On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:06:33 GMT, bw@barrrk.net (B1ackwater) wrote:
>(CNN) -- Seven children, including an infant, died Wednesday when a
>tractor-trailer rear-ended their car near Gainesville, Florida,
>slamming it into the rear of a school bus that had stopped to let
>children off.
>
>The car, which was driven by a 15-year-old girl with a learner's
>permit, burst into flames, killing everyone inside, said Lt. Mike
>Burroughs of the Florida Highway Patrol. The truck was partially
>burned, its cab overturned.
>
>In Florida, it is illegal for a 15-year-old to drive without an adult
>being in the car.
>
>. . . . .
>
> Tell me now ... what are this reporters priorities ? The
> cause of the wreck was an 18-wheeler driver who didn't
> stop for a car and unloading SCHOOL BUS (you know, the
> GIANT YELLOW BOXES WITH FLASHY LIGHTS ON THEM THAN CAN
> PROBABLY BE SEEN FROM OUTER SPACE). Didn't matter whether
> the cars driver was 15, 115 or 5 ... yet the reporter
> made a point of smearing the dead girl over her age by
> the third sentence, seeming to implying fault just because
> she was 15.
>
> Sounds to me as if he's one of those "no driving before
> age 21" nuts. Hey, given the concentration of ancients
> in Florida, they'd set the minimum driving age to 65 if
> they could ... so *everybody* would be driving 25 mph
> in the fast lane with their left blinker on ......
The age of the driver of the stopped car is irrelevant. If the driver
had been 55 the accident would have happened and the truck driver
still at fault.
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