Quote Originally Posted by quickdodge®
I'm a pretty smart guy and think of myself as tough to have the wool pulled over my eyes. But there was no word play in your post. You pretty much stated what I read. If there was an alternate point to your post, you may want to rephrase it because, from what I read, my post to you stands. Later, QD.
You just have the classic emotional response to this, just like everyone else.

My response is to think about how to minimize the chances of something like this happening again. Is throwing this kid in jail for life going to save anymore lives? Probably not. People do stupid things all the time no matter what kind of consequences you impress upon them. I don't think this kid went out looking to kill anyone. It's just unfortunate that his stupid actions intertwined with a glaring lapse in safety precaution of another family.

You're never going to stop people from being stupid. Never. However, you can encourage people to think about safety. This accident was probably 100% survivable by all if seat belts had been worn. The two people in the Corolla that got SMASHED by the limo survived.

So the statement I made, the purpose of which you missed, is that it's really stupid that no one thinks to put on a seat belt in a limo. I for one, HATE going for limo rides for that exact reason. Riding to my ex g/f's prom, as soon as the limo got on the interstate or started moving at any decent speed, I started sweating bullets. As a kid, I always thought it was stupid that school buses didn't have seat belts. Even now, I think it's a travesty that people in cars get ticketed for not wearing seat belts or for transporting a child without a safety seat, but it's a. ok if you're in a limo. What my comment was aimed to do is to get people to think twice about getting into ANY road going vehicle w/o a seat belt. You never know if the limo driver is going to fall asleep, if you're going to get rear ended, who knows what.

I never absolved this kid of the blame for his actions. He caused an accident and should have to face the consequences for just that. The accident. He probably wasn't looking to kill anyone. The deaths were just an unfortunate result of multiple factors, not just the impact with the RSX.