Monday, September 25, 2006 Billy Lane update...and my thoughts

Monday, September 25, 2006 Billy Lane update...and my thoughts


Current mood: contemplative

Oh my, I was really hoping for his sake that this would not be the case. That poor family, and I can only imagine the voices in Billy Lane's head these few weeks. Those of us who are alcoholics, know what I am referring to. That could have been me so many times. I don't even know what .192 feels like, as I was very lucky to not get a DWI (so I never got a test) in my drinking career. All I know is many times that voice ate at me, and kept telling me what could happen. Every time I got behind the wheel, with way more than my share in me...I knew what I was doing. No matter what excuse I gave myself, I knew what I was doing. Even though I may have an illness, I was still perfectly capable of stopping myself...almost. I don't know that I could live with myself had that been me. So know matter how wrong it was of him, my heart still bleeds for him- besides the family. Now it is time to pay the piper, because no matter how sorry he may be...it will never bring this man's life back. Hopefully this will wake up a few more people that ride/drive and over-indulge. It is too easy, it happened to a friend this weekend.





COCOA BEACH FLORIDA— Local motorcycle builder Billy Lane turned himself in at 1 p.m. today in connection with a fatal accident Sept. 4.



Among the charges Lane faces are driving under influence, manslaughter and driving with his license suspended.



Lane, 36, arrived with his lawyers at the Florida Highway Patrol office on State Road 520.



FHP spokeswoman Kim Miller said Lane's blood alcohol level was .192 when the accident occurred on State Road A1A south of Melbourne Beach.



She said bond would be set at $15,000.



Investigators have said Lane was trying to pass two other vehicles on a double-yellow-lined stretch of A1A when his southbound 2006 Dodge Ram pickup collided with a northbound 1983 Yamaha moped.



Melbourne Beach resident Gerald Morelock, 56, was killed. Lane and a passenger in his truck were injured.