Originally posted by SAV:


This situation is entirely different. That guy's tire would have blown whether he was doing 55, 85, or 205. He didn't know it was going to happen, so trying to brandish him with vehicular manslaughter because it's just gotta be SOMEBODY'S fault is flat stupid.


-SAV




tone it down.

going 55, I dunno if his tire would've blown, but that's besides the point. I doubt he would've swerved nearly as badly. going 80 is reckless, if you disagree, you're smokin somethin. in MD if you're caught going 30 mph over the speed limit, they have the right to lock you up on the spot and have your car towed. 80 was an estimate, he was going TOO FAST which was the only point I really wanted to get across by estimating the speed.

the severity of the injuries may be caused by lack of seatbelt, but the fact of the matter is that she shouldn't have been faced with that situation. people, manslaughter is accidental homicide, I'm not saying he meant to do anything. it's just that if he was being more cautious, not going 80mph in his new little car that'd been freshly modified (2 week old car w/ exhaust, yea), it wouldn't have ended so badly. it was a REAR tire, and you wanna say it's normal to go sideways and cut across the whole highway? I've had rear tires blow, and it didn't happen to me.

I'm not trying to start a debate or flame war, but the fact is they guy didn't ask about the woman one time. he didn't seem to care. he was speeding, muffed up and smoked up a cigarette on the scene very nonchalontly. I have no sympathy for him.

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