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

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: EKKC
should've been a semi or 18 wheeler

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Insomniator
Ok they are obviously stupid, but what was the driver doing? Also stargazing?

She should have her license takin away, oh but that won't happen cause driving is a god given right in this country.

I suppose this is the kids fault, but in most accidents, the person not at fault could have avoided the situation by not being a moron.

Yes because you turn down a road and 2 dipshit kids are laying in the middle of the street. The driver is not to blame for this because SHE WASN'T LAYING IN THE STREET!!!!
You "suppose" statement makes you look like one of those people that can't take responsibility for anything you do and when others mess up it's not their fault that society has scorned them and made them stupid.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
WTF. Flashbacks to whatever that football movie was before they hacked out the scene where they laid down in the street because idiots copied them and got killed.

What was it? The Program or something like that?

Yep

Law-enforcement authorities and family members said the teen-agers were apparently copying the daredevil stunt from "The Program," in which the college football hero shows how tough he is by lying down in the middle of a busy highway as cars and trucks whiz by in the dark. There are fears that scores of other young men are copying the stunt.

Wow, it's so easy. It's like planting a computer virus in a person's mind. It's just so very easy.

"Do this thing that will probably kill you. People will think you're cool."

"Ok!"

*splat*

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: randay
boy A: What constellation is that?
boy B: looks like Ford.

It's the Ford Galaxie.

 

[sdifox]

Can't believe they survived. Now the newspaper delivery lady is scarred for life. She should sue them for career ending psychological trauma.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Darwin needs to get on the fucking ball.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
Darwin needs to get on the fucking ball.

He definitely missed two good chances right there.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: randay
boy A: What constellation is that?
boy B: looks like Ford.

It's the Ford Galaxie.

lol

 

[OdiN]

Wow....lots of FAIL here.

1 - Stupid kids. Who the hell lays down in the MIDDLE OF A STREET AT NIGHT? Even if it is to watch stars. Ever try the YARD?

2 - Stupid parents - where the hell were they? They live in that neighborhood, you'd think the parents would figure out....hey...it's 1AM and they aren't home, WTF I'm gonna smack them around some.

3 - Stupid driver - for not running over the stupid kids heads so we don't have to have them polluting the gene pool.

 

[alkemyst]

well the vehicle should not have just blazed over anything covered in the road.

People do this all the time though, even swerve to hit things and kick them up.

It think both should be at fault though.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
well the vehicle should not have just blazed over anything covered in the road.

People do this all the time though, even swerve to hit things and kick them up.

It think both should be at fault though.

I agree...she should have continued, delivered the papers, and then ran over them again on the way out.

Å

 

[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?

 

[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.

 

[waggy]

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.

hahah i agree.

it will be wrong if hte driver gets charged. the fricken idiots shouldnt have been under a blanket at night in teh road.

 

[preCRT]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: alkemyst
well the vehicle should not have just blazed over anything covered in the road.

People do this all the time though, even swerve to hit things and kick them up.

It think both should be at fault though.

I agree...she should have continued, delivered the papers, and then ran over them again on the way out.

Å

:laugh:

 

[illusion88]

why did the driver decide to run over a blanket in the street?

 

[LTC8K6]

The story says the driver turned onto the street and then hit them. Sounds like no one would have had time to see and avoid the kids if they were hidden by being around the corner and under a dark blanket.

There is no way the driver has any real responsibility here.

For all we know, there was no way to avoid what was in the road. There might have been cars parked on the sides, for example.

The road may have been narrow, making it impossible not to hit the object on one side or the other.

From the description, it sounds like they were laying down parallel to the road, and they fit between the car's tires.

Centering on them may have been the best thing the driver could do for them, as it made sure the tires did not crush them.

If they were laying that way, with a blanket, they would not look like people.

 

[jorken]

Unfortunately, while the driver should probably be rewarded he/she will likely be charged with something. We love protecting and justifying the morons in this country.

 

[Anubis]

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.

so you also beleive that the lady that hit the moron running across 4 lanes of traffic to take pics of a car wreck is also at fault and should not be allowed to drive

 

[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.

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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.


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[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"

 

[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.

 

[OdiN]

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.

I agree - however, the kids should not have been lying down in a roadway.

I'm simply saying that it should be dealt with by the local law enforcement using whatever evidence and such that they obtain - not by some guy on the internet half a world away from the incident.

 

[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

 

[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.