Originally posted by ViciousCycle
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/...-danger12.html
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Julieanna Lauer knows that all too well. The man who hit her daughter and drove away was arrested and sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison. He was released in about a year.
... At the same time, she doesn't know if there's much that families can do to stop tragedies like the one that took her daughter.
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"You do everything you can, and it still happens."
2.5 years in prison is obviously not a sufficient deterrent for vehicular murder. (Yes, accidents happen, but hit-and-run should be treated as something much more serious.) We need much stricter accountability for motorists. Why does this motorist not face lifetime revocation of his driver's license, lifetime restitution payments to the victim's family, etc.?
We also need to recognize and to establish a fundamental right to safe and convenient mobility for all road users, even if this means (God forbid!) lowering some speed limits. I live in an older, inner suburb with 25mph/40kph residential streets and have no desire to move anywhere.
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Last edited by John E; 05-13-02 at 07:56 AM.