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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]As a parent. I am not worried "about blame to go around". That is lame reasoning when your kid is in the morgue. As a parent I tell my kids to look both ways, I don't care if you are 'right' and in the crosswalk. You are also dead.

Same here. Maybe the kid is 'right'. But he is dead and that conclusion could have been avoided had he been wearing a helmet. Which the police COULD NOT force on his head. Only he could have impacted that decision...which resulted in his being in the morgue.[/quote]

You are assuming that your kid was killed by a driver who was doing nothing wrong. But, if you child were killed in a crosswalk by a driver running a red light, you would surely want the driver to be punished. In this case, it appears the police were violating regulations and, therefore, share some of the blame. Unless you believe police should not be held accountable, I am not sure what about what you are complaining.
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Jeff, of course I would sue the driver.[b] I would get rich.[/b] But my kid would STILL be dead, for not having looked both ways.

All I am trying to say is to control the variables you can control. In my case, I tell my kid not to cross the street without looking. I don't want to be rich, I want my kid home after they walk home.[/quote]

No, you wouldn't. You'd have trouble finding a lawyer to take the case, and even if you did, you'd almost certainly lose. The law is overwhelmingly stacked on the side of the driver.

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