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Re: [ST] mandatory jail (was IDIOTS)
- Subject: Re: [ST] mandatory jail (was IDIOTS)
- From: david.funk@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:43:42 +0000
I disagree!
I don't think having an ACCIDENT should mean mandatory jail.
I think we must accept that bad things can happen.
But an accident is NOT a drunk driver, running a stop sign, or other avoidable things.
David W. Funk
Pleasanton, CA
-------------- Original message --------------
> At 12:03 PM 8/9/2005 - st-triumphnet.com-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx offered:
> >Last year a drunk pickup truck driver (.12 IIRC) killed a rider last year
> >and messed up the passenger petty badly near my daughter's house. All he
> >got was a slap on the wrist!
>
> I think *we* are partly to blame for not making our wishes known to our
> various state representatives and the AMA by supporting a mandatory jail
> sentence for anyone killing others on the road. As it stands currently
> there is no such law on the books, hence sentences are light. We need a
> MADD equivalent for motorcyclists, instead most m/c riders just don't care
> to get involved in politics. But that is what is really needed.
>
>
> Ken T. from Ca.
>
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>
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