| "A car and a bicycle are both vehicles and if they are
| operated in a way that could be criminal, then charges are
| filed equally in both situations," [Corvallis police Captain
| Ron] Noble said.

=v= I agree that the bicyclist was behaving in a criminally
negligent manner, but I find this quote -- sent nationwide on
the AP newswire -- to be wildly, offensively, inaccurate.

=v= There were approximately 120 people killed by cars in the
U.S. that same day. A Google News search turns up no national
AP newswire story, or any news story at all, indicating that
a single one of them were charged with criminal negligence or
manslaughter. Ditto for the approximatley 120 people killed
by cars the day before, the day before that, etc. etc. etc.

=v= Perhaps Captain Noble could provide statistics to back up
his claim.
<_Jym_>