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So... yeah.

It was about 7 A.M. this morning. The sun has not fully risen, yet. On my way to school today, I see that the traffic was severly slow. As the line to the parking lot moved on, I notice a couple of police cruisers and an ambulance. There had been a wreck. It involved a student from my local Highschool. And that student was hit by a car.

The twist? The student was riding his skateboard in the middle of the road lanes.

The student was hospitalized and I haven't heard a word on the matter, since.

tl;dr a kid was hit by a car while he was riding his skateboard in the middle of the road.

I honestly don't know what to say. Sure, a person getting hit by a car is tragic, but riding your skateboard in the middle of the road? That is just... stupid.

So, what do you guys/gals think? Do you feel sympathy for the kid or some other rage-induced feeling?
 

cookyy2k

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I agree with above, apathy. And completely deserved. Hope it hurt because some poor car driver will now be shook up over the incident and probably being harshly questioned.

I once got hit by a push bike whilst stationary at a road junction in my car, one of the witnesses called the police because the cyclist was not getting back up. When the police arrived instead of help the guy they just blamed me repeatedly and said it was clearly dangerous driving, they would not accept that fact it was a cyclist's fault. It couldn't possibly be, everyone knows the car driver is ALWAYS in the wrong. They were going to arrest me and such but the cyclist told them it was his fault after the paramedics had fixed him up a bit. Thank God he did. It's completely stupid how the police and witnesses blamed the car driver over a cyclist even though I was completely stationary waiting to pull onto the main road and he just went into my car at speed.
 

SidingWithTheEnemy

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Rule number one you learn at our driving schools here:
"As a car driver it's always your fault (if you hit someone who is using something less than a car)!"

Bad luck for both, I think. Hate to be car driver at that moment.
 

cookyy2k

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Sandor [The Hound said:
Clegane]
cookyy2k said:
I agree with above, apathy. And completely deserved. Hope it hurt because some poor car driver will now be shook up over the incident and probably being harshly questioned.

I once got hit by a push bike whilst stationary at a road junction in my car, one of the witnesses called the police because the cyclist was not getting back up. When the police arrived instead of help the guy they just blamed me repeatedly and said it was clearly dangerous driving, they would not accept that fact it was a cyclist's fault. It couldn't possibly be, everyone knows the car driver is ALWAYS in the wrong. They were going to arrest me and such but the cyclist told them it was his fault after the paramedics had fixed him up a bit. Thank God he did. It's completely stupid how the police and witnesses blamed the car driver over a cyclist even though I was completely stationary waiting to pull onto the main road and he just went into my car at speed.
I'll be sure to remind you what people fucking deserve when one of your family members are caught in a fucking accident. Have a little fucking respect, no one deserves this.
You see my family have something called common sense, they generally don't go wandering in traffic and other stupid things like that. The guy in this case did deserve it, it's not everyone else's job to look out for your safety, everyone should be looking out for their own.
 

cookyy2k

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Master of the Skies said:
cookyy2k said:
Sandor [The Hound said:
Clegane]
cookyy2k said:
I agree with above, apathy. And completely deserved. Hope it hurt because some poor car driver will now be shook up over the incident and probably being harshly questioned.

I once got hit by a push bike whilst stationary at a road junction in my car, one of the witnesses called the police because the cyclist was not getting back up. When the police arrived instead of help the guy they just blamed me repeatedly and said it was clearly dangerous driving, they would not accept that fact it was a cyclist's fault. It couldn't possibly be, everyone knows the car driver is ALWAYS in the wrong. They were going to arrest me and such but the cyclist told them it was his fault after the paramedics had fixed him up a bit. Thank God he did. It's completely stupid how the police and witnesses blamed the car driver over a cyclist even though I was completely stationary waiting to pull onto the main road and he just went into my car at speed.
I'll be sure to remind you what people fucking deserve when one of your family members are caught in a fucking accident. Have a little fucking respect, no one deserves this.
You see my family have something called common sense, they generally don't go wandering in traffic and other stupid things like that. The guy in this case did deserve it, it's not everyone else's job to look out for your safety, everyone should be looking out for their own.
Someone with any sense of responsibility for their own actions ought to consider how they affect others.
The only reason people don't get run over walking in front of my car without looking is because I wouldn't do well in prison... This concept of everyone having to look after each other is the reason health and safety laws are so stupid, we have the nanny state and defective genes are no longer eliminated.

EDIT: I do care how I effect others, it's just I'm not going to spend my entire time looking out for people who wont do so for themselves. I suppose it's similar to work, why should I be working to pay taxes for the people who just don't want to work?
 

ZehMadScientist

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It was not the smartest of actions to go skateboarding in the middle of the road, but getting hospitalized is not something he deserves. The punishment for his actions is not up to us, unfortunately.

