Digital_photog ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 27, 2017 http://wane.com/2017/05/26/teen-avoids-jail-time-in-death-of-bicyclist/ Cyclist's lives aren't worth much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 27, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 27, 2017 19, texting and driving. I wish all states had hands free laws and strictly enforced them. Very sad, also for the teen. He needs to live with the fact that he murdered someone. This was not an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #3 Posted May 27, 2017 But he was such a good boy. We don't want to see his life ruined. (I suppose I will need to show the sarcasm emoji for those who can't tell) Hands free isn't the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 27, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 27, 2017 1 minute ago, maddmaxx said: But he was such a good boy. We don't want to see his life ruined. (I suppose I will need to show the sarcasm emoji for those who can't tell) Hands free isn't the answer. If you're responding to me, I guess I should have included my sentiment that he should serve at least 10 years, or whatever the minimum is for manslaughter. Probably more for leaving the scene too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #5 Posted May 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Square Wheels said: If you're responding to me, I guess I should have included my sentiment that he should serve at least 10 years, or whatever the minimum is for manslaughter. Probably more for leaving the scene too. My sentiment is heard all too often when young offenders are given excessively light sentences. You are correct, this is and should be a jail time offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 27, 2017 Share #6 Posted May 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Square Wheels said: I wish all states had hands free laws and strictly enforced them. The solution is profoundly simple. Make it so texting is disabled at any speed over 10 MPH. The technology exists. The political will to make it happen doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 27, 2017 Wow - they're not even making him go around espousing the dangers of texting while driving. I agree with the family, justice was not served. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #8 Posted May 27, 2017 1 minute ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: The solution is profoundly simple. Make it so texting is disabled at any speed over 10 MPH. The technology exists. The political will to make it happen doesn't. I suspect that would go down like prohibition. What's a few thousand deaths when something important like drinking/texting driving is in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 27, 2017 Share #9 Posted May 27, 2017 1 minute ago, maddmaxx said: What's a few thousand deaths when something important like drinking/texting driving is in question. I have suggested this elsewhere and the hostility it was met with was unbelievable. ....and yet, somehow people have managed to drive cars for over a hundred years without talking on the phone or texting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted May 27, 2017 Share #10 Posted May 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: The solution is profoundly simple. Make it so texting is disabled at any speed over 10 MPH. The technology exists. The political will to make it happen doesn't. How does it determine who's a driver and who's a passenger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 27, 2017 Share #11 Posted May 27, 2017 31 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: How does it determine who's a driver and who's a passenger? I think at the present level of tech it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted May 27, 2017 Share #12 Posted May 27, 2017 I think justice, in this case, should be simple. One of the dead cyclist's family members should mow down the young Moser man with a vehicle. Then tell the judge "Hey, I was looking at my phone. I want the same sentence Moser got, thank you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted May 28, 2017 Share #13 Posted May 28, 2017 11 hours ago, Square Wheels said: How does it determine who's a driver and who's a passenger? Same way a Garmin GPS won't let you make inputs while you're driving - it doesn't. If it's that important. Pull over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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