Originally Posted by
Biker395
^ Egad. I initially heard that everyone's injuries were minor. Too good to be true, I guess.
I saw a video taken shortly after the crash, with the cyclists still embedded in the windshield. The tweaked-out driver was sitting on the sidelines ... cigarette in one hand, phone in the other ... writhing around and obviously in no condition to drive. What the hell do you do with people like that?
We'll never have the will to do it -- at least in the U.S. -- but if you jailed these idiots and made them personally responsible for associated medical costs, this stuff would stop. As it is now, they're almost never held criminally liable, except in cases where drugs or alcohol can be proven. IMO, we call too many things "accidents" and apply no penalties toward them, making it extremely unlikely behaviors will change.