Quote Originally Posted by KSH View Post
His life is not over. He might pay a fine (maybe $200? something really low)... and that will be it.

You see, when a driver in a car hits and kills a cyclist, they are NOT brought up on involuntary manslaughter charges. That would only happen if he had hit and killed another person in a car.

That's where our laws really fail people.
Involuntary manslaughter charges are given to drivers who kills another in a vehicle. Anyone driving drunk and killing someone in the process or if it is proven that the person is driving reckless are charged with that very thing.

MANSLAUGHTER, INVOLUNTARY - In order for a person to be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter the government must prove that someone was killed as a result of an act by the person;

Second, in the circumstances existing at the time, the person's act either was by its nature dangerous to human life or was done with reckless disregard for human life; and

Third, the person either knew that such conduct was a threat to the lives of others or knew of circumstances that would reasonably cause the person to foresee that such conduct might be a threat to the lives of others.