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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 5 Aug 2010 15:19 On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:10:16 +0000, Loony Left wrote: > Hoping to keep other drivers from being harmed, Storm said she aimed the > car at a large pole and prepared to jump. > > "I opened up the car door and I undid my seatbelt. I looked out and you > have that moment of 'Is this my best option?'" she said. "Then I tucked > and rolled out, right into traffic." Good idea. Much, much better than: Depressing the brake Moving the shift lever to neutral Turning the key to the OFF position or Holding the START button for 5 seconds. Yeah, I'd leap out of a speeding vehicle into traffic. Uh huh. Whew...
From: Dave Head on 5 Aug 2010 16:12 On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:45:14 -0400, "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >Or maybe >criminally negligent.....suppose the car had run out of control and killed >an innocent bystander. Uh... the car was _already_ running out of control. The only difference would be whether she was in it or not when it killed the bystander.
From: C. E. White on 5 Aug 2010 16:35 "Dave Head" <rally2xs(a)att.net> wrote in message news:0p6m565i2c77upis7a5ba62o22rovqjpg0(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:45:14 -0400, "C. E. White" > <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > >>Or maybe >>criminally negligent.....suppose the car had run out of control and killed >>an innocent bystander. > > Uh... the car was _already_ running out of control. The only > difference would be whether she was in it or not when it killed the > bystander. She had time to call 911, but not enough to shift the car to neutral or turn the ignition off??? In a world where companies can be sued for selling hot coffee, I think I can make the case that someone who jumps out of a moving car instead of shifting it to neutral is negligent - especially if she had time to call 911 and tell them she was going to aim it at a pole and jump out. Ed
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 5 Aug 2010 17:31 On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:35:09 -0400, C. E. White wrote: > > "Dave Head" <rally2xs(a)att.net> wrote in message > news:0p6m565i2c77upis7a5ba62o22rovqjpg0(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:45:14 -0400, "C. E. White" >> <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >> >>>Or maybe >>>criminally negligent.....suppose the car had run out of control and killed >>>an innocent bystander. >> >> Uh... the car was _already_ running out of control. The only >> difference would be whether she was in it or not when it killed the >> bystander. > > She had time to call 911, but not enough to shift the car to neutral or turn > the ignition off??? That's what gets me about these calls. You have time to yap on the phone? And, what's with the dispatcher NOT telling her... Depress the brake Move the shift lever into neutral Turn the key to the OFF position or Hold the START button for 5 seconds... Whew.
From: Matthew Russotto on 5 Aug 2010 21:05
In article <i3faj2$s3m$1(a)news.albasani.net>, =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >That's what gets me about these calls. You have time to yap on the phone? >And, what's with the dispatcher NOT telling her... > >Depress the brake >Move the shift lever into neutral >Turn the key to the OFF position or >Hold the START button for 5 seconds... Step 1 is not to depress the brake. Step 1 is to remove both feet from the pedals. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need. |