Reply #8: i don't buy it [View All]

"If he's going 70 or 75, tooling down the highway, and comes to an intersection like that and there's no braking, that tells me he didn't see the stop sign at all," Russell Janklow said Wednesday evening.

let's see... 20 mph above the speed limit, and supposedly did not see a traffic control (stop sign); did not or could not see the other vehicle; collided with it; other motorist dead.

so, first off, he was completely ignoring the speed limit. when his son says he "didn't see" the stop sign, it really means he must have also ignored the pre-stop warning signs, lights, and pavement markings that would always be placed well before the actual stop. (no traffic engineer would expect a driver going at 55 mph to be able to see a lone stop sign by itself in time to stop.) he failed to even slow down at the intersection, which any prudent driver would have done, even in the absence of a stop sign. he failed to see the cross traffic, meaning he probably had a restricted view of the intersecting street - again meaning that any prudent driver would have slowed down on approaching the intersection.

all in all, rep. Janklow's driving was reckless in the extreme. his recklessness cost a man's life. add to that the fact that rep. Janklow has a history of getting speeding tickets. they should have served as a warning to him, but he ignored the warning signs in life, just like he ignored the warning signs on the ground. obviously the punishments he received in the past were insufficient. he deserves no mercy now.