Thanks for the update Sue, the whole thing sickens me. It's going to be interesting when the SA comes up for reelection. :mad:
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Thanks for the update Sue, the whole thing sickens me. It's going to be interesting when the SA comes up for reelection. :mad:
Welp, this a.m. our public radio station may have lost them a supporter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
"Legal issues in the news" featured this issue. The lady who did it who left usually did an excellent job (at least to me) of tugging out what mattered from the law.
http://will.illinois.edu/search/sear...865569d0c3709/ has the podcast.
What did this guy do? Talk about the law we keep bringing up, that went into effect 1/1 that says if you have a traffic infraction and somebody dies int he process, you get your license revoked? I mean, maybe there is some clause or precedent I don't know about.
So far 100% of the response to the question has been IGNORING it.
Rather than discuss the laws that do exist, he discussed a law that doesn't exist (vehicular homicide, which Julia Rietz advocated but won't got through with current opposition -- which makes me think she's the Lip Service Queen and that that's why she 'pushes' for it and uses it as an excuse for not trying to push the laws we have) and why it wouldn't apply anyway.
What about the law that does exist?
And yes, he tacitly and strongly reinforced the notion that it is asking TOO MUCH of drivers to be able to avoid large vehicles on an open road on a clear day. The man was "just" looking down at some papers, after all.
Seems they don't get too many comments on their "legal issues in the news" blurbs. They got mine. I asked why he didn't discuss the laws in effect, since to the best of my knowledge the law says the license *shall* be revoked -- not "unless the driver has a reasonably clean record" or "unless it's just a cyclist." I suggested he might be a distracted lawyer, and that I would be ashamed if I weren't angry when distractions cost innocent lives. (I wonder if hey, he's a young lawyer and is simply currying the good graces of our state's attorney, going that extra mile to make her look good. Welp, all he did was remind me...)
35,000 people die in this country in car wrecks every year. Not 3500. 35,000. It could happen to anybody. Hey, good people, it doesn't *have* to be that way.