My 18yo just got his license a year ago and has already rear-ended another car - totalling the car I bought for him to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glock Shooter
Both he, and his 21yo sister will be watching this video. I don't want to lose my kids to death because of an accident they could have avoided nor to prison for the same reason!
A few years ago I was attending a men's group at chuch with a guy who (had) worked for Lockheed Martin as a Software Developer. This guy had a great job and a tremendous future. One day (before I met him) he was too busy talking on his cell phone while he was driving to pay attention to the fact that his light was RED. He ran the light, struck another car and killed a woman.
While that is bad enough, he was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and was sentenced to 3 years in prison - leaving his wife and child to fend for themselves. He was mistakenly sent to serve his 3 years at the prison in Limon, CO - what is now considered one of the top 5 worst prisons in the U.S. (or so I'm told).
He asked me if I'd heard of all of the various horror stories that can/do occur to male prison inmates. Of course I had and I listed off many that I knew about. He, very solemnly told me that he experienced ALL of those things!
Since he's been released he hasn't been able to hold a job (he is the first person to be laid off when his employers cut back). He can't get anywhere near the technical/high pay jobs that he once had. His wife divorced him and took their child. His life is a shell of what he once had. The "tremendous future" he saw for himself will never see the light of day.
All this for a moment of inattention. How much worse would it have been for him to live with himself had he consciously chosen to run the red light?
I've been known to squeeze into an intersection as the light is turning red ("Hey, it was pink"!). After that video, at least for a while, I think I'll be stopping. Saving a minute or two is not worth my life nor anyone elses.
I'm just sayin'......
