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A texting motorist who slammed into a bicyclist and injured his spine told police she had some regretsabout the dents in her car.
According to phone records, 21-year-old Kimberley Davis was texting with seven different phone numbers as she drove her vehicle through Koroit, a small town in western Victoria, Australia. According to local police, she used her phone behind the wheel as many as 44 times during the trip.
Around 7:20 pm, she struck a bicyclist from behind, apparently failing to see the warning lights that he had placed on the front and back of his bike. Although she called emergency responders, the cyclist said she refused to render him assistance and left him lying on the side of the road. According to the Standard, she also had some choice statements for responding police.
"I just don't care because I've already been through a lot of bullshit and my car is like pretty expensive and now I have to fix it." "I'm kind of pissed off that the cyclist has hit the side of my car. I don't agree that people texting and driving could hit a cyclist. I wasn't on my phone when I hit the cyclist."
http://gawker.com/texting-driver-who-hit-bicyclist-i-just-dont-care-1563607232
tridim
(45,358 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)those words should come back to haunt her.
JI7
(89,250 posts)not sure what laws are in australia.
in the US she could maybe get off free based on affluenza since she says her car is expensive.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)If not, I'd like to know what does.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Half of DU agrees with her.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Warpy
(111,267 posts)for ten years or so and then she can be evaluated for growing a brain and a heart.
Nothing else will work.
I sincerely hope the cyclist sues.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Kimberley Davis, 21, of Grant Street, Port Fairy, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court to dangerous driving.
She was originally charged with 47 offences covering each time she had used her phone.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2220124/i-just-dont-care-texting-p-plate-driver-hits-cyclist/?cs=2452
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)Ratty
(2,100 posts)I know I'll take heat for this but for some reason I feel sorry for this woman. 21 years old and the rot in her soul is already so deep. Someday maybe she'll wake up and see her shallow life and that will be a bitter pill to swallow.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)And then she'll only have to stop because she'll be behind bars for a very long time.