2 months? BAH!
That's nuthin' but 4-8 paychecks worth of wussy downtime.
I can do 2 months standing on your head & still taste my breakfast when I burp the alphabet, considering that every time I simply blink my eyes, it's already Christmas again.
I'm guessing there must be some isolated pocket of non-linear space-time; indigenous to Canadian big rigs I'm unaware of 'cause all I know is, you were ranting about something one day that I glazed over with an eye roll, then all the sudden, you made this thread.
I've got bong resin in the other room that's older than 2 months.
PEANUTS, MAN! MERE PEANUTS ON THE COSMIC CALENDAR!!
(05-16-2013, 04:16 AM)ryoken Wrote: You are right. So why put it,and others at risk by being an arse, and cutting off a vehical 10times your weight, and size? Just because you want to get ahead, or home 2 minutes faster?
Not saying i look for cars to crush, but i will not risk myself for tools, when i know i am safer in the bigger, stronger, heavier vehicle.
Just last week in Toronto where i live some 18year old in a acura cut off a big rig. The truck swerved to avoid, went into a concrete pillar of an over pass, and was killed as the 60000 pounds of pipe he was hauling crushed his cab, and leaving his wife a widow, and 3 kids fatherless.
Now tell me who is the more evil?
Wait. Just wait.
Did the driver of the Acura cut off the semi driver KNOWING it would lead to his death? I highly doubt it.
It's called an accident. A tragic one to be sure, but an accident none the less.
People make mistakes. That's expected. Most of them don't brag about them on public forums, but to each his own I suppose.
Glad I'm not driving the same roads as you is all I can say.
Sorry look up accident.
An accident is something that cannot be avoided. That was something that with a little patience, or respect of other drivers could have been avoided.
Also the law also seen it as avoidable, and the kid was charged with vehicular manslaughter, and such.
Meh, semantics. I'm quite certain that the guy did not intend to kill the truck driver.
Perhaps mistake is a better word, but there are mistakes with UNINTENTIONAL consequences.
That's neither here nor there, though. I just don't agree with joking about crushing 5 cars under my semi, and it certainly wouldn't be something I would brag about.
I'm sure the owners of those cars, regardless of the mistakes that were made, didn't think it was so funny.
Any car accident is serious business....I'm awestruck that a grown man thinks its something worth bragging about, and a semi-driver no less.
Meh...just meh.
Did not intend to kill the driver. Maybe, but careless none the less. It would be the same as twirling a loaded gun, while walking down main street, and claiming it was an accident when it went off, and killed someone.
My point being the kid should be the one hurt/dead for being careless/stupid/selfish, and not the truck driver that if chose not toswerve may have smashed the car, or caused it to lose control hitting concrete pillar, and with its smaller size/weight/airbags probably that driver would have gotten off maybe with an injury, or 2.
As for the cars i crushed? All walked away, as i hit them in a way, as to force them off the road, and away from other traffic.I am not a total bastard. 2 of them actually admitted it was thier fault, and said they were sorry. Surprisingly they all said "they never saw the truck" which just blows my mind how you can miss a truck if you even looked, or how you could not even here it. But eh.
The driver swerved because HE DIDN"T WANT TO KILL SOMEONE, and it cost him his life. In other words, he acted like a grown man ought to....regardless what the kid did, NONE of them DESERVED to DIE.
You honestly think that "kid" (I'm assuming late teens/early 20) deserved to be hurt or killed because he made a mistake?
Do you realize how stupid this sounds.
My original point is people make mistakes. This does not give you the right to just run right over them because you can bend laws (I still have no idea what the hell that means), nor does it mean they deserved to be hurt or killed.
Just whatever dude. Go run someone over.
@SMG
I get the hurting other people thing....I always have an exit, because that's what I was taught. Truck Drivers certainly know the same. He knew he wasn't going to hit anyone else, or he wouldn't have swerved.
I know, because I looked for my out saw it wasn't there and had no choice but to hit the brakes and hope for the best. I'm an average driver. If I'm that aware of my surroundings and can decide NOT to swerve that quickly, couldn't a trained semi-truck driver who is responsible for 60000 pounds also be aware of his exit points and whether or not they're open at the time.
He swerved because he saw he could...I would have.
(05-15-2013, 12:41 PM)Narcotic Wrote: Rogues have cruisers?
And saying I QQed to you, made me more mad, because if you died, you would do the same thing.
~The.Red.Rocket
Acctually mate i would not have. In most cases if i PM after a fight, i say Good fight when a smaller ships beats me.
As for the pirate that you say joined? I am sorry about that, but i never even seen him attack you. I figured he was on your side as he never fired on me.
Also i RP'd that i was on break, and was only going to watch the fight until the other navy asked for my assist claiming they were out of torps. So way i saw it, you had them out gunned.
So all in all i guess we were both in some ways at fault.
As for missing with Mortars, and missiles? Sure maybe, but as i stated, i could have come in cloaked, and uncloaked 50Ms away, and killed you with a 1-2 punch. But i chose to fire my mortars at 4K, then close in and use primes only to be fair.
So if you accept my apoligy for over balancing the fight? I will accept yours for the ragefest in PM after.
(05-16-2013, 04:56 AM)Bootsiuv Wrote: The driver swerved because HE DIDN"T WANT TO KILL SOMEONE, and it cost him his life. In other words, he acted like a grown man ought to....regardless what the kid did, NONE of them DESERVED to DIE.
