[reply]Suckwad.
I agree - get a lawyer. Her insurance company should write you a nice fat check for the bike now and your injuries when you've got the total. I can't believe she had the audacity to say you weren't bright enough. Give me a break.
Heal quickly so you can kick my butt at CDA. :)[/reply]
irongeek,
Blaming the victim is the way it goes these days. If you accept responsibility for your actions or admit you were at fault, then you are potentially placing yourself at great risk.
California is the state where two men were street racing after dark on Imperial Avenue at almost 100 mph with their lights off. They insisted street racing was not dangerous and that they were good drivers! Street racing is not uncommon and only 14 out of every 1,000 street racers get killed street racing.
A Geo made a left turn at an intersection on the stretch of Imperial where the two men were street racing right in front of the racers. The impact killed the two occupants in the front of the Geo and severely injured (closed head injury) the passenger in the back of the Geo. He will never be the same. Is confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life. Severe mental disability as a result of the accident.
The racer's attorneys maintained it was the fault of Geo's driver, that she made the turn at only 12 mph and as such took too long to get out of the way of the racers who she couldn't see at night when they were racing with their lights off. If she had only been driving a little faster, this accident could have been avoided. Not that if the racers had been traveling at the speed limit or driving with their light on, the accident could have been avoided.
The State of California was trying these two for 2nd degree murder. The jury was instructed by the judge that to find the racers guilty of 2nd degree murder, the jury had to decide that the racers believed that it was "highly probable" that their racing would cause a death. They were found not guilty of those charges but found guilty of vehicular homicide with gross negligence. They were sentenced to 6 and 9 years for this "crime." The one with the longer sentence fled the scene, that was worth a 50% increase in his sentence. they left the courtroom smiling and cheerful. The one racer thanked the judge. The victim's relatives were devastated. They gasped and burst into tears.
So much for blaming the victim rather than the party who was responsible.
Cathy is from California and is familiar with the stretch of roadway where JohnA's accident took place, so blaming the victim is a common and successful thing in those parts and probably in all parts. Its just very sad that so many other people let the "perpetrators" get away with this.
Ben Cline
Better to aspire to Greatness and fail, than to not challenge one's self at all, and succeed.
I agree - get a lawyer. Her insurance company should write you a nice fat check for the bike now and your injuries when you've got the total. I can't believe she had the audacity to say you weren't bright enough. Give me a break.
Heal quickly so you can kick my butt at CDA. :)[/reply]
irongeek,
Blaming the victim is the way it goes these days. If you accept responsibility for your actions or admit you were at fault, then you are potentially placing yourself at great risk.
California is the state where two men were street racing after dark on Imperial Avenue at almost 100 mph with their lights off. They insisted street racing was not dangerous and that they were good drivers! Street racing is not uncommon and only 14 out of every 1,000 street racers get killed street racing.
A Geo made a left turn at an intersection on the stretch of Imperial where the two men were street racing right in front of the racers. The impact killed the two occupants in the front of the Geo and severely injured (closed head injury) the passenger in the back of the Geo. He will never be the same. Is confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life. Severe mental disability as a result of the accident.
The racer's attorneys maintained it was the fault of Geo's driver, that she made the turn at only 12 mph and as such took too long to get out of the way of the racers who she couldn't see at night when they were racing with their lights off. If she had only been driving a little faster, this accident could have been avoided. Not that if the racers had been traveling at the speed limit or driving with their light on, the accident could have been avoided.
The State of California was trying these two for 2nd degree murder. The jury was instructed by the judge that to find the racers guilty of 2nd degree murder, the jury had to decide that the racers believed that it was "highly probable" that their racing would cause a death. They were found not guilty of those charges but found guilty of vehicular homicide with gross negligence. They were sentenced to 6 and 9 years for this "crime." The one with the longer sentence fled the scene, that was worth a 50% increase in his sentence. they left the courtroom smiling and cheerful. The one racer thanked the judge. The victim's relatives were devastated. They gasped and burst into tears.
So much for blaming the victim rather than the party who was responsible.
Cathy is from California and is familiar with the stretch of roadway where JohnA's accident took place, so blaming the victim is a common and successful thing in those parts and probably in all parts. Its just very sad that so many other people let the "perpetrators" get away with this.
Ben Cline
Better to aspire to Greatness and fail, than to not challenge one's self at all, and succeed.
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Wants2rideFast: Jun 13, 04 7:59