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Train Kills Man Trying to Kill Woman

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Originally posted by: bignateyk
Originally posted by: illusion88
I am going to go ahead and ask the obvious question here.... why didn't she get out of the car before the train hit it?

well.. considering the car was hurled into him, he was probably still very close to the car when it was struck. If that was the case, he probably jumped out less than 2 or 3 seconds before the train hit the car, which wouldnt have been enough time for her to react to the suprise.


Only a deaf AND blind person would be surprised by a train. It's obvious when a train is coming... the rails come down, the lights flash, the bells ring and the train isn't all too quite either. Any rational, sane person would reconise the immediate danger and leave the car. Open the door, roll down a window and jump, go through a different door, ANYTHING to vacate the immediate vicinity.

Congratulations for living anonymous girl... but you aren't the brightest penny in the bucket. I guess that's why you were dating a scumbag who would try to kill you with a train.
 
Originally posted by: illusion88
Originally posted by: bignateyk
Originally posted by: illusion88
I am going to go ahead and ask the obvious question here.... why didn't she get out of the car before the train hit it?

well.. considering the car was hurled into him, he was probably still very close to the car when it was struck. If that was the case, he probably jumped out less than 2 or 3 seconds before the train hit the car, which wouldnt have been enough time for her to react to the suprise.


Only a deaf AND blind person would be surprised by a train. It's obvious when a train is coming... the rails come down, the lights flash, the bells ring and the train isn't all too quite either. Any rational, sane person would reconise the immediate danger and leave the car. Open the door, roll down a window and jump, go through a different door, ANYTHING to vacate the immediate vicinity.

Congratulations for living anonymous girl... but you aren't the brightest penny in the bucket. I guess that's why you were dating a scumbag who would try to kill you with a train.


so, in conclusion, either
1) the girl was too stupid to leave the car (kinda like that Austin Power skid where the no-named security guard screamed nooooo to Austin Power's incoming steamroller)

2) as bignateyk describe, the guy got the car on the rail to her surprise, ran out of car, and got hit by his own car in matter of 2-3 seconds.
 
This man got what he deserved. However, if he had been smarter about it he would have been behind and to the side of the car when it was hit.

It had nothing to do with karma because karma doesn't exist.
 
Originally posted by: 40Hands
It had nothing to do with karma because karma doesn't exist.
So you don't think that if you do something bad, nothing bad will happen to you?

This very concept can be proven daily. You do something good you get a thank you, sometimes other rewards. You do something bad, you get bitch slapped.
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Originally posted by: Kelemvor
Awesome story. Darwin nomination for sure.

how? i think you forgot what this award is really for....

You die as a direct result of your own extremely stupid actions? Sounds like a textbook case to me...
 
What kind of car was it? This should be part of a commercial. Forget about crash test dummies and a wall...
 
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: 40Hands
It had nothing to do with karma because karma doesn't exist.
So you don't think that if you do something bad, nothing bad will happen to you?

This very concept can be proven daily. You do something good you get a thank you, sometimes other rewards. You do something bad, you get bitch slapped.

That's not Karma. That's social consequence. Do not confuse the two.
 
Originally posted by: sygyzy
Why didn't she get out of the car? I mean she's lucky she survived but why would you sit in the car?

Who cares? She's alive and he's dead. Good lord, you guys argue over the dumbest sh!t...:roll:
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Originally posted by: Kelemvor
Awesome story. Darwin nomination for sure.

how? i think you forgot what this award is really for....

Actually, I think this could be considered for a Darwin. The man's own actions put him into the situation which caused his death, he was responsible for killing himself, it was just the car itself that did the killing. That qualifies for a Darwin IMO.
 
Originally posted by: 40Hands


It had nothing to do with karma because karma doesn't exist.
If you believe it exists, it does. for that person.
Your disbelief in something does not automatically make it so.
Maybe for you, but several million Buddhists will disagree.
 
I read somewhere that the impact of a train going at 60 MPH hitting a car will cause the occupants of the cars internal organs to burst. I forgot where I read it, probably on the back of a Cracker Jacks Box😉
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I read somewhere that the impact of a train going at 60 MPH hitting a car will cause the occupants of the cars internal organs to burst. I forgot where I read it, probably on the back of a Cracker Jacks Box😉

That makes sense. Since the car is stopped or going perpendicular in most cases, the occupants of the car would go from 0-60 in fractions of a second. That's got to cause some damage.
 
Originally posted by: AlienCraft
Originally posted by: 40Hands


It had nothing to do with karma because karma doesn't exist.
If you believe it exists, it does. for that person.
Your disbelief in something does not automatically make it so.
Maybe for you, but several million Buddhists will disagree.

Then they are free to disagree with me.

Because millions of people believe in it, doesn't make it true.

If you believe that stars give off mind control rays, it may be true to you but I will still think you're effing nuts.
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I read somewhere that the impact of a train going at 60 MPH hitting a car will cause the occupants of the cars internal organs to burst. I forgot where I read it, probably on the back of a Cracker Jacks Box😉

It's pretty simple to calculate a rough estimate. From the perspective of the people in the car, it's no different than colliding with a solid wall at the same speed that the train is traveling at. The train, however, serves as the wall. Of course, most collisions aren't head on with trains; the train hits the side of the vehicle where there's less crumple zone, or to put it another way, where the impact is spread out over a smaller amount of time. In this case, however, it seems that the train didn't hit the center of the vehicle which would lessen the amount of force delivered to the occupants. (using impulse = change in momentum; (force times time = mass times change in velocity); greater time = lower force = lower acceleration on the bodies)

whatever.

Anyways, this story put a smile on my face.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: 40Hands
It had nothing to do with karma because karma doesn't exist.
So you don't think that if you do something bad, nothing bad will happen to you?

This very concept can be proven daily. You do something good you get a thank you, sometimes other rewards. You do something bad, you get bitch slapped.

That's not Karma. That's social consequence. Do not confuse the two.

In Western - speak you can call it a social consequence. In the Eastern philosophy that this concept derives from, the consequences are far longer lasting.
Your dismissal of it is simply your prerogative, but not an absolute truth to anyone except yourself.

 
Originally posted by: AlienCraft
Originally posted by: 40Hands


It had nothing to do with karma because karma doesn't exist.
If you believe it exists, it does. for that person.
Your disbelief in something does not automatically make it so.
Maybe for you, but several million Buddhists will disagree.

several million people believe in God, that doesn't mean he exists.

same gooes for santa, easter bunny, flying spaghetti monster et al.

karma is based purely on faith and nothing else.


 
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