I feel sorry for the driver of the car, and the kids family for that matter. You should take the people around you in consideration for a lot that you do.
 

badgersprite

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SidingWithTheEnemy said:
Rule number one you learn at our driving schools here:
"As a car driver it's always your fault (if you hit someone who is using something less than a car)!"

Bad luck for both, I think. Hate to be car driver at that moment.
Yeah, that's basically my take on it. I mean, unless someone jumps off a bridge and lands on your car, there's always steps you can take as a driver to avoid accidents. You're the one driving two tonnes of metal traveling at high speeds that can brake in an instant. You're the one who should be paying attention.

Not saying I really hate the driver or want them to feel terrible or even really blame them, but I'm saying that's an awful responsibility for them to have to live with.

I mean, saying this kid deserved it is like saying any kid who ever played any sport in the street outside their home or school deserves to be run over by a car that didn't slow down because of the awareness that there might be kids in the street.
 

cookyy2k

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Master of the Skies said:
cookyy2k said:
Master of the Skies said:
cookyy2k said:
Sandor [The Hound said:
Clegane]
cookyy2k said:
I agree with above, apathy. And completely deserved. Hope it hurt because some poor car driver will now be shook up over the incident and probably being harshly questioned.

I once got hit by a push bike whilst stationary at a road junction in my car, one of the witnesses called the police because the cyclist was not getting back up. When the police arrived instead of help the guy they just blamed me repeatedly and said it was clearly dangerous driving, they would not accept that fact it was a cyclist's fault. It couldn't possibly be, everyone knows the car driver is ALWAYS in the wrong. They were going to arrest me and such but the cyclist told them it was his fault after the paramedics had fixed him up a bit. Thank God he did. It's completely stupid how the police and witnesses blamed the car driver over a cyclist even though I was completely stationary waiting to pull onto the main road and he just went into my car at speed.
I'll be sure to remind you what people fucking deserve when one of your family members are caught in a fucking accident. Have a little fucking respect, no one deserves this.
You see my family have something called common sense, they generally don't go wandering in traffic and other stupid things like that. The guy in this case did deserve it, it's not everyone else's job to look out for your safety, everyone should be looking out for their own.
Someone with any sense of responsibility for their own actions ought to consider how they affect others.
The only reason people don't get run over walking in front of my car without looking is because I wouldn't do well in prison... This concept of everyone having to look after each other is the reason health and safety laws are so stupid, we have the nanny state and defective genes are no longer eliminated.
You mean the genes that make people misunderstand evolution that badly? Yes, if only we could eliminate those.

But really, that just speaks ill of you as a person. You're selfish and don't consider others.

And seriously? Worrying about how your own actions affect others makes a nanny state? Get real. No, I never called for the government worrying.
Strange how I never mentioned evolution isn't it? However go with your pretence of knowing oh so much more than me and explain just how defective genes are eliminated then? Oh wait I think it was called natural selection, the thing we have greatly stunted with political correctness and coddling each other. Also, for future reference, genetics doesn't dictate your understanding of a topic or its implications. Just so you know.

I consider other's I just think I shouldn't be doing their work for them, they're stupid enough to go playing in traffic? I ain't going to waste my time telling them it'd dumb.

Worrying about how every tiny little action will inconvenience or hurt someone else is exactly what causes a nanny state, all the stupidity the government brings into law in this regard is generally called for by these groups who take worrying over everyone else to extremes.
 

Lenin211

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I fell bad that the driver will probably be blamed. Either the driver or Videogames.
 

emeraldrafael

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i cant really feel sympathetic for him if he was just in the middle of the rode. what do you think shares that road, horses?

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besides, i play chicken with trains so the only I can really say is grow a bigger pair skateboard kid.
 

SaikyoKid

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badgersprite said:
SidingWithTheEnemy said:
Rule number one you learn at our driving schools here:
"As a car driver it's always your fault (if you hit someone who is using something less than a car)!"

Bad luck for both, I think. Hate to be car driver at that moment.
Yeah, that's basically my take on it. I mean, unless someone jumps off a bridge and lands on your car, there's always steps you can take as a driver to avoid accidents. You're the one driving two tonnes of metal traveling at high speeds that can brake in an instant. You're the one who should be paying attention.

I mean, saying this kid deserved it is like saying any kid who ever played any sport in the street outside their home or school deserves to be run over by a car that didn't slow down because of the awareness that there might be kids in the street.
Ehh, not quite the same thing for comparison, but I can see what you're trying to get at. Most kids who play in the streets do so on their home street where traffic is generally slow if any comes by at all. Plus the kids tend to stop what they're doing and let cars to through first. Seems more like this kid was riding his board in the middle of an actual street with multiple lanes.

