FLCC> Global search for largest jerk finally ended

[rob at cginy.net]

Given the subject line, I was positive this e-mail would be about me.....

-- 
"Che picora si fa, il lupo se la mangia."

-Italian Proverb

>
> 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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