AudioA... cali meant was he a legal resident... we live an hour from the Mexican border... due to the proximity we have a LOT of illegal aliens here... because they are not here legally they are unlicensed, uninsured and have no training on driving here or what is legal and what isn't... they do have cars and drive in Mexico, but from experience, driving there can be terrifying! It's pretty much whoever can force their way into a lane gets to go...
even sadder is that when they cause an accident they are not held responsible... uninsured and then they deport them and often they hop the border and are back in a couple weeks... there is a recent case where an illegal kept getting deported and hopping back over... he was a gangster... last year during a traffic stop he shot and killed a police officer... they're not deporting him this time.
That's not to say that there aren't American citizens driving illegally too, but there are numerous accidents caused by illegal aliens... as a matter of fact, last year my brother was T-boned by an illegal alien who admitted to police that she did not know how to drive... she took her daughters car without permission because she wanted to go to the store... my brother and nephew, fortunately were OK... his truck and BIKE were not! (Bike was in the back... on their way to mtn bike!)
Cali- I haven't heard if the driver is legal or not... but am sure they will prosecute here this time... since it was a fatality and obviously a felony...
I believe the cyclists wife flew home from Iraq where she was serving immediately.
Last edited by bikerchick68; 08-29-2005 at 02:27 PM.
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