'It's about what the law is,' not what is 'right' or 'wrong'
(By Scott Sexton, Winston-Salem Journal) - In the first few stunned minutes after his 2001 Volkswagen Jetta was nearly totaled in a collision on May 27, Tom Macey really didn‘t know what to expect.
Nobody was injured -- his two sons were in the car with him -- but he knew this particular wreck was going to be a (Smokey) bear, as the other driver involved just happened to be wearing the uniform of the N.C. Highway Patrol.
Macey had done nothing wrong; the patrol sergeant sent to investigate indicated as much. The accident report all but verifies it: 'The driver of vehicle 1 initiated lights and siren but failed to yield to vehicle 2. Vehicle 2 collided with vehicle 1 in the westbound lane of U.S. 158'.
"I thought for sure they were going to pay for it," Macey said.
It took a few weeks before the bitter truth sunk in. You really can't fight city hall, not when it writes the rule book and its bureaucrats can cower behind such terms as "sovereign immunity" and "gross negligence."
Nobody was injured -- his two sons were in the car with him -- but he knew this particular wreck was going to be a (Smokey) bear, as the other driver involved just happened to be wearing the uniform of the N.C. Highway Patrol.
Macey had done nothing wrong; the patrol sergeant sent to investigate indicated as much. The accident report all but verifies it: 'The driver of vehicle 1 initiated lights and siren but failed to yield to vehicle 2. Vehicle 2 collided with vehicle 1 in the westbound lane of U.S. 158'.
"I thought for sure they were going to pay for it," Macey said.
It took a few weeks before the bitter truth sunk in. You really can't fight city hall, not when it writes the rule book and its bureaucrats can cower behind such terms as "sovereign immunity" and "gross negligence."
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