Comments for Salt Lake City Driver Charged with Negligent Homicide of Motorcycle Rider at http://www.utahbikelaw.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.utahbikelaw.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.utahbikelaw.com/motorcycle-law/247-salt-lake-city-driver-charged-with-negligent-homicide-of-motorcycle-rider#comment-116 I agree that a class A misdemeanor hardly seems appropriate for such a grievous act of poor judgement, but I don't believe the analogy of loading a gun and placing it in a playground is apt or fitting. What purpose would one have in mind by loading a gun to leave it specifically in a playground? This sounds a lot like those sickos that place razors in kids candy and hand it out at Halloween. It seems there is clear intent in the analogy to have a kid play with the gun. Where as Lopez simply wanted to use her vehicle, no evil contrivances here, just unadulterated stupidity and/or callousness. Though I appreciate the pathos of your analogy, I think one should stick with the cold facts, instead of trying to stir up the public's emotional dander. I think a more apt analogy would be to say that the woman was using the same bad judgement as those who drink and drive, and thus knowingly place the public as risk, but only worse, as her judgement wasn't impaired. She absolutely deserves to have the book thrown at her and she should have her license revoked. - a guest Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:48:02 +0100 http://www.utahbikelaw.com/motorcycle-law/247-salt-lake-city-driver-charged-with-negligent-homicide-of-motorcycle-rider#comment-37 Knowing that your vehicle does not have the proper safety equipment for it to work correctly is definately negligent on the driver's part, should there be a stricter law governing this type of behavior? That is a little more difficult to say, in my opinion. It is ultimately up to judge or jury to decide the severity of the punishment. As long as the judge or jury are willing to hand out the maximum punishment maybe negligent homicide would be enough. - a guest Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:19:40 +0100