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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of posters here find the idea of a teenager making a mistake like this easier to deal with mentally than a parent making a mistake like this. But that urge shouldn't let us ruin someone's name before the facts are out.

It's a tragedy either way[/quote]
Who's name is ruined?[/quote]

The 20 yo BMW driver. I find it interesting and baffling that his bad driving record is being dug up while it was the 52 year old dad who made that bad left turn. Why isn't the dad's driving record not being trashed? Because he was a dad to W kids or what? He didn't yield properly and caused injuries to the BMW driver!! Would people have felt more sympathy had the BMW driver also died? He might have a bad driving record but that's prior bad acts that doesn't tell you for a fact what happened here. Even if he had been speeding, the Volt made the left turn!!!![/quote]

No 20 year old kid - and especially one with a bad driving record - should be out driving a fast BMW. Even if he was going 20 mph he's not going to win in the public's opinion as it looks like he was lavishly spoiled and acting like an idiot driving a pricey fast car in an irresponsible manner.
If his parents downgraded him to an old Subaru Outback until he could be more responsible maybe he'd be more of a sympathetic figure. But a reckless 20 year old in a bmw? Nope.
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And pretty much all 20 year old males are reckless. And fearless. And invincible. It's the nature of the beast. It's the parents that are supposed to have the maturity and the brain cells.

Assuming that the parents gave him the car but who knows - I've seen some kids inherit money and that's what they buy. If I had $$ to pass down I wouldn't let anyone have it until they're 30...[/quote]

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