She asked for it ...

DAV007 said:
bit harsh
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Not when you consider that distracted drivers put others at risk ... I don't want to end up in emerg., or on a slab, just 'cause some clown thinks he/she has a god given right to have a bs text conversation with his/her bff ... sorry about the short form;) I don't know how the figures shape up over there, but in Canada, distracted driving is responsible for more fatalities than impaired driving and speeding.
 
Well I think she's learnt that lesson the hard way without hurting anyone else besides her own Family.

RIP it was no age to leave this world.
 
What text is important enough to lose your life for?
And if it was so important then what was wrong with pulling over to text?
I see so many folk making calls whilst driving...and how many are caught and fined?
It should not be a case of a fine it should be the confiscation of the vehicle and a driving ban.(and if the vehicle doesn't belong to the one driving, it should make no difference,the driver should have to make reparation to the owner)
It is OK passing laws, but when they are not enforced then they might just as well never have been passed in the first place.
 
Personally i wouldn't wish death on anyone and regardless of what figures say one death caused by some pillock that's texting while driving is one to many....


....if it was your child or relative it would be.

Crush offenders cars and sterilise them so they don't reproduce.
 
I wouldn't wish death on anyone either.....I sometimes wonder if young people take risks because they feel immortal, like death is something that can't happen to them.....or whether they just haven't enough life experience to see the dangers.
Whichever it is, it does not affect the way this girls family will be feeling right now. All that potential lost in an instant of thoughtlessness.
 
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Margaret Pilkington said:
I wouldn't wish death on anyone either.....I sometimes wonder if young people take risks because they feel immortal, like death is something that can't happen to them.....or whether they just haven't enough life experience to see the dangers.
Whichever it is, it does not affect the way this girls family will be feeling right now. All that potential lost in an instant of thoughtlessness.
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It's not just the young that are guilty of this obsession to text whilst driving, it can be observed being done by all ages and classes.
Of course when I say it can be observed, there is a group of people that seem to have a blind spot so far as this crime is concerned, they are the traffic police.
 
I was once a passenger in a car that had a very near miss with someone talking on a mobile whilst driving. Selfish cretin could have killed us, he merely swerved back to his side of the road at the last minute and carried on. Why do people feel the need to constantly talk when they're supposed to be concentrating on something else as important as driving a car?
 
Accyexplorer said:
Personally i wouldn't wish death on anyone


....if it was your child or relative it would be.
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I doubt that anyone "wished" her death ... If asked my opinion, I would have wished her a long, happy and fulfilling life.

And she was someone's child and relative; no doubt, she also had friends. They are the innocent victims of, as Cashy accurately observed, her "selfishness."
 
westendlass said:
I was once a passenger in a car that had a very near miss with someone talking on a mobile whilst driving. Selfish cretin could have killed us, he merely swerved back to his side of the road at the last minute and carried on. Why do people feel the need to constantly talk when they're supposed to be concentrating on something else as important as driving a car?
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hands free kits may be expensive when you get factory fitted but you can get a blutooth earpeace for under £10 to use when in your car so theres not much excuse for not sorting something out because if you can afford to own and run a car you should be able to afford a tenner.

mind you another feature i like to employ is getting the kids to answer my phone and stick it on loud speaker but then again there some morons out there that think you shouldnt even speak to anyone next to you in a car when driving which in my opinion would make off road rally rather dangerous
 
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accyman said:
hands free kits may be expensive when you get factory fitted but you can get a blutooth earpeace for under £10 to use when in your car so theres not much excuse for not sorting something out because if you can afford to own and run a car you should be able to afford a tenner.

mind you another feature i like to employ is getting the kids to answer my phone and stick it on loud speaker but then again there some morons out there that think you shouldnt even speak to anyone next to you in a car when driving which in my opinion would make off road rally rather dangerous
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My lesson was learned in the early 90's, I was always driving somewhere, issued a brick so the boss could keep in touch.

Back then although it should have been, it wasn't obvious about the dangers. (We were learning).
I answered the phone just as I was about to turn right (almost into oncoming traffic), fortunately my passenger squealed in panic and I was able to correct my mistake.
Ever since then, unless hands free connected the mobile in a car is out of reach.
Having said that, even hands free, it can be a distraction.
 
accyman said:
there some morons out there that think you shouldnt even speak to anyone next to you in a car when driving
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Often, it's not the act of conversing, whether with hands free phone or to your fellow travelers, which is dangerous, it's the content of the conversation that decreases concentration and increases risk. If you answer your cell phone (hands free) and someone asks you when you will be home, no problemo. But, if you answer and someone tells you your house is ablaze and your family is trapped inside ... now that kinda takes your mind of driving.

But, in general, I agree that there are limits to what the law can, or should do. Common sense has to enter into the equation. But stricter laws, and enforcement, on texting are a must. Hundreds are dying on the roads ... thousands mourn them .... and many are left to handle the rest of their lives with shattered bodies.
 
i think the current rules are plenty enough its just there no one enforcing them or hardly enforcing them.I think the only traffic law that is realy implimented is speeding and most of that is done by cameras.

i see your point about hands free been a distraction i have driven a few cars inclusing my own that let the car display show your contacts but this display is usually in teh center of the console and takes your eye off the road.Luckily i can assign voice commands to mine so i just shout a name i want but it only allows 10 voice tags and i have over 200 numbers

there was a program on tv about peoples kids been bad drivers yet despite one girl in it texting and using her mobile to google things and facebook her friends while driving there was no arrest.The footage was there and seen by thousands of people in their livingrooms and in my opinion she should have been banned
 
Eric said:
I doubt that anyone "wished" her death ... If asked my opinion, I would have wished her a long, happy and fulfilling life.

And she was someone's child and relative; no doubt, she also had friends. They are the innocent victims of, as Cashy accurately observed, her "selfishness."
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Glad to hear it E, while there is obviously a element of "selfishness" to driving while texting, I didn't feel the need to attribute it to this incident (as I wasnt after creating a little controversy).I'm not saying those that do are wrong just, On this occasion I didn't feel the need to.

If this young lady had been changing a Cd or adjusting her sat nav etc I can't help feeling like folk would perhaps shrug it off as just a sad accident (when technically its just the same and has a element of selfishness).
 
Less said:
It's not just the young that are guilty of this obsession to text whilst driving, it can be observed being done by all ages and classes.
Of course when I say it can be observed, there is a group of people that seem to have a blind spot so far as this crime is concerned, they are the traffic police.
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No, it isn't just the young who are guilty of this.....but the combination of a young person(with limited driving experience) a lethal chunk of metal and the distraction of a phone....well, that is a recipe for grief.
As for the traffic cops.....well, they can't be everywhere(and I am not excusing their part)......but honestly it is a law which is almost impossible to police effectively
 
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