StopRecklessBill.com Launched to Track Janklow Trial/Verdict

Motorcyclists Across the Nation Demand Janklow Come to His Senses http://www.stoprecklessbill.com

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Outraged citizens and motorcyclists across the nation launched a new website (www.StopRecklessBill.com) this week to coincide with the trial of Rep. Bill Janklow (R-SD). Adding to a history of dangerous driving, Rep. Janklow ran a stop sign and killed motorcyclist Randy Scott in August 2003. Mr. Scott was legally proceeding through an intersection. Rep. Janklow's defense team has stated that he had a diabetic reaction that caused him to black out and miss the stop sign, though he has on at least one occasion been pulled over for speeding through the same stop sign, nearly killing another family.

StopRecklessBill.com was created to monitor the trial and collect open letters to Janklow from people all over the country. The letters express the collective outrage over Janklow's failure to take responsibility for his killing and his abuse of position.

  Excerpts from the letters include:

  "My girlfriend lost her 5 year old daughter to a reckless driver. The law
  should be there to protect the innocent not the guilty."

  "Why are you causing the family and friends of Randy Scott even greater
  pain and suffering by trying to defend your actions? You've hurt them
  enough already."

  "My family has a history of diabetes, so I take it as a personal insult
  that you would use such a serious disease as a shield for your
  recklessness. As far as I see it, your lack of responsibility -- if it's
  actually true -- should be used to condemn you, not defend you. If you are
  that willing to overlook your own health, you shouldn't be allowed to
  drive. Now look at what you have done.  How can you live with yourself?"

The website's creator, Shabbir J. Safdar, is a motorcyclist with more than ten years of riding experience. "I wanted to keep public attention focused on the crime to prevent Rep. Janklow from getting away with this killing," said Safdar. "In the discussion of trial strategy, it's easy to become distracted when presented with outlandish defenses such as low blood sugar and 'phantom vehicles' as Janklow has suggested. We need to remember and focus on the fact that someone has died. Let's not forget who the victims are."