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12-04-09 | 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by genec

Hit and run already has a high price when and if the offender is caught.

I doubt the public is going to "settle the score" with cyclists due to this. I suspect that it may cool some tempers.

Not sure what the laws for hit and run in California are and how effectively they are adjudicated. But as mentioned in a thread a few weeks ago here. A hit and run driver killed a cyclist, and when caught it was determined that this same driver: 1 was driving on a revoked license, 2: had 2 previous DUI convictions, 3: and is awaiting trial on 2 other driving while revoked arrests. So the severity of this arrest has had her arraigned before a judge and released on an unsecured bond. This means she just signed her name and walked out of the court room. I will pretty much say that when this does get to trial. She will probably do 60 to 90 days and have her license permanently revoked as a sentence for the Hit and run involving death.

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