Another wreck! lets be careful!!
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Another senseless death.
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sorry to hear of this. i also must ask why no seat belt? certainly hindsight is always pretty good but statistically the odds are incredibly in one's favor if they simply have their seat belt on correctly. a bunch of years ago i did the volunteer firefighter/ambulance thing----i'm still amazed how much damage & injury even a low speed accident does when an unbelted person's chest hits/bends the steering wheel or when a skull shatters then bounces off of the shattered windshield----and that's if they are lucky enough to stay inside the vehicle during the crash. i'm hardly lecturing but i don't think i've driven 1000' since the early 1970s without a seatbelt. bub
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From: Central CA
Originally Posted by sailohio
Contributory negligence. Epple for being stupid and driving drunk. Manzer for being stupid and not wearing a seatbelt. Manzer was hazardous to himself. Epple hazardous to everyone else. You can't legislate stupidity. You can only pray you are not in the wrong place at the wrong time. God bless them both. Epple has to live with his stupidity.
Here in CA at least, if your found to be DUI, your the guilty party, no matter what... even if the other guy ran the red light or did something else... your drunk=your guilty... and yes, it will be a slap on the wrist, maybe a year of jail time, of which he may do 90 days... and yes, he will be back on the road driving, with or without a license... punishment for DUI is not strict enough in this country... 5 years in prison, no chance of release until 5 years, would probably deter most people... But this country is too pussified to do something like that, even though drunk driving kills 17,000 people each year..
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Originally Posted by sandmanusd
But this country is too pussified to do something like that, even though drunk driving kills 17,000 people each year..
in this country we tend to treat drunk driving like it's an entitlement. bub
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From: Houston Texas
Originally Posted by thevettenet CA
Very sad, but it never ceases to amaze me that people will get in a 'vette (or any car, for that matter) & drive off without buckling up!
I was in an accident without a seatbelt on and it scared the crap out of me( not literally), but I will always wear my seatbelt now.
I hate to hear stories like these.
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Originally Posted by thevettenet CA
Very sad, but it never ceases to amaze me that people will get in a 'vette (or any car, for that matter) & drive off without buckling up!
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I started driving, legally, back in 1968. I've been wearing seat-belts since day one and I know that they've been responsible for saving my sorry butt countless times.
I've had 2 head-on's, 1 telephone pole, 1 tree, a jeep crossed over in my lane 2 years ago in the snow and I hit him broadside, and last but not least; 1 roll-over.
Some say that I've had an angel on my shoulder
, maybe their right, but I think seat-belts played a role in it as well.
It bothers me that folks loose their lives in accidents that could have otherwise had much different outcome.
Sometimes I think there should be an open season on drunk drivers.
Rest in Peace Brother
Bob
I've had 2 head-on's, 1 telephone pole, 1 tree, a jeep crossed over in my lane 2 years ago in the snow and I hit him broadside, and last but not least; 1 roll-over.
Some say that I've had an angel on my shoulder
, maybe their right, but I think seat-belts played a role in it as well.It bothers me that folks loose their lives in accidents that could have otherwise had much different outcome.
Sometimes I think there should be an open season on drunk drivers.
Rest in Peace Brother
Bob
Last edited by BobbyG; Aug 10, 2005 at 08:05 PM.