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Wondering: About Time Poor Driver Faces Music

Wondering (re: "Charges sought in Schrock tragedy"): It's about time and then some!!! I have never understood the time lag and, admittedly, this horrific tragedy has really stuck in my craw. Time 15 to 18 seconds. If you can't react in that amount of time, you certainly shouldn't be behind the wheel of a vehicle. Helm has a proven record of "poor" driving skill. Had he blacked out, that would have been made public long ago. It would have been in Helms best interest to put that out there. The Schrock family, in an amazing act of forgiveness that simply takes your breath away, has forgiven Helm. In their place, I probably would have killed the man. They certainly are better people than I. But, their forgiveness should not preclude legal action. Clifford Helm is responsible for the death of 5 beautiful children. They will never live the lives God intended. The Schrocks have forgiven him ... the law cannot.

DFO: Bingo.



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.