Posted by DA on June 24, 2009, 11:26 am
I don't mean to be insensitive to the poor guy but what might have caused
them to take 3hrs 4 mins to clear the scene? I've seen bad auto accidents
with piles of metal to remove cleared faster. Was it a hard-to-reach place
(Fort Wayne, IN)?
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Posted by Datesfat Chicks on June 24, 2009, 11:57 am
>I don't mean to be insensitive to the poor guy but what might have caused
> them to take 3hrs 4 mins to clear the scene? I've seen bad auto accidents
> with piles of metal to remove cleared faster. Was it a hard-to-reach place
> (Fort Wayne, IN)?
>
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090624/LOCAL07/906249959
Be insensitive all you want. Certainly serious injury is regrettable, but
we all want answers to important questions like "how long does the head stay
alive after it is chopped off?".
I don't get it myself.
Extraction isn't an issue (like there might be with a car).
Investigation isn't an issue. The guy hit the deer. Who cares if he was
going 40 or 100? It just isn't potentially a criminal matter unless there
was a second vehicle involved. Deer don't get charged for reckless
behavior, so how it happened doesn't matter much.
And as far as charging the rider, that just won't happen. There won't be
enough evidence, and nobody has the heart to charge someone who is seriously
injured hitting a deer. Even if the rider was going 120 and they can prove
it, they probably won't mess with him.
Medical attention for the rider isn't normally an issue. Preparing him for
transport won't take but a couple tens of minutes.
Removal of the debris isn't an issue. As a bike only weighs several hundred
pounds, you can use any old method. It isn't a battle tank on the road.
So I give up.
??????
Datesfat
Posted by Twibil on June 24, 2009, 3:27 pm
wrote:
> Be insensitive all you want. Certainly serious injury is regrettable, but
> we all want answers to important questions like "how long does the head stay
> alive after it is chopped off?".
Around fifteen seconds.
Posted by armpit on June 24, 2009, 4:57 pm
wrote:
> Be insensitive all you want. Certainly serious injury is regrettable, but
> we all want answers to important questions like "how long does the head
> stay
> alive after it is chopped off?".
Around fifteen seconds.
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But not conscious due to loss of blood pressure.
Posted by Twibil on June 25, 2009, 1:47 pm
> > >Be insensitive all you want. Certainly serious injury is regrettable, but
> > >we all want answers to important questions like "how long does the head
> > >stay alive after it is chopped off?".
> > Around fifteen seconds.
> But not conscious due to loss of blood pressure.
Unfortunately wrong. Victims have been known to show signs of
awareness for up to 15 seconds or so following decapitation, although
I doubt anyone ever timed the events with a stopwatch.
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> them to take 3hrs 4 mins to clear the scene? I've seen bad auto accidents
> with piles of metal to remove cleared faster. Was it a hard-to-reach place
> (Fort Wayne, IN)?
>