To Judge Rocanelli
Today is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. On this day especially, the tragic death of my son Phillip last year in Hockessin reminds me of the vulnerability of cyclists when motorists drive recklessly. As with other vulnerable members of society, cyclists therefore depend on the protection of the police and courts.
As the Court in the coming weeks decides on an appropriate penalty for the motorist who killed Phillip, I ask the Court to consider not only what justice for Phillip demands but also how the penalty might reflect the public’s larger interest in preventing more unbearable tragedies like ours in the future.
Johanna Bishop
We Remember:
• Remembering Katarzyna Reteruk Five Years Later
4 Responses
God bless all of them.
God Bless Phillip…. Visited shrine today
I wish I could have known Phillip. From all that I have seen and heard, he was a wonderful person. Such a terrible, tragic loss.
But by the grace of God…
When the driver is at fault, the system needs to stop minimizing bicycle and pedestrian “accidents” by treating them all as traffic violations. Many of them are criminal acts of negligence and should be treated as so.