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tripleripple · 05-06-2010, 07:06 AM

Woman testifies she stopped painting her nails before fatal crash :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime

Here's a quick update on the IL case of the woman killed because she was rear-ended by a driver who admitted to police she had been painting her nails. She testified that she had indeed stopped her pedicuring-while-driving, so I guess that's supposed to make it better. Or something.

"If I had tried to stop I would have been rear ended." oh how terrible that would have been.

seruzawa · 05-06-2010, 07:48 AM

“When I glanced up, I was hitting a two-wheeled motorcycle,” she wrote in the statement.

There are motorcycles with different numbers of wheels? Who knew?

The_AirHawk · 05-06-2010, 08:48 AM

Hunt testified that she saw the traffic signal change from green to yellow, but kept going because of the vehicles around her.

“If I had tried to stop, I would have been rear-ended,” she said.

So, the Question that goes begging is; After you hit the (presumably 2-wheeled) Motorcycle, did you "stop"? And if you "stopped", were you rear-ended?

seruzawa · 05-06-2010, 09:18 AM

5 years is not enough.

We'll see if the jury decides that the motorcyclist "deserved" it for having the temerity to ride a motorcycle.

tripleripple · 05-06-2010, 08:21 PM

She was found guilty. This article and the statements within will only make you sick though. The excuses, the denial, the "other people have done worse." I think we all know how sentencng will play out...6 mos in county, she'll serve half, a couples years of probation, all the while thinking she did nothing wrong by piloting a several thousand pound machine down a public road while not even trying to pay attention.

Woman found guilty in fatal 'nail polish' crash - Chicago Breaking News

Kenneth_Moore · 05-07-2010, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seruzawa

5 years is not enough.

We'll see if the jury decides that the motorcyclist "deserved" it for having the temerity to ride a motorcycle.

14 years is the standard sentence for vehicular homicide in FL; DUI f'instance. Don't see any difference between being a drunk who doesn't give a **** versus being a self-centered **** who doesn't give a ****.

Why was she even bothering to paint her nails to begin with? She's uglier than a bucket full of a**holes.

pplassm · 05-07-2010, 08:08 PM

Some people should not be allowed to drive. This is one of them. How do we weed them out before they do something like this?

Diogenes09 · 05-21-2010, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Some people should not be allowed to drive. This is one of them. How do we weed them out before they do something like this?

Unfortunately, you can't...if it's not drunks, it's cell phones, or make up, checkin' out the babe, searchin' your glove compartment, etc etc etc too many distractions...

if you're in a car you should be paying attention to the road. Too many people treat their cars like it's an extension of their house on wheels.

A Star Ride · 05-22-2010, 10:17 AM

We've all been drifted upon and pulled in front of by people who didn't "see" (or "look for") us, but traffic lights are too commonly seen as safe because you're not moving. I stay wide to 1 side or the other at traffic lights, and watch the rear until the next vehicle stops, that way, if needed, I can pull along the car in front of me and let them hit him instead.
At highway speeds, more then once, I've hit the shoulder in a bottleneck as the car that was behind me was suddenly next to me. Also (in my Avalanche) at a traffic light, after seeing the 18 wheeler behind me completely stop, I took my eyes off him, just before he while looking in the distance for signs, rolled into me smashing my bumper & hitch decor. Had I been on the bike with that hit, would've likely ended up on the ground in the path of crossing traffic.

mscuddy · 05-24-2010, 08:29 AM

Remember folks, it's the ones you don't see that get you. Had I an ounce of good sense I would have quit riding on the street here in Los Angeles and just been a happy dirt rider. Funny how a traffic accident that ruined my 1st Dakota got me riding on the street again (after a 5 year hiatus).

Went to Riverside to visit the kid at UCR, downtown Riverside is a boarded up ghost town now, with bands of mean homeless kids prowling the street. I got seperated from everybody and almost got rolled by some homeless bitc* and her toothless companion. Man, it's tough out there anymore. Sheesh.

05-06-2010, 07:06 AM	#1
tripleripple Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lightly Fortified Compound (apartment): Chicago, IL Posts: 421	Nail painting killer testifies Woman testifies she stopped painting her nails before fatal crash :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime Here's a quick update on the IL case of the woman killed because she was rear-ended by a driver who admitted to police she had been painting her nails. She testified that she had indeed stopped her pedicuring-while-driving, so I guess that's supposed to make it better. Or something. "If I had tried to stop I would have been rear ended." oh how terrible that would have been.

05-06-2010, 07:48 AM	#2
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	“When I glanced up, I was hitting a two-wheeled motorcycle,” she wrote in the statement. There are motorcycles with different numbers of wheels? Who knew? __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

05-06-2010, 08:48 AM	#3
The_AirHawk Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Livin' in a Van: down by the Mariana Trench Posts: 10,891	Hunt testified that she saw the traffic signal change from green to yellow, but kept going because of the vehicles around her. “If I had tried to stop, I would have been rear-ended,” she said. So, the Question that goes begging is; After you hit the (presumably 2-wheeled) Motorcycle, did you "stop"? And if you "stopped", were you rear-ended? __________________ *Parfois, on fait pas semblant* Sometimes, it's not pretend Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear политики предпочитают безоружных крестьян Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now...

05-06-2010, 09:18 AM	#4
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	5 years is not enough. We'll see if the jury decides that the motorcyclist "deserved" it for having the temerity to ride a motorcycle. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Last edited by seruzawa : 05-06-2010 at 09:50 AM.

05-07-2010, 08:08 PM	#7
pplassm Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,875	Some people should not be allowed to drive. This is one of them. How do we weed them out before they do something like this? __________________ Mongo just pawn in game of life.

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05-06-2010, 08:21 PM	#5
tripleripple Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lightly Fortified Compound (apartment): Chicago, IL Posts: 421	She was found guilty. This article and the statements within will only make you sick though. The excuses, the denial, the "other people have done worse." I think we all know how sentencng will play out...6 mos in county, she'll serve half, a couples years of probation, all the while thinking she did nothing wrong by piloting a several thousand pound machine down a public road while not even trying to pay attention. Woman found guilty in fatal 'nail polish' crash - Chicago Breaking News

05-22-2010, 10:17 AM	#9
A Star Ride Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: central Va Posts: 1,126	We've all been drifted upon and pulled in front of by people who didn't "see" (or "look for") us, but traffic lights are too commonly seen as safe because you're not moving. I stay wide to 1 side or the other at traffic lights, and watch the rear until the next vehicle stops, that way, if needed, I can pull along the car in front of me and let them hit him instead. At highway speeds, more then once, I've hit the shoulder in a bottleneck as the car that was behind me was suddenly next to me. Also (in my Avalanche) at a traffic light, after seeing the 18 wheeler behind me completely stop, I took my eyes off him, just before he while looking in the distance for signs, rolled into me smashing my bumper & hitch decor. Had I been on the bike with that hit, would've likely ended up on the ground in the path of crossing traffic. __________________ White Trash Hick from Appalachia

05-24-2010, 08:29 AM	#10
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	Remember folks, it's the ones you don't see that get you. Had I an ounce of good sense I would have quit riding on the street here in Los Angeles and just been a happy dirt rider. Funny how a traffic accident that ruined my 1st Dakota got me riding on the street again (after a 5 year hiatus). Went to Riverside to visit the kid at UCR, downtown Riverside is a boarded up ghost town now, with bands of mean homeless kids prowling the street. I got seperated from everybody and almost got rolled by some homeless bitc* and her toothless companion. Man, it's tough out there anymore. Sheesh. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.