Originally Posted by bikedaddy
This is a horrible story. I wonder if the guy they charged was speeding or doing something stupid otherwise I don't see how he is at fault. I'm not sure if this was a recent event but it said 815pm so I'm guessing the girl wasn't very visible. I know there has been an incident or two here in town where a pedestrian was crossing a street in the middle of the night (not at crosswalk or signal) and have been killed. I believe the driver was not found to be responsible for the incident.
Anyway... this what I worry about with the 'courteous' driver. They wave someone through and that person goes not realizing the car in the next lane isn't stopping.
It was last summer. At 8:15 in the summer, it is usually still daylight here. At least dusk.The guy was not speeding at all. The prosecutions case seemed to be based on the notion that he should have sensed something was wrong when he saw a car stopped in the right lane. I wasn't there, but seems to me he could easily have assumed she was going to turn right at that intersection or had an eye contact come out or any number of things.
I just searched and found this article at KTTC (local TV station). They seem to be vilifying the guy compared to the newspaper articles I remember last summer. The newspaper articles didn't mention several cars being stopped. I suspect that happened after the accident. Some of us feel the guy was "sent up the river" partly because he was an immigrant. Anyway, at a minimum, there seems to be a weird sense of justice in this case.