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Old 07-08-2023, 03:20 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by thinkxingu View Post
Really?

Would someone be responsible for not putting up a strong barrier if a plane falls on their house because they live near an airport?

Ooh, ooh—or the barber shop I go to that sits alongside train tracks? Should I suggest they put up a strong barrier lest an Amtrak derails and plows into the building while I'm getting a sweet cut?

And where would the LB even have put those barriers?! The car LITERALLY came in through the main road and building entrance.

Someone above mentioned that both parties are at fault, and that's the truth...though if this situation plays out a hundred times, the same thing probably happens 99.

People drive up lanes that are open even when others are backed up—just look at every highway every day while driving through traffic, tolls, accident backups, etc.

And people always "let others go" without paying much attention to what's coming the other way and drivers will almost always take advantage of that because, well, we wouldn't be driving if we didn't have anywhere to go.

This was an accident, the type that happens in a world with humans and machines and movement of both.

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haha the “ooh ooh” sarcasm is unattractive. Your examples are silly, by design I’m sure. Bollards are industry standard in such geographic situations. Look around town, any town. If the “stuff happens” attitude were to prevail, pajamas would still be flammable and cars wouldn’t have safety glass. If it’s foreseeable it’s preventable. If a foreseeable risk is ignored and someone is injured as a result, it’s negligence not an accident. A baby in a high chair spilling his milk is an accident.


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