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		<title>Comment on Couple killed while walking on sidewalk by azbikelaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>as of this writing, no criminal charges, or citations have ever been filed by either Scottsdale PD, or Maricopa county.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>as of this writing, no criminal charges, or citations have ever been filed by either Scottsdale PD, or Maricopa county.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Woman dies after being hit by car on Ahwatukee sidewalk by azbikelaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>crash date 8/24/2011
ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORT, DRIVER&#039;S NAME IS Austin Randall Melancon.
according to court records, there are no citations as of May 2012.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>crash date 8/24/2011<br />
ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORT, DRIVER&#8217;S NAME IS Austin Randall Melancon.<br />
according to court records, there are no citations as of May 2012.</p>
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		<title>Comment on XBMC / ECS H61H2-M2 Budget system. by Anish Patel</title>
		<link>http://azbikelaw.org/blog/xbmc/comment-page-1/#comment-15628</link>
		<dc:creator>Anish Patel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Were you able to stream 1080p on your system?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Were you able to stream 1080p on your system?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Oft-delayed Foshee Trial to begin by NKronk</title>
		<link>http://azbikelaw.org/blog/oft-delayed-foshee-trial-to-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-15600</link>
		<dc:creator>NKronk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s people like this that disgust me. Russell, Terry, and Tim were riding their bikes legally! Russ was hit and killed by a drunk driver. Could have easily been all three of them. And these people will still stick up for the drunk driver. It is NOT illegal to ride a bike at night. If Russ were driving his jeep they could have all been killed and this would have been a whole different story. The fact that the &quot;drugs&quot; were never allowed in court, is because there were not enough drugs in his system to make a difference. But the fact that The Drunk driver was still extremely drunk 4 hours later is downplayed every time.
This mentality is why we still have so many deaths caused by DUI. &quot;Blame the victim because he isn&#039;t perfect. The drunk driver didn&#039;t do anything wrong.&quot; Really?? That&#039;s why he&#039;ll be spending the next 10 years in prison!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s people like this that disgust me. Russell, Terry, and Tim were riding their bikes legally! Russ was hit and killed by a drunk driver. Could have easily been all three of them. And these people will still stick up for the drunk driver. It is NOT illegal to ride a bike at night. If Russ were driving his jeep they could have all been killed and this would have been a whole different story. The fact that the &#8220;drugs&#8221; were never allowed in court, is because there were not enough drugs in his system to make a difference. But the fact that The Drunk driver was still extremely drunk 4 hours later is downplayed every time.<br />
This mentality is why we still have so many deaths caused by DUI. &#8220;Blame the victim because he isn&#8217;t perfect. The drunk driver didn&#8217;t do anything wrong.&#8221; Really?? That&#8217;s why he&#8217;ll be spending the next 10 years in prison!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Oft-delayed Foshee Trial to begin by NKronk</title>
		<link>http://azbikelaw.org/blog/oft-delayed-foshee-trial-to-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-15596</link>
		<dc:creator>NKronk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PAM
I looked up the &quot;public records&quot;  Shame on you. The warrant was never issued until after his death! For something that happened in 2003!! Again 6 years before his death. Please pull your head out of your A#$ and get your facts straight. The case is CLOSED!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PAM<br />
I looked up the &#8220;public records&#8221;  Shame on you. The warrant was never issued until after his death! For something that happened in 2003!! Again 6 years before his death. Please pull your head out of your A#$ and get your facts straight. The case is CLOSED!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Oft-delayed Foshee Trial to begin by NKronk</title>
		<link>http://azbikelaw.org/blog/oft-delayed-foshee-trial-to-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-15593</link>
		<dc:creator>NKronk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PAM So easy to post and belittle someone who is no longer here to defend themselves. If you read the report then you would obviously know that Russell was NOT impaired. Minute traces is not impaired. Yes ask his Mother. Did Russ have a drug problem? Yes..5 years before he was taken  from us. Do I believe Russ was using again on a regular basis? NO. Russ lived with me I would have known. Russ was an ugly person when he used. Did I  know where he was every night? Why should I?? He was 24 years old and didnt need my permission to go out! Facts are facts. Russ screwed up. We all do. But should he be punished again and again for something that happened 5 years before his death?? WTF? So many seem so bent on blaming the guys on bikes! What about the one drinking and driving AGAIN!! Ask anyone in Queen Creek that knows him! They will be happy to tell you he was known for drinking and driving most weekends! Had any of you cared enough to be at the trial you would have known that Russ didnt even want to ride to Wal-Mart that night. he had to WORK the next day. And if you have so much access to Russ&#039;s personal info then you should also print facts!! Russ has a VALID drivers license!! OMG Get a life. Stop beating your wife and let Russ Rest in Peace!!! I&#039;m sure your not perfect and would not appreciate all your dirty laundry aired in public!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PAM So easy to post and belittle someone who is no longer here to defend themselves. If you read the report then you would obviously know that Russell was NOT impaired. Minute traces is not impaired. Yes ask his Mother. Did Russ have a drug problem? Yes..5 years before he was taken  from us. Do I believe Russ was using again on a regular basis? NO. Russ lived with me I would have known. Russ was an ugly person when he used. Did I  know where he was every night? Why should I?? He was 24 years old and didnt need my permission to go out! Facts are facts. Russ screwed up. We all do. But should he be punished again and again for something that happened 5 years before his death?? WTF? So many seem so bent on blaming the guys on bikes! What about the one drinking and driving AGAIN!! Ask anyone in Queen Creek that knows him! They will be happy to tell you he was known for drinking and driving most weekends! Had any of you cared enough to be at the trial you would have known that Russ didnt even want to ride to Wal-Mart that night. he had to WORK the next day. And if you have so much access to Russ&#8217;s personal info then you should also print facts!! Russ has a VALID drivers license!! OMG Get a life. Stop beating your wife and let Russ Rest in Peace!!! I&#8217;m sure your not perfect and would not appreciate all your dirty laundry aired in public!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on 11-year-old killed in crosswalk collision by azbikelaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 04:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is some minutia about comparisons between the ACR and what is in the ADOT database...

