| Re: Experienced Cyclist Killed in Colorado
"psycholist" <technico@wctel.net> wrote in message
news:c8qveo$3prh$1@news3.infoave.net
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> I got hit and nearly killed by one of those (17 year old inattentive
> driver) about 18 months ago. It was no fun at all. She never
> apologized, never called to inquire how I was doing during my
> hospitalization or rehab, nothing. Nor did her parents. I don't
> think about it much now, but it sure bugged me back then. I hate
> that people like this are allowed behind the wheel and, as in the
> case of my accident, I hate that inexperienced teenagers are allowed
> to compound their inexperience by being allowed to talk on cell
> phones while driving. That's just pure stupidity.
You want stupidity? A women driver here who killed a cyclist when she was
composing a text message on her mobile phone got away with a suspended
sentence! Anyone else would have gone to prison and good riddance but she
didn't because she was young and pretty.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...?from=storyrhs
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