Advocacy & Safety - A Step in the Right Direction

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CommuterRun

01-29-07, 02:11 PM

There was not a bicycle involved, but a motorist that caused a crash that resulted in a death may be charged with vehicular manslaughter. Only a misdemeanor in CA, but it's another step in the right direction for holding people accountable for negligence.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_on_en_mu/brandy_fatal_crash_9

genec

01-29-07, 02:50 PM

Now the really sick thing is that vehicular manslaughter carries the same monitary fine as littering... $1000.

While littering is ugly, it seems to me that a human life is "worth" a lot more.