Right in front of my house, a woman was killed today while crossing the street because some ******* in a Mercedes found in necessary to speed in a zone where *a lot* of pedestrians are (this is a shopping street). Of course, he was alright, but the lady died on the street.
People, be aware that the human body is no match for a car. Think about that next time you want to use the streets as your personal racing track.
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fastback87 Member
Posts: 300 From: Indianapolis, IN, USA Registered: Oct 2001
I know one thing for sure. He is going to have to pay thru the nose, if what you said about speeding fines, over there, is true. Not to mention the lawsuit he will face for killing the woman.
Originally posted by Cliff Pennock: Right in front of my house, a woman was killed today while crossing the street because some ******* in a Mercedes found in necessary to speed in a zone where *a lot* of pedestrians are (this is a shopping street). Of course, [b]he was alright, but the lady died on the street.
People, be aware that the human body is no match for a car. Think about that next time you want to use the streets as your personal racing track.[/B]
Having had so many NDE's myself, I can only say a prayer for such needless loss of life... No chance of a neiborhood petition to install some traffic lights to slow down the Bozo speeders, Cliff? crash...
Originally posted by avengador1: I know one thing for sure. He is going to have to pay thru the nose, if what you said about speeding fines, over there, is true. Not to mention the lawsuit he will face for killing the woman.
That's the problem, I don't think he will... The Dutch legal system is screwed up. For killing the woman he won't even get a year probably, moneywise, I have never heard of anyone having to pay the amounts here, you would have to pay in the US. I wish they could lock him up for a LOT of years with a fine over his head which makes him have to beg for money for the rest of his life.
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Posts: 11897 From: Zandvoort, The Netherlands Registered: Jan 99
Screwie is right. He'll probably get a small fine for speeding (small because they can't prove how much he was speeding), and the fact he killed someone in the process - well, maybe he'll loose his driver's license for a few months because of that. I said it in another thread: if he had comitted tax-fraud, the dutch legal system would be all over him. But he only killed someone.
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California Kid Member
Posts: 9541 From: Metro Detroit Area, Michigan Registered: Jul 2001
Cliff, Very sorry to hear about the death at your front door, can only hope that she wasn't in pain for very long.
I'm pretty surprised about what you've written about your legal system above. It just seems that if anybody wanted to kill someone, the car would be the perfect weapon to use and not worry about the consequences. You must be a real peaceful bunch of people, if the same applied to the Detroit area, you wouldn't be able to walk anywhere.
