FLCC> Global search for largest jerk finally ended

[Paul Monkman]

Just in case you think you have met the biggest jerk in the world  
during a ride, I submit this for your consideration:

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC55622520080125


Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage
Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:37am EST


MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is  
suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage the impact of  
his body did to his luxury car, a Spanish newspaper reported on Friday.

Businessman Tomas Delgado says 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo caused  
$20,500 of damage to his Audi A8 in the fatal 2004 crash in La Rioja  
region, the El Pais newspaper reported.

Delgado, who has faced no criminal charges for the incident, wants a  
further 6,000 euros to cover the cost of hiring another vehicle while  
his car was being repaired, El Pais said.

The youth had been cycling alone at night without reflective clothing  
or a helmet, according to a police report cited by El Pais.

His family won 33,000 euros compensation from Delgado's insurance  
company after the firm acknowledged he had been driving at excessive  
speed and this could have contributed to the incident, El Pais reported.

"I'm also a victim in all of this, you can't fix the lad's problems,  
but you can fix mine," Delgado told the newspaper, ahead of a January  
30 legal decision on his suit.

The family said they had previously pitied Delgado for the guilt he  
must feel at killing their son but were now disgusted that his  
greatest concern appeared to be money.

"This was the final straw, a kick in the teeth," the youth's mother  
Rosa Trinidad told El Pais.



Man, that's got to be some kind of new low.   Our drivers don't seem  
quite so bad now!



Paul Monkman
pmonkman at twcny.rr.com



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