you feel like. I'm pretty sure that is just kidnapping.

They would have found him anyway most likely. Everything worked out in this case with relation to confronting the guy but he probably should have had the police do it.

This is a bummer, man.

Not sure about jail time for the driver. It happened in Buffalo, so he'll probably just get traded to Seattle.

Although it could have ended bad,I give the guy proper respect.

On the other hand,a car did a hit and run on a cyclist in Oakland,California who happened to have a handlebar camera. Cyclist was ok. Turned out the driver was a parolee packing heat and drugs when the Oakland PD caught him.

Abduction charges filed in 5....4....3...2......

Wasilla Hillbilly: themeaningoflifeisnot: WTF is so hard about not driving if you've been drinking? It doesn't matter whether or not you're driving within legal BAC limits, just don't drive if you're drinking. Walk. Take a cab. Have a friend be a DD. Take the subway/bus.

The way some people cling to their "right" to drink and drive, it seems like they'd rather give up a limb than be stopped from drinking their alcohol and then getting behind the wheel.

It's almost as though drinking somehow interferes with one's judgment abilities.

Beat me to it.

Man. What a way to totally fark over your entire life with one really shiatty afternoon of bad decisions...

Turbo sucks town all around.

SN1987a goes boom: ZoeNekros: machoprogrammer: Hit and run is terrible. Following the guy is commendable.

However, forcing the guy into his car to bring him back is essentially kidnapping.

He should've just gotten the address and called the police.

I only have a GED in law, but isn't it citizen's arrest? He watched the guy commit a felony.

I may be wrong, but I think the limitation is that you don't get to take people you arrest under a Citizen's whereever the hell you feel like. I'm pretty sure that is just kidnapping.

Witness had lawful excuse to take and transport the offender, and then brought the perp straight to police. Had he taken a long route, or back to his place for a good beating first, or anything else, kidnapping could be brought up.

Just cause the guy didn't want to be taken does not mean he was kidnapped. And it wasn't wherever the hell he wanted, it was straight to the police.

It's a valid citizen's arrest.

CSB:

A few years back, I was riding the bus home after work when the driver suddenly stopped by a house. A big burly guy had a skinny black kid in a submission hold and the kid was screaming bloody murder. The guy had flagged down the bus and asked him to call the cops as the black kid had tried to steal the guy's son's bike right in front of both of them. He had snatched the kid off the bike just a minute before. The guys kids were standing around cheering for Dad.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Police records indicate a roadside breath test showed Ettipio's blood alcohol content was .225 percent

Maybe it's just me, but doesn't that seem a little high for just 6 beers?

Depends on what kind of beers he was drinking. For one thing the draft beers at a tavern are probably 16 ounces or more, it's also possible they were higher alcohol beers. 6 beers is enough to get you smashed if they're the right kind/size.

For those of you crying kidnapping, it sounds like the guy went willingly. He was helped into the car, not forced into the car.

At least he didn't kill a dog. Would have been okay to beat him to death.