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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2007This Absolutely Sickens Me
http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 On Thursday, Dec. 21st at 8:00PM my wife was walking one of our two Golden Retrievers on a DEAD END STREEET. As she went to cross at the crosswalk with Smokey on his 6 foot leash, a Dodge Charger R/T (I believe that's 350 hp) came barreling down the road toward the dead end...where a lot of kids in fast cars come to do "donuts" The 16 year old driver blew past the stop sign at around 80mph. He not only did NOT brake...but while my wife was stopped dead in her tracks trying to figure out what this clown was doing...HE TURNED THE WHEEL RIGHT TOWARDS HER. She took a half a step backwards and the car slammed into Smokey head on killing him instantly and throwing his 75 pound body 50 yards away. The car then proceeded to hit a palm tree and flip over three times in the dead end...landing in a neighbors yard past the dead end in another sub division. My wife LITTERARLY came within inches of getting killed. The kids (3 I believe) were not only fine.....but MANY witnesses say they were laughing about the incident. The driver was charged with "reckless driving" and went home to spend a happy Christmas with his family. His parents were called. When they arrived at the scene, with my wife hysterical crying over the loss of one of our "kids" (we don't have human kids..we have always had Golden Retrievers).......The parents (who drove up in a brand new Jaguar) said "my kid couldn't have done that, he's a good kid. We are good parents." Now we are left to deal with the grief, because a 16 year old, who (IMHO) should not be driving at all, was showing off for his girlfriend and another guy in the car. Or worse yet....AIMING for my dog. (you all know)...."5 points for the dog...ha ha ha " Parents........your kids don't drive the same for you as they do when egged on by piers. I hope this will save just one life...human or beloved pet. --Mike--  SignatureI hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. Scott en Aztl?n wrote: > http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > -- > I hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. Damn...that's heinous! I read the responses in the link. You sure it wasn't AJ behind the wheel? Recommendations to the "Mike" guy: 1. Get the kid's license suspended for 90 days. Also those of his friends. 2. Confiscate the car. 3. Bring up charges of attempted murder (escaped victim being the wife). 4. Charge the "can't be OUR kid" parents as accomplices. Yank THEIR licenses and vehicles as well. P-poor kids usually are offspring of P-poor parents. 5. If the kid just gets a swat on the pee-pee for reckless driving over the incident, SUE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT! Bet Aunt Judy has other recommendations. Story stinks of troll. > Story stinks of troll. That was my conclusion before I was half way through it. Harry K Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán said in rec.autos.driving: > Parents........your kids don't drive the same for you as they do when > egged on by piers. > > I hope this will save just one life...human or beloved pet. This little upper-middle class snot aimed for this woman and her dog. In my book, that's vehicular assult and/or attempted murder. Where the hell is the prosecutor in the town where this happened. I since the law obviously doesn't want to do anything I sincerely hope that there is someone who will exact a little street justice on those punk kids - preferablly involving a tall tree and a short rope. May the dog Rest in Peace. Signature"My dash lights burned out years ago. Just keep a cheapie flashlight on the seat." --Laura Bush murdered her boyfriend, 12 Nov 2005 18:11:38 -0800 Ref: http://tinyurl.com/akxtu Message ID: 1131847898.473454.275...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com > On Thursday, Dec. 21st at 8:00PM my wife was walking one of our two > Golden Retrievers on a DEAD END STREEET. <...> > end...where a lot of kids in fast cars come to do "donuts" The 16 year > old driver blew past the stop sign at around 80mph. This will now be used in an attempt to justify 55mph interstate speed limits and an argument that 80mph on an interstate is reckless. > The kids (3 I believe) were not only fine.....but MANY witnesses say > they were laughing about the incident. Of course they were, mommy and daddy will buy the kid a new car. > The driver was charged with > "reckless driving" and went home to spend a happy Christmas with his > family. Of course that's all. And he will probably be let off in court when mommy and daddy get him a lawyer. I always find it amazing that gross incompetence and recklessness resulting in a death is punished so lightly compared