Drunk driver is the only one at fault here?

[jellywrestler]

So a young lad has brain damage, and his family are having a whine about the driver of the car that caused it.
What about there little angel who got into the car, did no-one in the car know that the driver was four times the limit, did no-one try and slow him down?
Sure the driver was way in the wrong but the but take some of the responsibility yourself for being part of it all.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/78583675/man-suffered-severe-brain-trauma-and-will-never-be-the-same--mother

[Duncan74]

Bloody foreign tourists in camper vans.

[EJK]

Thanks a lot John Key!

[rastuscat]

Yeah. Damn tourists.

[awayatc]

But did he wave?


wrong thread....

[Akzle]

fucking cagers.




But srsly. People dont like taking responsibility for shit. Self criticism bruises their ego, blaming others is easier, and free.

[5150]

I blame it on the anti smacking campaigners..........

[Duncan74]

But srsly. People dont like taking responsibility for shit. Self criticism bruises their ego, blaming others is easier, and free.

Yeah, the best way we can improve the world is stopping people for blaming others.

[neels]

Compulsory helmets for car passengers is the only sensible answer.

[EJK]

Compulsory helmets for car passengers is the only sensible answer.

Don't forget Hi-vis. If only they had worn Hi-Vis jackets they would still be alive today.

#CampaignForHiVis

[Akzle]

more police, and speed cameras is obviously whats needed here. And wire rope barriers.
Increase the budget!

[Moi]

... People don't like taking responsibility for shit. Self criticism bruises their ego, blaming others is easier, and free.

Have to agree.

[Frodo]

So a young lad has brain damage, and his family are having a whine about the driver of the car that caused it.
What about there little angel who got into the car, did no-one in the car know that the driver was four times the limit, did no-one try and slow him down?
Sure the driver was way in the wrong but the but take some of the responsibility yourself for being part of it all.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/78583675/man-suffered-severe-brain-trauma-and-will-never-be-the-same--mother

My thoughts entirely when I read the paper this morning.

[russd7]

I blame it on the anti smacking campaigners..........

since when did beating the crap outta ya kids ever help, fer christ sakes we all know it is cause they didn't get mums tit till they were ten and probably got shut in their room as babies to cry themselves to sleep, i blame it on cutting the umbilical cord before their 20 birthday

[rastuscat]

It's sad to see the ongoing lack of common sense. Everything that ever goes wrong is someone else's fault.

When I find that Someone Else I'll sort that dangerous bastard out.

[Old Steve]

So the driver:

was drunk
had a previous drunk driving conviction.
was disqualified from driving for seven years.
was driving an unregistered car
was driving an unwarranted car


All the passengers made the decision to accept those conditions, let alone knowing what mechanical condition the car was in, so the driver isn't completely responsible. Good he's off the road for a while and not likely to be around anywhere I ride my bike.

I think this is an example of Darwin's principles of natural selection at work.

[Akzle]

So the driver:

was drunk
had a previous drunk driving conviction.
was disqualified from driving for seven years.
was driving an unregistered car
was driving an unwarranted car


All the passengers made the decision to accept those conditions, let alone knowing what mechanical condition the car was in, so the driver isn't completely responsible. Good he's off the road for a while and not likely to be around anywhere I ride my bike.

I think this is an example of Darwin's principles of natural selection at work.

your right. If only he'd registered the car this could have been avoided eh

[pritch]

It's sad to see the ongoing lack of common sense.

There may be a lack of common sense but it's not where you think. Blame is a normal part of the grieving process and is to be expected, however irrational it may appear. This can often be seen in interviews with the recently bereaved.

The lack of common sense may more fairly be attributed to the fuckwits posing as journalists who use it to create a non-story, either because they don't know or they don't care.

[PrincessBandit]

But will others like them learn the lessons there for the learning? No. Dumb arses.

[Daffyd]

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so" Douglas Adams

[carbonhed]

People dont like taking responsibility for shit. Self criticism bruises their ego, blaming others is easier, and free.

And this from an extra terrestrial x spurt in the field!

[98tls]

The sentence it seems reflects how seriously the guy handing it out takes it.Fucking pathetic.Whilst impossible to stop people driving pissed completely there could at least be an attempt at making people think twice.Coppers that pull people over pissed must shake there heads in disbelief come court day.

[Akzle]

And this from an extra terrestrial x spurt in the field!

you fucken jew