From The Associated Press Thursday:
"BETHLEHEM — An ambulance driver says ice blew off a tractor trailer, smashed her windshield, struck her on the head and showered the inside of the ambulance with ice and broken glass...
The truck driver, Earl Seese II, was stopped after motorists followed him and called police. State police say he won't be charged because no one was killed or seriously injured."

I know the PA courts are overloaded, but I think this guy ought to have been charged anyway. Flying ice does kill people most winters. It is Pennsylvania law that drivers have to clean snow and ice from their vehicles, to prevent exactly this kind of accident. The fact that no one here was hurt was sheer luck.

If the state only charges the drivers who actually seriously injure people, very few people will change their habits. But if the state charges everyone who causes such accidents, more people will then be reminded to act responsibly.

Posted by
Patricia Matson