Advocacy & Safety - OT: Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage

Way to go, Spanish businessman:

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC55622520080125?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

*******s like him should be burnt alive with napalm.

wtf ???

napalm's to good for someone like that

i really hope he loses, and then gets criminal charges for being a heartless ******* who was driving too fast.

*yawn* I've been reading all about this on other BF threads

A huge WTF to that, and a heartfelt "hey ******bag, why don't you just ****ing die, and be buried in your expensive new car?"

If I were the father of the boy, I'd have a hard time controling myself and not taking matters into my hands.

Does this mean that we could run into him with our bikes and ask him to pay for what ever damage ensues?

U-Lock justice is in order



you know, U-Lock his neck to a parking meter, then hit him with his own car

What can you say, other than there really and truly is a difference between a human being and a motor vehicle operator.

What can you say, other than there really and truly is a difference between a human being and a motor vehicle operator.

I could add that there is also a marked difference between a human and an attorney.

In 2004, 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo was cycling after sunset near the town of Haro, in Spain. Spanish businessman Thomas Delgado, doing 100 MPH in his Audi A8, hit Iriondo, killing the teenager instantly. The Spanish court found both parties at fault: Iriondo for not wearing any reflective clothing in the dark nor a helmet, Delgado for doing triple-digit speeds. Delgado's insurance company then paid the Iriondo family €33,000 for the death of their son. Cased closed.

Well, not exactly. See, Delgado's car suffered €10,000 in damage, and Delgado spent another €6,000 on rental cars while his was being repaired. So in 2006 he sued Iriondo's parents for €20,000 for his expenses -- and, we guess, a little extra for pain and emotional suffering. His rationale, according to an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais: "I'm also a victim in all of this, you can't fix the lad's problems, but you can fix mine," and "It's the only way I have to claim my money back."

We don't know if we have the words to describe such an efficiently ruthless reasoning. For Iriondo's mother, Rosa Trinidad (pictured), "Before the lawsuit we thought the poor guy would find it hard to live the rest of his life with the thought of having caused our son's death. This was the final straw, a kick in the teeth." That will have to do for now. To say the least.

Wow, just freaking wow. And I thought America was litigious.

Wow, just freaking wow. +100000000000000

A&S please.

(5th time it's been posted here)

Sorry .. did search ... didn't see it ... almost takes less time for one to avoid this thread in question to search through all previous posts to see if it had been posted ...

I read this in another forum. The cyclist was wearing dark clothing at night. No reflectors no lights.

The case was dismissed today in Spain.

In a nutshell, the lawyer of the car driver said that they had decided to drop their claim because of the media exposure and harassment. However, the lawyer defending the parents of the killed cyclist answered by saying that the driver decided to drop the case because it had no merits.

The cyclist was unwise (not at fault, perhaps) because he rode at night with low visibility - for this he paid with his life.

The motorist was unwise because he wasted tens of thousands of euros on a car that cost far more than the cheapest vehicle (or car) he could obtain - for this he paid tens of thousands of euros.

Prospectively, who should be more upset with the outcome???