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05-24-2004, 05:16 AM

On Sun, 23 May 2004 17:20:40 -0400, "psycholist" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>I suspect that there will be some cases in the courts before too much longer
>where drivers and cell phone companies will be held liable and where studies
>such as these will be used to get some large awards from juries. Then the
>laws will follow slowly.

Not to sound cynical, but one of the largest groups of offenders in
the Annapolis, MD area are lawyers, and most state reps are, well,
lawyers. The only group close in abuse of cell phones are the real
estate agents.

I don't see Maryland getting a law with teeth because the first group
to be bitten on the backside will be the lawyers on the phone in
traffic.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

05-24-2004, 08:55 AM

The Real Bev <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> You mean you didn't turn her in to the cops for hit & run? Damn, you're
> a saint.

nah, i honestly don't think she noticed. we (the trucker and i) thought she
had a phone headset on. someone going for a hit & run wouldn't have parked
her car a few hundred feet away and gone into the store.

>> interestingly the 40-something lawyer who hit me (in my only other accident
>> 12 years earlier) just handed me two $100 bills.
>
> And didn't make you sign something? HE was a saint!

this was 1991. times were different. people were trusting. lawyers were
saints. i was obviously broke. don't you remember?
--
david reuteler
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05-24-2004, 08:55 AM

The Real Bev <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> You mean you didn't turn her in to the cops for hit & run? Damn, you're
> a saint.

nah, i honestly don't think she noticed. we (the trucker and i) thought she
had a phone headset on. someone going for a hit & run wouldn't have parked
her car a few hundred feet away and gone into the store.

>> interestingly the 40-something lawyer who hit me (in my only other accident
>> 12 years earlier) just handed me two $100 bills.
>
> And didn't make you sign something? HE was a saint!

this was 1991. times were different. people were trusting. lawyers were
saints. i was obviously broke. don't you remember?
--
david reuteler
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

05-24-2004, 08:55 AM

The Real Bev <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> You mean you didn't turn her in to the cops for hit & run? Damn, you're
> a saint.

nah, i honestly don't think she noticed. we (the trucker and i) thought she
had a phone headset on. someone going for a hit & run wouldn't have parked
her car a few hundred feet away and gone into the store.

>> interestingly the 40-something lawyer who hit me (in my only other accident
>> 12 years earlier) just handed me two $100 bills.
>
> And didn't make you sign something? HE was a saint!

this was 1991. times were different. people were trusting. lawyers were
saints. i was obviously broke. don't you remember?
--
david reuteler
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

05-24-2004, 08:55 AM

The Real Bev <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> You mean you didn't turn her in to the cops for hit & run? Damn, you're
> a saint.

nah, i honestly don't think she noticed. we (the trucker and i) thought she
had a phone headset on. someone going for a hit & run wouldn't have parked
her car a few hundred feet away and gone into the store.

>> interestingly the 40-something lawyer who hit me (in my only other accident
>> 12 years earlier) just handed me two $100 bills.
>
> And didn't make you sign something? HE was a saint!

this was 1991. times were different. people were trusting. lawyers were
saints. i was obviously broke. don't you remember?
--
david reuteler
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

05-24-2004, 08:55 AM

The Real Bev <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> You mean you didn't turn her in to the cops for hit & run? Damn, you're
> a saint.

nah, i honestly don't think she noticed. we (the trucker and i) thought she
had a phone headset on. someone going for a hit & run wouldn't have parked
her car a few hundred feet away and gone into the store.

>> interestingly the 40-something lawyer who hit me (in my only other accident
>> 12 years earlier) just handed me two $100 bills.
>
> And didn't make you sign something? HE was a saint!

this was 1991. times were different. people were trusting. lawyers were
saints. i was obviously broke. don't you remember?
--
david reuteler
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

05-26-2004, 08:44 AM

In article <c8qveo$3prh$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...

>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.

Sue the pants off of them so they can't afford to get a car in the future.
-------------
Alex

05-26-2004, 08:44 AM

In article <c8qveo$3prh$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...

>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.

Sue the pants off of them so they can't afford to get a car in the future.
-------------
Alex

05-26-2004, 08:44 AM

In article <c8qveo$3prh$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...

>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.

Sue the pants off of them so they can't afford to get a car in the future.
-------------
Alex

05-26-2004, 08:44 AM

In article <c8qveo$3prh$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...

>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.

Sue the pants off of them so they can't afford to get a car in the future.
-------------
Alex