to just driving the speed of traffic and harming no one. > His parents were called. When they arrived at the scene, with my wife > hysterical crying over the loss of one of our "kids" (we don't have > human kids..we have always had Golden Retrievers).......The parents > (who drove up in a brand new Jaguar) said "my kid couldn't have done > that, he's a good kid. We are good parents." Standard denial > Now we are left to deal with the grief, because a 16 year old, who > (IMHO) should not be driving at all, was showing off for his > girlfriend and another guy in the car. Or worse yet....AIMING for my > dog. (you all know)...."5 points for the dog...ha ha ha " What does he care, mommy and daddy will pay for the body shop to fix his car, that is for just hitting the dog. For totalling it, he'll get a new one. After all he'll say it was 'sudden acceleration' or some other BS. > His parents were called. When they arrived at the scene, with my wife > hysterical crying over the loss of one of our "kids" (we don't have > human kids..we have always had Golden Retrievers).......The parents > (who drove up in a brand new Jaguar) said "my kid couldn't have done > that, he's a good kid. We are good parents." The only answer is to gas the entire family. Graham > a Dodge Charger R/T (I > believe that's 350 hp) came barreling down the road toward the dead > end...where a lot of kids in fast cars come to do "donuts" The 16 year > old driver Pass a law that stops anyone under say 25 operating such cars. Oh - that would infringe their 'human rights' wouldn't it ? Well f.ck their 'rights' ! Graham Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Eeyore said in rec.autos.driving: > > a Dodge Charger R/T (I > > believe that's 350 hp) came barreling down the road toward the dead > > end...where a lot of kids in fast cars come to do "donuts" The 16 year > > old driver > > Pass a law that stops anyone under say 25 operating such cars. Or require testing and licensing for such vehicles that will ensure that only people who can handle the cars can drive them. Better yet, expand this testing to the entire population, not just those who want to own high powered cars. That would probablly have kept a DL out of the hands of these punks and that dog would be alive today. > Oh - that would infringe their 'human rights' wouldn't it ? Since when is there a "right," to drive or own a vehicle? Signature-- "There's not a shred of evidence that the jerries murdered anything close to 7 million jooz. Another monstrous lie just like the 9-11 official story. " -- Laura Bush murdered her boyfriend, 12/01/2004 Ref: http://tinyurl.com/9oog5 Message-ID: <780ea958.0411302101.5ef25456@posting.google.com> > Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Eeyore said in > rec.autos.driving: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > high powered cars. That would probablly have kept a DL out of the hands > of these punks and that dog would be alive today. Yup. > > Oh - that would infringe their 'human rights' wouldn't it ? > > Since when is there a "right," to drive or own a vehicle? I was just being sardonic. Graham > I was just being sardonic. I love sardones! Especially on saltones! -- C.R. Krieger (Eats 'em for lunches, I does.) Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> said in rec.autos.driving: >> a Dodge Charger R/T > >Pass a law that stops anyone under say 25 operating such cars. How about a law preventing relatives from buying such cars for anyone under 21? If a kid is smart enough to earn enough money to buy a brand new Dodge Charger R/T *all by himself*, he might just be mature enough to handle the responsibility. And, if he can't, and he wraps it around a pole, he sure as hell won't be able to afford a replacement right away. :) SignatureI hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. Scott en Aztl?n wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> said in > rec.autos.driving: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > -- > I hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. I agree with that argument, Scott. My best guess is that if a kid is willing to bust his can investing in a car of his choice, without parental bailout capability, he's less likely to act like an a.s and treat the car like a POS. That was my case 27 years ago in a '71 Dart. >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> said in >> rec.autos.driving: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > parental bailout capability, he's less likely to act like an a.s and > treat the car like a POS. That was my case 27 years ago in a '71 Dart. Mine also (a 1967 GTO). It had the capability to do the donuts, but I had to buy the tires, the gas, etc. So there wasn't any monkey business with that car (well perhaps a few drag races on the highway, but that was about