I swear I didn't see him coming!!

I don't feel sorry for him at all. Then again, I should mention that in the past, my grandfather has been in an accident twice.

The first time was when he was a firefighter. He was holding the rail on the back of the fire truck, and a guy suddenly swung out, causing the fire truck to suddenly have to stop, with such force it propelled my grandfather into a telephone pole. The result was that he injured his back (which is causing him problems, including breathing problems to this day). He also didn't remember that day for obvious reasons. Because of that, the judge said he couldn't press charges.

The other was about ten years back. My grandfather and grandmother were in their car. Another guy in one of those huge trailers backed up right into them and broke my grand father's ribs from impact. The guy got away from it too when he lied and said he didn't see them.

I find it more than appropiate for that type of settlement. If it will get people to actually use their brains, and also show people that they ARE responsible for their actions, and that some judges will actually punish a person when good logic and evidence shows that they should, then maybe it will cause some of the above tragedies to cease.

Jam it back in, in the dark.