OT: I don't know why he couldn't just keep to the sidewalk or maybe off to the side of the road but to say he deserves it is quite harsh. It's a rather glaring risk to riding your skateboard in the middle of the road that you're only increasing the odds of you getting hit. Not really anybody's fault per say, but just another unfortunate accident that's really going to mess up a good number of lives.
 

thelonewolf266

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Lenin211 said:
I fell bad that the driver will probably be blamed. Either the driver or Videogames.
I see what you did there and I approve.

I agree you should be responsible for yourself but the people that seem to be saying fuck every one else I look after number one and know one else are just as bad as those that don't look after themselves.Helping other doesn't us worse as a species it makes us better.
 

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cookyy2k said:
Master of the Skies said:
cookyy2k said:
Sandor [The Hound said:
Clegane]
cookyy2k said:
I agree with above, apathy. And completely deserved. Hope it hurt because some poor car driver will now be shook up over the incident and probably being harshly questioned.

I once got hit by a push bike whilst stationary at a road junction in my car, one of the witnesses called the police because the cyclist was not getting back up. When the police arrived instead of help the guy they just blamed me repeatedly and said it was clearly dangerous driving, they would not accept that fact it was a cyclist's fault. It couldn't possibly be, everyone knows the car driver is ALWAYS in the wrong. They were going to arrest me and such but the cyclist told them it was his fault after the paramedics had fixed him up a bit. Thank God he did. It's completely stupid how the police and witnesses blamed the car driver over a cyclist even though I was completely stationary waiting to pull onto the main road and he just went into my car at speed.
I'll be sure to remind you what people fucking deserve when one of your family members are caught in a fucking accident. Have a little fucking respect, no one deserves this.
You see my family have something called common sense, they generally don't go wandering in traffic and other stupid things like that. The guy in this case did deserve it, it's not everyone else's job to look out for your safety, everyone should be looking out for their own.
Someone with any sense of responsibility for their own actions ought to consider how they affect others.
The only reason people don't get run over walking in front of my car without looking is because I wouldn't do well in prison... This concept of everyone having to look after each other is the reason health and safety laws are so stupid, we have the nanny state and defective genes are no longer eliminated.

EDIT: I do care how I effect others, it's just I'm not going to spend my entire time looking out for people who wont do so for themselves. I suppose it's similar to work, why should I be working to pay taxes for the people who just don't want to work?
Sup, deleting defective genes? You mean like eugenics? Nice. Steven hawking. Yep. If i had to choose one guy to live and one to die from you two hed win out. Hes better for society than you with his "defective genes" and the world would be better off in a 50/50 choice if you were "removed for being defective" rather than him if we had to choose. Sucks dont it? Deal with it. Natural selection is for animals striving for survival. As a species striving for excellence in many fields limiting us on one (physical) is just stupid beyond belief and is a narrow minded and very simplistic view of our species. Other than the insane misunderstanding of natural selection you come off rather selfish.

That guy could have grown up to be a doctor, what if he was killed? He might have turned his life around and done something amazing. To say he DESERVED it is cruel and selfish, a childish clumsy arm swing and a whine toward an issue of the "nanny state" without considering the whole story. Did he have such an incident coming? Yes, it was to be expected. Did he deserve to suffer pain for it? Not really, a harsh lesson from a cop perhaps but pain like being struck be a vehical? No. He has a family that loves him. And a future that might positively impact society. Dont be so quick to demand genetic screening and the removal of "idiots". I leave you with this. People like you are no better than the people you decry. At least they are not asking for the removal of those they falsely believe are their inferiors.

http://xkcd.com/603/
 

cookyy2k

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Master of the Skies said:
cookyy2k said:
Master of the Skies said:
cookyy2k said:
Master of the Skies said:
cookyy2k said:
Sandor [The Hound said:
Clegane]
cookyy2k said:
I agree with above, apathy. And completely deserved. Hope it hurt because some poor car driver will now be shook up over the incident and probably being harshly questioned.

I once got hit by a push bike whilst stationary at a road junction in my car, one of the witnesses called the police because the cyclist was not getting back up. When the police arrived instead of help the guy they just blamed me repeatedly and said it was clearly dangerous driving, they would not accept that fact it was a cyclist's fault. It couldn't possibly be, everyone knows the car driver is ALWAYS in the wrong. They were going to arrest me and such but the cyclist told them it was his fault after the paramedics had fixed him up a bit. Thank God he did. It's completely stupid how the police and witnesses blamed the car driver over a cyclist even though I was completely stationary waiting to pull onto the main road and he just went into my car at speed.
I'll be sure to remind you what people fucking deserve when one of your family members are caught in a fucking accident. Have a little fucking respect, no one deserves this.
You see my family have something called common sense, they generally don't go wandering in traffic and other stupid things like that. The guy in this case did deserve it, it's not everyone else's job to look out for your safety, everyone should be looking out for their own.
Someone with any sense of responsibility for their own actions ought to consider how they affect others.
The only reason people don't get run over walking in front of my car without looking is because I wouldn't do well in prison... This concept of everyone having to look after each other is the reason health and safety laws are so stupid, we have the nanny state and defective genes are no longer eliminated.
You mean the genes that make people misunderstand evolution that badly? Yes, if only we could eliminate those.

