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Another Texting Moron Accident: Dozens injured as Boston trolleys



 
 
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Old May 11th 09, 01:36 AM posted to rec.autos.driving,misc.transport.road,misc.transport.trucking,alt.politics.democrats
The Real Bev[_5_]
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Default Another Texting Moron Accident: Dozens injured as Boston trolleys

Democrat Dishonesty At Work wrote:

> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30653462/
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> The 24-year-old operator of the moving trolley, who was the most seriously
> injured, admitted to police that he was sending text messages from his
> cell phone when the accident occurred, Massachusetts Bay Transportation
> Authority general manager Dan Grabauskas said.


Excellent. It's always nice when stupidity provides its own punishment. The
problem is that the punishment is generally insufficiently severe.

The guy should have lost at least a hand.

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Old May 11th 09, 02:45 AM posted to rec.autos.driving,misc.transport.road,misc.transport.trucking,alt.politics.democrats
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Default Another Texting Moron Accident: Dozens injured as Boston trolleys collide. Official: Operator tells cops he was using cell phone at time of crash.


On 2009-05-11, The Real Bev > wrote:

> Excellent. It's always nice when stupidity provides its own
> punishment. The problem is that the punishment is generally
> insufficiently severe. The guy should have lost at least a hand.


The problem is that a bunch of other people got hurt.



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Old May 11th 09, 02:52 AM posted to rec.autos.driving,misc.transport.road,misc.transport.trucking,alt.politics.democrats
The Real Bev[_5_]
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Default Another Texting Moron Accident: Dozens injured as Boston trolleys

Steve Sobol wrote:

> On 2009-05-11, The Real Bev > wrote:
>
>> Excellent. It's always nice when stupidity provides its own
>> punishment. The problem is that the punishment is generally
>> insufficiently severe. The guy should have lost at least a hand.

>
> The problem is that a bunch of other people got hurt.


The good part was that HIS injury was the worst.

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