# Motorcyclist loses leg, car driver in jail **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclist-loses-leg-car-driver-in-jail/265870 "2004-09-24T13:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclist-loses-leg-car-driver-in-jail/265870/1 "2004-09-24T13:34:37Z")
[Seattle] The driver of a Ford Taurus turned in front of a motorcyclist, and then drove off. Police followed the trail of fluid to the driver’s ex-husband’s house. The woman did not have a driver’s license, but she did have outstanding felony warrants. An earlier report said she tried to hide the fluid trail by putting dirt on it. Even without the easily-tracked trail, she couldn’t have gotten away. She’d left her license plate at the scene. The motorcyclist’s leg was so badly damaged that it had to be amputated. The woman has been booked for (something like) vehicular assault. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclist-loses-leg-car-driver-in-jail/265870/2 "2004-09-24T13:41:15Z")
Well, thanks for sharing that inspiring little story. Somedays, I wish there were a nauseating tragedy somewhere in the world that someone \* didn’t \* feel compelled to share with the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclist-loses-leg-car-driver-in-jail/265870/3 "2004-09-24T13:43:20Z")
**Finagle** , just for you, I’m going to avoid mentioning one specific disgusting tragedy here. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclist-loses-leg-car-driver-in-jail/265870/4 "2004-09-24T13:51:01Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Well, thanks for sharing that inspiring little story. > > Somedays, I wish there were a nauseating tragedy somewhere in the world that someone \* didn’t \* feel compelled to share with the SDMB. So you couldn’t figure out what the story might be about from the thread title? Wow. Anyway, it’s a tragic story for sure. How someone could hit another person and leave the scene because they fear getting in trouble is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclist-loses-leg-car-driver-in-jail/265870/5 "2004-09-24T14:26:06Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Somedays, I wish there were a nauseating tragedy somewhere in the world that someone \* didn’t \* feel compelled to share with the SDMB. There are actually millions of nauseating tragedies every single day that go unremarked upon here and yet you choose to bitch about the one that is. Sounds to me like you want them _all_ to be ignored. Maybe you should stop feeling compelled to open every single thread. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyclist-loses-leg-car-driver-in-jail/265870/6 "2004-09-24T14:43:22Z")
Here’s another feel good story - [Officer’s Leg Amputated In Hit-And-Run Crash + Man Steals Wounded Officer’s Handgun](http://officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=17107&siteSection=1)