Darwin Candidate

[2600]

http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/14358347/detail.html?rss=hon&psp=nationalnews#

[Ed_McCarron]

Police said the use of the cell phone was clearly a contributing factor in the crash

Shame you can't write a ticket for stupidity.

My guess?  She wanted to kill herself.  When she changed her mind, she decided to play the "I'm lost" card.

She was on tracks 5' from the big black and white crossing gate with blilnking red lights... "I didn't know I was on the tracks."

How about the minute arguing with the cop?

[ahofle]

She can still procreate so she doesn't qualify for a Darwin award. 

[shardian]

That story makes absolutely no sense. Why exactly did they have to abandon the car on the tracks if the woman was just parked there chatting. Why couldn't she just move the car forward a few feet?

And why was there an argument for a minute and a half??

"Lady, you are parked on the tracks and there is a train headed right for you." Unless he talks really slow, there shouldn't have been a debate. Wait until next month when the woman sues the cop for being responsible for her car being destroyed.

[shardian]

Thinking about it, if the dumbass drove up over the tracks, the car could have been stuck. however, the story states she had no idea she was on the tracks.

[2600]

She can still procreate so she doesn't qualify for a Darwin award. 

Yeah, I meant to put almost.  But by the clueless way she had about her while she walking off the tracks, I think she will try for the award again.

[JackTucky]

Some ---uvula--- was probably driving slow and forcing her to pass.

[jbox]

Every night, Greer police Officer Marcus O'Shields meets an officer from the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport to exchange information.

[SavannahLion]

That story makes absolutely no sense. Why exactly did they have to abandon the car on the tracks if the woman was just parked there chatting. Why couldn't she just move the car forward a few feet?

She didn't just drive up over the tracks. She actually turned onto the tracks. In other words, when she got to the tracks, she actually turned, thinking the tracks were part of a street intersection or some such. Once a car like hers is on the tracks like that, it's a trick to get off again.

[Ed_McCarron]

Once a car like hers is on the tracks like that, it's a trick to get off again.

Nah, they seem to have removed it fairly easily.  I don't think the train felt a thing.

[ChadTower]

Even with the gates coming down that ---smurfette--- still won't get away from the car. 

I'd put high odds on the cop, at that point, wanting to push her back into it.  I mean, if an adult is that stupid, that they can't understand "walk away from the moving train", they deserve it.

She endangered that cop as well as everyone on the train.  What if he had to pull her out?  They had 17 seconds left.  What if the train had derailed on impact?

That should be prosecuted, IMO.  Massive negligence.

[shardian]

That should be prosecuted, IMO.  Massive negligence.

Well they can at least hit her with the $500 fine for trespassing on railroad tracks.

[2600]

Even with the gates coming down that ---smurf--- still won't get away from the car. 

I'd put high odds on the cop, at that point, wanting to push her back into it.  I mean, if an adult is that stupid, that they can't understand "walk away from the moving train", they deserve it.

She endangered that cop as well as everyone on the train.  What if he had to pull her out?  They had 17 seconds left.  What if the train had derailed on impact?

That should be prosecuted, IMO.  Massive negligence.

My thoughts exactly.  She doesn't seem to even understand what the problem is until the train hits her car.  She's just lolly gaging around like some moron.

[ChadTower]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say she's not deaf and was able to hear the train and the gate bells.

The cell phone conversation would likely bear that out.

[Ed_McCarron]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say she's not deaf and was able to hear the train and the gate bells.

The cell phone conversation would likely bear that out.

Maybe she was texting?

[ahofle]

Some ---uvula--- was probably driving slow and forcing her to pass.

 

 

[ChadTower]

Maybe she was texting?

There is that possibility.  Now if we can just establish that she can't see flashing lights, moving gates, or feel the rumble of an approaching train, she's off the hook.

[Ed_McCarron]

Maybe she had one of those ADA mandated blind-folk friendly cars?

[ChadTower]

I hear you can't get to Target in those cars.

[Ed_McCarron]

Someone should sue 'em.

[ChadTower]

I'll call the media.

BLIND WOMAN DIES ON RAILROAD TRACKS BECAUSE TARGET ISN'T ACCESSIBLE

[patrickl]

If Target would just make their website ADA compliant that woman could have stayed at home in her padded room