Horrible car crash

[HomeBrewerDude]

Many states have adopted a graduated DL programs such that new and inexperienced drivers can not drive after certain hours, and they can't have more than 1 other passenger. I don't know if that would of prevented this accident but it might of prevented one or two of the girls from joining in the joyride.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: Mill
Fvcking idiots. That's what you get when you let a 15 year old drive you around.

Exactly and WTF do they have 7 kids in the car for? I don't understand how you think they could be sleeping when someone's elbow is probably in the driver's crotch.

I think he meant the parents thought the students were sleeping at home. Yeah, and how the hell did they fit 7 people in that car? I drive a huge car (Mercury Marauder), and 5 people in the car, (number of seats) is uncomfortable unless the people in the back seats are skinny or midgets. As much as I may get flamed for this, those kids deserved to die. They did something blatantly stupid, wreckless, and illegal. I think they may be frontrunners for this years Darwin Award.

 

[Tom]

"Poor parenting all around is the cause of this."

That's BS.

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Marauder911

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: Mill
Fvcking idiots. That's what you get when you let a 15 year old drive you around.

Exactly and WTF do they have 7 kids in the car for? I don't understand how you think they could be sleeping when someone's elbow is probably in the driver's crotch.

I think he meant the parents thought the students were sleeping at home. Yeah, and how the hell did they fit 7 people in that car? I drive a huge car (Mercury Marauder), and 5 people in the car, (number of seats) is uncomfortable unless the people in the back seats are skinny or midgets. As much as I may get flamed for this, those kids deserved to die. They did something blatantly stupid, wreckless, and illegal. I think they may be frontrunners for this years Darwin Award.

I think them dying is a little harsh but it was pretty stupid. When I was younger, we used to stuff into cars to go to McDs but we'd never drive that fast. The driver was a retard for putting his friends in danger like that.

 

[Beau]

It's because he played games like Vice City!!!

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
"Poor parenting all around is the cause of this."

That's BS.

Agreed.

Should we say that any indiscretion that you were involved in when you were 15 was due to "bad parenting".

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Marauder911

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: Mill
Fvcking idiots. That's what you get when you let a 15 year old drive you around.

Exactly and WTF do they have 7 kids in the car for? I don't understand how you think they could be sleeping when someone's elbow is probably in the driver's crotch.

I think he meant the parents thought the students were sleeping at home. Yeah, and how the hell did they fit 7 people in that car? I drive a huge car (Mercury Marauder), and 5 people in the car, (number of seats) is uncomfortable unless the people in the back seats are skinny or midgets. As much as I may get flamed for this, those kids deserved to die. They did something blatantly stupid, wreckless, and illegal. I think they may be frontrunners for this years Darwin Award.

1. you're 15, no license and cant drive worth a @#$@

2. you steal your dads car at 2am

3. you pack 7 people in a toyota protege (how??)

4. you speed over the top of a hill and hug a tree

yeah its a darwin award alright

I feel bad for the passangers, but the driver was a fvcktard. If not now, it'd be something else later...

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
"Poor parenting all around is the cause of this."

That's BS.

Agreed.

Should we say that any indiscretion that you were involved in when you were 15 was due to "bad parenting".

if your kid has no problems stealing your car at 2am, yeah its bad fvcking parenting. If i did something like that, my mom would disown me

 

[Gibson486]

I hate to break it to all, but just because you parent a kid well does not mean he will turn out well. Everythign is a factor, from schooling to friends to TV.

if your kid has no problems stealing your car at 2am, yeah its bad fvcking parenting. If i did something like that, my mom would disown me

Most parents would, but what of you were never caught?

 

[rmrf]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
Even though I got my license when I turned 16, I think that the driving age should be at least 18, maybe higher. There are too many kids that have that feeling of invincibility driving around...

I really don't see how that would have changed the circumstances here. The kid stole the keys to his dad's car, and thought he knew what he was doing. And the biggest point, HE DIDN"T HAVE A LICENSE. So even if you have to wait until you are 18 to get your license, it doesn't mean that you won't be able to steal the keys to a car and take off, it didn't stop this tard.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
I hate to break it to all, but just because you parent a kid well does not mean he will turn out well. Everythign is a factor, from schooling to friends to TV.

if your kid has no problems stealing your car at 2am, yeah its bad fvcking parenting. If i did something like that, my mom would disown me

Most parents would, but what of you were never caught?

i would never even think about doing stuff like that. Its completly off limits to me... its not even option in my head. See I wouldnt do it just because of the consequnce, i wouldnt do it because its not right. Same way id never steal money from my parents (im cosigned on all our accounts). I think they call it TRUST

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: minendo

"They were good kids. A lot of kids loved them," he said, wiping away tears.

It's always the "good kids" that die.

Yep. "Good kids" who sneak out of the house in the middle of the night and steal their parent's car...

My point exactly.

 

[Triumph]

The way I see it, nothing could have presented this. This could happen to good kids with good parents. Everyone plays with fire a little bit when they're young. Sometimes you get burned. This is just a case of youthful inexperience coupled with a bad decision. Come on, how many of you stole your parents car, or snuck out at night?

