Two 15 year old kids fall asleep in the street while stargazing.

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Anubis
seeing as the car stopped over top of them im just going to assume she tried to stop

it was 3 in the morning even going only 30 mph, which is pretty slow in town speed, see something in the road + realizing it was people + stopping beofre them most likely was impossiable

Sorry, but there is NO way this isn't reckless driving.

If she couldn't stop or swerve in time to avoid two PEOPLE lying in the street, then she was simply NOT safely in control of her vehicle.

WHAT about this can you not understand?

Sure there is.

Did you see the situation? A driver cannot reasonably expect that there will be pedestrians LYING DOWN on a road.

Did you see how the light was? Did you see if they were under a blanket and obscured? Did you see any of the terrain or other obstacles in the area whicih may have prevented the driver from seeing them quickly enough?

Perhaps you should try to understand a situation before commenting on it as an ignorant online bystander.

Maybe...just maybe, local law enforcement just MIGHT be a bit better equipped to handle the situation, vs. yourself....I dunno maybe because you're on the OTHER SIDE OF THE FREAKIN COUNTRY?

Geez.

You shouldn't be driving at a speed that prevents you from being able to stop or avoid an object that appears in your headlights if there are no streetlights to illuminate the road. Human beings are not the only thing that might be in the road. The only detail that matters is that she ran over a large object in the road, which should never happen.

in driving school i was tought to apply the break just run over anything that is smaller then a deer thats not human, its safer then swerving

if it was a black/dark blue blanket even with head lights on going 30 she wouldent have seen it in time to totally stop, which it seems happened

yeap same.

we were taught if its smaller then a deer , say a dog or something. then just hold on and stay in your lane. Its far safer then trying to slam ont he breaks and swerving.

Why would one have to swerve and slam on their brakes in this situation? A large blanket should be able to be seen even by grandma moses if she was driving properly for conditions.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: alkemystWhy would one have to swerve and slam on their brakes in this situation? A large blanket should be able to be seen even by grandma moses if she was driving properly for conditions.

I think seeing a blanket at night wouldn't be that easy.


But even then this could be avoided if the retarded kids would not have fallen asleep outside.


also from this article "The boys told police they were lying next to a parked car in front of a neighbor's house when they were run over"

so they were under blankest sleeping next to a PARKED car in the street.

yeah its totally the drivers fault.

 

[sadguy]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Anubis
seeing as the car stopped over top of them im just going to assume she tried to stop

it was 3 in the morning even going only 30 mph, which is pretty slow in town speed, see something in the road + realizing it was people + stopping beofre them most likely was impossiable

Sorry, but there is NO way this isn't reckless driving.

If she couldn't stop or swerve in time to avoid two PEOPLE lying in the street, then she was simply NOT safely in control of her vehicle.

WHAT about this can you not understand?

Sure there is.

Did you see the situation? A driver cannot reasonably expect that there will be pedestrians LYING DOWN on a road.

Did you see how the light was? Did you see if they were under a blanket and obscured? Did you see any of the terrain or other obstacles in the area whicih may have prevented the driver from seeing them quickly enough?

Perhaps you should try to understand a situation before commenting on it as an ignorant online bystander.

Maybe...just maybe, local law enforcement just MIGHT be a bit better equipped to handle the situation, vs. yourself....I dunno maybe because you're on the OTHER SIDE OF THE FREAKIN COUNTRY?

Geez.

You are so wrong, and apparently too stupid to realize it.

I publically challenge you to a $200 bet on this situation right now.

Put up or crawl away.

NONE of what you posted matters. If the driver couldn't see, because of darkness or obstacles, then she was driving too fast for conditons . . . EXACTLY the same as when another car stops abruptly in front of you and you hit it . . . YOU are responsible.

Your flaming ignorance and your howling stupidity annoy me.

Put up or stfu, sparky.

1) No trolling, flaming or personally attacking members. Deftly attacking ideas and backing up arguments with facts is acceptable and encouraged. Attacking other members personally and purposefully causing trouble with no motive other than to upset the crowd is not allowed.

Perhaps, as an "Elite Senior Moderator", you should follow your own rules. But it's nice to know that you don't care, and will continue to lob personal attacks at members.

pfft. now you are going to get banned for "calling out a mod"

perknose should be stripped of his "mod" title for routine hypocrisy.

Did you not notice the mod edit in Odin's post above? The rule is NO Mod call outs.
You, too, can take any grievance against a mod through channels. Send a PM to AnandTech Moderator.

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[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Anubis
seeing as the car stopped over top of them im just going to assume she tried to stop

it was 3 in the morning even going only 30 mph, which is pretty slow in town speed, see something in the road + realizing it was people + stopping beofre them most likely was impossiable

Sorry, but there is NO way this isn't reckless driving.

