[hotroadking]

A lot of folks think he's a street guy that made it big but that's really not the case, he's sharp alright, Lane also holds an Associate in Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University as well as a Bachelor in Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida International University, graduating in 1997 so he's a college boy! LOL

Yeah this could happen to anyone, coulda happened to me years ago but I quit drinking and driving.

Not worth the costs or the consequences.

[gumby321]

I Was So Tired Of Going In And Out And Starting Over Again, I Too Gave Up My Drugs. In Calif. If You Are Under The Influince You Get 90 Days. I Had A Union Job For 30 Years. Thats The Only Thing That Saved My Ass.....gumby Peace

[bikerjim1]

Alrighty then,...anyone heard anything on this subject? I've not been able to glue the eyes to the tube for quite sometime.....is Reagan still president?!!?
No, actually I'm very curious as to what Billy's disposition is / was in the matter? Was he found guilty, innocent? This thread just kinda fell off the backend. If anyone knows, please enlighten me....inquiring minds gotta know!!
Thanks folks!

[hotroadking]

Jim

Right now it's in the DA's hands they are doing all the blood tests, taking all the appropriate actions to make sure they have a conviction.


He's got some time before he does some time.

But he's going to jail, it's just for how long....

[bikerjim1]

Alright, thanks HRK.

[gumby321]

Originally Posted by bikerjim1

Alrighty then,...anyone heard anything on this subject? I've not been able to glue the eyes to the tube for quite sometime.....is Reagan still president?!!?
No, actually I'm very curious as to what Billy's disposition is / was in the matter? Was he found guilty, innocent? This thread just kinda fell off the backend. If anyone knows, please enlighten me....inquiring minds gotta know!!
Thanks folks!

LETS ALL HOPE THAT HE GETS WHAT HE DESERVES. THAT THE FAMILY OF THE GUY HE HIT GETS WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED.
THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT IN LIFE THAT THERE ARE DECESIONS THAT WE MAKE ON A DAILY BASIS, THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR LIFE
BIG TIME. HE HAD THE WORLD BY THE TAIL AND SCREWED UP HIS WHOLE LIFE NOW. FOR ALL OF YOU WHO STILL THINK YOU CAN GO BAR HOPPING AND GET ON YOUR BIKE. THINK BEFORE YOU DRINK. GUMBY PEACE 4-NYC

[voodoochild]

I always thought Billy was an ass. It always seemed to be about the him and the booze, it doesn't surprise me at all. I think it finally caught up with him. I really feel for the guys family, still a damn shame.

[gumby321]

Originally Posted by voodoochild

I always thought Billy was an ass. It always seemed to be about the him and the booze, it doesn't surprise me at all. I think it finally caught up with him. I really feel for the guys family, still a damn shame.

Yes it is a shame that a man with his talent and smarts screwed his life up just to get to some young girls panocha....plus he took a life...which is even worse. GUMBY PEACE 4-NYC

[voodoochild]

What are the chances he'll walk away like every other "celebrity", and do you think he'll ever learn anyway, even after all that he's done? Sad fact is probably not, and that poor bastards family is left in misery.

On a happy note...I just read your profile. Sounds like you've had quite the interesting career. That was always something I was interested in, never persued it, but always interested in it. Must have been fun.

[cowboy]

Unless he's related to the kennedy family he should get the time , wonder if they will let him set up shop in the big house , or will he become someone good friend

[voodoochild]

Well Cowboy, he IS a celebrity. So I'm sure they could make some arrangements to get his tools in there. As far as being someones "friend"....just glad it ain't me!

[bmore]

Originally Posted by voodoochild

Well Cowboy, he IS a celebrity. So I'm sure they could make some arrangements to get his tools in there. As far as being someones "friend"....just glad it ain't me!

Hi to one & all,
Just a note about Billy Lane; He will be in our local courtroom Feb. 2cd .His "group" of lawyers will be seting a court date with the judge.....
Also, His lawyers will be in front of a local judge on Feb. 7th . They will try and convince the judge to stop the trial.........Dismiss it ..........
Only in America !!!!!!!!!!!

[voodoochild]

If he gets away with that, someone should cap his stupid ass! It's amazing what money can do for you. Sad day boys, sad day........personally I hope he fries. If it were me or you, we'd already be in jail or on death row. You're right, only in America!

[CD]

Maybe in recent years but isn't it odd that the old men and women that run down multiple people are not charged with murder also? Billy Lane was impaired...and so is a 100 year old driver that is blind and cannot see over the steering wheel.....

I think it is all about money also.....The senior citizen wallet in FL is far fatter than Billy Lanes will ever be. The AZ will not even consider revoking a license or mandatory vision and reaction test after x-age. Why? Snow Chickens and their bucks.

As I have said before, a celebrity whether it's Britney flashing a beaver or Billy lane being a twit gets them on the front page of every media possible. There may have been five more women in the next car flashing beavers and nothing is said 'cause it is not big news. How many other victims fell to drunks on the same night?

Did Billy Lane kill someone? Apparently from what evidence we have heard.
Should he get off? Nope
Here in sunny Aridzoner (well after last nights snow, not so sunny) an idiot that kills someone while driving impaired gets at least manslaughter charges. Why is it the lil' old lady that's blind, deaf and too short to see over the steering wheel doesn't get the same charges?
It is a lot more complex than just money. Political power (AARP) is often worse than a rich boy and his lawyer.

