Actually, need for any reasonable prosecution of driving laws. Note that with a vulnerable user law, this woman might not have gotten off so easily. Motorcyclists (and moped drivers) would also be covered, whih makes it more palatable to people not as sympathetic to bicyclists and pedestrians as we are. *Woman convicted in wrong-way crash that killed moped driver*
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/woman-convicted-in-wrong-way-crash-that-killed-moped-driver/article_be53d586-3ffa-11e2-b209-0019bb2963f4.html >From the article: "As part of the agreement, a charge of homicide by drunken driving was reduced to a first-offense drunken driving ticket, and a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed." A first time OWI is a civil offense in Wisconsin - that is, it isn't even a misdemeanor. Like a parking ticket. So she kills someone, and basically gets nothing. Besides being about a vulnerable user law, I am just so sick and tired of seeing the carnage in the news each week - almost every day - caused by careless and criminal driving behavior, often involving alcohol. Wisconsin is the ONLY state in the US that does not treat first time OWI as a criminal offense. Driving is a privilege, not a right. That's why you are required to have a license to do it. Bicyclists will always be more vulnerable on the road than people protected by a metal box, but until we make criminal driving a more serious offense - and begin to prosecute it as such - we will continue to be at more risk than necessary Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) [email protected]
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