grizzaholic wrote:
It is why they call them accidents. If not.......the last car crash you got into....you did it on purpose than, right?
Well, why does the police officer assign at least one person in every crash as "at fault"? They may call them accidents, but that's a misnomer - someone screwed up and caused the crash. Cars don't go out of control on their own (and if they do, if the Toyoya saga is to be believed, then the guy making or designing the car screwed up). There is always a root cause and it isn't just "shit happens".
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
GannonFan wrote:Well, why does the police officer assign at least one person in every crash as "at fault"?
False statement.
Yep. I've been in two minor fender benders, neither my fault (clearly the other person's), both times in parking lots. I called my insurance company each time, who instructed me to call police, who told me that all collisions on private property are no-fault in Delaware and the insurance companies will decide how it's handled. In both cases, I paid my deductible to get my car fixed and was later reimbursed in full after my insurance company squashed theirs.
Yep. I've been in two minor fender benders, neither my fault (clearly the other person's), both times in parking lots. I called my insurance company each time, who instructed me to call police, who told me that all collisions on private property are no-fault in Delaware and the insurance companies will decide how it's handled. In both cases, I paid my deductible to get my car fixed and was later reimbursed in full after my insurance company squashed theirs.
If you had NOT been on private property, I'd bet tickets would have been issued. In your cases, the law states that the police won't issue tickets on private property...
dbackjon wrote:A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has become far worse than initially thought crept toward the coast Thursday as government officials offered help from the military to prevent a disaster that could destroy fragile marshlands along the shore.
An executive for BP PLC, which operated the oil rig that exploded and sank last week, said on NBC's "Today" that the company would welcome help from the U.S. military.
"We'll take help from anyone," said Doug Suttles, chief operating officer for BP Exploration and Production.
The Coast Guard has urged the company to formally request more resources from the Defense Department. And on Thursday, President Barack Obama has dispatched Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson had been dispatched to help with the spill.
BTW- as trafiic offenses are not criminal (and therefore statutory)... states do not have jurisdiction on private property, and therefore traffic violations on private property are truly "no-fault." In other words, the police will not investigate.
The exception is when the offense rises above the statutory level to the criminal, i.e: reckless driving, vehicular homicide, etc. You can be as drunk as a skunk in your car in your driveway and it isn't DUI, for instance.
"You however, are an insufferable ankle biting mental chihuahua..." - Clizzoris
Ivytalk wrote:Before this thread is permanently hijacked, I'd like to commend Grizzaholic's pie chart!
I'd be shorting BP stock right now if I wanted to profit from this mess. But I don't. I'd rather make sure there was a future for Gulf shrimp!
Let's make a deal then. I have no ethical dilemma profiting from this mess, but I also have no money. How about you short BP stock for me with your money and then just take back your seed amount when we cash out and send me the difference? Go big or go home. We can do this.
Ivytalk wrote:Before this thread is permanently hijacked, I'd like to commend Grizzaholic's pie chart!
I'd be shorting BP stock right now if I wanted to profit from this mess. But I don't. I'd rather make sure there was a future for Gulf shrimp!
Let's make a deal then. I have no ethical dilemma profiting from this mess, but I also have no money. How about you short BP stock for me with your money and then just take back your seed amount when we cash out and send me the difference? Go big or go home. We can do this.
Only if you agree to meet in Leipsic for local crabs smothered in Bay seasoning!
93henfan wrote:
Let's make a deal then. I have no ethical dilemma profiting from this mess, but I also have no money. How about you short BP stock for me with your money and then just take back your seed amount when we cash out and send me the difference? Go big or go home. We can do this.
Only if you agree to meet in Leipsic for local crabs smothered in Bay seasoning!
Twist my arm, why don't you?
Getting me or Andy7171 to a crab joint is about as tough as getting a crackhead to drive to Kensington.
dbackjon wrote:Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard Device
The oil well spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico didn't have a remote-control shut-off switch used in two other major oil-producing nations as last-resort protection against underwater spills.
The lack of the device, called an acoustic switch, could amplify concerns over the environmental impact of offshore drilling after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig, hired by oil giant BP PLC, last week.
