Mom charged in baby’s death after off-duty cop crashes into car at 94 mph

[Danke]

https://twitter.com/StudentsforLife/status/1123559573070200834/video/1

https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1124323594807455744/video/1

Who put their dicks in that? They should be arrested.

 

[asurfaholic]

I think the kid would have very likely died anyways in such a vicious car wreck whether she was strapped in properly or not. Car seats don’t prevent death, just make it less likely.

I would have stuck with a lower level car seat violation, but leave the vehicular homicide charges only with the speeding vehicle. I also feel like the off duty cop should be held to a higher standard since they spent their career writing tickets to people going insignificantly higher speeds than posted limits - but I’m just dreaming over here.

 

[TheTexan]

Here's the aftermath:

That's a pretty bad wreck. It's a miracle the Officer survived. Praise the lord!

 

[TheTexan]

Has it been conclusively determined who was at fault for the accident? It's possible the other driver didn't use a turn signal correctly.

 

[ATruepatriot]

I think the kid would have very likely died anyways in such a vicious car wreck whether she was strapped in properly or not. Car seats don’t prevent death, just make it less likely.

And I think you are absolutely right. This sometimes is indeed the case. But I can tell you from vast experience of this particular topic, that I know for a fact that restraints save the lives of 99 out of a 100 accident victims who would have died without it. And anyone who tries to argue against this is full of crap and has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. I have worked at least a thousand accidents in my lifetime. I know what the definition and reality of vehicular accident "carnage" truly is, I have seen things that can never be unseen for the rest of my life, they flash back and haunt me every time I read or hear the word "accident".

I also feel like the off duty cop should be held to a higher standard since they spent their career writing tickets to people going insignificantly higher speeds than posted limits

ABSOLUTELY. Just like Commercial drivers are held to a higher standard for knowing better, so should law enforcement officers. They should be hung in public when they break the law like this as an example.

 

[angelatc]

I think the kid would have very likely died anyways in such a vicious car wreck whether she was strapped in properly or not. Car seats don’t prevent death, just make it less likely.
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It's a testament to modern engineering that only 1 person died.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

You all got it wrong. The officer was chasing down the mother at 94mph because she did not properly secure her child in her vehicle. Hopefully the police are OK.

 

[ATruepatriot]

It's a testament to modern engineering that only 1 person died.

Because I feel very secure in making a wild guess that the mother and officer were both wearing restraints.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Because I feel very secure in making a wild guess that the mother and officer were both wearing restraints.

I always wore my seatbelt. I dunno why it's such a big deal for some people.

 

[ATruepatriot]

I always wore my seatbelt. I dunno why it's such a big deal for some people.

I have four family members who are still around and myself twice because we were wearing restraints. And not one of these accidents was our own fault either. People don't like being told what to do is why, I don't either. But it shouldn't have to be a compulsory regulation. Folks should have enough common sense to understand the real cause and effect of what happens if they do not.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

I have four family members who are still around and myself twice because we were wearing restraints. And not one of these accidents was our own fault either. People don't like being told what to do is why, I don't either. But it shouldn't have to be a compulsory regulation. Folks should have enough common sense to understand the real cause and effect of what happens if they do not.

Ya seatbelt laws are stupid. Waiting for parents to go to jail for not giving kids 20 completely 100% safe vaccines.

 

[ATruepatriot]

Ya seatbelt laws are stupid. Waiting for parents to go to jail for not giving kids 20 completely 100% safe vaccines.

The science is still being debated and not settled as fact on that issue. The facts concerning the real physics related to mass inertia have been settled for a long time when discussing restraining mass.

 

[Ender]

Ya seatbelt laws are stupid. Waiting for parents to go to jail for not giving kids 20 completely 100% safe vaccines.

I have a friend whose entire family was killed in an auto accident- except a cousin who was not wearing a seatbelt. He was thrown out of the vehicle & survived. All that were belted in were dead.

 

[ATruepatriot]

I have a friend whose entire family was killed in an auto accident- except a cousin who was not wearing a seatbelt. He was thrown out of the vehicle & survived. All that were belted in were dead.

Hopefully you realize how extremely rare a case like this truly is. The odds are astronomical. I have never once seen this to be the case in all that I have worked. And I would be honest if I had ever seen it even once.

 

[TheTexan]

Imagine how many lives would be saved if all passengers were required to wear helmets.

 

[tfurrh]

Bring back bench seats.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Bring back bench seats.

This.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Don't wear a seat belt and I don't wear a motorcycle helmet.

Hit somethin' hard, I don't want to limp away from this wreck.

 

[angelatc]

Because I feel very secure in making a wild guess that the mother and officer were both wearing restraints.

There were either 8 or 9 people in the SUV. I would be surprised if they were all wearing seatbelts.

 

[angelatc]

The science is still being debated and not settled as fact on that issue. The facts concerning the real physics related to mass inertia have been settled for a long time when discussing restraining mass.

Vehicle fatalities fell at the same rate in countries that didn't have mandatory seatbelt laws in place as those that did. So....