Incident date: 2010-08-05
ADOTReceivedDate: 2010-12-09 (why?)
Date Completed: 8/6/2010
Status: 200 (no errors)
InvestigatedAtScene: -1 (the report says yes)
PhotosTakenFlag: -1 (the report says yes)
DateTimeInvestigated: 1900-01-01 (report says 8/5/10)
The report doesn&#039;t list any seat position (p3), but it&#039;s in the DB.
The report shows damage to the front of the vehicle (unit 2), which:
    1) isn&#039;t in the DB; and, 2) doesn&#039;t make sense to me how the driver didn&#039;t see the girl
The report shows neither &quot;event sequence&quot;, or Road Alignment for unit
    1, but they&#039;re in the DB.
The report gives the Latitude and Longitude to only 2 decimal points,
    but the DB has 13 (?)
The report doesn&#039;t have a &quot;lane&quot; for the cyclist, but the DB has
    &quot;crosswalk&quot; (consistent with narrative)

Data missing (-1) in the DB: InvestigatedAtScene, PhotosTaken, DateTimeInvestigated

Data in the DB which isn&#039;t on the report (where&#039;s it from?):
Unit1: RoadAlignment and EventSequence, Lane
Unit2: Damage, SeatPosition
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is some minutia about comparisons between the ACR and what is in the ADOT database&#8230;</p>
<p>Incident date: 2010-08-05<br />
ADOTReceivedDate: 2010-12-09 (why?)<br />
Date Completed: 8/6/2010<br />
Status: 200 (no errors)<br />
InvestigatedAtScene: -1 (the report says yes)<br />
PhotosTakenFlag: -1 (the report says yes)<br />
DateTimeInvestigated: 1900-01-01 (report says 8/5/10)<br />
The report doesn&#8217;t list any seat position (p3), but it&#8217;s in the DB.<br />
The report shows damage to the front of the vehicle (unit 2), which:<br />
    1) isn&#8217;t in the DB; and, 2) doesn&#8217;t make sense to me how the driver didn&#8217;t see the girl<br />
The report shows neither &#8220;event sequence&#8221;, or Road Alignment for unit<br />
    1, but they&#8217;re in the DB.<br />
The report gives the Latitude and Longitude to only 2 decimal points,<br />
    but the DB has 13 (?)<br />
The report doesn&#8217;t have a &#8220;lane&#8221; for the cyclist, but the DB has<br />
    &#8220;crosswalk&#8221; (consistent with narrative)</p>
<p>Data missing (-1) in the DB: InvestigatedAtScene, PhotosTaken, DateTimeInvestigated</p>
<p>Data in the DB which isn&#8217;t on the report (where&#8217;s it from?):<br />
Unit1: RoadAlignment and EventSequence, Lane<br />
Unit2: Damage, SeatPosition</p>
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		<title>Comment on Jaywalking in Arizona by JCH</title>
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		<dc:creator>JCH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;jaywalking&quot; in and of itself is a pro-car, anti-ped term. It has no legal definition and is used as a catch-all for any &quot;illegal&quot; ped action. Never mind that many of those offenses aren&#039;t actually illegal (or unsafe). We would never consider using a term like &quot;jaydriving&quot; which would be the equivalent. It should be banished from our vocabulary.

