Darwin Awards

[prospector]

Is this person very brave, or to stupid to realize what is happening and get out of the way??

https://www.rt.com/news/491142-brussels ... aign=Email

"While the man’s badassery was certainly noteworthy, the skill of the mounted police officers was definitely exceptional as well, since they managed to squeeze their magnificent beasts past the protester without hitting him – or running into one another in the narrow road."

[TheGreenGoblin]

Is this person very brave, or to stupid to realize what is happening and get out of the way??

https://www.rt.com/news/491142-brussels ... aign=Email

"While the man’s badassery was certainly noteworthy, the skill of the mounted police officers was definitely exceptional as well, since they managed to squeeze their magnificent beasts past the protester without hitting him – or running into one another in the narrow road."

Braver than you, possibly, you Aussie geriatric..

[prospector]

You are obviously a pathetic prick, even though my nationality is perfectly displayed at the end of the post, you cannot even get that right!!!

[TheGreenGoblin]

You are obviously a pathetic prick, even though my nationality is perfectly displayed at the end of the post, you cannot even get that right!!!

Good, you stood your ground like a man.

I took a guess on the Aussie thing...

I should have looked... nothing better than upsetting a whole bunch of sheep...

Prospector, no personal animus. I now suspect you might be a good human being.

Am I a prick? Of course I am.

[TheGreenGoblin]

With men like these we can fight a frigate...

[prospector]

You may well be right about Geriatric, the years tell me so, but I can take comfort from the fact that I am still very active with radio control model aircraft flying, radio control yacht racing, and trying to keep up with my wife who is 12 years younger.

[TheGreenGoblin]

You may well be right about Geriatric, the years tell me so, but I can take comfort from the fact that I am still very active with radio control model aircraft flying, radio control yacht racing, and trying to keep up with my wife who is 12 years younger.

Sir, I was using a technique we used to use in the South African army to infuriate the conscripts as part of our new moulding of them. They all hated me...

I realise now that what, I did, tonight, was wholly disrespectful to you and I apologise unreservedly to you.

We are men, whatever our age.

Mea Culpa

TGG

[prospector]

Apology Accepted

[Pinky the pilot]

The above slight disagreement competently dealt with like the Gentlemen you both are!

More proof, if indeed any required, that the inhabitants of this site are superior in behaviour and dare I say it, intellect than another place which I shall not name.

[llondel]

In the spirit of legal fights where you can have a class action where many people come together for the same thing, is the same thing possible when it comes to a Darwin Award?

https://www.scarymommy.com/national-no-mask-day/

It appears that some idiots in the US want everyone to go out on June 20th without wearing a mask.

[llondel]

Can you do Darwin Awards by proxy? As in, if you've had kids but then proceed to remove them from the gene pool so your line still dies out?

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/florid ... ug-report/

A Florida mother took her high-risk teenage daughter to a “COVID party” at their church, tried treating the girl at home with unproven drugs when she got sick — and then hailed her as a patriot after she died.

The child was already immunocompromised.

[EA01]

A Florida mother took her high-risk teenage daughter to a “COVID party” at their church, tried treating the girl at home with unproven drugs when she got sick — and then hailed her as a patriot after she died.

Is that not gross parental negligence resulting in death?

[PHXPhlyer]

Too bad it didn't turn out the other way around.

PP

[PHXPhlyer]

Honorable mention.
Elon needs to teach the cars to read road signs.

https://www.azfamily.com/news/tesla-rea ... 88227.html

Tesla rear-ends DPS vehicle, pushes it into ambulance on I-10 near Benson
DPS tweets crash photo to remind drivers about Arizona's Move Over Law
azfamily.com News StaffPosted 19 hrs ago
DPS tweets about Benson crash, Move Over Law
Source: Arizona Department of Public Safety via Twitter (@Arizona_DPS)

NEAR BENSON, Ariz. (3TV/CBS 5) – A potentially catastrophic crash near Benson has the Arizona Department of Public Safety reminding drivers to keep an eye out for flashing lights and vehicles stopped along the highways.

DPS tweeted a picture of the crash in which a Tesla rear-ended a sergeant’s SUV Tuesday afternoon. The impact shoved the DPS vehicle into an ambulance. It happened on eastbound Interstate 10.

According to DPS, the sergeant and the ambulance were there for an earlier accident. The sergeant was not his SUV when the Tesla hit it. He was not hurt. Neither were the people in the ambulance. The driver of the Tesla, a 23-year-old man from Irvine, California, was seriously hurt, but his injuries were not life-threatening, according to the DPS tweet.

