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parm104 · 07-31-2011, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by seakrait

it's never too late to point out ignorance of facts.

I'll correct your ignorance by explaining my "ignorance of facts." My response was to the article provided in the original post. I'm not reading through four pages of a thread to make one post.

QUOTE from Greenstoner's article: "The couple's first reaction was that of relief, thinking the officer would hear their situation and offer them an escort to the hospital. Forget it."

I read the article posted by the O.P...no where in that article does it say the officer had made an effort to provide further assistance. Ignorance would be if it was stated in there and I ignored that...

Regardless, I don't suppose I have to do my own research when making a comment on a post made by another member. My initial response was one that was justifiably viable based on the original post.

And yes, it is "too late to point out ignorance of facts" AFTER someone becomes aware of the facts...AT that point, it becomes to late...hence you pointing it out was TOO LATE and a useless post.

Ronin · 07-31-2011, 02:12 AM

Why do the police insist on PR nightmares when any reasonable, logical person can see what the correct call here is...

Waive the fees, suspensions and shit. This wouldn't have happened if the police officer was smart enough to call an ambulance to the site of what I'm SURE is a woman screaming in pain in a car with a guy telling you she's pregnant and her life is endanger. Y'know, that might've been the better thing to do instead of NOT driving them to the hospital yourself and telling them to drive slowly after delaying them for a long ass time...TWICE.

I have a hard time believing it would take an ambulance 30 minutes to get anywhere but the booniest of towns.

But yes, calling an ambulance would've been the smart thing to do in the first place but in this case, I can't say I wouldn't have done the same if I thought it would save time...because I live less than 5 minutes from the hospital in Richmond and I think nailing it down Gilbert would be quicker than calling 911.

slammer111 · 08-08-2011, 01:52 AM

Wonder what kind of lawsuit the cops would be facing if the wife + died while the family was stuck getting a ticket.

105mph is pretty insane though.

geeknerd · 08-08-2011, 02:30 AM

laws

although my judgement depends on what kind of road he was driving on,
if it was a road like stretch to ubc, highway, alike, 100mph + light traffic is easy peasy.
every mother and child does it in autobahn, korea, china, w.e

Before, i felt places like korea, the cops are a joke since they do not carry the sense of 'authority' but now i feel that canada/usa cops have way tooo much power and alot of them trip out on it.

here in korea, driving at 160km/h = cops dont even care. Why? a lot of people do it and can handle it. Its not as scary as people mention it in vancouver, they just think so because they are told it is by the cops/laws/fines. lol
if i did this for 10 years vs a cop who got advanced driver training but only been a cop for a few month.
who's the 'qualified' driver?
am i more dangerous and not qualified because i dont have advanced driver training/sirens/marked car? yes, a flashing cop car will play a significant factor but
any veteran cop knows that field experience is worth a fucking lot.

so many factors/situations exist, how can one law cover them all? how can one judge cover them all?

ptrinh · 08-08-2011, 07:56 PM

^straight.

RabidRat · 08-08-2011, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenstoner

The couple's first reaction was that of relief, thinking the officer would hear their situation and offer them an escort to the hospital. Forget it.

Why the fuck didn't the first cop just give them a ride to the hospital?

Heartless fuck.

edit: n/m, someone needs to link the other article to the OP.

seakrait · 08-08-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by RabidRat

Why the fuck didn't the first cop just give them a ride to the hospital?

Heartless fuck.

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Originally Posted by zulutango

Read my last posts with the links attached. HE [the husband] REFUSED to have his wife transported [by the cop] when he was 15 kms from Portage...HE CHOSE to drive 170 KMH to Brandon instead...in March winter conditions, at high speed when there was no reason other than he wanted to take her to their own doctor. This guy chose to take her on a 300km round trip to go shopping, in winter, 5 days before her operation. What would he have done if a storm had hit and they got stranded somewhere? Why didn't he use his cell phone ( 15 kms outside Portage they have cell service)? This is not about the Cops being retarded, it's about Mr Webber choosing to repeatedly make bad and dangerous choices, to hell with the consequences. If there was any low level of intellegence it was missing from Mr Webber. BTW it doesn't take 15 minutes to write a ticket...maybe 5 mins at top. Maybe the other 10 were spent trying to convince Webber to accept medical help? You cannot force someone to see a doctor. He did say that they "lectured him" ...to see a doctor and to slow down...both requests that he chose to ignore.

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