wow, this is crap!
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http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.c...ase/?id=161083
SIOUX FALLS, SD - A man who admitted to texting while driving before a crash that killed a motorcyclist is sentenced to time in prison.
Brent O'Neal pleaded guilty to manslaughter in December in the death of 33-year-old Philip Sorensen. O'Neal admitted he was texting and driving when he hit three vehicles, a motorcycle and a light pole at the intersection of 26th Street and Minnesota Avenue in July 2012.
During a sentencing hearing Tuesday afternoon, Judge Mark Salter heard from attorneys on both sides, along with Sorensen's family members and O'Neal himself.
Salter sentenced O'Neal to 20 years in the penitentiary with 11 suspended. He estimates O'Neal will serve half of the nine years.
O'Neal must also pay $10,000 in restitution.
douchebag kid, going 20 miles over the speed limit texting and driving, kills a well liked biker, get's 4.5 years. **** him.
SIOUX FALLS, SD - A man who admitted to texting while driving before a crash that killed a motorcyclist is sentenced to time in prison.
Brent O'Neal pleaded guilty to manslaughter in December in the death of 33-year-old Philip Sorensen. O'Neal admitted he was texting and driving when he hit three vehicles, a motorcycle and a light pole at the intersection of 26th Street and Minnesota Avenue in July 2012.
During a sentencing hearing Tuesday afternoon, Judge Mark Salter heard from attorneys on both sides, along with Sorensen's family members and O'Neal himself.
Salter sentenced O'Neal to 20 years in the penitentiary with 11 suspended. He estimates O'Neal will serve half of the nine years.
O'Neal must also pay $10,000 in restitution.
douchebag kid, going 20 miles over the speed limit texting and driving, kills a well liked biker, get's 4.5 years. **** him.
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you clowns continue to amaze me. any time a bike rider is involved in an accident or gets killed, you are up in arms...had he been in a car at the time he died this would have never been posted. traffic laws and the criminal justice system does not care what means of transportation you use. he was found guilty of manslaughter--not manslaughter of a biker. no one is forcing you to ride a motorcycle...you accept the fact that you are more likely to be seriously injured or killed in an accident if you are on a motorcycle. quit pissing and moaning about your perceived injustices every time a motorcycle is involved.
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you clowns continue to amaze me. any time a bike rider is involved in an accident or gets killed, you are up in arms...had he been in a car at the time he died this would have never been posted. traffic laws and the criminal justice system does not care what means of transportation you use. he was found guilty of manslaughter--not manslaughter of a biker. no one is forcing you to ride a motorcycle...you accept the fact that you are more likely to be seriously injured or killed in an accident if you are on a motorcycle. quit pissing and moaning about your perceived injustices every time a motorcycle is involved.
And when someone is killed because a driver was distracted with their mobile phone and there are no serious consequences for that driver, well I don't know about you but I perceive an injustice in that.
You don't?
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you clowns continue to amaze me. any time a bike rider is involved in an accident or gets killed, you are up in arms...had he been in a car at the time he died this would have never been posted. traffic laws and the criminal justice system does not care what means of transportation you use. he was found guilty of manslaughter--not manslaughter of a biker. no one is forcing you to ride a motorcycle...you accept the fact that you are more likely to be seriously injured or killed in an accident if you are on a motorcycle. quit pissing and moaning about your perceived injustices every time a motorcycle is involved.
Also, motorcycle accidents or fatalities always get sensationalized in the news. Drivers of autos are also killed by texters or distracted drivers all the time. But motorcycle wrecks just make for more 'juicy' reading than the typical car wreck or vehicular fatality. They are more likely to make the front page of many local papers. If there is a motorcycle wreck in your area you are a lot more likely to hear or read about it, especially if it is a fatality. Motorcycle wreck=blood and gore in the publics mind. A car wreck is too common to be interesting. Riders who are killed usually get an article wheras a car wreck will usually be a one-liner n the odds-and-ends sections -- "Driver killed in Route XYZ collision."
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It is obviously a situation that hits home with riders. But I agree with you overall that it should come as no surprise that people are going to die out there on the road while riding their bikes. I think people get upset because they think the government can someone guarantee there safety when riding a motorcycle by doing something to pass more laws. But this stuff will continue to happen as long as people ride bikes. I am all for stiffer penalties for distracted drviving and such, but the only way to guarantee your safety is to not ride a motorcycle.
