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Originally Posted by qwikz28
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Originally Posted by jims69camaro
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Originally Posted by coldkilla
i cant stand **** ups without skill that do stupid **** that could put others at risk. Â*i sometimes do things that others (especially my wife when shes with me) may think is dangerous but for me its not because i know how to drive and i know the limitations of my car and myself.
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the only thing i can add to that is always be aware of the dickheads around you. Â*while you are in control of your vehicle, you cannot possibly control someone else's. Â*expect that the other person is going to **** up and you'll keep yourself even safer.
this is the second post about someone's lack of judgment. Â*they are both young people. Â*all i can hope is that they have learned from the experience and one day have the chance to become old people. |
jim- thats why i posted it, so hopefully someone else on this board can learn from her mistake. is much as we think we know our cars, we aren't perfect. i hope no one forgets that. now if only i can get my cousin sam to start driving sane. i tried everything and he wont listen. he almost killed this poor girl and thats not even enough for him  |
jake, from personal experience as well as anecdotal evidence, people do not learn from other's mistakes. it's a rare occasion that people learn
from their own mistakes, much less than from someone else. there is no way to teach someone a near death experience, they have to experience it themselves and then pay heed to it when they are behind the wheel.
what keeps me from antics on the street? sure, i'll mash it from a stop light or become a little aggressive every once in a while, but all under control and never on surface streets where there are pedestrians and children.
i was a little hellion when i was younger. my grandmother lived on a hill, and her street T'd with another, busier street, but we still used to ride that big wheel down the hill into the street below. one time i got caught, hit by a car doing about 40 (which i must've been doing that much or more) and all i remember is a pain in my chest and a headache. i was 8 years old. i've had several near death experiences like this one and still i don't fear death. about the only thing that keeps me sane is the thought of hurting someone else or damaging someone else's property, and killing a child like i was almost killed when i was 8 is at the top of the list.
so you see, this is why i say i hope they learned something.