Las Vegas: 13YO girl cited for jaywalking - in a coma

[Oldgringo]

....I will be very surprised if the vehicle was not owned by the city or the driver was not a relative of police official or politician.

- Jim

Surely you're not suggesting there was any kind of favoritism or coverup in the, "...what happens here, stays here city...", are you? Horrors!

[seamusTX]

Never set foot in the place. Never want to.

- Jim

[jimlongley]

I missed nailing Al Sharpton by fractions of an inch.

go back and try again!

The temptation, the temptation!

I missed nailing Al Sharpton by fractions of an inch.

Most heartbreaking story I've read on here.

Yeah.

[jimlongley]

A bunch of years ago, 1987 to be exact, I was driving east on State St. in Albany, NY and obeying all of the traffic laws, when a person stepped out into the street, from between parked vehicles which blocked my view of him, directly in front of my one ton telephone van. I narrowly missed him, but often have wondered how different the world would be if my driving skills were not better or my brakes not as good, and why the cops didn't give him a ticket, as they were witnesses to the whole thing. Maybe LVPD would have.

I missed nailing Al Sharpton by fractions of an inch.

Why is this Las Vegas event reported in Fox news Boston?

Im gonna tell you the same thing one of my old bosses told me...

I was 50' in the air in a knuckle boom tightening the nuts on bolts that were holding 2 x two ton steel beams together. It was mid July in Missouri so it was high 90s with 1,000% humidity. The beams were just being put up so we were not tightening them all the way just using the HUGE wrenches that we had. Well, my hands were filled with sweat and my wrench slipped out of my hand and fell. Right at that exact moment in time the big boss, the one that NONE of us liked, walked right underneath me without a hardhat on (he was not too bright). That big old wrench went flying by him and missed him by mere centimeters. He looked up at me and nervously laughed a little, like I said he was an idiot. My boss comes over tells me to get down now! He looked me dead in the eye and says in a loud voice...

"If you ever do that again...and miss, your fired!"

He then poked fun at me and sent me back to work.

24 feet in the air, beating away at a drive hook on a swaying pole, and my foreman standing on the ground yelling at me, suddenly my line hammer slipped out of my hands, and spiraled straight at his head. Only a quick duck saved him. My partner laughed so hard he had to go hide in the truck.

[C-dub]

Here goes my heartless attempt to understand why the girl was given the citation.

What if it wasn't to protect the driver, but instead to provide him with the means to get his vehicle fixed by the parents' insurance? If the driver was not at fault wouldn't he need this?

[seamusTX]

... get his vehicle fixed by the parents' insurance?

I don't mean to sound harsh, but what insurance? What kind of insurance covers damage to a vehicle caused by a pedestrian?

- Jim

[C-dub]

... get his vehicle fixed by the parents' insurance?

I don't mean to sound harsh, but what insurance? What kind of insurance covers damage to a vehicle caused by a pedestrian?

- Jim

Homeowner's? I don't know. I was just guessing.

[seamusTX]

Homeowners insurance typically covers only incidents that occur on the homeowner's property.

When we lived in Illinois, our homeowners insurance covered "voluntary acts" that occurred elsewhere. I think this was supposed to cover incidents like throwing a baseball through a window. However, I never had to make use of it.

Our policies in Texas have no such clause.

If you run the front end of your car into something, you pretty much have to use collision or comprehensive. Otherwise you get to eat the damage.

I'm not sure how much damage a 13-year-old girl can cause. I know deer do a number, and even large dogs can leave a mark.

- Jim

[Jumping Frog]

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/off ... x-20110106

Two observations:
1. Searches did not find Las Vegas newspapers reporting this story

Here is a Las Vegas source, linked from the original news story:
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/26381372/detail.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[seamusTX]

The story got an approximately normal amount of coverage for the outrage du jour. It has made its way into the overseas press.

Just search for the injured girl's name.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/teen-struck-by ... 27239.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/13789869/ ... jaywalking" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

[galvestonredneck]

A bunch of years ago, 1987 to be exact, I was driving east on State St. in Albany, NY and obeying all of the traffic laws, when a person stepped out into the street, from between parked vehicles which blocked my view of him, directly in front of my one ton telephone van.

This happens all the time in the east bound lane of Seawall Blvd. in Galveston. I quit traveling in the right hand lane when I lived there so I might have a little more time to react if some kid ran out between cars.


Galveston Redneck
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