# Another dumb teenagers story. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437 "2012-04-30T18:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/1 "2012-04-30T18:34:01Z")
Two thirteen year old girls were run over while sunbathing…[in the damn road](http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11471297-two-teen-girls-hit-by-car-while-sunbathing-in-the-road#comments)! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/2 "2012-04-30T18:47:31Z")
I’d like to hear their reason for sunbathing on the road, as opposed to, well, anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/3 "2012-04-30T18:52:37Z")
Someone needs to tell those two girls that winning a Darwin award is NOT a desirable goal. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/4 "2012-04-30T18:56:58Z")
You’re not supposed to take “Go play in traffic!” as advice. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/5 "2012-04-30T19:05:31Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > You’re not supposed to take “Go play in traffic!” as advice. That would have been fine because they might have seen or heard the car coming and vice versa - the reason they were hit is they **fell asleep**. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/6 "2012-04-30T19:44:50Z")
While falling asleep lying on a road is always dumb, just how dumb sunbathing on a road was depends on how frequently or infrequently the rural road they were on was used. Some rural roads I’ve known see no traffic at all except those who live there - indeed, the driver who ran these two over was a relative. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/7 "2012-04-30T20:26:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’d like to hear their reason for sunbathing on the road, as opposed to, well, anywhere else. I dunno. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/8 "2012-04-30T20:28:07Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > While falling asleep lying on a road is always dumb, just how dumb sunbathing on a road was depends on how frequently or infrequently the rural road they were on was used. > > Some rural roads I’ve known see no traffic at all except those who live there - indeed, the driver who ran these two over was a relative. Now to me, sunbathing on a road at any time is an incredibly stupid thing to do as there is always the potential that someone will drive down said road. Not to mention, I would think it would be incredibly uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/9 "2012-04-30T20:46:31Z")
Yesterday the high temp in Pittsburgh was 64 degrees. It was sunny, so the warmest place would probably be on the blacktop. Stupid, but I’ve seen people laying out as soon as the snow was off the ground. Not on the road, though. StG ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/10 "2012-04-30T20:49:00Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’d like to hear their reason for sunbathing on the road, as opposed to, well, anywhere else. Maybe they’re fellow dopers and decided that the beach was far too dangerous of a place to be laying down without road cones, construction vests and flares. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/11 "2012-04-30T20:50:08Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Maybe they’re fellow dopers and decided that the beach was far too dangerous of a place to be laying down without road cones, construction vests and flares. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/12 "2012-04-30T21:53:09Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Maybe they’re fellow dopers and decided that the beach was far too dangerous of a place to be laying down without road cones, construction vests and flares. You got that right. We get people run over at the beach every year here in Florida. You hardly ever hear about people getting run over while sun bathing on a road, so it much be a lot safer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/13 "2012-04-30T21:56:11Z")
I guess what they say about video games impacting children’s behavior is true. Time to ban Frogger. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/14 "2012-05-01T01:39:50Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Yesterday the high temp in Pittsburgh was 64 degrees. It was sunny, so the warmest place would probably be on the blacktop. Stupid, but I’ve seen people laying out as soon as the snow was off the ground. Not on the road, though. > > StG Just be certain to check for squashed lizards or snakes before you do lay on the road, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/15 "2012-05-01T04:20:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I dunno. > > Whatever. Yeah, that sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/16 "2012-05-01T04:41:27Z")
I bet if it was a motorcycle with loud pipes it would have awakened the bathing beauties and saved lives. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/17 "2012-05-01T10:50:41Z")
That’s even more stupid than lying in the road on the way back from the pub to look at the stars. And I’ve never done that more than a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/18 "2012-05-01T13:10:56Z")
My husband’s aunt told me that the rural road near which she once lived had so little traffic, she and three friends used to stretch a net across it so they could play tennis. If a car showed up, they’d take down the net to let them through. This was a very long time ago, though. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/19 "2012-05-01T15:24:09Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I bet if it was a motorcycle with loud pipes it would have awakened the bathing beauties and saved lives. So you’re saying my broken muffler is a …Safety Device? I’ll have to try that with Mr. LEO when I get pulled over fer makin’ a racket. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437/20 "2012-05-01T16:54:06Z")
It wouldn’t surprise me if the real story turned out to be something different (and even more reckless). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dumb-teenagers-story/620437.md?page=2)