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What happens if Baxter's friend saw them at the last minute, swerved to avoid them and caused a fatal head on with oncoming traffic?
The situation could have been a lot worse, thanks to some people's lack of foresight and common sense. Cause and effect and all that.
tbh im with mr teddy on this...its common sense. and saying there are worse people out there, that may be true, but baxters mate now has to live with what happened even though it quite obviously he was totally innocent in what happened....long term that might have some rather big consequences. i know my mate didnt get behind the wheel for about 6 months when he hit some drunk on a back road and took his leg off...
^ this... If he was driving a 30 ton truck I'd assume his job was as a driver. Say he now can't cope, looses his job, then what about his family?
Plus, what if this had happened on say a really busy day in bad weather? And it had caused a 20 odd car pile up and killed 8 people? Tbh they deserved what they got, and I couldn't care less if it makes me a heartless *******. I'd rather they got splattered up the road now than mowed down a load of school kids doing something equally stupid in say...a transit van?
And yeah, I've ridden a ped with no lights at night round the block to move it with no bash hat, but I had the common sense to do it at less than walking pace in 1st gear on the pavement. There's young and stupid, and then there's being a ****.
hes a tech taking it back to a customerQuote:
Originally Posted by pyromaniac_yeti
No matter what his job was, it wasn't his fault. Granted if I got out my car to be greeted by a flattened head I'd be pretty upset too, but it wouldn't be my fault if some idiots didn't have the common sense to use a road properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by General Baxter
Young people by the fact that they are young, do not have the same level of common sense or experience as most of those that have left negative comments, I'd bet that the two young lads were out for having some fun and did not intend running out into traffic, nor to get under the wheels of a truck, I agree with Andy, they did not deserve to die.
Remember the saying, there but for the grace of god go I.
Where has the compassion gone?
You can't blame the fact they were young people. If they out having some fun on a public road on a ped at least wear a helmet... Even my 11 year old brother knows that. Common sense says engined bike + helmet = coming home in one peice to some extent. Where has the compassion gone? That left the building as soon as the details emerged that they were twos up, no skid lids, no lights and tried to jump onto a road in front of a truck.
i drove past the crash scene today, the florists have been busy...
there were also 6 people stood there heads bowed.. i reckon they were from camp hill.
Darwin's Theory still holds then.
I have massive sympathy for the guy driving the truck but absolutely zero for the idiots that caused the accident. It's a miracle they only killed themselves, it's usually someone minding their own business that gets to bear the brunt of this sort of idiocy.
I don't understand the bleeding heart attitude that's infesting the country. Whatever happened to taking responsiblity for your actions, even if it means paying the price?
Meh.