Man, they oughta just drag this guy out back and shoot him...

Why do people do stupid crap like this? Is there that much of a lack of common sense in the world these days?

 

I read this earlier...How dumb can you be...why put yourself in that position...

Having said that, the dash Navigation systems are the same as far as distracting, but you don't here anything about them...

 

What's messed up is for a couple of hundred bucks you can illegally wire the navigation lcd screen to show DVD's from a player under the seat or in the glove compartment.

 

I'm actually in the market for a portable DVD player to velcro to the top of my car's dashboard.

Just because I'm sick of the radio and want an alternative. I don't plan to really watch it, so much as listen while I drive.

 

Yup this guy should be a goner. I mean the guy ultimately lied and his passenger said the opposite. This idiot should at least have some sympathy for the couples he just kill instead of trying to save his own sorry ass.

 

I assume it's because, y'know, nobody actually uses those things.

 

I'm trying to decide if this can be considered irony.

I expect these types of accidents to occur more frequently with the rise of mobile DVD players and mobile internet (you can actually get internet beamed to your car now). Surf for p*rn... accidentally kill a family of 4. We definitely need some new laws.

 

Is there any proof that he wasnt listening to music??

Just because its a DVD player doesnt mean that he was watching a movie.

I have navigation/DVD in my car...I have yet to watch a movie. This display just looks nice, so thats why I have it.

Some of you are overreacting...If he was indeed watching a movie, then you have a point. Otherwise, breathe in, breathe out.

 

Other than the movie "Road Trip" apparently being in the player? I don't know what the proof is.

 

well they could just be lying to help their case, but the story said that prosecutors said he called his wife (or ex-wife) and said he wasn't sure how the crash happened because he was spacing out on a movie he was watching. so if he actually said that, then i would have to think he's pretty much done for in this case.

 

Yeah... he claimed to be listening to a CD, right? So unless he has a changer, he couldn't have been doing that with the DVD in the player at the time of the accident...

 

Other than the movie "apparently" being in the player?

Umm...yeah...until they can show that it "was" in the player, its a moot point.

Look, Im not defending the guy, but I would like to have all the facts before I make a judgement.

If he was stupid enough to watch a movie and drive, then he needs to be taken care of by the law. But until it is shown that that was in fact the case, I find it pointless to talk crap about him.

 

I used the qualifier "apparently" since that's what the article is saying, but since I didn't look myself, I'm not willing to say for certain that was the case.

The prosecutor says "we know it [the DVD player] was [on]", and the disc was in the player, so they seem pretty sure about it.

At what point do you say you have "all the facts"? I would think that would never be possible unless he comes out and admits it, and that's an unlikely scenario. Even the jury is likely going to have to rely on suppositions to a degree (I mean, even if the thing was on and playing "Road Trip" that doesn't really prove he was watching it).

 

What was he thinking watching a DVD while driving? That is prime napping time.

 

Read the article properly people.

 

Back when I used to commute I used to see people reading the paper or plucking their eyebrows in the mirror all the time.

I still see people talking on the phone, smoking a cigarette and trying to take notes. All the more case for driving a giant SUV...self-defense. Just consider the cost of gas, health insurance.

 

This is something the police should have looked into at the time of the crash, in regards to the disc in the player. I know its farfetched, but I guess its something that needs to start taking place from now on. At this point, its one man's word against another's. Therefore, I really cant make a judgement. Im not going to say that he needs to be dragged "out back and shot", but Im also not going to say that he is completely innocent.

The prosecution says the DVD player was on, but that doesnt mean that a movie was playing. My DVD player is always on, but its music that it is playing. Im not sure how they can prove the "Road Trip" disc was in there.

Its going to be a tough call, but I dont see how this is "murder". Manslaughter, sure. Even then, its a tough call.

When you have something as evidence, such as blood alcohol level, then the person involved should be tried for murder. But the fact that he "possibly" had a movie playing in his car?? Come on. The prosecution needs to lighten up. They

 

Umm. They could push the eject button and if the "Road Trip" disc comes out, it was very probably in there. It's entirely possible they can simply look at the unit and see whether it was playing or not at the time of the crash and which disc (if it was a changer) was playing.

That along with the testimony from the wife of the passenger may go a long way toward a conviction.

I don't agree with taking someone out back and shooting them (and I know that's hyperbole), but when people are killed by someone's alleged complete disregard for the safety of others, it's at least worth taking it seriously and making the effort to make the case in court.

One of the reasons we see so many senseless road deaths is because we are so often willing to not take these sorts of things seriously enough.

 

How do you know they didn't? Or at least impound the vehicle and have the crime scene folks go over it later, at which point, they found which disc was in the changer.