You honestly think that "kid" (I'm assuming late teens/early 20) deserved to be hurt or killed because he made a mistake?
Do you realize how stupid this sounds.
Wrong, the driver swerved because HE MISSED HIS EXIT AND WANTED TO QUICKLY GET OVER, WITH NO CONCERN FOR THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD (I can use caps too, it doesn't make you sound any more convincing or change the facts), and it cost him his life. In other words, he acted like an idiot, and risked his life as well the lives of several other drivers, it's a lucky thing he was the only one to die, and that his stupidity didn't cause more deaths. He didn't "deserve" to die, but his death was his own fault, not the fault of anyone else, especially not the fault of the truck driver.
What would you rather the truck driver did? Swerve into 10 other cars to miss the one person who swerved in front of him? You would rather the truck driver risk the lives of up to around 50 people, in order to try to save the life of this one guy who swerved? Why should those 50 innocent people pay for the mistake of one person's foolish decision?
Do you realize how stupid that sounds?
(05-16-2013, 04:56 AM)Bootsiuv Wrote: My original point is people make mistakes. This does not give you the right to just run right over them because you can bend laws (I still have no idea what the hell that means), nor does it mean they deserved to be hurt or killed.
Just whatever dude. Go run someone over.
Yes, people make mistakes. But this does not give the person who made the mistake the right to cause accidents for everybody other innocent driver around him, nor does it mean that those innocent drivers deserve be killed or hurt because of the actions of the one person's mistake.
Really dude, go distort facts and logic elsewhere.
(05-16-2013, 04:56 AM)Bootsiuv Wrote: The driver swerved because HE DIDN"T WANT TO KILL SOMEONE, and it cost him his life. In other words, he acted like a grown man ought to....regardless what the kid did, NONE of them DESERVED to DIE.
You honestly think that "kid" (I'm assuming late teens/early 20) deserved to be hurt or killed because he made a mistake?
Do you realize how stupid this sounds.
Wrong, the driver swerved because HE MISSED HIS EXIT AND WANTED TO QUICKLY GET OVER, WITH NO CONCERN FOR THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD (I can use caps too, it doesn't make you sound any more convincing or change the facts), and it cost him his life. In other words, he acted like an idiot, and risked his life as well the lives of several other drivers, it's a lucky thing he was the only one to die, and that his stupidity didn't cause more deaths. He didn't "deserve" to die, but his death was his own fault, not the fault of anyone else, especially not the fault of the truck driver.
What would you rather the truck driver did? Swerve into 10 other cars to miss the one person who swerved in front of him? You would rather the truck driver risk the lives of up to around 50 people, in order to try to save the life of this one guy who swerved? Why should those 50 innocent people pay for the mistake of one person's foolish decision?
Do you realize how stupid that sounds?
(05-16-2013, 04:56 AM)Bootsiuv Wrote: My original point is people make mistakes. This does not give you the right to just run right over them because you can bend laws (I still have no idea what the hell that means), nor does it mean they deserved to be hurt or killed.
Just whatever dude. Go run someone over.
Yes, people make mistakes. But this does not give the person who made the mistake the right to cause accidents for everybody other innocent driver around him, nor does it mean that those innocent drivers deserve be killed or hurt because of the actions of the one person's mistake.
Really dude, go distort facts and logic elsewhere.
You really think I'm stupid enough to think it's ok to hurt 10 other drivers to avoid hitting 1? My god....
My point is that if it can be avoided, I don't know, maybe you should TRY to avoid it, not run right through them because your able to and know you can "bend" the law in your favor.
I really don't care at this point. Run over as many old ladies and teenagers as you deem appropriate. What's a human life anyways? They're a dime a dozen...
(05-16-2013, 04:41 AM)SMGSterlin Wrote: As the child of a truck driver who is dad worked in the business for around 30 years and who's been through every mainland state in the USA, I've heard some trucking stories and learned several fun facts about trucking...
The only thing I'm taking from this thread is that when Ryoken has a kid it's going to be SMG.
(05-15-2013, 12:41 PM)Narcotic Wrote: Rogues have cruisers?
And saying I QQed to you, made me more mad, because if you died, you would do the same thing.
~The.Red.Rocket
Acctually mate i would not have. In most cases if i PM after a fight, i say Good fight when a smaller ships beats me.
As for the pirate that you say joined? I am sorry about that, but i never even seen him attack you. I figured he was on your side as he never fired on me.
Also i RP'd that i was on break, and was only going to watch the fight until the other navy asked for my assist claiming they were out of torps. So way i saw it, you had them out gunned.
So all in all i guess we were both in some ways at fault.
As for missing with Mortars, and missiles? Sure maybe, but as i stated, i could have come in cloaked, and uncloaked 50Ms away, and killed you with a 1-2 punch. But i chose to fire my mortars at 4K, then close in and use primes only to be fair.
So if you accept my apoligy for over balancing the fight? I will accept yours for the ragefest in PM after.
I already got over it. Was just mad at that point because of the pirate and because of my bots.
(05-16-2013, 02:05 AM)Saronsen Wrote: Please just step on a lego.
I like this as an insult.
On anther note, whilst I highly dislike ryoken's attitude to driving a vehicle with such a high tonnage and capability to destroy (See: 12 year old faction leaders with an ego), trucks are dangerous.
Try and remember p=mv and don't try and cut them off. Yes, holding your line is bad, but it's the lesser of two evils available.