Double PSA. Don't Drive Like An Asshat, and Wear Your Seatbelt

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
10/02/2014 at 12:38 • Filed to: asshats, asshat, rip

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Charles J. Jones is being charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, as well as first degree reckless endangering safety.

Jones was "changing lanes and passing in traffic recklessly", according to Sheriff's officials, when his vehicle lost control and struck another vehicle, causing it to roll over.

That vehicle's driver, a 54-year-old Milwaukee man, was pronounced dead at the scene. His 27-year-old passenger was thrown from the vehicle and suffered non-life threatening injuries. Neither victims were wearing seat belts.

If convicted, Jones faces up to 22 and a half years in prison. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's office says he was on his way to a doctor's appointment. Alcohol is not believe to have played a factor.

So yeah, people. Don't drive like an asshole in traffic. You might hit someone else dumb enough to drive without a seatbelt and kill them.

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DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! spanfucker retire bitch > Takuro Spirit
10/02/2014 at 12:56

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It absolutely blows my mind how people will still drive without seat belts.

I literally can't even comprehend the (lack of) logic that goes into making that conscious decision. It's beyond me.


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > spanfucker retire bitch
10/02/2014 at 13:01

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The problem is not one of conscious and aware decision, but a lack of it.


Kinja'd!!! RazoE > spanfucker retire bitch
10/02/2014 at 13:03

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My co-worker does this. Boggles my mind. I can't even start the car without first putting my seat-belt on.


Kinja'd!!! Takuro Spirit > spanfucker retire bitch
10/02/2014 at 13:09

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Friend of mine with a 500AWHP STi drives THAT CAR without a seatbelt and I just don't understand why not. I'd want a 5 point harness and a cage in that thing.


Kinja'd!!! spanfucker retire bitch > RazoE
10/02/2014 at 13:14

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Seriously, it's just instinct. I get in, I put my phone inside the center arm rest, buckle up, then start the car. That's the exact same routine everytime I get in my car.

You'd have to be a fucking idiot to not wear a seat belt these days. Almost all of the airbags and other safety features are pretty much worthless without the basic 3-point harness that is the seat belt. All of those safety devices rely on you being in a certain position during a crash and when you're flying around the cabin, it completely nullifies any protection they might have given you.