BMW collides with train
01-06-2010, 09:09 AM
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Take a look at the 335 but the driver and passenger is still alive in critical condition.
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01-06-2010, 09:14 AM
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Hmm, yeah, when I'm driving I always feel like my car can take on a train. What a moron!!!
Then again maybe the train jumped out in front of him?
Then again maybe the train jumped out in front of him?
01-06-2010, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='1085302' date='Jan 6 2010, 12:14 PM
Hmm, yeah, when I'm driving I always feel like my car can take on a train. What a moron!!!
Then again maybe the train jumped out in front of him?
Then again maybe the train jumped out in front of him?
01-06-2010, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by dowe' post='1085308' date='Jan 6 2010, 10:23 AM
dude, two people are in critical condition. not trying to justify anybody's apparant action here, but don't you think you could've framed your opinion in a less harsh/demeaning way?
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Woah. Hopefully they'll pull through this. Looks like the car did its job very well.
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='1085318' date='Jan 6 2010, 01:42 PM
Woah. Hopefully they'll pull through this. Looks like the car did its job very well.
I've worked on freight trains for a short period and I have next to NO sympathy for those fools. Anyone who ignores flashing lights, lowering gates, and the ear splitting sound of a locomotive horn when approaching a railroad crossing is a complete jackass - the darwin rule applies.
It may be bad for the two injured passengers, but its also pretty bad for the engineer and conductor sitting in the locomotive who know that they can't stop the train in time.
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Originally Posted by dowe' post='1085308' date='Jan 6 2010, 02:23 PM
dude, two people are in critical condition. not trying to justify anybody's apparant action here, but don't you think you could've framed your opinion in a less harsh/demeaning way?
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Originally Posted by Howitzer' post='1085351' date='Jan 6 2010, 11:18 PM
This is the Internet and we now live in a world devoid of emotion or morality. Therefore, I am not surprised in the least bit at any comments I read online anymore.
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No need for "second chances" - you can't fix stupid. The reason I have never been hit by a train is the same as the reason I have never shot myself - I don't put myself in that position. Can you beat the train? Maybe, but is it worth the try?
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='1086759' date='Jan 8 2010, 02:42 PM
No need for "second chances" - you can't fix stupid. The reason I have never been hit by a train is the same as the reason I have never shot myself - I don't put myself in that position. Can you beat the train? Maybe, but is it worth the try?
Famous last words: "eh, I can make it" and the ever popular "I don't think it's loaded"
Famous last words: "eh, I can make it" and the ever popular "I don't think it's loaded"