Two killed as driver avoids road block

genetic said:
Yeah, and let more drunk divers roam free.

Tell me you're joking.
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No I'm not joking. Plenty of people have complained about the hazard of roadblocks. The guy was driving east so in order to turn into a car going west he must have tried making a u-turn. It was therefor this and not the drunk driving that caused the accident. They're supposed to be visible but the last one I drove into I could very well have crashed straight into it if I was going at normal speed. The only reason I didn't ran her over was because I was traveling slower and paid attention in front of me. If they are visible on our roads it already discourages unsafe driving.
 
Yeah close your eyes to reality.
 
Swa said:
No I'm not joking. Plenty of people have complained about the hazard of roadblocks. The guy was driving east so in order to turn into a car going west he must have tried making a u-turn. It was therefor this and not the drunk driving that caused the accident. They're supposed to be visible but the last one I drove into I could very well have crashed straight into it if I was going at normal speed. The only reason I didn't ran her over was because I was traveling slower and paid attention in front of me. If they are visible on our roads it already discourages unsafe driving.
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That's a Friday comment right there.
 
Swa said:
No I'm not joking. Plenty of people have complained about the hazard of roadblocks. The guy was driving east so in order to turn into a car going west he must have tried making a u-turn. It was therefor this and not the drunk driving that caused the accident. They're supposed to be visible but the last one I drove into I could very well have crashed straight into it if I was going at normal speed. The only reason I didn't ran her over was because I was traveling slower and paid attention in front of me. If they are visible on our roads it already discourages unsafe driving.
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I hate roadblocks for causing such big traffic congestion, but that doesn't excuse your stupid comment.

Obviously this roadblock was very visible (and probably causing the hated congestion) or he could not have done what he did to avoid it, so that excludes that valid complaint of yours.

Obviously it wasn't a U-turn that caused it, if one does a successful U-turn (which is a very hazardous manoeuvre and should be done with great care) and then you are heading in the same direction as the opposing lanes traffic. We don't have the exact details of his turn, just that it ended up going in the opposite direction of traffic in the lane he was in.
 
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LaraC said:
Two people dead and one critically injured. How did the drunk driver escape injury?
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Drunk people are generally more relaxed on impact, making them less likely to get badly injured.
Sober people tend to tense up when accident happens.

So I was told, and it makes sense if you think about it.
 
No, less likely to be badly injured whereas sober people involved in the same accident tend to be more seriously injured.
 
supersunbird said:
I hate roadblocks for causing such big traffic congestion, but that doesn't excuse your stupid comment.

Obviously this roadblock was very visible (and probably causing the hated congestion) or he could not have done what he did to avoid it, so that excludes that valid complaint of yours.

Obviously it wasn't a U-turn that caused it, if one does a successful U-turn (which is a very hazardous manoeuvre and should be done with great care) and then you are heading in the same direction as the opposing lanes traffic. We don't have the exact details of his turn, just that it ended up going in the opposite direction of traffic in the lane he was in.
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Yes we don't know the exact details apart from him crashing into a car that was going in the opposite direction. He obviously did a maneuver at the last moment so if that's anything to go by it was NOT very visible which is the case with most roadblocks.
 
Swa said:
Yes we don't know the exact details apart from him crashing into a car that was going in the opposite direction. He obviously did a maneuver at the last moment so if that's anything to go by it was NOT very visible which is the case with most roadblocks.
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Swak Swa.
 
Swa said:
Yes we don't know the exact details apart from him crashing into a car that was going in the opposite direction. He obviously did a maneuver at the last moment so if that's anything to go by it was NOT very visible which is the case with most roadblocks.
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You have an odd way of looking at this incident. Blaming everything other than the driver who caused the accident.
Were you dropped on your head when you were young?
 
LaraC said:
You have an odd way of looking at this incident. Blaming everything other than the driver who caused the accident.
Were you dropped on your head when you were young?
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I have a whole way of looking at things. Certainly the driver isn't blameless but also plenty of people have complained about the hazard that coward police and spietcops pose. There is a reason speed cameras are required to have visibility. It's to serve as a deterrent. Roadblocks that are only visible when you are in spitting distance of them is a recipe for accidents like this when people unsafely try to avoid them.
 
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