FLCC> crushing of local cyclist

[Stan Mcfall]

and why is it that just becouse you own an SUV you have enormus amounts of 
money to to hire the best lawers to "get you off"  i have owned SUV's in 
the past and it dosnt mean you are rich by any means.

and it was a jeep...not like an caddy escalade

just had to have a say.

stan





At 10:39 AM 10/20/2007 -0400, John Dennis wrote:

>The photos in todays 
><http://ithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage>Ithaca Journal of the 
>two-vehicle crash that resulted in the crushing of a cyclist and his 
>tricycle under a Fedex truck document the extraordinary momentum that an 
>SUV can have even when traveling in an urban neighborhood.
>
>
>
>Over the past ten years or so, I have heard SUV owners on the topic of why 
>they bought an SUV. Somewhere in the explanation was usually the sort of 
>tongue-in-cheek statement, Well, if I get into an accident, it will be the 
>other guy who takes the hit. (chuckle,chuckle).  Isnt it time to rein in 
>this Darwinian urge with at least an insistence that such drivers be held 
>fully culpable for reckless use of their vehicles in part because they 
>chose a vehicle that is well known to be more hazardous than other cars to 
>other users of the road?
>
>
>
>Of course, SUV owners as a group can probably afford much better lawyers 
>than can riders of tricycles, so I suspect that the SUV driver in 
>yesterdays crash either will not be charged at all (the IJ makes no 
>mention of any charges) and, if charged, will successfully defend herself 
>against any and all criminal and civil charges.
>
>
>
>In any case, I would be in favor of the President of the FLCC writing a 
>letter of concern to the Tompkins County District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson 
>and to local newspapers.
>
>
>
>Best,   John
>
>
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