Posted on 08/16/2006 10:04:23 AM PDT by flutters
Yeah, it sure kept these two star athletes out of mischief.
Interesting. I didn't know that.
Thank you for the info.
What an absolutely stupid justification. You wanna know what would have been good for the team and fans? A severe object lesson that people pay consequences for reckless behavior, and that the consequences strike EVERYONE around them. Don't want your team and fans to suffer? Don't be stupid, reckless, short-sighted and self-absorbed. IOW, do what you're supposed to do in HS. Grow up.
I imagine you believe that an 18 yr. old driver should handle every road emergency with perfect precision and discipline. Give me a break.
Another judge who should be evicted from the bench. O'Reilly will be on him like white on rice. No wonder people have lost faith in our so-called "justice" system.
What are you talking about? This is well outside of Columbus.
If you both knew local geography, you'd know this is not around Columbus. Dispatch reporters do have cars and a travel budget.
You are correct. No one in Kenton ever heard of Columbus.
What an absolutely stupid justification. You wanna know what would have been good for the team and fans? A severe object lesson that people pay consequences for reckless behavior, and that the consequences strike EVERYONE around them.Overly emotional nonsense. Far better to let the players meet the commitments they have made, and then, after the fact, serve their sentences during what would otherwise be "freer" time. Though certainly the judge would be justified in requiring that they serve their sentences immediately if they quit the team, are kicked off, or become academically inelgible.
Sentences are delayed all the time. I've heard of DUI sentences being served a full year after the offense.
-Eric
Far better to have punishment be truly punishing. They need to lose something important to them, and in the scheme of things, a lost football season weighs light in the balance against permanent brain damage. I doubt the kid with the destroyed leg is gonna be kicking any field goals this year
The only commitment the judge should be considering is commitment to a penal system.
Though certainly the judge would be justified in requiring that they serve their sentences immediately if they quit the team, are kicked off, or become academically inelgible.
The fact they haven't been kicked off already speaks volumes about misplaced priorities. These two have already proved they have a reckless disregard for their actions.
Sentences are delayed all the time. I've heard of DUI sentences being served a full year after the offense.
Another stupidity that rewards bad and dangerous behavior. Perhaps it was for a schoolbus driver who shuttled around a HS football team. Mustn't disappoint the fanboyz.
I never said that or anything close to that.
I'm simply taking about paying attention to the road, and driving at a speed at which the driver can stop or at least avoid obstacles on the road without wrecking. That is usually possible even at noticeably higher than the speed limit, though slowing down for corners is often required.
Maybe it is time to make an example of this judge. Impeach him.
When Bill Parcells coached the Giants, there was a great video of him on the sidelines during a Philadelphia game, saying "this place is like a banana republic." Of course, Woody Hayes got fired for punching a player who intercepted a pass.
Here in Texas, football is serious, but UT and Oklahoma fans party in Dallas before the big game, and there are seldom any incidents beyond the standard public intoxication. But I don't think there's anyplace in the country where people identify with football as their life like Ohio and Pennsylvania.
More people know now. Swerving for an animal causes more trouble than staying the course. Everyone out there should try to remember this.
SD
Placing the decoy around a corner does make it more difficult to be spotted, especially at night, and would make doing so even more reckless of an act by those placing it there.
However, it is still the driver's responsibility to slow down for the corner and to be able to stop in time if something is on the road.
What if a car had broken down on the road? What if a bail of straw had fallen off of a truck? What if there simply happened to be a kid standing on the road that froze at the sight of an oncoming car instead of running off to the side? What if it was just a large dog standing in the road (not that uncommon in rural areas).
A car is an incredibly dangerous piece of equipment if operated without the proper caution. Having the item on the road be behind a corner or a hill doesn't lessen the responsibility of the driver to be in control.
It would add to the level of stupidity of the kids putting the decoy on the road, because corners do reduce visibility and while even a careless driver should see something in the road on a strait section of road, they need to pay more attention or go slower to deal with surprises in a corner.
However, if a car breaks down in a corner, and another car comes flying around the corner and hits it. It's not the driver of the broken down vehicle that will get cited for causing the accident. Drivers are responsible to be able to stop their cars in time to not hit objects on the road.
I think they should be able to sue those responsible. Whatever damages are determined should be paid for my the responsible parties in proportion to their level of responsibility for the crash. I believe that it is common in civil cases for the jury to have to determine how much each party contributed to the situation and split the damages accordingly.
The driver may not get much, or anything, if the jury decides his driving was the major factor in the severity of the accident.
Last week I was driving on a country road--speed limit 55. I came around a corner and over a hill. Just around the corner and over the hill were four kids standing next to their bikes and talking, completely across the road. I was going 35 mph and doubt that I could have stopped had I been going 55.
Are you saying I would have been at fault had I sit one of them when I was driving 20 below the posted limit? It would seem that you are arguing that a driver is always at fault.
Sue the two vermin for every penny they will ever have. Keep the judgment active until every dime is paid. Include medical bills, pain and suffering, and exemplary damages. Sue their parents, too, since the vermin were minors.
Use the legal system to destroy them.
Did I mention the annual Christmas visit? Force them to unwrap their packages before the holiday. Take their college money. Break them.
And be sure to tell them to have a happy day.
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