Friday, December 4, 2009

Share the road and please don't kill

Dr. Thompson slammed on his brakes and seriously injured two bicyclists. We have all heard the story. He was thought of as such a menace, the judge ordered him to stay in jail until he is sentenced on Jan. 8th. He faces ten years in jail, but is not expected to get the maximum sentence. There was even a post on the internet about how to contact the judge to request he get the maximum penalty.

The other side of this story is the one nobody is discussing. And that is how can a successful doctor, living in a nice house in an amazing neighborhood be filled with so much hatred? He had to move because of this mess, lost his job and is now in jail, wondering how long he will have to be there. All because of an unimaginable sense of entitlement. Me first, get out of my way, I'm so much more important than you. His life is pretty well ruined, and he has become a poster boy for cyclists to point at and hate.

And rightly so.

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