Wear your seatbelts, people

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
02/21/2017 at 12:16 • Filed to: None

I heard this through the grapevine, as the dad in the story works with a friend of mine. He was apparently on his way to work at 4am this past Saturday when this happened. I can only imagine what the family is going through...

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DISCUSSION (24)

 > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 12:21

I heard they were very close till the end.

 > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 12:24

Like father like son.

Jayhawk Jake > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 12:28

But those things kill more people than they save

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 12:29

If alcohol was indeed a factor, as the article says it was...well, I just can’t even.

HammerheadFistpunch > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 12:30

holy hell, that sucks.

Urambo Tauro >
02/21/2017 at 12:34

“I learned it by watching you!”

Seriously though, I bet that’s exactly the case. The son probably grew up thinking that they were unnecessary, whether the father was explicitly stubborn about it, or if it was just a silent bad habit.

vondon302 > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 12:35

Wow and some of the comments here are unbelievable.

And I thought Earnhardt death rhyme was insensitive.

Xyl0c41n3 > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 12:36

I’m sorry for your loss and your friend’s loss, Ash. And I’m sorrier still at the callous comments this post is getting, all in the name of “humor.”

Xyl0c41n3 > vondon302
02/21/2017 at 12:37

Oppo loves sinking to the occasion.

Xyl0c41n3 > HammerheadFistpunch
02/21/2017 at 12:38

Can you do something about the shitass comments on this post?

Honeybunchesofgoats > Xyl0c41n3
02/21/2017 at 12:41

I can’t, for the life of me, be bothered to care about an accident where at least one driver was drinking and neither was wearing seatbelts.

HammerheadFistpunch > Xyl0c41n3
02/21/2017 at 12:48

not really. Its poor taste and disappointing but nothing that demands intervention. Cept Mr. R needs to move on. I suggest you do the same (in regards to his comment) to avoid unnecessary conflict.

Xyl0c41n3 > HammerheadFistpunch
02/21/2017 at 12:52

Dude, this isn’t Batshit Babes where no one in the newsreels is connected to anyone on Oppo (not that that makes any of THAT shit ok, either). This is someone tied to an Oppo. It’s more than in poor taste, it’s a violation of the “be excellent to each other” rules.

Xyl0c41n3 > Honeybunchesofgoats
02/21/2017 at 12:54

So don’t be bothered with them. Be bothered to care about the Oppo who posted this and his friend who knew them. Stupidity doesn’t lessen somebody else’s grief.

 > vondon302
02/21/2017 at 12:55

Yea, they both took a turn for the worse.

vondon302 >
02/21/2017 at 12:57

Dammit stop that.

Yeah I chuckled.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 12:57

Wear your seat belts, and don’t drink and drive? Sad nonetheless.

HammerheadFistpunch > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 13:08

Just a heads up from the mods Ash that you are free to dump any comment you see as being in poor taste or shitty as this hits close to home. We’ll leave that call up to you.

Urambo Tauro > vondon302
02/21/2017 at 13:15

TBH, I read the source article first and commented before realizing that there was an Oppo connection. I really wouldn’t mind if my pun was dismissed, seeing as I cannot go back and edit it now.

I might not be able to sympathize with drunk driving, but I sure can with what the family and friends must be going through. What a stunning loss.

carzcarzcarz > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 13:48

Always wear one and think everybody else should too. But then you’ll get those that would rather be “thrown clear” or some other such rubbish.

Ash78, voting early and often > HammerheadFistpunch
02/21/2017 at 13:55

No worries, I’ve got a pretty thick skin and they weren’t personal friends of mine. Just a crazy, sad coincidence related to cars/safety/DUI. While I won’t excuse DUI, the kid was 20 and we have all done some stupid stuff. The dad was just leaving for work as the son was (presumably) coming home from partying.

Ash78, voting early and often > HammerheadFistpunch
02/21/2017 at 13:55

Ash78, voting early and often > Jayhawk Jake
02/21/2017 at 13:56

You’re thinking of airbags... ;)

HammerheadFistpunch > Ash78, voting early and often
02/21/2017 at 14:01

yeah, its a bad deal all around, regardless of the circumstances.