Star-gazing teens fall asleep in street, are run over by car
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ThumperX
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Personally I think those kids were a road hazard like a board or a pipe in the road it's 3:45AM it's dark granted she has headlamps but....
I think the parents are at fault for raising kids with NO sense no sense whatsover!
No one I want along at the end of the world.
One word 1 word DARWIN!
I think the parents are at fault for raising kids with NO sense no sense whatsover!
No one I want along at the end of the world.
One word 1 word DARWIN!
iosgeek
Bumble Bee
According to the article the lady was delivering newspapers in the morning, it might have been dark at that time and she might have overlooked the kids passed out in the middle of the court.
Yes that doesn't excuse her but I can see how that would be so easy to overlook especially when it is in a court at that time in the morning.
GirlScout500
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Did the 15 year olds sneak out of their houses, or did their parents not care that they wern't in bed at 3am? Interesting...I'm glad they were not killed though.
Johndicezx9
Rolls with it...
If they were skinny, she coulda kept on driving.
ChopStx
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It was almost 4 in the morning, who knows what the lighting is like. I doubt the kids were in the middle of the street. They were probably near the curb when the lady was making a u-turn or setting up to make a turn out of the cul de sac, all the while shifting through newspapers.
xgambit
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well one thing i know from reading barf is if the driver tells the court,' i didnt see him,' its good enough and they let them go. happens every time.
JackTheTripper
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I was going to say I think their parents are at fault.
iosgeek
Bumble Bee
That must suck to be publicly outed from the closet like this...I hope their parents can handle it.
Srsly...2 dudes out star gazing on a blanket in the wee hours of the morning? Could it possibly be any more gaRy?
Reminds me of this... :rofl :rofl
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On a normal street, highway, or any other place - I would lay 100% of the blame onto the kids. But this isn't a case where we don't have a high 35 mph speed limit.
This is a cul de sac. That means normal traffic is usually 5-15mph there. After living at a dead end street for years you see that NOBODY ever comes down there, let alone going fast. It's easy to understand the potential to become complacent and assume that you can lay there for hours before the next CAUTIOUS person pulls up slowly(like the rest), and honks the horn at you.
Maybe they got stoned and wanted to check the stars out and passed out. Shouldn't be an issue. If I drove that car I bet 100% I would not have hit them.
This lady also fails on the charge of complacency. Everyday, she's used to ZERO traffic, she's used to the luxury to not have to pay attention, so she lets the guard down.
Either she was going too fast for a dead end street or she wasn't paying attention.
Head up the ass = kids get hurt.
75% of the medical bills paid by her, 25% by parents.
This is my judgement. She should not be off the hook.
This is a cul de sac. That means normal traffic is usually 5-15mph there. After living at a dead end street for years you see that NOBODY ever comes down there, let alone going fast. It's easy to understand the potential to become complacent and assume that you can lay there for hours before the next CAUTIOUS person pulls up slowly(like the rest), and honks the horn at you.
Maybe they got stoned and wanted to check the stars out and passed out. Shouldn't be an issue. If I drove that car I bet 100% I would not have hit them.
This lady also fails on the charge of complacency. Everyday, she's used to ZERO traffic, she's used to the luxury to not have to pay attention, so she lets the guard down.
Either she was going too fast for a dead end street or she wasn't paying attention.
Head up the ass = kids get hurt.
75% of the medical bills paid by her, 25% by parents.
This is my judgement. She should not be off the hook.
clutchslip
Not as fast as I look.
Amazing thread.
Apparently, if I go stand in the middle of the freeway and someone smacks my ass that they are to blame because ........
Apparently, if I pass out drunk in the gutter and get crunched by someone parking their car, they should get hung because ........
Apparently, if I lie in the middle of the street at night and someone runs me over that they are responsible because ......
Well, dang. I can't figure why everyone blames them deer for collisions on the highway, since obviously, it's not their fault. They're just in the silly road like anyone else that wants to have a picnic, make love, or take a nap.
Apparently, if I go stand in the middle of the freeway and someone smacks my ass that they are to blame because ........
Apparently, if I pass out drunk in the gutter and get crunched by someone parking their car, they should get hung because ........
Apparently, if I lie in the middle of the street at night and someone runs me over that they are responsible because ......
Well, dang. I can't figure why everyone blames them deer for collisions on the highway, since obviously, it's not their fault. They're just in the silly road like anyone else that wants to have a picnic, make love, or take a nap.
My900ss
Puts the work in
^^^^^ T-1 it is a fairly reasonable certainty that you will never be in a position to make such judgment calls and that is a good thing.
What do you know from the story?
1. It was 3:24am
2. They were laying in the street.
3. She ran over the top of them.
4. They were not killed.
5. The one boy has minor injury's
6. The second boy has a punctured lung, he will survive.
What you do not know:
1. What they were wearing
2. The color of the blanket
3. The speed she was driving
4. Where in the street they were laying
Now let me ask you this T-1 if you lay down in the middle of the street at night what do you think your reasonable expectation is that you may get hit by a car? Now if you drive down a street at night what do you think your reasonable expectation is that you may drive over someone laying in the street? I will bet you what ever you want to bet that if you lay in the street 1,000 times you will get hit more often than you will run someone over laying in the street haven driven down the street 1,000 times.
What do you know from the story?
1. It was 3:24am
2. They were laying in the street.
3. She ran over the top of them.
4. They were not killed.
5. The one boy has minor injury's
6. The second boy has a punctured lung, he will survive.
What you do not know:
1. What they were wearing
2. The color of the blanket
3. The speed she was driving
4. Where in the street they were laying
Now let me ask you this T-1 if you lay down in the middle of the street at night what do you think your reasonable expectation is that you may get hit by a car? Now if you drive down a street at night what do you think your reasonable expectation is that you may drive over someone laying in the street? I will bet you what ever you want to bet that if you lay in the street 1,000 times you will get hit more often than you will run someone over laying in the street haven driven down the street 1,000 times.
ThumperX
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Kewl Breeze
Minister of Silly Walks
Article doesn't mention anything about speed, and not that it makes much difference, but the "as she was leaving" line could imply she was backing out of a driveway when she ran over them on the street. If that's the case it would make more sense why she didn't see them ... doesn't make it excusable, but at 3:30 am I wouldn't be expecting to look on the road directly behind my car as I backed out so much as looking to see if there's traffic coming or not.