Motorcycle Hit and Run

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Rogue

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Had this guy pushed to have his story published by media outlets, etc., he would have had everything in his life paid for, no question. He should have gone to America's Most Wanted for help catching the guy that caused the accident. He could have started a website before killing himself to raise money for his situation. I'm sure he was physically able to do something that someone would have hired him to do to give him work. While his story and his situation were tragic, as if that word even begins to fit, he had many, MANY more options than the selfish one he chose.
 

SoylentGreen

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Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: waggy
did as you said and read the last paragraph. a block of crap is a pain to read.

ok i been in a few bad motocycle accidents. last one really messed up my right hip. BUT HE IS A LOSER..wait let me change that. HE WAS A LOSER.

he took his life? pfft he had a 3 year old son. while i do feel sorry for him for getting so messed up from it he still had a reason to live. now what is his son going to do without a father? pfft.

Shut up. So did you even read the whole thing? He's going to lose his house, bills piling up, what is he going to do with his son, go live in a car? The way he got fvcked up, its unlikely he coulda got back on his feet financially because it'll be pretty damn hard to get back on his feet financially. Dying probably eliminated all his bills right there, at least taking the burdon off of his family.

yeah good idea.

have a child go without his father! yeah thats a great idea! no there is no other way like bankruptcy or disability or such heck no. blowing his brains out was a better idea. yeap smart man. oh and better off for his family! yeap do kids need a father? heck no! they play no part in raising a healthy kid at all!

I guess you'ven ever heard of anyone ever becoming a good person that was raised without a father? Never heard of single parenting? Hell, all my dad ever do was fight with my mom and gamble away our house, cars, and make me move from house to house with my mom, brother, and two sisters about 4 times within 3 years after the divorce. Yea, I couldn't have lived without that sh1t

EDIT: No use in arguing any more, it does neither of us any good because we're not going to convince the other of anything.

yeah i know it happens. My wife's best friend is raising a great little boy. the father decided he was not ready to be a father (at 17 and took off). This kid is great! i take him fishing, to baseball games whenever i can.

But it is rare. It is best if both parents can raise the child. But you are right it can and does happen. Just the odds are so stacked against the kid now.

Quite judgemental from your little computer chair, aren't you.
 

sygyzy

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Vic - You are calling me an asshole? Even if he was union and insured, that's still $1.3M wasted. Doesn't change the outcome one bit.
 

BCYL

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You guys all talked about him having other options, things he could've done etc... You're forgetting he was DEPRESSED... ppl with depression don't think logically or positively.... what might seem like a logical situation to you, would never occur to him...
 

KEV1N

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I couldn't even imagine what I'd do in that situation... it makes me very very thankful.
 

virtueixi

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Originally posted by: sygyzy
Vic - You are calling me an asshole? Even if he was union and insured, that's still $1.3M wasted. Doesn't change the outcome one bit.

Do you think he knew at the time that he would kill himself? It's amazing to me what some people are capable of arguing about. Besides, if he continued to live I'm sure his medical bills would have been very expensive over his lifetime, so I guess you should be happy he offed himself. In fact, whenever someone else dies, you should celebrate because there will be less people to drive up your health insurance.
 

chrisms

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Originally posted by: BCYL
You guys all talked about him having other options, things he could've done etc... You're forgetting he was DEPRESSED... ppl with depression don't think logically or positively.... what might seem like a logical situation to you, would never occur to him...

There are medical explanations for everything these days. If you shoot yourself and you have a child, then you've done exactly that. There are no excuses.
 

virtueixi

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It bothers me that they didn't catch that guy. From what the guy posted apparently the police weren't out looking for him right away. Hopefully, Karma will get his ass ten fold in the end.
 

Eli

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Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: DurocShark
Originally posted by: Magnum375
paragraphs... please just put some paragraphs

I didn't write it... That's exactly how the OP did it.

BTW: If you read the last line, he took his life last week. I'd rather not mess with his writing, if you know what I mean. :(
wow............. :(
 

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: Rogue
Had this guy pushed to have his story published by media outlets, etc., he would have had everything in his life paid for, no question. He should have gone to America's Most Wanted for help catching the guy that caused the accident. He could have started a website before killing himself to raise money for his situation. I'm sure he was physically able to do something that someone would have hired him to do to give him work. While his story and his situation were tragic, as if that word even begins to fit, he had many, MANY more options than the selfish one he chose.

There are tons of that stuff going on everyday. I am sure he or someone tried for him to get him some sort of attentions/aid.

Fact is that public spotlight is hard to get.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: sygyzy
Vic - You are calling me an asshole? Even if he was union and insured, that's still $1.3M wasted. Doesn't change the outcome one bit.
Wasted on what?
The doctors and hospitals got paid, didn't they?
The guy said he wished he would have died in the collision, didn't he?

I can't believe that this person had his life and body destroyed by the recklessness of someone else... to the point where fell into a depression so deep that he decided to take his own life... and all your selfish little twisted petty sh!t cares about is that is that your insurance premiums might go up a couple of pennies.

Some of you people sicken me... :disgust:
 

Ornery

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"Mortage is months behind, ditto bills, one creditor calls daily, even after I explained that I have no money for them, but they come right after the roof over my head, my sons stomach, the lights gas phone, the jeep, aol and the rest of $2700+ monthly bills short term disability (teamsters, disapointing) put $544 per month (not week) toward."

