“I instructed Tuggle to exit the vehicle, at which point he nearly exited without placing the vehicle in park,” the report said. “Due to his reckless disregard for the safety of others – including himself, his passenger, other motorists, and myself – by operating the vehicle at a speed 42 mph over the limit and exceeding triple-digit speeds, I placed him under arrest for Reckless Driving and Speeding.”
Kirby alluded to the fact that one of the recent arrests occurred with an athlete that just recently attained his license last year. Apparently, Nitro didn’t even pull the Charger over onto the shoulder, instead stopping in the far right lane. Honestly, I’m surprised that these don’t have DWIs tacked on to them, given the context of some of the incident reports.
I wonder if there’s a preferred location for athletes to live off campus…and, if so, can it possibly be somewhere more centrally located in Athens where they can avoid the Loop altogether?
Georgia defensive back Daniel Harris was previously arrested for going 106 miles per hour on the loop in Athens.
Before you offer alternative transportation options for the football team, let us not forget the scooter experiment failure of 2011, when Richt was losing control of everything.
When in doubt, there’s always old reliable.
Hell, just walk. From what I hear, sounds like some of the younger guys need some extra conditioning, anyway.
As a one time resident of McWhorter Hall, let me tell you living right next to the athletic complexes and on-campus was not the panacea you think it might be – it just led to different types of “problems”…..
the old saying…young, dumb, and full of…+ a shitload of money for dudes that age.
Maybe Kirby should just get the speed limit on the loop raised? I keed or do I?
Perhaps the next construction project should be a high banked tei-oval around the outdoor practice field.
*Tri-oval. I’ve got to stop typing without my glasses. 🤦♂️
Tuggle can go fuck himself in my opinion. Pure selfishness to drive like that. There is also a distinct difference between driving fast and being able to drive fast well. I hope he gets booted.
I loved to speed at that age too, but I always made 80 MPH the highest that I would go as I thought that THAT was high enough where I was able to still maintain control of the car (while still breaking the law).
Might be better for them to drive on the loop, driving the way they do in town is more dangerous.
They got plenty of money for Ubers, but I was told before NIL these young guys wouldn’t waste their money. By told, I mean disparaged.
Honestly, I don’t mind the players being paid however people acting like there wouldn’t be consequences were foolish at best.
Its not so much the speeding or the not knowing how to pull over as it is the lack of situational awareness for me. There are places you can get away with going that fast – the outer loop and all of 316 is not that place.
As a former campus bus driver back in my day, I wholeheartedly endorse that option. Hell, if they had been on my Russell Hall night bus back in the day, they’d have even been treated to a rolling karaoke night, complete with a disco ball and over served coeds pole dancing on the hand rails. Those were the days…
I’m all for the Disco Bus!