Also, motorcycle accidents or fatalities always get sensationalized in the news. Drivers of autos are also killed by texters or distracted drivers all the time. But motorcycle wrecks just make for more 'juicy' reading than the typical car wreck or vehicular fatality. They are more likely to make the front page of many local papers. If there is a motorcycle wreck in your area you are a lot more likely to hear or read about it, especially if it is a fatality. Motorcycle wreck=blood and gore in the publics mind. A car wreck is too common to be interesting. Riders who are killed usually get an article wheras a car wreck will usually be a one-liner n the odds-and-ends sections -- "Driver killed in Route XYZ collision."
Also, motorcycle accidents or fatalities always get sensationalized in the news. Drivers of autos are also killed by texters or distracted drivers all the time. But motorcycle wrecks just make for more 'juicy' reading than the typical car wreck or vehicular fatality. They are more likely to make the front page of many local papers. If there is a motorcycle wreck in your area you are a lot more likely to hear or read about it, especially if it is a fatality. Motorcycle wreck=blood and gore in the publics mind. A car wreck is too common to be interesting. Riders who are killed usually get an article wheras a car wreck will usually be a one-liner n the odds-and-ends sections -- "Driver killed in Route XYZ collision."
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From: Newcastle, OK
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You are aware this a motorcycle-oriented forum, right?
And when someone is killed because a driver was distracted with their mobile phone and there are no serious consequences for that driver, well I don't know about you but I perceive an injustice in that.
You don't?
And when someone is killed because a driver was distracted with their mobile phone and there are no serious consequences for that driver, well I don't know about you but I perceive an injustice in that.
You don't?
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From: Los Angeles
you clowns continue to amaze me. any time a bike rider is involved in an accident or gets killed, you are up in arms...had he been in a car at the time he died this would have never been posted. traffic laws and the criminal justice system does not care what means of transportation you use. he was found guilty of manslaughter--not manslaughter of a biker. no one is forcing you to ride a motorcycle...you accept the fact that you are more likely to be seriously injured or killed in an accident if you are on a motorcycle. quit pissing and moaning about your perceived injustices every time a motorcycle is involved.
And as riders, we can actually see with a clear view what they are doing and how rampant it is. The laws aren't enforced, and we know that better than anyone else out on the road.
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It is obviously a situation that hits home with riders. But I agree with you overall that it should come as no surprise that people are going to die out there on the road while riding their bikes. I think people get upset because they think the government can someone guarantee there safety when riding a motorcycle by doing something to pass more laws. But this stuff will continue to happen as long as people ride bikes. I am all for stiffer penalties for distracted drviving and such, but the only way to guarantee your safety is to not ride a motorcycle.
Also, motorcycle accidents or fatalities always get sensationalized in the news. Drivers of autos are also killed by texters or distracted drivers all the time. But motorcycle wrecks just make for more 'juicy' reading than the typical car wreck or vehicular fatality. They are more likely to make the front page of many local papers. If there is a motorcycle wreck in your area you are a lot more likely to hear or read about it, especially if it is a fatality. Motorcycle wreck=blood and gore in the publics mind. A car wreck is too common to be interesting. Riders who are killed usually get an article wheras a car wreck will usually be a one-liner n the odds-and-ends sections -- "Driver killed in Route XYZ collision."
Also, motorcycle accidents or fatalities always get sensationalized in the news. Drivers of autos are also killed by texters or distracted drivers all the time. But motorcycle wrecks just make for more 'juicy' reading than the typical car wreck or vehicular fatality. They are more likely to make the front page of many local papers. If there is a motorcycle wreck in your area you are a lot more likely to hear or read about it, especially if it is a fatality. Motorcycle wreck=blood and gore in the publics mind. A car wreck is too common to be interesting. Riders who are killed usually get an article wheras a car wreck will usually be a one-liner n the odds-and-ends sections -- "Driver killed in Route XYZ collision."
The extent of the coverage is not dependent on being on a motorcycle, it depends on a variety of other common sense factors. If a car is full of a family, and a small child is killed by a drunk driver, that story would be written with more space. Maybe even in a larger paper in a larger city.
Plenty of motorcycle fatalities never make the news, or end up in agate type.