it. :-) > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> said in > rec.autos.driving: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > a pole, he sure as hell won't be able to afford a replacement right > away. :) Family can just give the kid the money. I can't see how that could work. Graham Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> said in rec.autos.driving: >> How about a law preventing relatives from buying such cars for anyone >> under 21? If a kid is smart enough to earn enough money to buy a brand [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Family can just give the kid the money. I can't see how that could work. I didn't say it was a perfect solution... :) SignatureI hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. [snip] > His parents were called. When they arrived at the scene, with my wife > hysterical crying over the loss of one of our "kids" (we don't have > human kids..we have always had Golden Retrievers).......The parents > (who drove up in a brand new Jaguar) said "my kid couldn't have done > that, he's a good kid. We are good parents." Nice Jag means lots of money. Think civil suit, pain and suffering, etc. Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Life is like a buffet. Its not very good but there's plenty of it. Scott, you need to send your troll detector needs to be serviced soon. A newbie with 4 posts writes a fantastic story about a major accident, provides no links to media reports (which ought to exist), and you believe him? "223rem" <223remi@gmail.com> said in rec.autos.driving: >Scott, you need to send your troll detector needs to be serviced soon. >A newbie with 4 posts writes a fantastic story about a major accident, >provides no links to media reports (which ought to exist), and you >believe him? You may be right. Had that story been posted on USENET originally, I'd have been the fisrt to raise the BS flag on it. I guess my detector isn't as sensitive for web-based message fora. :-/ SignatureI hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. > http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > --Mike-- Welcome to reality. One of the reasons I am moving from a metropolis of 1,500,000 people to a town of 925. Everything has changed. The value of life. Common courtesy. MFFY attitudes in every queue of life. We are the Roman Empire in its last days. Enjoy the ride. Pick the hill you want to die on. Steve > Welcome to reality. One of the reasons I am moving from a metropolis of > 1,500,000 people to a town of 925. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Steve Yea, you got that right. Life has become cheap, anymore. What kills a person and changes their family's life forever (and for the worse), is just chump change to the person who did it. If this one is true, the guy and his Wife are lucky it was only the dog that was killed - and I'm certainly not saying that loosing their beloved pet doesn't hurt alot. A town of 925? Lucky you... Charles R. Whealton Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com > http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > --Mike-- Scott, when you have this much time to spend on a newsgroup, you are obviously a troll, and can't have such life experiences, as you would have been at the computer keyboard all that time. PLONK Steve > http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 If this were a true story, the kids would not have survived. >> http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 > If this were a true story, the kids would not have survived. Well given typical eye-witness indications of speed and such it's debatable. So long as the car didn't get ripped apart they would. tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com (Brent P) said in rec.autos.driving: >>> http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 > >> If this were a true story, the kids would not have survived. > >Well given typical eye-witness indications of speed and such it's >debatable. So long as the car didn't get ripped apart they would. You're absolutely right about that. What typical witnesses say is 80 MPH is actually more like 35 or 40. I saw a picture of a Porsche that some teenaged girl had crashed into a wall at 100 MPH; airbags won't help you if your car is smashed into a PANCAKE about 2 feet thick. SignatureI hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. Scott en Aztl?n wrote: > http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > I hope this will save just one life...human or beloved pet. That's quite a story. Reminds me of how laura bush once blew a stop sign in front of witnesses and killed a guy and went uncharged!!. Nothing is ever done to highway killers. The idiot american has been brainwashed into thinking that when you kill with your car you just call it an accident and forget it. Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS, a lover of 10 yoer old boys and the excremental fluids of goats spewed forth this crapola all over the landscape in rec.autos.driving: << ECP removed>> > That's quite a story. Reminds me of how laura bush once blew a stop > sign in front of witnesses and killed a guy and went uncharged!!. > Nothing is ever done to highway killers. The idiot american has been > brainwashed into thinking that when you kill with your car you just > call it an accident and forget it. That's quite a story. Reminds me of how ted kennedy once got loaded infront of witnesses and then sank his mistress into chappaquiddick sound and went uncharged!! Nothing is ever done to senatorial killers. The idiot american has been brainwashed into thinking that when you are a high and mighty liberal democrat that you can kill with impunity, call it an accident and forget it. Signature"Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?" --Senator Ted Kennedy You should be happy to know that I had an accident yesterday and was hit by a VERY drunk diver! He went off to jail. He had 6 previous DUI convictions. > You should be happy to know that I had an accident yesterday and was hit by > a VERY drunk diver! He went off to jail. He had 6 previous DUI convictions. If he had 6 previous, what was he doing out driving in the first place? He will be out driving next week, if he isn't already. >> You should be happy to know that I had an accident yesterday and was hit >> by a VERY drunk diver! He went off to jail. He had 6 previous DUI >> convictions. >> > If he had 6 previous, what was he doing out driving in the first place? He > will be out driving next week, if he isn't already. On March 11, 2000, Cynthia Jay-Brennen, a cocktail waitress who had hit a $34.9 million jackpot at the Desert Inn just six weeks previously, was left a quadriplegic by an auto accident that claimed her sister's life. The pair had been sitting in their car at a red light when their vehicle was rear-ended by one being operated by a drunk driver. Five others were injured in the resulting chain reaction accident. A year later, 58-year old Clark Morse, the driver who caused this carnage was sentenced to 28 years in prison. Morse, habitual drunk who had been previously arrested at least 16 times in driving under the influence charges had at least five DUI convictions, yet he had not prior to this incident been jailed for his inebriated forays behind the wheel. www.snopes.com/luck/megabucks.asp Seems like our system needs a little tweaking. > > You should be happy to know that I had an accident yesterday and was hit by > > a VERY drunk diver! He went off to jail. He had 6 previous DUI convictions. > > > If he had 6 previous, what was he doing out driving in the first place? > He will be out driving next week, if he isn't already. Oh how wrong you are! SHAME ON YOU! In Iowa City he will have - (1) 150 year suspended sentence, out in 30 days. (2) New welfare apartment for 5-10 years! Food stamps lifetime. (3) SSI and SSDI. (4) Free health workup. $100,000 free medical care. (5) New teeth. (6) Liver transplant. (7) Heart-lung transplant. (8) Article in DesMoines Register. (9) Citizen of the decade award. Its all in who you know and where you is ! >> > You should be happy to know that I had an accident yesterday and was >> > hit by [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Its all in who you know and where you is ! I say shoot the bastard, and I volunteer for the job. Some things people do forfeit their right to live in "civilized" populations. Steve > http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68861 > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > --Mike-- It's a sad story, but I'd be surprised if even half of it was true. The driver obviously didn't hit the dog on purpose, at 8 pm it was dark and having a dog on a 6' leach while crossing a street is not very smart. And had he hit it on propose he wouldn't have been startled and crashed afterwards, probably trying to avoid it... Remember, it's *just* a dog, they'll be given a new one by the insurance company. Ulf > Remember, it's *just* a dog, they'll be given a new one by the insurance > company. Have you ever had a pet ? Graham >> Remember, it's *just* a dog, they'll be given a new one by the insurance >> company. > > Have you ever had a pet ? Nope, not my thing. > Graham Ulf > >> Remember, it's *just* a dog, they'll be given a new one by the insurance > >> company. > > > > Have you ever had a pet ? > > Nope, not my thing. I'll explain then. Some of them, most possibly even, have great 'personalities' and become part of the family. I never fail to be amazed by them. To treat them just as objects fails to acknowledge their true value to humans. Graham |
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