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Back on the subject of turning right…
The above image is intended for a two wheeled vehicle & is non applicable in this case.
Motion to have the evidence stricken from the record.
you want to have evidence of the perfect corner stricken from the record in a conversation about right turns? you'd be disbarred in half an hour (even in CA, where anyone can practice law)
Ladies and gentleman of the jury… We are here today talking about safe practices while
DRIVING. However, the defense has attempted to pull the wool over your eyes with some deft prestidigitation, but you aren’t the rubes he believes you to be and I intend to prove that they are arguing in poor faith.
As I stated in my prior objection, the diagram presented by the defense is intended for instructional use by a motorcycle operator, as evidenced by inclusion of details such as the
application of FRONT brakes, as well as the use of counter steering technique, NEITHER of which are utilized by drivers of automobiles, thereby rendering this piece of evidence as inadmissible in the matter before the court today, which is hearing a case about DRIVERS of cars (see quote: “…People who veer/swerve left before a right turn while driving.”) rather than RIDERS of motorcycles.
My client had stated their objection to the practice of VEERING left, prior to engaging in a right hand turn. In the diagram provided by the defense, the jury can clearly see that the
RIDER of the motorcycle actually initiated their right hand turn FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, again rendering this evidence as inadmissible in this case, since (AGAIN) my client, the aggrieved motorist, S. Daniel, lodged their original complaint against DRIVERS (not motorcycle RIDERS) who
VEER LEFT before making a right turn, thereby needlessly obstructing traffic & hindering flow with the (relatively) large vehicles they operate.
Finally, I’d like to point out that the defense has presented a diagram of a scenario in which (perfect, or otherwise) the vehicle traveling the illustrated path moves through a
bend in the roadway,
as opposed to an intersection of two roads, such as at a traffic light, stop sign, or driveway, which is very clearly the scenario my client had in mind when they registered their complaint initially. Again, this factor alone should be adequate to show the evidence presented is non applicable in this case & should be stricken from the record.
In short, the defense is entering into evidence the equivalent of a knife that conveniently does not fit the defendants grip, in a murder case where the victim was shot to death and the detectives have already recovered the smoking gun, fingerprints, spent casings & all.
Your honor, good citizens of the jury: in closing I ask you to consider the reasonable nature of my client’s statement. We’re talking small town roads and automobiles here, not some MotoGP closed circuit racecourse. If the drivers that the defense is advocating for wish to apex their turns in the “perfect” manner shown in the questionable diagram, they should pay for track days like the rest of us do & keep the street racing to private roadways. I believe that the civic minded people assembled in the jury box will agree that driving on public roads already feels like Life Is A Hellride half the time, and siding with public safety & my client is the “RIGHT turn” to make today.
I rest my case, your honor.
(Whispers to Spectral Image on the way back to the table, “We’ll see about who gets disbarred now.” 😏)
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