Posted: Sep. 17, 2009 10:00 a.m.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2009 10:00 a.m.

It’s been a difficult week in the news business. We seemed to have more than our fair share of tragic deaths involving motor vehicles. Both involving doctors accused of being at fault. In one case, a 28-year-old groom was killed on his wedding day. He was on the way to have breakfast with his groomsmen when he was hit by a doctor who ran a red light.

In the other case, an aspiring ballerina, just 20 years old, was killed by a plastic surgeon. Police say that doctor was drunk and speeding when he hit her car. She died at the scene.

Two families had their lives turned upside down because of someone else’s negligence. Two innocent people are no longer with us, through no fault of their own. It should make you angry. It should make you think BEFORE you have that “one for the road.”

While the system deals with the two at fault, and the families bury the two victims, think long and hard about YOUR driving habits, and what the consequences might be the next time you take a risk behind the wheel.