<ul><li><a href="http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/297477">Toronto Star article</a></li></ul>

j/k... there is a whole thing about this on B5.

In the fall of 2006 I was doing an est. 99km/hr in a 60 zone when a police officer stepped infront of my motorbike 30-50m ahead of me to try and pull me over. Neither of us could change the laws of physics, so I locked up the brakes on the bike and she laid down 15m before the crosswalk. The constable tried to jump over it, but unfortunately the bike hit his right leg, breaking it.

IMO, relatively similar story to this case. All that I can say is that I have never felt more guilt before in my life. I couldn't have even imagined if the bike wasn't laid down... The officer's wife and family came to visit me in the hospital and just knowing what they're going to have to go through (even with him "just" having a broken leg) makes you feel like absolute scum.

I was charged criminally with dangerous driving causing bodily harm and to be honest, I'm quite surprised that "Tomas Delgado" didn't get a comparable charge to dangerous driving causing death; especially given he was doing 70 over.

Although I could just as easily sue the Edmonton Police Service for the scars and burns on my hands, hip and legs and the written off motorbike... I never, EVER would. The thought hasn't crossed my mind and it won't. I know at heart that even if I'm found non-guilty in a criminal court, I will always hold myself morally responsible for what happened.

Or the way you feel towards the injured police officer but...

Jumping in front of a fast/speeding vehicle is perhaps not the smartest thing that officer did.
How the heck did the officer know you could stop to avoid him in that short of a distance?

What if you were on drugs or drunk and you did not give a sh!t what you were doing? In any case and this might be harsh but I think some of the blame for his injuries y with him and his actions that day.

Just my $0.02.

And I always wondered why the hell they would ever do that. You're right, what if the driver is drunk, or not looking, or whatever. And in my case, he walked into the road in the LEFT lane, so if I hadn't stopped, there was nowhere he could have jumped out of the way to.

There should definitely be a law against that. It's dangerous for everyone.

1975 VW Beetle.

I was doing 90kph in what amounted to a 60 zone. The sun was setting and I missed the sign, was just keeping with the flow of traffic. The officer stepped out, and I got on the brakes.

I will never forget the look on his face when his brain finally realized that he had just stepped out in front of a vehicle with no power assisted brakes, 4 wheel drums, and bias-ply tires. Watching his eyes grow from narrow-and-pissed-off to 'wide as dinner plates oh-****-Im-going-to-die' was the funniest thing I've ever seen.

After I had pulled over into the parking lot they were using for their 'radar base' he and I had a good laugh about a) the fact that my bug could go 90kph and b) that we both learned a very important lesson about stopping distances.

I was given the ticket, and told specifically to challenge it in court. Not surprisingly, he never showed.

-Dave

You are only hurting yourself by taking the blame for this incident. You'll be stuck with a criminal record AND driving record if you keep blaming yourself. Definitely not a good defense strategy.

If you haven't already done so, get a good lawyer!

Regardless of your feelings of guilt (I understand, and I'm sure I'd feel the same way), the fact is, none of this would have happened if the officer didn't step in front of your bike.

There are other ways of pulling people over which do not break the laws of physics. Granted, the officer did indeed step out in front of a crosswalk.

Appreciate you sharing the story anyhow. I will certainly think twice before I let my right foot have its way with the throttle. Causing pain to somebody is difficult to bear, I am sure.

Guess all of the Spaniards were about to go ballistic on him and his lawyer.

<i> HARO, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish businessman withdrew a controversial lawsuit Wednesday against the family of a teenage boy he struck and killed while driving a luxury car.

Tomas Delgado had filed a suit asking the dead boy's parents to pay him €20,000 ($29,400) on the grounds that the collision that killed their teenage son also damaged his Audi A-8.

News of the case sparked outrage in Spain and generated deep sympathy for the parents of 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo Trinidad. He was riding his bicycle home to a campground when Delgado's car hit and killed him in August 2004.

Hundreds of people descended on a courthouse in northern Spain in a show of support for the boy's parents Wednesday. They broke into applause when word came that Delgado had dropped the suit.

The businessman had insisted in a recent television interview that he was a victim, too. He was not present for a court hearing Wednesday. His lawyer told the court that Delgado felt that the extensive publicity amounted to a public lynching.

Outside the courthouse, the boy's father -- Antonio Iriondo -- told CNN he was content with the decision. Yet he also said his family will explore the possibility of criminal charges against the man.

"This is just the beginning," the father said.

His son was killed as he cycled back from a nearby village to a campground where his family was vacationing.

Iriondo Trinidad's father told CNN he heard the screeching of the car from the campgrounds. The teen was struck from behind and dragged 106 meters (347 feet) along the rural highway, the father said.

A traffic report said Delgado was traveling 113 km per hour (70 mph) in an area where the speed limit is 90 km (55 mph). An independent expert hired by Trinidad's family said Delgado was going 173 km per hour (107 mph).

Shortly after the collision, a judge dismissed criminal charges against Delgado after concluding that he had committed no criminal infraction, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.

The teen's mother, Rosa, told the newspaper that the family was given three days to appeal the judge's ruling, but they were too distraught to pursue it. She also told the newspaper that her family's lawyer advised her and her husband not to pursue criminal charges.

After the collision, Delgado's insurance company paid the family €33,000 ($48,500).

Two years after the wreck, Delgado sued the family for damages to his car and for car rental costs.

The boy's mother told CNN before the hearing that she was indignant that the driver would seek damages after killing her son.

A local prosecutor told reporters that he would take a second look at the case to see whether authorities can file fresh charges against Delgado.</i><ul><li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/30/spain.luxury.car/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/30/spain.luxury.car/index.html</a</li></ul>