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(10-17-2018, 10:25 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: no doubt it is a huge problem that needs to be dealt with. But I fear it's like smoking No matter how many times they tell us how dangerous it is, how addictive it is, how many ads they play on TV showing ex smokers with half their necks/faces gone.., young people still take it up every day and will continue to do so, figuring they know plenty of people who smoke who that doesn't happen to. Same with drinking and driving. Same with taking drugs and driving. Same with texting and driving. Same with riding without a helmet.
Who doesn't know those things are dangerous?
I couldn't agree more!
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(10-17-2018, 10:25 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: no doubt it is a huge problem that needs to be dealt with. But I fear it's like smoking No matter how many times they tell us how dangerous it is, how addictive it is, how many ads they play on TV showing ex smokers with half their necks/faces gone.., young people still take it up every day and will continue to do so, figuring they know plenty of people who smoke who that doesn't happen to. Same with drinking and driving. Same with taking drugs and driving. Same with texting and driving. Same with riding without a helmet.
Who doesn't know those things are dangerous?
Knowing and caring are, of course, two different and separate things.
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(10-17-2018, 10:00 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: I like that law too, misterP.
peterB, I suspect, when you think about what it might be like, 4 years in prison is a long time, particularly when you'll have to live with having killed your friend for ever.
Yes , 4 years in prison is very long time..
Sentenced driver already knew that texting is dangerous and kept driving, so in my opinion this is deliberate act of driver
Still would like to know what the local law says about length of sentence ...from...to..
Maybe the judge gave her maximum..???
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And there's the ute driver--knowing that even though it wasn't his fault, he was part of an accident that killed another person. Hopefully, in time, he'll recover from that emotional trauma.
Hopefully, in time, McGrath will accept the reality that she killed her friend, and she will start down the long road to healing.
Sarah Kelly doesn't get that chance. Her life and all her opportunities were taken from her.
In the U.S., vehicular homicide has a sentence of 2 - 20 years, depending on the state. Vehicular homicide usually receives a lighter sentence than other kinds of homicide.
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I know it's a very sad and touchy subject that no one would like to deal with it, but it 's also wise to bring it up, like Cormanus did, so we can all remember and be aware about dare consequences...
Lats ride safe & long without accidents and incidents.
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Well it's appropriate for us because as motorcyclists we have the least protection and the greatest risk of death or injury. I don't know a single motorcyclist that has not had a close call due to a texting driver. I have had multiple instances where a texting driver has drifted into my lane, or pulled up too close behind me at a traffic light, or busted a red light because they weren't paying attention. It is a real and honest safety issue we need to concern ourselves with.
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(10-18-2018, 02:23 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Well it's appropriate for us because as motorcyclists we have the least protection and the greatest risk of death or injury. I don't know a single motorcyclist that has not had a close call due to a texting driver. I have had multiple instances where a texting driver has drifted into my lane, or pulled up too close behind me at a traffic light, or busted a red light because they weren't paying attention. It is a real and honest safety issue we need to concern ourselves with.
Happened to me just yesterday! So creepy to feel that person enter your space...blast on the throttle and get ahead of that! Even the KLR650 can get up and go when needed.
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Here in Georgia they recently enacted a hands free law and really got it out there that it was gonna be a big deal.
I commute daily 80 miles in heavy Atlanta traffic for quite a bit of the ride , and it seems to me that the law has had little to no effect.
Daily I cannot believe how many people are using their phones while driving .
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(10-17-2018, 09:01 PM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: We already have cannabis legal in Ontario, and sikhs can ride their bikes without helmets in Ontario and BC as long as they wear their holy turbans.
Stupidity has no limits.....drugs + alcohol + weed + no helmets + texting while operating a vehicle = absolutely no chance to survive for the third party. Period.
What people have brains for ?????/
Yep. We have that here, now.
- Helmets not required
- Possession of marijuana is legal
- Legal drinking age is 18 (for beer)
- DUI conviction is a misdemeanor, not a felony
- Cell phone usage while driving is legal
- Texting while driving over 18 is legal
- "Blacked out" window tinting is legal
- Heavily tinted license plate "protectors" are legal
- Tail light tinting is legal
- Turn signals are not required