“We can confirm the driver indicated to troopers the Tesla was on autopilot at the time of the collision,” a later tweet said. Investigators are trying to determine if he was impaired by drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash.

Move Over Law
Move Over Law
Signs reminding people about the Move Over Law are post along freeways throughout the Phoenix area.

The agency is using today’s crash, which could have had a very different outcome, to remind people about Arizona’s Move Over Law. State law requires drivers to move over at least one lane if you see a vehicle with flashing lights on the side of the road. If you cannot move over, you need to slow down at the very least.

Arizona's Move Over/Slow Down Law



On Jan. 8, 2019, Salt River Police Officer Clayton Townsend was conducting a traffic stop on Loop 101 near McDowell Road when another car hit him and the vehicle he had pulled over.

Troopers hope to educate drivers about Move Over Law
ADOT launches website focused on safe driving

[G-CPTN]

Tesla on Autopilot rear-ends Arizona DPS vehicle.

The driver of the Tesla allegedly admitted the vehicle was on Autopilot and Arizona DPS said he is being investigated for DUI.

[PHXPhlyer]

Rather close to home. Only 2 blocks away.
Police AS-350 orbiting overhead. Went out to see that the focus of orbit nearby.
First thought: possible home invasion. Bicycle rider said car crash.
Neighbor (retired cop) saw car go by on winding residential street estimated 80-90 MPH and accelerating.
Result: Driver dead, expired as neighbor tried to assist. Pax serious.
Winnebago 1 - Mitshibitsu 0
Winnebago driver unhurt. She was one block away from making it home.

PP

[PHXPhlyer]

In The Running

Driver of a stolen car in Phoenix is in critical condition after being shot

Karma?

https://www.azfamily.com/news/driver-of ... 72d72.html

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, a 28-year-old woman was driving a stolen car near Indian School Road and 83rd Avenue.

According to Phoenix Police, an unknown suspect fired a gun into the stolen car and hit the driver.

Phoenix Fire transported her to the hospital and is in critical condition.

A second woman was in the vehicle at the time and was not injured.

This incident is still under investigation. Police are asking if you have any information about this incident, to call the Phoenix Police Department Violent Crimes Bureau at 602-262-6141 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.

PP

[TheGreenGoblin]

In The Running

Driver of a stolen car in Phoenix is in critical condition after being shot

PP

Stolen cars, stolen guns, attempted murders, speed merchants, car crashes..!

Is the whole of Arizona like this?

[ian16th]

In The Running

Driver of a stolen car in Phoenix is in critical condition after being shot

PP

Stolen cars, stolen guns, attempted murders, speed merchants, car crashes..!

Is the whole of Arizona like this?

Look what it was like in 1965!

[PHXPhlyer]

In The Running

Driver of a stolen car in Phoenix is in critical condition after being shot

PP

Stolen cars, stolen guns, attempted murders, speed merchants, car crashes..!

Is the whole of Arizona like this?

Yep. Especially in the Phoenix metro area.
Exhibit #1:

https://www.azfamily.com/news/pd-dad-sh ... b8b7b.html

PD: Dad shoots at car in Scottsdale, leaving his teen son seriously hurt
azfamily.com News StaffUpdated 8 hrs ago | Posted on Jul 20, 2020
Scottsdale shooting
The shooting happened near Chaparral and Granite Reef roads around 6 p.m.

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- A man, identified as 42-year-old Robert Moore, was arrested Monday night around 9:30 p.m. in connection to the Scottsdale shooting and injuring a teenage boy who, Scottsdale police say, is his son.

The shooting happened near Chaparral and Granite Reef roads around 6 p.m.

It all started when a woman driver called 911 to report that Moore, her ex-husband, was chasing her in a separate vehicle while she was driving with her teen son and teen daughter in the car.

At the intersection of Granite Reef and Chaparral roads, police say that Moore started shooting at his ex-wife's car before driving away. The shooting resulted in the son getting seriously hurt and being rushed to the hospital. The mom and her teenage daughter, who is also a child of Moore, were unharmed.

Members of the Scottsdale Police Department SWAT team eventually found Moore during a traffic stop near Granite Reef and Indian School roads. He was arrested and now faces attempted murder, aggravated assault and endangerment charges. The investigation is ongoing.

Chaparral Road was closed between Hayden and Granite Reef roads for the investigation. Police advised drivers to use alternate roads.

Chaparral shooting second scene
Courtesy: 3TV/CBS 5

We are investigating a shooting at Granite Reef & Chaparral. A juvenile male was shot and sustained serious injuries. PIO is headed to the scene.

— ScottsdalePD (@ScottsdalePD) July 21, 2020

PP