[voodoochild]

I suppose you're right CD......what a shame, ain't it? I just hope I'm never on either side of the coin. (although I never drive impaired, quit all that **** years ago!)

[voodoo1]

Billy Lane charged in fatal wreck
COCOA - With four attorneys by his side, nationally known motorcycle designer Billy Lane quietly surrendered to authorities Monday on charges his blood alcohol was twice the legal limit during a collision that killed a 56-year-old man on a moped.

Lane was charged with driving under the influence manslaughter, driving with his license suspended and driving under the influence with serious bodily injuries in connection with a Sept. 4 accident on State Road A1A, south of Melbourne Beach.

Gerald Vernon Morelock, a Sebastian Inlet park ranger from Melbourne Beach, was killed in the head-on collision between his moped and Lane's pickup truck.

"At the time of the crash (Lane's) license had been suspended," Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Kim Miller said.

Lane's case has drawn attention from motorcycling enthusiasts across the country.

"He should have never been behind the wheel," Miller said.

After he resisted officers who tried to draw blood, Lane's blood alcohol level tested at .192, more than twice the state's legal limit of .08, Miller said.

Lane's attorney issued a statement.

"We are currently conducting our own investigation of every aspect of this accident, including the blood alcohol level," Melbourne attorney Kepler Funk said.

Morelock's brother, Byron Morelock of Indialantic, praised the effort to bring in Lane on DUI manslaughter charges. He described his brother "Jerry" as a friendly, fun-loving man who moved to Brevard from Ohio in 1984.

"I'm relieved, but I had faith in the arresting patrolman and I have faith in our legal system," said Byron Morelock.

"(The investigator) kept in touch with me and said the investigators were crossing their t's and dotting their i's. I'm relieved but it's such a shame this had to happen. There are no winners in this thing. Relieved is the wrong word -- maybe just that some of the tension is gone."

On Monday, an FHP trooper led a handcuffed Lane out of the highway patrol's Cocoa headquarters about 1:30 p.m. to a waiting patrol car.

Looking disheveled and staring ahead quietly, Lane was placed in the front seat of the patrol car, then escorted to the Brevard County Jail Complex, where he was photographed and booked into the jail. He was released within 90 minutes on a $15,000 bond, officials said.

"That does seem low, but, unfortunately for us, we don't set the bond," Miller said. "We would like to see a higher bond, but it's a standard bond."

Lane must surrender his passport and cannot drive, as part of the requirements of his bond, Miller said.

Investigators said the accident happened after Lane, the custom chopper builder featured on Discovery Channel's "Biker Build-Off" and "Monster Garage," crossed a double yellow line to pass several other vehicles before striking Morelock's 1983 Yamaha moped.

Lane had been drinking throughout the day, according to investigators. He was at Coconuts on the Beach Restaurant and Bar in Cocoa Beach earlier and left the popular nightclub and headed to Cheaters, another popular nightspot, where he had several other drinks, officials said.

Lane got on his motorcycle with a passenger identified as Erin Levens Derrick and rode to his business, Choppers, Inc., located on the 1200 block of U.S. 1 in Melbourne.

At the shop, Lane and his passenger got into a black, custom-painted 2006 Dodge Ram pickup and headed toward his beachside home.

Later on State Road A1A, a two-lane highway that parallels the beach and cuts through a residential area, Lane was spotted passing the double yellow line to speed southbound past three vehicles on the darkened road, officials said.

Several motorists told Florida Highway Patrol investigators that they saw a headlight in the distance belonging to the northbound moped ridden by Morelock. Investigators said Lane saw the light, then attempted to veer east when the pickup slammed head-on into the moped, killing Morelock instantly. The moped was destroyed, its mangled wreckage tossed 64 feet away.

Lane's pickup trucked rolled off the road, knocking over three palm trees and overturned into a power pole, reports show.

Brevard County Fire-Rescue paramedics arrived minutes later and found Lane, injured but conscious, still in the driver's seat. Paramedics said they also smelled alcohol.

Both Lane and his passenger, Derrick, were taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne for treatment.

But at the hospital, Lane, still able to speak, refused a request from investigators to draw blood. Troopers then had to hold Lane down while a nurse took the blood sample, officials said. He went home the next day.

Investigators did not immediately file charges in the case, something that raised the ire of family members and motorcycle bloggers on the Internet.

But agents -- who described the crash scene as one of the worst they had seen in recent years -- turned over Lane's blood to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement laboratory in Orlando and asked that the case be given priority.

"They actually put a rush on it, and his blood alcohol actually came back twice the legal limit of .08," Miller said.

The deadly crash was also not the only run-in with traffic enforcement for the celebrity biker. In June, North Carolina Highway Patrol officers arrested Lane on drunken driving charges.

Police in that case said Lane drove on the wrong side of a two-lane road without a helmet. Lane refused a breath test and is due in court Oct. 5 on those charges, according to the Rowan County Clerk of Courts. His refusal to take the breath test resulted in his license being suspended for a year.

"The police did the right thing and took their time," Byron Morelock said. "It just goes to show that you cannot go around drinking and driving."

BY J.D. GALLOP
FLORIDA TODAY