Here is an example of a prosecutor issuing felony charges. It did take several months, and more than a year will have elapsed from the crash to sentencing.
http://www.wisconsinbikefed.org/2016/07/21/driver-victims-family-devastated-by-fatal-crash-in-germantown/ There is a similar felony case pending in Marathon County, involving a woman accused of texting in the moments before she hit and killed a cyclist. Too often, the charges and penalties don't reach the level that many would find just. It does help to press local authorities - police and prosecutors to take these deaths and injuries more seriously. Tom Held On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Meiers, Steven via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote: > This post comes from a Bike Fed blog reviewing this crash. > > > > *It is normal for no citations to be issued at this point in a crash that > results in a death. The crash reconstruction and blood-test results often > take months, and the decision-making by the district attorneys in the > individual counties also takes several months. As I follow these cases, I > find that it takes a year or more before citations or criminal charges are > filed.* > > > > *http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/bicycle-crash-victim-was-highway-commuter/article_3b26a086-6b94-53f8-8060-c2a71d0372ac.html > <http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/bicycle-crash-victim-was-highway-commuter/article_3b26a086-6b94-53f8-8060-c2a71d0372ac.html>* > > > > > > > > Steve Meiers > > Safety educator > > (608) 267-1102 > > Box 2986 > > Madison WI 53701 > > [email protected] > > *From:* Brian Mink [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Friday, July 15, 2016 5:54 PM > *To:* Robbie Webber > *Cc:* Meiers, Steven; [email protected]; Sarah Gaskell > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] Bike/car fatality in Cross Plains > > > > Police reported that he (driver) was reading "papers". So purposeful, > inattentive driving. Seems to me to be a slam dunk for prosecution but we > all know that drivers generally get away with murder. Most DA's don't have > the spine to prosecute when the weapon is a vehicle. Use a gun, knife, etc. > and there is no question as to whether to prosecute. > > Brian Mink > Monona > > Robbie Webber via Bikies wrote: > > Wow. 9 AM (daylight), and she was biking on the shoulder. The sunlight > would have been behind her (although I think this morning is was cloudy > and/or a few drops of rain, but not enough for that to be a factor), so the > driver couldn't say the sun was in his eyes. > > > > Driver veers onto the shoulder. "Inattentive driving appears to be a > factor in the crash...." > > > > How bad do things have to be for a driver to be charged? > > > > > Robbie Webber > > Transportation geek > > All opinions are my own, and not necessarily those of any group or > organization with which I am affiliated. > > > > Founding member, Madison Bikes <http://www.madisonbikes.org/> > > *...where anyone can ride a bicycle conveniently and comfortably to any > place year round.* > > MadisonBikes.org <http://www.madisonbikes.org/> > > Follow Madison Bikes on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBIIC/> > > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Meiers, Steven via Bikies < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime-and-courts/bicyclist-killed-near-cross-plains-pickup-truck-veered-onto-shoulder/article_91e4a996-93ec-5c62-abf1-f6a073b2a28b.html > > > > Steve Meiers > > Safety educator > > (608) 267-1102 > > Box 2986 > > Madison WI 53701 > > [email protected] > > *From:* Bikies [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Dorothy > Krause via Bikies > *Sent:* Friday, July 15, 2016 12:12 PM > *To:* 'Sarah Gaskell'; 'Grant Foster'; [email protected] > *Subject:* [Bikies] Bike/car fatality in Cross Plains > > > > WISC is reporting a woman died in a bike/car accident near Stagecoach Rd > and Highway 14 this morning. No specifics yet. > > > > Dorothy Krause > Dane County Board of Supervisors > Fitchburg Common Council > [email protected] > 608-271-7532 > Follow me on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/dorothy.krause > Progressive – where idealism meets reality > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > -- > > Sent from Postbox > <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campaign=reach> > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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