I'm sorry but you can't blame him for the crash and I guarantee most people (especially young) wouldn't stop because they are to scared to stop. Not necessarily only because they will get in trouble but also because they know the crash is bad and don't wanna know they just killed someone. He would rationalize this by knowing his friends were not that far behind and they would help him and get attention he deserved. You freak out when something like that happens and you can't tell me you are thinking straight.

Now I can tell you personally I would stop because I have to as trained First Response Medical Technician. I understand their anger at the SRT owner for not stopping but you can't judge him unless you are in his shoes. I guarantee you don't know what you would do until it happens to you. I've heard people say "Oh I would stop" then I watch you all drive right on by the wreck (No emergency Vehicles around).

How can I say this because I was passenger in my friends Shelby Mustang GT500 when he was racing a modified Honda Civic when the civic lost control and spun out flipped over sideways 5 times before landing on 4 rims upright. My friend was freaking out about it and said he was just going to keep going but I had to convince him to turn back around. The guy was very lucky and survived the crash but even luck I got my friend to turn around, as his injuries would have killed him if I had not got Medi-Vac out there when I did. The young kid was only 17 years old at time and soon as he arrived at hospital his heart stopped. I was told by doctors if he would have arrived 5 min later he would have died from his internal bleeding.

If you want to know the cold fact as Dusty said You can be arrested for simple fact of not helping. Judges frown more on you if you are involved in the accident and stop to see if they need help. My friend only got speeding ticket, and 40 hr. of community service and $500 in fines total. If he had not come back the Judge said he would have been serving 5-10 in State Prision for manslaughter. Take into consideration he didn't swirve at the guy and didn't cause the guy to loss control. He simply applied his foot to that gas petal.

Think of it this way "You fire you gun into the air, the bullet goes up only so far then comes back down, the bullet hits guy 5 miles away in the head and he lives" You are at fault for that persons death/injuries. Pushing that gas petal is no different that sqeezing that trigger.

 

i still think how the law works in that case is bs

 

How do you get that, where is the logic in this? Your comparision is totally off and completely wrong.

The actions of the guy in the SRT-4 pushing down on his gas pedal isn't what caused the other guy to wreck and get injured, it was totally and completely the actions of the guy in the Celica and him pushing down on his own gas pedal that caused his wreck and his own injuries.

The correct way to have given the proper and correct example is like this: "You fire your gun into the air, the bullet goes up only so far then comes back down, the bullet hits you in your own head and you live." You are at fault for your own injuries, plain and simple. And in this case you would be right, "pushing that gas pedal is no different than squeezing that trigger."

 

I agree with the "own pedal/ trigger pulling" thingy. teehee!!

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i second that. that made much more sense.

 

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I probably should have explained that better or made a more appropriate analogy. It is similar in the aspect of you could have chosen to not push that petal and not race or fire that gun into the air (Both are illegal or at least in CA) and then neither person would have been injured or died.

You inadvertently caused that crash because you accepted the race, as so you take on responsiblity for whatever happens. That is why you don't race on the streets. And if you do you take responsibilty for whatever happens.

 

That is just like saying that because some guy eggs you on to race him and you accept his challenge, that if he blows his engine racing you then it is your fault and therefore you owe him a new engine and that is just plain absurd. Everyone is responsible for their own action, they are not responsible for the actions of others unless the ones actions directly involves the other, such as one person punching another, that is one persons actions directly involving the other. If they were both racing and one of them ran the other off the road, then the one who ran the other off the road is responsible.

What your saying is just as absurd as saying that because someone gives you the finger in traffic and you take your hand off the wheel to do the same back to that person and you hit another car or go off the road as a result of this, that the person that gave you the finger should be held responsible for you hitting the other car or going off the road. There is absolutely no logic or common sense in this at all, it is all pure[sm=bs.gif]. It's a cop out excuse trying to place the blame where it doesn't belong, it's someone trying to blame someone else for their own stupid actions plain and simple. It's all about responsibility and everyone has to be responsible for their own actions.

Just like your first analogy, "Think of it this way "You fire you gun into the air, the bullet goes up only so far then comes back down, the bullet hits guy 5 miles away in the head and he lives." Now imagine if the guy that pulled that trigger blamed the guy that got hit by the bullet for getting hit by the bullet because he was outside at that time, claiming that if he were inside at the time he wouldn't have been hit by the bullet and therefore it was his own fault for getting hit by the bullet. Your, as well as many others, trying to put the blame on the guy in the SRT-4 for the other guy wrecking is just as absurd as this.[sm=exactly.gif]

 

Put yourself in the srt drivers shoes. You are racing a guy with all his buddies hanging around, probably a lot of sh*t talking going on, you race and the guy totally bites it, your ahead of him, scared, and THEN a group of his buddies HUNTS you down!!! Sorry they felt it was more important to go after the guy than help there friend, and if he didn't run, there probably would have been two people going to the hospital. the import guys are talking about hunting him down, and telling him to fear them more than the cops. Get out of here!!!!!! I would have been going as fast as I could away from it all. Those import guys sound like a vengeful group. If you are caught in the middle of a gang fight do you stay and see if anybody is hurt and that everyone gets the proper medical treatment. Call the cops and ambulance from your cell phone and get the hell out of there. In a lot of situations, I would definately have stopped, but these guys seem to be out for revenge. I feel for the guy in the celica. I hope he is alright. It is kinda classless to drive away, but more classless to blame the other guy and threaten him....grow up.

 

I dig ya Moe!!

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mo your right on the money about those punks.