Originally it referred to country bumpkins that walked the sidewalks, creating an obstacle to other pedestrians as the offending rube gawked a the big city sights. Later it came to be used in its current vernacular upon the ascendancy of the automobile as king of the public space.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;jaywalking&#8221; in and of itself is a pro-car, anti-ped term. It has no legal definition and is used as a catch-all for any &#8220;illegal&#8221; ped action. Never mind that many of those offenses aren&#8217;t actually illegal (or unsafe). We would never consider using a term like &#8220;jaydriving&#8221; which would be the equivalent. It should be banished from our vocabulary.</p>
<p>Originally it referred to country bumpkins that walked the sidewalks, creating an obstacle to other pedestrians as the offending rube gawked a the big city sights. Later it came to be used in its current vernacular upon the ascendancy of the automobile as king of the public space.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Are Cars Dangerous? by azbikelaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 06:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Woman runs over ped in crosswalk; Chandler police say they &quot;might&quot; ticket her -- or maybe not since it was &quot;truly&quot; and accident.
There are (marked) crosswalks at all crossings of that intersection, and the curbs by the way have a h-u-g-e radius http://g.co/maps/5vp2m:

Man run over by 69-year-old woman in Chandler
by Philip Haldiman - Apr. 28, 2012 10:07 PM

A man was run over in Chandler by a woman who continued driving and later made a stop to go shopping, officials said.

Sgt. Joe Favazzo, a Chandler Police spokesman, said a 69-year-old woman stopped at a light at the intersection of Chandler Boulevard and Price Road late Saturday afternoon.

Police said the woman unknowingly ran over a man, 18, who got off his bike to push it across the street.

&quot;The SUV stopped at Chandler Boulevard to make a right hand turn onto Price,&quot; Favazzo said. &quot;She looks to the left, not paying attention to the right. And he gets swept under the car, and she thinks she hit the curb and continues on, running over the man with her back tires.&quot;

The woman continued driving down the street and parked at a Famous Footwear shoe store, where she went in to go shopping.

&quot;She had no idea she just ran a person over,&quot; he said.

The man was taken to the hospital with a broken clavicle.

&quot;He had non-life threatening injuries, but he did have tire prints over his abdomen,&quot; he said.

Favazzo said officials are leaning toward not filing criminal charges against the woman.

&quot;It&#039;s hard to say what they will do. She might be given a citation,&quot; he said. &quot;This was really and truly an accident. It was a tragic event, and a good reminder to look both ways and always be vigilant.&quot;

Officials did not release the names of the driver or the victim.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2012/04/28/20120428chandler-woman-hits-man-car.html

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per city of chandler, the driver&#039;s name is Sandra Venier and according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chandleraz.gov/cjis/courtcasesearch/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;City&#039;s court website&lt;/a&gt; there have been nothing filed (not even a citation) against her as of this writing(5/9/2010)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 12:13:07 -0700
From: Seth.Tyler@chandleraz.gov
Subject: Re: Question from Website