But really, that just speaks ill of you as a person. You're selfish and don't consider others.

And seriously? Worrying about how your own actions affect others makes a nanny state? Get real. No, I never called for the government worrying.
Strange how I never mentioned evolution isn't it? However go with your pretence of knowing oh so much more than me and explain just how defective genes are eliminated then? Oh wait I think it was called natural selection, the thing we have greatly stunted with political correctness and coddling each other. Also, for future reference, genetics doesn't dictate your understanding of a topic or its implications. Just so you know.

I consider other's I just think I shouldn't be doing their work for them, they're stupid enough to go playing in traffic? I ain't going to waste my time telling them it'd dumb.

Worrying about how every tiny little action will inconvenience or hurt someone else is exactly what causes a nanny state, all the stupidity the government brings into law in this regard is generally called for by these groups who take worrying over everyone else to extremes.
What a joke. You have no clue about natural selection. I just brought up evolution since people like you, the kind that whine about how we've stopped nature without a clue, usually do it about evolution. And btw, genetics has as much to do with understand of a topic or its implications as it does with kids going on skateboards down the street. Just so you know. And maybe get the point of what I said.

Yes, doing their work for them. Like avoiding hitting them with cars. No, it's not your job not to hit someone, it's their job not to get hit! /sarcasm

You're ridiculous. It's not an instance of worrying about every little action. If you think so you shouldn't have a license. Plus, you're missing the key component. Which is odd since I pointed out it explicitly in my other post: The difference between personally worrying and having the government do it for you.
Maybe you should reread... "This concept of everyone having to look after each other is the reason health and safety laws are so stupid, we have the nanny state and defective genes are no longer eliminated." Who said anything about the skateboarding kid there? That is a general statement. Yes genes don't play any part in that but in other issues in this area they do, and that is where we're reducing selection. And go on all you like about me not knowing evolution etc. Because it is you who doesn't understand, And I have provided as much evidence to that point as you have to how I somehow don't understand.

If they walk out in front of a car without looking, then yes it is doing their work for them. You are actually applying more concern for their well being than they are.

I do think so and I do have my driving licence and luckily for the world people like you arn't making the decisions. Plus, you're missing the key component of my post, which explains how this leads to the nanny state.

Say what you want in your reply since this is the last reply you'll be getting from myself. I have no need to respond to your constant personal attacks all the time missing the point of my words. Fallout 3 is calling, and is far more entertainment.
 

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Not that I don't feel sorry for the family at all, but he shouldn't have been on the road.

It's not apathy, it's tragedy, though I think there should be a very, very strict law on the road that says YOU CAN'T RIDE ANYTHING ON BUSY ROADS THAT ISN'T A FUCKING VEHICLE.

Bikers, skateboarders, walkers, etc., anything that can't go more than fifteen miles an hour or so shouldn't be allowed on the road. Is that your way of exercising? Your hobby? Tough fucking shit, when you ride something powered by humans on a road full of two ton bricks powered by gasoline going tens of miles per hour faster than you, you are putting yourself and them at danger. You could easily get hit. They could try to dodge you and accidentally hit someone else. What if you are going around a corner and someone is following you, tries to pass you, and hits a large truck that causes a traffic-stopping wreck? Those sorts of things could happen anytime.

Like I said, it's sad that it happened, but a law needs to be put in place to protect those people around the idiots.
Well, to be fair, at least in my part of the U.S. Bicycles are technically considered vehicles and those can go up to about 25 miles per hour (or more, not sure on their max speeds).

OT: I wouldn't say he fully deserved it, but he is fairly stupid for Skate boarding in the middle of the road.
 

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Sheesh, I have never seen so much apathy. This is ridiculous. I know the guy was being stupid, but come on. Are you guys really that heartless?
 

spartan231490

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I think you're actually legally supposed to ride your skateboard in the road. you are with bikes, technically.
 

Leemaster777

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I reserve sympathy for those who deserve it.

Do his family and friends deserve it, with them having to go through this? Absolutely.

But him? No sir, I think I'll just leave this one to Darwin.