If she couldn't stop or swerve in time to avoid two PEOPLE lying in the street, then she was simply NOT safely in control of her vehicle.

WHAT about this can you not understand?

Sure there is.

Did you see the situation? A driver cannot reasonably expect that there will be pedestrians LYING DOWN on a road.

Did you see how the light was? Did you see if they were under a blanket and obscured? Did you see any of the terrain or other obstacles in the area whicih may have prevented the driver from seeing them quickly enough?

Perhaps you should try to understand a situation before commenting on it as an ignorant online bystander.

Maybe...just maybe, local law enforcement just MIGHT be a bit better equipped to handle the situation, vs. yourself....I dunno maybe because you're on the OTHER SIDE OF THE FREAKIN COUNTRY?

Geez.

You shouldn't be driving at a speed that prevents you from being able to stop or avoid an object that appears in your headlights if there are no streetlights to illuminate the road. Human beings are not the only thing that might be in the road. The only detail that matters is that she ran over a large object in the road, which should never happen.

in driving school i was tought to apply the break just run over anything that is smaller then a deer thats not human, its safer then swerving

if it was a black/dark blue blanket even with head lights on going 30 she wouldent have seen it in time to totally stop, which it seems happened

yeap same.

we were taught if its smaller then a deer , say a dog or something. then just hold on and stay in your lane. Its far safer then trying to slam ont he breaks and swerving.

Why would one have to swerve and slam on their brakes in this situation? A large blanket should be able to be seen even by grandma moses if she was driving properly for conditions.

Doubtful if its dark out. I don't really understand how there is an argument here. Two idiots were laying under a blanket in the middle of the road at 3am. woman accidentally hits them due to various reasons already stated. It's their fault plain and simple.

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: sadguy
perknose should be stripped of his "mod" title for routine hypocrisy.

And trying to hide their post. Notice the original isnt even up anymore, its just in the quotes of the replies. :roll:

 

[ultimatebob]

In other news, California passes a bill to outlaw stargazing... because anything potentially dangerous is illegal there

 

[rh71]

I'd hate to see the suspension on her car... seeing that she apparently doesn't even know to watch for potholes.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
In other news, California passes a bill to outlaw stargazing... because anything potentially dangerous is illegal there

hahah im wait for a law against driving at night! never know when someone is going to be stargazing or sleeping on the road.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Glitchny

Originally posted by: sadguy
perknose should be stripped of his "mod" title for routine hypocrisy.

And trying to hide their post. Notice the original isnt even up anymore, its just in the quotes of the replies. :roll:

just pm'd derek...others should too. Don't get the taunting members into replying for a vacation.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Glitchny

Originally posted by: sadguy
perknose should be stripped of his "mod" title for routine hypocrisy.

And trying to hide their post. Notice the original isnt even up anymore, its just in the quotes of the replies. :roll:

just pm'd derek...others should too. Don't get the taunting members into replying for a vacation.

no shit i agree. its bullshit that odin got banned for that.

 

[Gothgar]

Stupidity should hurt... I say let the driver off.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Gothgar
Stupidity should hurt... I say let the driver off.

i think they hurt alot. one got a collapsed lung..thats not fun

 

[Anubis]

looks like some people have some sand in their vag tonight

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Anubis
looks like some people have some sand in their vag tonight

You should invite them over to sit in the dark with you and bitch about life together.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Anubis
looks like some people have some sand in their vag tonight

You should invite them over to sit in the dark with you and bitch about life together.

you must have me confused with womeone else, i have no issues with life to bitch about

 

[alkemyst]

Now back to the op. Say a toddler escaped and was hiding until a blanket in the road. Should a motorist just smoke the blanket in hopes nothing is under it? Now the last thing I am thinking is a child, but I am not running over something that could foul the hell out of my car.

On I-95 I was behind some asshat that straddled a 500lb industrial shelf that must have fallen off a truck...he misjudged and blew out two tires, I was couldn't avoid it and the 'T' shaped pins that connected it to the framework sliced a nice T shaped valley through my oil pan and bottom of my car. All in all about 30 drivers were stranded with most being the victim of an SUV/Pickup just driving over it. We actually tried to get it out of the road but the same types of asshats were blowing their horns at us and not yielding. We gave up and then the police tried and got the same treatment...they had to set up a road block so they could clear it and even then people were trying to drive around the cops stopping everyone.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Anubis
looks like some people have some sand in their vag tonight

You should invite them over to sit in the dark with you and bitch about life together.

you must have me confused with womeone else, i have no issues with life to bitch about

ahh that's right you have nothing.

 

[Linux23]

Sad these little fvckers didn't get killed.