Barb,
Accidents happen. Try to collect from the person that hit your car. But, really, how would a red light camera or anything else have prevented your car from getting hit (except maybe if you had not parked on the street)? As you said, "Did anyone honestly think not�being able to get a license would prevent them from trying to drive?"
My message is not about blaming the victim. My message is about accepting the fact that unwanted events happen and that no laws will prevent that. Only our viligence might. "Might" is the keyword.
And regarding "stop[ing] and proceed[ing] slowly through a green light to ensure no one will ...�run a red light and hit us", I do it every day. And, my house was burglarized twice when I lived in Minneapolis, so, don't talk down to me about "blaming the victim." Like I said, accidents happen. Rather, in this case, crime happens. After I was burglarized, I modified my house to be more burglar-proof. Had I known the perps who burglarized my house, I would have went after them, but I didn't and don't. And as frustrating as that is, I know that no law against burglary would have prevented it. To this day, I don't believe that appealing to the "authorities" for more laws will protect my house from being burglarized (or from my car from being clobbered by an undocumented drunk resident of Blaine).
Scott. formerly of Minneapolis, now in So St Paul.
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