Driver&#039;s name is Sandra Venier

To:    joseph.favazzo@chandleraz.gov, seth.tyler@chandleraz.gov, 
patrick.ormerod@chandleraz.gov
Date:  05/04/2012 11:00 AM
Subject:        Question from Website

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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.entrekinlaw.com/contact&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Attorney Lance Entrekin&lt;/a&gt; wrote about the incident in his column &quot;Legal Matters&quot; that appeared in the Arizona Republic local section on 5/9/2010 (i can&#039;t find online).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Woman runs over ped in crosswalk; Chandler police say they &#8220;might&#8221; ticket her &#8212; or maybe not since it was &#8220;truly&#8221; and accident.<br />
There are (marked) crosswalks at all crossings of that intersection, and the curbs by the way have a h-u-g-e radius <a href="http://g.co/maps/5vp2m" rel="nofollow">http://g.co/maps/5vp2m</a>:</p>
<p>Man run over by 69-year-old woman in Chandler<br />
by Philip Haldiman &#8211; Apr. 28, 2012 10:07 PM</p>
<p>A man was run over in Chandler by a woman who continued driving and later made a stop to go shopping, officials said.</p>
<p>Sgt. Joe Favazzo, a Chandler Police spokesman, said a 69-year-old woman stopped at a light at the intersection of Chandler Boulevard and Price Road late Saturday afternoon.</p>
<p>Police said the woman unknowingly ran over a man, 18, who got off his bike to push it across the street.</p>
<p>&#8220;The SUV stopped at Chandler Boulevard to make a right hand turn onto Price,&#8221; Favazzo said. &#8220;She looks to the left, not paying attention to the right. And he gets swept under the car, and she thinks she hit the curb and continues on, running over the man with her back tires.&#8221;</p>
<p>The woman continued driving down the street and parked at a Famous Footwear shoe store, where she went in to go shopping.</p>
<p>&#8220;She had no idea she just ran a person over,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>The man was taken to the hospital with a broken clavicle.</p>
<p>&#8220;He had non-life threatening injuries, but he did have tire prints over his abdomen,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Favazzo said officials are leaning toward not filing criminal charges against the woman.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to say what they will do. She might be given a citation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This was really and truly an accident. It was a tragic event, and a good reminder to look both ways and always be vigilant.&#8221;</p>
<p>Officials did not release the names of the driver or the victim.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2012/04/28/20120428chandler-woman-hits-man-car.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2012/04/28/20120428chandler-woman-hits-man-car.html</a></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>per city of chandler, the driver&#8217;s name is Sandra Venier and according to <a href="http://www.chandleraz.gov/cjis/courtcasesearch/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">City&#8217;s court website</a> there have been nothing filed (not even a citation) against her as of this writing(5/9/2010)<br />
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 12:13:07 -0700<br />
From: <a href="mailto:Seth.Tyler@chandleraz.gov">Seth.Tyler@chandleraz.gov</a><br />
Subject: Re: Question from Website</p>
<p>Driver&#8217;s name is Sandra Venier</p>
<p>To:    <a href="mailto:joseph.favazzo@chandleraz.gov">joseph.favazzo@chandleraz.gov</a>, <a href="mailto:seth.tyler@chandleraz.gov">seth.tyler@chandleraz.gov</a>,<br />
<a href="mailto:patrick.ormerod@chandleraz.gov">patrick.ormerod@chandleraz.gov</a><br />
Date:  05/04/2012 11:00 AM<br />
Subject:        Question from Website</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.entrekinlaw.com/contact" rel="nofollow">Attorney Lance Entrekin</a> wrote about the incident in his column &#8220;Legal Matters&#8221; that appeared in the Arizona Republic local section on 5/9/2010 (i can&#8217;t find online).</p>
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		<title>Comment on Jaywalking in Arizona by azbikelaw</title>
		<link>http://azbikelaw.org/blog/jaywalking-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-15205</link>
		<dc:creator>azbikelaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Invention of Jaywalking

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/04/invention-jaywalking/1837/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Invention of Jaywalking</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/04/invention-jaywalking/1837/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/04/invention-jaywalking/1837/</a></p>
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