Any thoughts of ever riding a bike on the road went out the window when I got married, and especially when I had kids. That decision was made before I got married, when a fellow Sears employee was killed by a woman who made a left in front of his bike. He left the most beautiful wife, who was also pregnant. Made an impression on me... sort of like this OP.
 

halik

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fvck man... im taking the motorcycle permit test on monday....

I dont know what I would've done in his situation, but it didnt seem to be that bad. That girl that burned alive in that drunk driving accident had it low worse off....

C'est La Vie though. Some people aren't meant to grow old and gray. If it's your time, its your time
 

Kelvrick

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Originally posted by: halik
fvck man... im taking the motorcycle permit test on monday....

I dont know what I would've done in his situation, but it didnt seem to be that bad. That girl that burned alive in that drunk driving accident had it low worse off....

Oh well though, i feel bad for him but c 'es la vie.

Taken the MSF yet? I aced the MSF written test and the driving test, but needed to retake the DMV written test. Weird, huh?

Funny thing is, she took liek 5 minutes to correct my test the first time, then the next morning when I handed it to you, I made a joke that their test was a lot harder then the MSF one. She asked if I had that form that proved I passed and I handed it to her. Whole transaction took less then a minute with me walking out with my temp license. She didn't even glance at my test after she knew I passed the MSF.
 

halik

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Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: halik
fvck man... im taking the motorcycle permit test on monday....

I dont know what I would've done in his situation, but it didnt seem to be that bad. That girl that burned alive in that drunk driving accident had it low worse off....

Oh well though, i feel bad for him but c 'es la vie.

Taken the MSF yet? I aced the MSF written test and the driving test, but needed to retake the DMV written test. Weird, huh?

Funny thing is, she took liek 5 minutes to correct my test the first time, then the next morning when I handed it to you, I made a joke that their test was a lot harder then the MSF one. She asked if I had that form that proved I passed and I handed it to her. Whole transaction took less then a minute with me walking out with my temp license. She didn't even glance at my test after she knew I passed the MSF.


Im not taking MSF, i'll just get the permit and take the driving test later in the summer. My dad got me my first motorcycle when I was 10 or 11 .... so it's just a matter of reading up on the US formalities (im european)
 

DWW

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I love how assholes can sit around and call anyone who commits suicide a "loser" because they were so selfish blah fvckity blah blah blah. If only you could understand a fraction of the crap this guy went through both physically and mentally. You don't know depression. You don't know how every morning you wake up the first thing you naturally come to think about is killing yourself. You don't know the adverse effects the accident had on him (brain injuries can result in even more traumatic depression...penguin bills cutting his hands off?) in addition to his mounting external pressures (bills, mortgages, all that junk).

You can see how much he talks about the love he has for his son so you don't really fvcking know what sort of depression he must have been under to kill himself, do you? But you really don't think about that because its easy for you to sit and judge others. Perhaps someone you loved committed suicide and you feel bitter and alone.

Whatever your reason is: way to be an asshole :thumbsup:
 

boyRacer

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Oct 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: halik
fvck man... im taking the motorcycle permit test on monday....

I dont know what I would've done in his situation, but it didnt seem to be that bad. That girl that burned alive in that drunk driving accident had it low worse off....

Oh well though, i feel bad for him but c 'es la vie.

Taken the MSF yet? I aced the MSF written test and the driving test, but needed to retake the DMV written test. Weird, huh?

Funny thing is, she took liek 5 minutes to correct my test the first time, then the next morning when I handed it to you, I made a joke that their test was a lot harder then the MSF one. She asked if I had that form that proved I passed and I handed it to her. Whole transaction took less then a minute with me walking out with my temp license. She didn't even glance at my test after she knew I passed the MSF.

Heres the weird thing... after i passed my MSF a couple of years ago... i had to the same thing... but i had to take the written test for cars as well... :confused:
 

Kelvrick

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Feb 14, 2001
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Originally posted by: bR
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: halik
fvck man... im taking the motorcycle permit test on monday....

I dont know what I would've done in his situation, but it didnt seem to be that bad. That girl that burned alive in that drunk driving accident had it low worse off....

Oh well though, i feel bad for him but c 'es la vie.

Taken the MSF yet? I aced the MSF written test and the driving test, but needed to retake the DMV written test. Weird, huh?

Funny thing is, she took liek 5 minutes to correct my test the first time, then the next morning when I handed it to you, I made a joke that their test was a lot harder then the MSF one. She asked if I had that form that proved I passed and I handed it to her. Whole transaction took less then a minute with me walking out with my temp license. She didn't even glance at my test after she knew I passed the MSF.

Heres the weird thing... after i passed my MSF a couple of years ago... i had to the same thing... but i had to take the written test for cars as well... :confused:

I actually heard about that with the other MSF students. Its something like 6 months or a year since you've renewed your license, or taken your test or somehing.
 

Howard

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If you do not wish to read the block of text, that is your prerogative. But neither is your useless input required. If you want to see it in easy-to-read form, do it yourself.

And back on topic: justice always waits for you.