Kurt Busch gets 50 hours community service

#11

Exactly 'what' he must do is usually up to the county. For example,
he could produce a public service announcement, or a promotional
spot, which could burn a lot of those hours in studio or production
time and wouldn't necessarily need to be done within the county.

He must complete the 50 hours within a year, so if it must be
done within the county, it could be a problem even with two
Phoenix race dates. I guess it depends on how difficult or strict
the county wants to be.

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:19:43 GMT, "SimRacer"
<nOspaM@simracer68 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

I didn't follow the link Alan, does he have to do those 50 hours in Phoneix?
That could present a timing problem given these guys' "busy" schedules
throughout the year.

"Alan Jones" <alan (AT) alanjones (DOT) us> wrote in message
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NASCAR driver sentenced to community service for traffic citations

TOLLESON, Ariz. NASCAR driver Kurt Busch has been ordered by a
Phoenix-area judge to perform 50 hours of community service after
a highly publicized traffic stop three months ago.

Busch attorney Lee Stein says his client admitted to speeding,
following too closely and passing in a no-passing zone. The
original charge of reckless driving was dismissed.

The citations stemmed from a traffic stop in November near Phoenix
International Raceway. Busch allegedly became belligerent after a
deputy pulled him over for having taken evasive action to avoid
another car and running a stop sign.

The incident occurred the night before the Checker Auto Parts 500
at P-I-R. As a result of his run-in with the law, Busch was
suspended from the final two NASCAR races of the season by his
former team.

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=4474142&nav=14RV

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#12

In article <1139444957.767815.162150 (AT) g43g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
BigELilE05 (AT) msn (DOT) com says...

Quote:

Do some research, the handheld unit used in the field registered a BAC
much lower than allowed by law.

I don't care for KB, but facts are facts.

Whether he was legally drunk or not is not really the bottom line issue. He's
a professional race car driver and should have had the maturity to know not to
drive after drinking, period. Let alone drive like the idiot he apparently is.
It's too bad he wasn't held accountable for his actions and banned from
NASCAR. At least Jack Rousch had the balls to fire his stupid dumbo eared ass.

#13

"Electrician" <electrician (AT) xo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

In article <1139444957.767815.162150 (AT) g43g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
BigELilE05 (AT) msn (DOT) com says...

Do some research, the handheld unit used in the field registered a BAC
much lower than allowed by law.

I don't care for KB, but facts are facts.

Whether he was legally drunk or not is not really the bottom line issue.
He's
a professional race car driver and should have had the maturity to know
not to
drive after drinking, period. Let alone drive like the idiot he apparently
is.
It's too bad he wasn't held accountable for his actions and banned from
NASCAR. At least Jack Rousch had the balls to fire his stupid dumbo eared
ass.

Are you really that stupid? Kurt's BAC was .017%. For a guy Kurt's size, one
beer would have put him above that. And Jack Roush didn't fire him, he
suspended him and released him from his contract. Do you remember that Kurt
ASKED to be released?

I thought all this crap was spelled out pretty clearly last year, but
apparently some people are just too thick.

#14

MWB wrote:

Quote:

There is more to this than we are being told. I think he was drunk.

He gets 50 hours of community service for speeding, following too closely
and passing in a no-passing zone.

Who in this group hasn't done this? Sober.

Mark

Well, I got a reckless driving ticket one time for doing a burnout in a
convenience store parking lot. I had to pay the ticket and I got 50 hrs
of community service and that was with the help of a lawyer. They
wanted to give me A LOT more than that!

#15

"Ron" <BigELilE05 (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

MWB wrote:
There is more to this than we are being told. I think he was drunk.

He gets 50 hours of community service for speeding, following too
closely
and passing in a no-passing zone.

Who in this group hasn't done this? Sober.

Mark

Well, I got a reckless driving ticket one time for doing a burnout in a
convenience store parking lot. I had to pay the ticket and I got 50 hrs
of community service and that was with the help of a lawyer. They
wanted to give me A LOT more than that!

Reckless driving on private property? You should have fought it.

#16

"Alan Jones" <alan (AT) alanjones (DOT) us> wrote

Quote:

Exactly 'what' he must do is usually up to the county. For example,
he could produce a public service announcement, or a promotional
spot, which could burn a lot of those hours in studio or production
time and wouldn't necessarily need to be done within the county.

