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Quote by: Chancellor Yes, but people who call themselves hoosiers must have something not quite right in their brains

LOL, touché !!!!

Traffic violations are crimes since it is illegal to violate traffic LAWS.

Maybe I worded that poorly, check that....I did word that poorly. There is a difference between a misdemeanor and a criminal misdemeanor. Thus, why we have traffic court separate from criminal court.

Nevertheless, you cannot be charged with criminal negligence for a non-criminal act i.e. a mistake, running a red light as a mistake with no negligent criminal offense; purposeful and blatant disregard for traffic laws ; excessive speeding, intoxication.

Read the link I provided. It's quite clear.

This was not a mistake, it was negligence.

In this case they act as one in the same. How can you say this wasn't a mistake? What evidence do you have or see presented that shows criminal negligence?

But you can choose not to exercise the due diligence that you are obligated as a parent to exercise - which is what she did.

No no no...........She is either stupid, or made a stupid mistake. I cannot fathom how you can say she made a choice to be stupid.

Forrest Gump: "Stupid is as stupid does"

It's headlines that sell newspapers.

I guarantee you this point will be addressed in court. I just know it. The prosecutor will make sure that the jury is aware of her place of employment, and will most likely vie for plenty of women on the jury, as they are far more likely to show disdain for a "Hooters gal".

Her intelligence, or lack thereof, is not relevant. She is not guilty of stupidity, she is guilty of negligence.

There is a reason for everything. Either she made the decision to leave her kid in the car, or she did not. If she did not, than either she has a horrible memory, she is stupid as a box of hair or she displayed criminal negligence by being neglectful in the respect that she was either intoxicated or some other form of criminal neglect.

Neglect is forgetting something. Criminal neglect is getting stoned and forgetting something. You seeing the difference yet?

Now, if you will excuse me, this Hoosier boy has some corn to crop. Yeeeeehaaaaw!!!