[trafficsafety] Quote of the Week ...

 

Quote of the Week:

 

"It has been our position from the beginning that no matter if you're 16 or 86, if you make the decision to get behind the wheel of a car, you have a duty of care."

--Ann Ambrose, Los Angeles prosecutor

 

As quoted in this story from the AP this morning:

Man Convicted for Market Crash Deaths

By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer

Sat Oct 21, 3:49 AM

LOS ANGELES - An elderly man whose car hurtled through a farmer's market, killing 10 people and injuring more than 70, was convicted Friday of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence -- the harshest verdict possible.

... (a few paragraphs later) ...

 

"He looked at what he had done, essentially shrugged his shoulders and said, 'Oops,'" prosecutor Ann Ambrose told the jury.

...

" ... jurors agreed from the first day of deliberations that Weller was guilty of vehicular manslaughter but had trouble deciding whether he had committed gross negligence, a felony, or misdemeanor simple negligence.

"Asked Wednesday by the panel to provide the legal definition of gross negligence, Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson wrote that it meant "more than ordinary carelessness, inattention or mistake in judgment."

Here's the link to the full story:

 

http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2006/10/21/503791.html