He must complete the 50 hours within a year, so if it must be
done within the county, it could be a problem even with two
Phoenix race dates. I guess it depends on how difficult or strict
the county wants to be.

I imagine they'll hold his feet to the fire pretty good with the high
profile nature of this particular case. I also know that he likely just had
the year to achieve the time, and was what got me to wondering about the
timing. 50 hours is a good long while when it is time being "served", so to
speak. I mean it's over 8 hours per day for 6 days if they were to apply a
basic workday each time out.

I can see a lot of private jet hours and fuel being spent on adhering to
this mandate this year...it will be quite an expensive 50 hours for someone
IMO.

Quote:

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:19:43 GMT, "SimRacer"
nOspaM@simracer68 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

I didn't follow the link Alan, does he have to do those 50 hours in
Phoneix?
That could present a timing problem given these guys' "busy" schedules
throughout the year.

"Alan Jones" <alan (AT) alanjones (DOT) us> wrote in message
news:k5mku1lsh3e4hnrvqqne0o42hf5c0phoup (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...

NASCAR driver sentenced to community service for traffic citations

TOLLESON, Ariz. NASCAR driver Kurt Busch has been ordered by a
Phoenix-area judge to perform 50 hours of community service after
a highly publicized traffic stop three months ago.

Busch attorney Lee Stein says his client admitted to speeding,
following too closely and passing in a no-passing zone. The
original charge of reckless driving was dismissed.

The citations stemmed from a traffic stop in November near Phoenix
International Raceway. Busch allegedly became belligerent after a
deputy pulled him over for having taken evasive action to avoid
another car and running a stop sign.

The incident occurred the night before the Checker Auto Parts 500
at P-I-R. As a result of his run-in with the law, Busch was
suspended from the final two NASCAR races of the season by his
former team.

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=4474142&nav=14RV

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#17

Indeed. At least he won't have to be seen along a highway picking
up trash in an orange jump suit.

On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:41:45 GMT, "SimRacer"
<nOspaM@simracer68 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

I imagine they'll hold his feet to the fire pretty good with the high
profile nature of this particular case. I also know that he likely just had
the year to achieve the time, and was what got me to wondering about the
timing. 50 hours is a good long while when it is time being "served", so to
speak. I mean it's over 8 hours per day for 6 days if they were to apply a
basic workday each time out.

I can see a lot of private jet hours and fuel being spent on adhering to
this mandate this year...it will be quite an expensive 50 hours for someone
IMO.

#18

SimRacer wrote:

Quote:

"Alan Jones" <alan (AT) alanjones (DOT) us> wrote in message
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Exactly 'what' he must do is usually up to the county. For example,
he could produce a public service announcement, or a promotional
spot, which could burn a lot of those hours in studio or production
time and wouldn't necessarily need to be done within the county.

He must complete the 50 hours within a year, so if it must be
done within the county, it could be a problem even with two
Phoenix race dates. I guess it depends on how difficult or strict
the county wants to be.

I imagine they'll hold his feet to the fire pretty good with the high
profile nature of this particular case. I also know that he likely just had
the year to achieve the time, and was what got me to wondering about the
timing. 50 hours is a good long while when it is time being "served", so to
speak. I mean it's over 8 hours per day for 6 days if they were to apply a
basic workday each time out.

He could easily put in the 50 hours during a week when there isn't any
Cup race.

N.

#19

pe2 wrote:

Quote:

That's ridiculous.

50 hours of community service. If it were you and I-we would be sitting in
jail right now. Another person/celebrity gets off the "hook".

Sorry-just venting!

If it were you or me, we'd pay a bigger fine and not do any time or
community service at all. These are small-time traffic charges,
nothing more. The difference here is, Maricopa wanted to make an
example out of a big-time racer. I'm not a Kurt fan, but c'mon - jail
time for non-DUI traffic charges? Likely, he could have just mailed in
the fine money if he hadn't mouthed off.

N.

#20

I don't think I would find it 'easy' but, yes, good point. He's
most likely going to have to use some of the two or three
weeks off the drivers get.

On 9 Feb 2006 11:20:49 -0800, "Nancy1" <nancy-dooley (AT) uiowa (DOT) edu>
wrote:

Quote:

He could easily put in the 50 hours during a week when there isn't any
Cup race.

N.