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Yes. Deputy who killed former Napster COO after drifting into the bike lane while distracted by his laptop will not face charges because he was answering a wor

Yes. Deputy who killed former Napster COO after drifting into the bike lane while distracted by his laptop will not face charges because he was answering a work-related email - Milton Olin Jr, 65, was fatally struck by a Los Angeles county sheriff's patrol car December 8, 2013, as he rode in the bike lane in Calabasas - Deputy Anthony Wood was returning from a fire call when he took his eyes off the road to type a work-related message on an electronic device - Olin was director of operations for Napster between 2000 and 2002 and was a prominent entertainment lawyer - The victim's wife and sons have filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming Wood was negligent Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736376/Deputy-killed-former-Napster-COO-drifting-bike-lane-distracted-laptop-NOT-face-charges-answering-work-related-email.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736376/Deputy-kille...

untog 12y ago
In conclusion: yes, they do it, and yes, it's a bad idea.
jacquesm 12y ago
> while distracted by his laptop will not face charges because he was answering a work-related email Somehow I feel that if I struck a cyclist while answering a work related email (not that I'd ever do such a thing) that I would not be getting off that lightly.
- x0x0 12y ago
  eh, in sf, you get a ticket for killing cyclists. Sometimes not even that. It's really not a big deal. So it isn't as if the cop got a special deal. "We do not know of a single case of a cyclist fatality in which the driver was prosecuted, except for D.U.I. or hit-and-run," Leah Shahum, the executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, told me. [1] [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/is-it-ok-to-kill-cyclists.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/is-it-ok-to...
  - khc 12y ago
    Do people get prosecuted anywhere for fatal traffic accidents, except when they are severely breaking the law?
    - jacquesm 12y ago
      In NL if you hit a cyclist as a motor vehicle driver you're in deep trouble.

untog 12y ago

In conclusion: yes, they do it, and yes, it's a bad idea.

jacquesm 12y ago

> while distracted by his laptop will not face charges because he was answering a work-related email Somehow I feel that if I struck a cyclist while answering a work related email (not that I'd ever do such a thing) that I would not be getting off that lightly.

x0x0 12y ago
eh, in sf, you get a ticket for killing cyclists. Sometimes not even that. It's really not a big deal. So it isn't as if the cop got a special deal. "We do not know of a single case of a cyclist fatality in which the driver was prosecuted, except for D.U.I. or hit-and-run," Leah Shahum, the executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, told me. [1] [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/is-it-ok-to-kill-cyclists.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opinion/sunday/is-it-ok-to...
- khc 12y ago
  Do people get prosecuted anywhere for fatal traffic accidents, except when they are severely breaking the law?
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    In NL if you hit a cyclist as a motor vehicle driver you're in deep trouble.