Another Fayetteville fatality

[Horace]

http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=5958385

Raeford Road is a four + turn lane major artery with posted speed limit of
45. Many drive 50+. IIRC the crash occurred at dusk.

Horace

 

[Slider2699]

"Horace" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=5958385
>
> Raeford Road is a four + turn lane major artery with posted speed limit of
> 45. Many drive 50+. IIRC the crash occurred at dusk.
>
> Horace

The kid was at fault, according to the story. Failed to yield? Not good.

 

[Rich Clark]

"Horace" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=5958385
>
> Raeford Road is a four + turn lane major artery with posted speed limit of
> 45. Many drive 50+. IIRC the crash occurred at dusk.

And of course nobody involved -- the reporter, the cops, the parents, the school staff -- apparently
even asks whether the kid was ever trained in traffic safety rules and practices before being
allowed to ride his bike on the road. "Failed to yield the right of way?" There are people out there
who are believe that cars are supposed to yield to bicycles because bicyclists are pedestrians.

Bah.

RichC

 

[Sbirn]

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:00:25 -0400, Rich Clark wrote:
>
>And of course nobody involved -- the reporter, the cops, the parents, the school staff --
>apparently even asks whether the kid was ever trained in traffic safety rules and practices before
>being allowed to ride his bike on

Exactly! Here's another one. http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=5958385

Not only are the parents telling the kid that it's not his fault, but they think that the right
lesson is to refuse to pay the ticket.

If the police didn't issue the ticket, the owners of the car would have had to pay for the repairs,
but of course this mother doesn't give a damn about that, so long as she and her son don't have to
take responsibility for their actions.