The heart-stopping rotation of the engine and car passes across the other side of the road and plunges into the swamp. The occupant can’t wait to look at you and wait for the overtaking lane just 1km away.
Thick fog at sunrise. Most people took it carefully and the headlights were soaked. Only a few utility poles can be seen in front. However, technically it’s daytime, so there are still drivers who don’t mind turning on the lights.
Grasp the handle. They were always around. In New Zealand, the traditional young age that people can drive before graduating from school adds a lot of inexperience and recklessness to our highways.
So why do people take such risks? Are they in a hurry to cancel all logical thinking? The overtakers mentioned above arrived at their destination probably about 30 minutes earlier. Those who didn’t use the headlights in the fog probably tapped their backs to save electricity.
There used to be road guard jingles that encouraged people to “drive according to the conditions.” Unfortunately, it seems to be absorbed by many. If the weather or road conditions are bad, you will drive badly.
Of course, we all think we are great drivers. This means that it is always someone else who has free space where the brain should be.
There is no doubt that something is wrong with our road crackdown and driver’s license system. Combining those flaws with the impulsive recklessness of young people, the group of people who think they are invincible and get the thrill from dangerous driving is not surprised to have tragic consequences.
Take this week as an example. Over the past few days, we have made a pathetic apology to the residents of Dunedin from many “car enthusiasts” who feel they have to prove their worth by driving like Moron. Five teens died in a completely avoidable speed and alcohol-related crash last August.
What does it take for some of these people’s brain neurons to fire strong enough to understand the link?
Last weekend, three groups of “car enthusiasts” (formerly known as boy or girl racers, but political correctness reached their tendrils in this area as well) turned into a pathetic lark. I decided to use Dunedin.
Approximately 500 cars were driven into the Forsyth Barr Stadium parking lot, where some drivers raced, skid, and “performed” the burnout. A similar stunt was done on a small scale at Fourberry Park.
Three car clubs were involved — Reckless Deciples, Midnight Crawlers, and Fatal Few, whose members were able to do in several spelling lessons. The crawlers had a good intention this week to promote prosocial behavior, but announced some apologies, saying things got out of hand.
For real? Now it’s a shock. What do you expect from such a lawless rally? And where was the police?
Meanwhile, in Timaru’s High Court on Wednesday, 19-year-old Tyries Fleming was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for killing five teenage boys while violating his restricted license. it was done.
According to expert testimony, the car he was driving struck a large concrete utility pole between 107kmh and 115kmh. The Nissan Bluebird split in half and all passengers aged 15 and 16 were immediately killed.
The young lives of five people have passed in no time. And dozens of lives, including family, friends, and Fleming, have been ruined forever.
Combine the points between honking and dying. Police need to seriously brake the “enthusiasm” of such cars to save lives. It may not be so easy to remove how they do it.