Comments on: BREAKING: Man Charged in Fatal Christmas Eve Accident

By: tim niner

tim niner — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:18:45 +0000

farhan went through a yellow light. furthermore another driver making a left turn failed to yeild before making a left turn. The picture of the defendents car is attached to this article. you can clearly see that this defendent was hit broad side and did not hit anyone with the front of his car. bad record or not, you can not trump up bullsh–t charges aagainst one person, while the real guity person goes scott free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: anonymouse

anonymouse — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:05:23 +0000

I beg to differ, kinda sorta.

If it’s raining, like it was the night of the accident, slamming on your brakes at a yellow light can cause your car to skid out of control.

I’m not diminishing the seriousness of this accident, just that weather can play a part.

By: uknown

uknown — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:04:38 +0000

There are many reasons why people do dumb things on the road. We don’t know what’s going on in this young man’s life. Maybe he suffered from depression. That’s why he has the charges he has. At 21 supporting his family he had to be working hard. The judge should figure out if he really is a bad kid. Because if this kid Has a future it would be heart breaking to see him go down this way.

By: unknown

unknown — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:57:45 +0000

Wow cool story Bro tell it again.

By: Bred

Bred — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:22:07 +0000

Look, the “net net” is that a woman minding her own business, standing on a street corner was killed by someone who ran a red light. I don’t care about the legal nuisances if the driver is guilty of what. While Glebe & Randolph is a dangerous intersection, a reasonable person should not expect to be run down & killed while just standing on a street corner.

By: dk (not DK)

dk (not DK) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:57:32 +0000

This.

By: dk (not DK)

dk (not DK) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:55:38 +0000

sorry–by “he got more speeding tickets in Arlington 2012,” I mean Khan, not the man responsible for the woman killed on Quincy Street.

By: dk (not DK)

dk (not DK) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:54:10 +0000

Are you kidding? To me, the relevant and important difference is that, if I remember correctly, the young man in the Quincy Street accident did not have a mile-long list of flagrant traffic violations strongly suggesting either gross incompetence or callous disregard for the safety of others. He got more speeding and other tickets/violations just in Arlington in 2012 alone than most people get in an entire lifetime of driving. This man was a chronic reckless driver. What in the world would probation do for him that YEARS of traffic tickets and court appearances did not?

I am one who believes that accidents, even deadly ones, can happen to anyone, and I argued on ArlNow that the young man involved in the Quincy Street accident was being unfairly vilified. But you won’t hear a peep out of me on this guy. This was no accident. This was repeated reckless behavior that could only have ended badly. He gets no sympathy from me.

By: Beth M

Beth M — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:23:35 +0000

Oops, sorry UA, I see you were referring to those whose reaction times have slowed with age. I think that we agree that this driver, given the number of violations and accidents he’s had before, he clearly should have known that he needed to slow down and drive more carefully.

By: Beth M.

Beth M. — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:28:27 +0000

I really doubt it would hurt the case. He was reckless. Those signs have cropped up all around Arlington, however, and I do find them weird.