Three year old killed :(
05-20-09, 07:41 AM
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Three year old killed :(
https://www.twincities.com/columnists...252?source=rss <-- fixed link
And just this morning another cyclist was killed.
And just this morning another cyclist was killed.
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05-22-09, 05:56 PM
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Well. The link won't load, so I have no idea. This A&S thus remains unable to comment.
05-22-09, 06:01 PM
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I saw this news item when it happened.
No insurance and passed cars stopped at the crosswalk. The best the family can hope for is that they throw the book at this guy. Hopefully that will mean losing his license and a good long stretch in prison. Hate to say it, but not very likely. More like a short sentence and a short suspension of his license, which he will probably ignore. But I hope I'm wrong.
My Godson is three; I worry about him all the time.
Rest in Peace, little Jack.
No insurance and passed cars stopped at the crosswalk. The best the family can hope for is that they throw the book at this guy. Hopefully that will mean losing his license and a good long stretch in prison. Hate to say it, but not very likely. More like a short sentence and a short suspension of his license, which he will probably ignore. But I hope I'm wrong.
My Godson is three; I worry about him all the time.
Rest in Peace, little Jack.
05-22-09, 07:44 PM
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While the death is indeed tragic, the point of posting this in A&S is?
Seriously, is the crowd here so morbid they need to drag in stories of death. How about a happy story of Iraqi children playing in sunflower fields?
Seriously, is the crowd here so morbid they need to drag in stories of death. How about a happy story of Iraqi children playing in sunflower fields?
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
05-22-09, 08:00 PM
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I think it's a good post. It goes to show how we always need to expect the unexpected. Also, how old is a 66 year old's grandparents?
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The three-year-old was on a bike, crossing in the crosswalk with other children, All the cars had stopped to let them cross, this jackass passed all the stopped cars, on the right, and blew through the crosswalk, killing this little guy the day before Mother's Day.
05-22-09, 09:00 PM
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No insurance and the person hit and killed a 3 year old, license should be revoked permanently.
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This is a story about JAMs... and how they feel they own the road.
Everyone else had stopped, and was waiting for the children to cross... yet this one guy HAD to drive past a line of stopped cars, on the shoulder, and just HAD to get through that intersection. One ounce of common sense on the drivers' part could have saved this child.
I hope they hang the driver.
Everyone else had stopped, and was waiting for the children to cross... yet this one guy HAD to drive past a line of stopped cars, on the shoulder, and just HAD to get through that intersection. One ounce of common sense on the drivers' part could have saved this child.
Jack was with several other children who were crossing a road. Traffic had stopped to let the children to cross when authorities say a van driven by Sherman Bernard Frederick passed the waiting cars on the right shoulder and struck Jack. The boy died at the scene.
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I fail to see any mention of the motorist thinking he had some divine right to the road. Nice sentiment though, really goes to the whole us vs them mentality the A&S hand wringers like to foster.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
05-23-09, 07:42 AM
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The three year old was visiting his grandparents.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
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Postings like this remind me of people who rubberneck at an accident scene.
05-23-09, 08:35 AM
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RIP...Ghost bike in a child's size?
Good long prison term for JAM...
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
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Damn right it's nice...
From the Ghost Bike website
For a Departed Daughter, a White Schwinn on a Manhattan Street Corner
(New York City)
Published: Mar, 1 2009
New York Times
For the past seven months or so, the couple has made the trip to the corner of 49th Street and First Avenue in Manhattan 20 times. There,
chained to a “no standing” sign, is a bicycle painted in white. This spot, rather than a grave site, is where they go to feel close to their daughter.
From the Ghost Bike website
For a Departed Daughter, a White Schwinn on a Manhattan Street Corner
(New York City)
Published: Mar, 1 2009
New York Times
For the past seven months or so, the couple has made the trip to the corner of 49th Street and First Avenue in Manhattan 20 times. There,
chained to a “no standing” sign, is a bicycle painted in white. This spot, rather than a grave site, is where they go to feel close to their daughter.
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Really... so a motorist "goes to the head of the line" so to speak, and you see no reason to think "he had some divine right to the road?"
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We call it filtering nub.
When it's done illegally by an impatient motorist in Minnesota, and the result is the death of a child legally crossing the road, they call it Criminal Vehicular Homicide.
Will wonders never cease? A negligent driver may actually be held responsible, at least in some small way, for his actions.
When it's done illegally by an impatient motorist in Minnesota, and the result is the death of a child legally crossing the road, they call it Criminal Vehicular Homicide.
Will wonders never cease? A negligent driver may actually be held responsible, at least in some small way, for his actions.
05-24-09, 07:04 AM
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Maybe. We'll try to organize. It's a long ride up and back from the Minneapolis area.
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05-24-09, 08:47 AM
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It's "filtering" and "sharing the road" when a two wheeled vehicle uses what is left of the pavement to progress forward. It's a crime when a four wheeled motorist does it to other four wheeled motorists. In nearly every state I can think of, it is a crime to pass on the right.
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It's "filtering" and "sharing the road" when a two wheeled vehicle uses what is left of the pavement to progress forward. It's a crime when a four wheeled motorist does it to other four wheeled motorists. In nearly every state I can think of, it is a crime to pass on the right.
And 99% of motorists will justify the action. Just like the cyclist who won't stop for a red.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
05-24-09, 09:25 AM
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And comparing red light running cyclists, who are taking their own lives in hand to do so, is hardly an even close parallel to a lane jumping motorist that killed a kid.