I "borrowed" my parents car before I had a license and ended up wrecking it.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Triumph
The way I see it, nothing could have presented this. This could happen to good kids with good parents. Everyone plays with fire a little bit when they're young. Sometimes you get burned. This is just a case of youthful inexperience coupled with a bad decision. Come on, how many of you stole your parents car, or snuck out at night?

I "borrowed" my parents car before I had a license and ended up wrecking it.

ummm im sure the vast majority (90+%) of people never stole their parents' car....
thats not really something kids do you know

 

[sygyzy]

That's tragic.

 

[Tom]

"i would never even think about doing stuff like that. Its completly off limits to me... its not even option in my head. See I wouldnt do it just because of the consequnce, i wouldnt do it because its not right. Same way id never steal money from my parents (im cosigned on all our accounts). I think they call it TRUST "


That's because of who YOU are, not how good your parents were at parenting.

 

[freebee]

My question is why were 2 guys with 5 girls doing driving anyways.....I woulda just stayed at the slumber party all night.

 

[propellerhead]

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
"Poor parenting all around is the cause of this."

That's BS.

Agreed.

I hate how everyone takes the chicken sh*t escape and blames the parents, the school, society, TV, Howard Stern, media, celebrities, lyrics, style of jeans, etc.

[sarcasm] Yea, it's never their fault. [/sarcasm]

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
"i would never even think about doing stuff like that. Its completly off limits to me... its not even option in my head. See I wouldnt do it just because of the consequnce, i wouldnt do it because its not right. Same way id never steal money from my parents (im cosigned on all our accounts). I think they call it TRUST "


That's because of who YOU are, not how good your parents were at parenting.

uh uh, unless you believe that people as individuals come pre-programmed to be criminals or do stupid stuff, its your parents and environment thats shapes you into being you. I would never do it because me entire life i was taught that this is unacceptable and wrong. If you kid doesnt follow or understand that, you've messed up at some point

 

[Whisper]

Kids are going to do stupid things regardless of how great or horrible their parents were. It's part of growing up. It's just sad that these kids didn't have a chance to learn from their mistake.

I knew quite a few kids from my high school that drove around at 15 without a parent in the car. The majority didn't, but there was a handful that did. It's not exactly a rare event.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Triumph
The way I see it, nothing could have presented this. This could happen to good kids with good parents. Everyone plays with fire a little bit when they're young. Sometimes you get burned. This is just a case of youthful inexperience coupled with a bad decision. Come on, how many of you stole your parents car, or snuck out at night?

I "borrowed" my parents car before I had a license and ended up wrecking it.

Never did either. Hell, I never even THOUGHT about doing either.

Viper GTS

 

[Slap]

The local news aired footage of the car and it is really f'ed up. Seeing that there were 7 in the car, they probably all slammed together in one pile against the tree. They are saying it was a sickening crash scene.

 

[Jzero]

uh uh, unless you believe that people as individuals come pre-programmed to be criminals or do stupid stuff, its your parents and environment thats shapes you into being you. I would never do it because me entire life i was taught that this is unacceptable and wrong. If you kid doesnt follow or understand that, you've messed up at some point

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you don't have any children....

 

[UNCjigga]

There's a case somewhat similar to this one in Charlotte that's been all over newspapers and talk radio.

The difference is that instead of 7 white teens going out joyriding, this case involves 7 black teens (none of whom had a driver's license or permit) who traded crack cocaine for time in a car, who happened to swerve and catch the eye of an officer who then attempted to pull them over. A high-speed pursuit ensued which ended with the teens flying off the road at 100mph into a tree and all of them dying.

Of course, the minority community is up in arms BLAMING THE POLICE OFFICER for pursuing the car at high speeds for a minor traffic violation. WTF??

Bottomline: kids will be kids, parents can only do so much and aren't really responsible for what happens while they're asleep and their kids are at home. I don't see any lawsuits in either case--the kids were stupid and paid the ultimate price for their lack of judgement.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
"i would never even think about doing stuff like that. Its completly off limits to me... its not even option in my head. See I wouldnt do it just because of the consequnce, i wouldnt do it because its not right. Same way id never steal money from my parents (im cosigned on all our accounts). I think they call it TRUST "


That's because of who YOU are, not how good your parents were at parenting.

uh uh, unless you believe that people as individuals come pre-programmed to be criminals or do stupid stuff, its your parents and environment thats shapes you into being you. I would never do it because me entire life i was taught that this is unacceptable and wrong. If you kid doesnt follow or understand that, you've messed up at some point

To some extent people, as individuals, will have pre-programmed personalities. But yes, environmental factors probably influenced this the most. But the parents are still not to blame.

I'd blame 15 year-old hormones long before I'd think about pointing a finger at the 'rents. Sometimes, hormone-raging kids will get together and plan to do something stupid because they think it would be fun, even if they've been raised well and taught better.

I mean, I did stupid stuff too when I was that age, even though I knew what the consequences would be if I were caught....toilet papering houses for example. IMO, sometimes the potential for fun will outweigh the potential for risk/consequences in these kids' minds...especially if they get to impress some girls at the same time.

The parents trusted that the kids were asleep. Who wouldn't?!