FLCC> Tuesday night - Car incident on Snyder Hill

[Amanda and Mark Shenstone]

Thanks, Felix, for posting that. I have wanted to 
but wasn't sure how to go about it on a public 
forum since I have given a statement to the police 
and I didn't want to go on a public rant. You are 
correct in that this was a very serious and scary 
incident and I think we were all lucky not to have 
sustained any injury. The state police arrived 
(the driver called them!) and they immediately 
recognized that he was drunk. They asked that Alex 
and I give statements which we did. The police 
said that these things don't usually end up in 
trial but it is possible. If we need further 
statements we'll let you and Vivian know. Thanks.

Since we now know he lives at the top of the hill 
and may have even more "pent up" issues with 
cyclists, I think we need to be ever cautious and 
consider a new ending point.

Amanda

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Amanda and Mark Shenstone
Graceful Gardens
PO Box 100
Mecklenburg, NY 14886
607.387.5529
http://www.gracefulgardens.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Felix Naschold
  To: flcc at icycle.org
  Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:37 PM
  Subject: FLCC> Tuesday night - Car incident on 
Snyder Hill


  Tuesday night was my first time racing. Good fun 
and I will be back.

  Some of you may have seen or heard about the 
rather unpleasant incident
  with a drunk driver as we were coming down 
Snyder Hill after the race.
  He overtook us (a group of four) only to cut in 
front of us and break
  very hard to make us hit him. Fortunately, we 
all narrowly managed to
  avoid him and noone was hurt. In today's Ithaca 
Journal I saw that he
  was charged with drunk driving and endangering 
cyclists. I am sorry that
  I couldn't stick around until the police showed 
up, but please let me
  know (Alex?) if there is anything I can do to 
support the upcoming court
  case against him.

  Yesterday, I went up Snyder Hill again and saw 
the guy's car (light blue
  Ford Taurus DCH 7472) parked in front of the 
house at the highest point
  of Snyder Hill Rd - the house directly at the 
race's 'finish line' on
  the South side of the road. I thought I'd share 
this to be watchful up
  there. From his rants on the EH parking lot it 
was obvious that he
  wasn't only drunk but that he had pent up issues 
with cyclists.

  Felix

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  Felix Naschold
  Department of Applied Economics and Management
  Cornell University
  214 Warren Hall
  Ithaca, NY 14854, USA


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