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Originally Posted by photosbymark
Oh it will involve money. The operator that hired him will pay a very nice settlement to make this go away. The last thing they want is to put video in front of a jury for them to decide an award. There is one thing I wonder about. I wonder what would have happened with no video? As far as 17 months being fair?? That is hard to say. IF this is the accident I think it is (and for some reason the video will not load ) this one was not fatal. There probably have been cases out there where a fatality was involved that got less time or no time at all. Justice is rarely compatible with high emotion. High emotion more often leads to a desire for vengeance rather than justice.
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I've watched the video more than once now. This was
NOT an "accident." The cyclist was clearly in front of the bus prior to the bus pulling alongside of and then striking the cyclist.
There is no way unless the driver was engaged in an activity that he shouldn't have been doing that he didn't know that the cyclist was in front of and then alongside of the bus. From watching the video it is clear that the driver of the bus knew that the cyclist was there and that this was clearly a premeditated act on the part of the driver.
Seventeen months is a very light sentence. The driver should have to do hard time, and permanently have his license revoked. If he is caught driving any car it should be seized and held even if it isn't his, steep impound fees and fines should be levied and if they can't be paid the car should sold at auction. An auction that he and his family should be barred from participating in.
The fees generated from such impound fees and fines and auctioning of the car(s) should be used to make drivers ed more meaningful than what it currently is these days.
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