Just sickening

[NoNo]

I saw this and couldn't believe the nerve of this guy. I hope cosmic justice comes back in spades for him.
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/killer-driver-sues-cyclist-victims-family-14240

[7rider]

He dropped the suit.
Gee. Things come slowly to some people....
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/30/spain.luxury.car/index.html

[NoNo]

I was very happy to see that. And that the family is thinking of going after him!

[RoadRaven]

I can't get either of these links to load today :mad:

But glad that whatever it was the guy has dropped the suit - was this the case about the guy who was sueing for damges to his car after he killed a cyclist with it?

[Geonz]

B'lieve so.

And remember the UK guy who wrote a column about wanting to decapitate all of us arrogant cyclists with piano wire? His article got the second-most official complaints of 2007 and since they're still going in... Of course, *he* doesn't get it - he apologized because, he said, obviously cyclists didn't find it funny. Not because it was a horrible thing to suggest.... not because there are enough hostilities out there already... no, he basically apologized 'cause he didn't realize how unreasonable *we* are. What a dwurfitude he is.

[pinkychique]

Ya. I find it interesting how the BIKE can have the right away and still get yelled at. Like going straight through an intersection with a green light and getting yelled at by some twit who turns left from the other side RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME today.
Cagers just don't get it :mad:

And I HATE how people use their cars as status symbols. What, does having a fast/big/expensive car make your **** bigger?? You're butt tighter?? Bikes at least help with the latter!

Must think positive :rolleyes:

[7rider]

I can't get either of these links to load today :mad:

But glad that whatever it was the guy has dropped the suit - was this the case about the guy who was sueing for damges to his car after he killed a cyclist with it?

That was the guy. Dinged up his Audi A8, poor baby! From the way he reacted, you'd think he hit a wall, or a tree, or some inanimate object. Oh wait. Close. It was *just* a cyclist. They're not human after all. JUST cyclists. Hello??????

Here's the article:

Driver drops bid to sue family of boy he killed
HARO, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish businessman withdrew a controversial lawsuit Wednesday against the family of a teenage boy he struck and killed while driving a luxury car.

Tomas Delgado had filed a suit asking the dead boy's parents to pay him €20,000 ($29,400) on the grounds that the collision that killed their teenage son also damaged his Audi A-8.

News of the case sparked outrage in Spain and generated deep sympathy for the parents of 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo Trinidad. He was riding his bicycle home to a campground when Delgado's car hit and killed him in August 2004.

Hundreds of people descended on a courthouse in northern Spain in a show of support for the boy's parents Wednesday. They broke into applause when word came that Delgado had dropped the suit.

The businessman had insisted in a recent television interview that he was a victim, too. He was not present for a court hearing Wednesday. His lawyer told the court that Delgado felt that the extensive publicity amounted to a public lynching.

Outside the courthouse, the boy's father -- Antonio Iriondo -- told CNN he was content with the decision. Yet he also said his family will explore the possibility of criminal charges against the man.

"This is just the beginning," the father said.

His son was killed as he cycled back from a nearby village to a campground where his family was vacationing.

Iriondo Trinidad's father told CNN he heard the screeching of the car from the campgrounds. The teen was struck from behind and dragged 106 meters (347 feet) along the rural highway, the father said.

A traffic report said Delgado was traveling 113 km per hour (70 mph) in an area where the speed limit is 90 km (55 mph). An independent expert hired by Trinidad's family said Delgado was going 173 km per hour (107 mph).

Shortly after the collision, a judge dismissed criminal charges against Delgado after concluding that he had committed no criminal infraction, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.

The teen's mother, Rosa, told the newspaper that the family was given three days to appeal the judge's ruling, but they were too distraught to pursue it. She also told the newspaper that her family's lawyer advised her and her husband not to pursue criminal charges.

After the collision, Delgado's insurance company paid the family €33,000 ($48,500).

Two years after the wreck, Delgado sued the family for damages to his car and for car rental costs.

The boy's mother told CNN before the hearing that she was indignant that the driver would seek damages after killing her son.

A local prosecutor told reporters that he would take a second look at the case to see whether authorities can file fresh charges against Delgado.

[RoadRaven]

What a dwurfitude he is.


Yes, I do remember the guy. Arrogant p***k. Advocating that treatment of anyone is wrong. Ignorant dipstick. I believe he got complaints from more than cyclists too.

But I have to know... what is a dwurfitude?

[RoadRaven]

That was the guy. Dinged up his Audi A8, poor baby! From the way he reacted, you'd think he hit a wall, or a tree, or some inanimate object. Oh wait. Close. It was *just* a cyclist. They're not human after all. JUST cyclists. Hello??????

Thanks Regina, we must have been posting at the same time. I appreciate the article - well, being able to see it - not that it had to be written at all.

[NoNo]

Sorry, no home internet, didn't see this till today. Thanks for copying the articles. Amazing how callous some people can be, and how much attachment they place on an object and not someone's life.:mad:

[missymaya]

The family should go after him! Doesn't he realize that even though his car has some damages that will cost money, that can be fixed. You can't fix a life!!! Even though I love hotrods and the like, I know better. I ride to work when I can and when I drive, I don't drivelike a jack a$$. I hate it when people drive like idiots, especially around cyclists. People need to realize that you can't pay for or fix a life! Sorry, I just don't get people sometimes.

[AutumnBreez]

I would have to say he must have had MANY threats made by the general public on his own rich b*st*rd life. What an arrogant charge he was persuing against that poor boys family. Struck a chord with the world not just Spain.