I am without sin in this regard. hurls stone
I have never driven in my life and thus have never put anyone’s life in danger by driving while distracted.
On the other hand, my own life is put in danger daily, as a pedestrian and cyclist forced to dodge asshole drivers who are putting my life in danger by paying closer attention to their make-up or cell phone or the asshole driver in the next car who is threatening their manhood by not letting them merge, than to me.
I find it very, very hard to work up sympathy for such people when they “accidentally” kill somebody. Very hard.
If anyone has any suggestions about how I might do so, let’s hear 'em.
Otherwise, I will carry on with my total contempt for drivers who do not value the lives of pedestrians and cyclists as much as they do their own convenience.
Cars are dangerous. They kill more people than almost anything else you can think of. We are upset when a terrorist attack kills people, we launch massive and costly campaigns to prevent diseases that kill people, we implement extensive regulations to prevent people dying from small dangers. Yet our loved ones and fellow citizens are hurt, maimed and killed by automobiles every single day, and our attitude is that, well, they’re just “accidents” so there’s nothing we can do about it.
This cavalier attitude towards driving scares the living shit out of me. Newsflash: Driving is dangerous. It is not a game. It is not a god-given right. In many parts of the world (and it sounds like Denver is one) it is not even necessary to drive at all. It is certainly not necessary to text message, or put on make-up, or eat, while driving, but it is necessary (at least, in my opinion) to refrain from killing other users of the road while driving.
In what other circumstances can the convenience of some surpass the safety and right to life of others?
