Roloff not guilty

[Guest guest]

I am so glad this matter turned out to be as it were...a learning lesson. Shame

on you, if we repeat our mistakes! But in reality, is it fair for the families

that has lost someone, by the first timer, (all too often, repeat drunk

drivers), even left hospitalized, with uncertained recovery, or those forever,

maimed senselessly. Let's all try to learn from our mistakes. The fairest of

all, results, are those that give us the opportunity, " never to repeat " them. I

speaking from that of a very unpleasant personal experience, I was the (dwarf)

driver, in a fatal car accident, 26 years ago. I can not turn back time, but if

I could, you bet I would. Was visiting friends for the evening, they offered me

a glass of wine, gladly in this situation, I declined. Well on my way home, I

pasted thru a intersection that is known for many fatal accidents, same

intersection 4 years ago, my brother was hit by a uninsured, unlicensed

motorist. My brother got the ticket (my guess was, cause he

was a dwarf), but he went to court, there was an eyewitness that showed up. The

uninsured, unlicensed motorist, did not show up, but her lawyer said, " She

accepts all responsibilities " as of yet, we don't know what that meant or

accomplished. Oh well back to my accident, I spent half a year going to court.

Speaking of news media frenzy, they reported that I was drunk, driving while

standing in my car, oh and reported that my legs were cut off in the accident,

the list went on. So yes it can be a media's hay-day. It wasn't going well, even

after was proven I wasn't driving under influence, wasn't guilty of any of their

claims. The judge recognized it as it was, an unfotunate accident, that was

fatal. Had I took that glass of wine, who knows the outcome. Sorry, but true

events, can hopefully make us think, how serious it is, for anyone accused of

drinking and driving, guilty or not!

Bruce