Putting on sunglasses...really?
#2
02-09-2012 | 05:35 PM
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From: illinois
im surprised, i never heard of this accident, its really not all that far from where i live. that sux and i am sorry for those families that suffered the horrible losses. this sounds more like she just was not paying attention, but then again i was not there to judge someone like that.
#5
02-09-2012 | 05:49 PM
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"In Illinois, if there is any amount of an illegal drug in a motorist’s bloodstream, that person is automatically criminally responsible for a crash. The state does not have to prove the driver was impaired."
I'm hoping the reporter isn't being accurate here otherwise a 90 year old half-blind man could rear end a stopped motorcyclist who has a trace of marijuanna in his blood and the motorcyclist would be liable. Insurance implications would be awful, too.
I'm hoping the reporter isn't being accurate here otherwise a 90 year old half-blind man could rear end a stopped motorcyclist who has a trace of marijuanna in his blood and the motorcyclist would be liable. Insurance implications would be awful, too.
#7
02-09-2012 | 05:58 PM
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From: Flint, MI
God forbid you ever rear end someone because the sun blinds you?
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#8
02-09-2012 | 06:11 PM
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Even throwing out the pot issue, that's still a heck of a lot of "bad decisions" leading up to the wreck. I feel the sentence is fair though...and it serves to illustrate that "distracted while driving" laws need to cover a wider range of issues AND carry stiffer penalties.
Worse, this just adds to that statistic you hear of "in 85% of all motor vehicle accidents involving a motorcycle the motorcycle is the striking vehicle" bullshit.
#9
02-09-2012 | 06:15 PM
+1 At least she wouldn't be doing it again for 28 years.
#10
02-09-2012 | 06:26 PM
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She sent a text message to her boyfriend 3 minutes before the wreck stating she was "too sick to drive." Sounds to me like between 1) hitting the canabis 2) texting while driving 3) not putting on the sunglasses on a sunny morning BEFORE starting to drive 4) not paying attention to the road in font of her and 5) driving in a condition that she herself is quoted as saying was too debilitating for her to drive that this was more than just "rear ending someone because the sun blinded her".
Even throwing out the pot issue, that's still a heck of a lot of "bad decisions" leading up to the wreck. I feel the sentence is fair though...and it serves to illustrate that "distracted while driving" laws need to cover a wider range of issues AND carry stiffer penalties.
Worse, this just adds to that statistic you hear of "in 85% of all motor vehicle accidents involving a motorcycle the motorcycle is the striking vehicle" bullshit.
Even throwing out the pot issue, that's still a heck of a lot of "bad decisions" leading up to the wreck. I feel the sentence is fair though...and it serves to illustrate that "distracted while driving" laws need to cover a wider range of issues AND carry stiffer penalties.
Worse, this just adds to that statistic you hear of "in 85% of all motor vehicle accidents involving a motorcycle the motorcycle is the striking vehicle" bullshit.
The only two valid points you make really are texting while driving (if she was, the article didn't say, I read it as sending it before she started driving)
And two, being distracted, again, completely subjective, I read the article as she was blinded by the sun and was putting on sunglasses which she could do without being distracted.