Chevy Spark
Barely fit to be a roller skate (but NOT saying it's Chevy's fault).
RIP, poor children.
Posted on 05/07/2022 8:15:27 AM PDT by grundle
Edited on 05/07/2022 9:08:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
16, NOT fully licensed, 6 in a car for 4, seat belts optional, high? (at minimum a pot user), deathtrap car, being allowed (parents) to take $hitbox to school (maybe even bought her the car).....
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Besides, smoking marijuana isn't necessarily how teens are consuming the drug these days. The THC content in the vaping concentrate versions is way off the charts and the effect far stronger than anything that can be derived directly from smoking the plant. It's like the difference between chewing coca leaves and snorting pure cocaine. This was an avoidable tragedy on many levels, including the drug and having six teens packed like sardines in a tiny s*** box automobile.
I suspect four were in the back seat, which had two seatbelts, and couldn’t be worn.
Can you imagine the guilt if one of the girls had said no, the car is overloaded and not gone?
I see a lot of grown adults on their phones as well. They are normally driving way too slow and holding up traffic.
"loading six people in a tiny four-seater"
“Or, she and her dopey friends left school at lunchtime to get high and were passing a joint as the driver was pulling out in front of the truck.”
This was the likely scenario to me.
You can pop positive for weed for numerous weeks.
6 teenage girls sounds more like not paying attention to me.
Of course IâÂÂll be Cheech or Chong hereâ¦
RIP to the young ladies.
In vino veritas. I always believed that drugs/alcohol amplify a person’s true personality.
If he is gentle by nature, he will become more gentle and caring. If he is stubborn or angry by nature, he will become more hostile and aggressive. If he is pessimistic by nature, he will become despondent and possibly suicidal.
She got five teenagers in a Chevy Spark?
Let’s see . . . smoking cigarettes is downright evil, and smoking menthol cigarettes is even eviler . . . but smoking pot is just ducky!
Sure, anything is possible.She could have been high as a kite. The point I was making is did the pot contribute to the accident or was it a passive coincidence. Now if they said they found pot in the car, that might make it more convincing that it was a contributing factor.
Barely fit to be a roller skate (but NOT saying it's Chevy's fault).
RIP, poor children.
I know!
Feel guilt for what?
Refusing to be a flaming idiot?
A while back Southbound on I 81 in PA I’m between 5 and 10 over the limit in the right lane. Compact car comes up to overtake me rather quickly. A glance into the low vehicle as she passed me shows a teenage girl sitting cross legged looking down at a phone held in both hands...texting.
I agree. But in this case, it is relevant if the *other* passengers had it in their blood as well. If several of the others had it, it increases the odds of their have recently consumed it, and thus impairment.
Oh, I forgot to say, she was alone behind the wheel.
I would also point out that driving while extremely short on sleep, is every bit as dangerous as driving drunk (thank you, Mythbusters). I would further point out that drunk people are far more aggressive and out of control than any stoned person I’ve ever seen. I have witnessed, firsthand, two different people break their hands punching a wall when they were drunk. I have witnessed, firsthand, people destroying their own property (TVs, fragile items, etc.) when they were drunk. I have witnessed, firsthand, drunk people get into brawls over nothing. I have been around lots of people, drunk, and lots of people high, and I have NEVER seen someone who was high on marijuana do any of the things I’ve seen drunk people do.
I am not defending driving while high, but you’re never going to convince me that marijuana is worse than alcohol, or that marijuana is a “gateway” drug to harder stuff. I have had almost 40 years of seeing the effects of both on people, and there is absolutely no question that alcohol is far more dangerous. I also do not know anyone personally, who went from marijuana to harder drugs like meth, heroin, etc. Is that the progression for some people? Of course, but as others have noted, there’s no such thing as a “gateway” drug. If you have a certain mindset, a certain personality, a certain pre-disposition, then ANYTHING is a “gateway“ drug. Nicotine->alcohol->marijuana (or maybe meth, opioids, whatever). The substance isn’t the issue, the person is. This is no different than the gun control argument: you try to deny EVERYONE a gun, because SOME people are lunatics or imbeciles.
Now, before the puritans around here get their panties in a wad, I am not saying that use of marijuana is without consequences. What I am saying is that, if you’re going to crusade against marijuana, you might as well put on your “I’m with Carrie Nation” t-shirt, and go after alcohol as well.
Some of us who deal with these things in a professional capacity have used this inconvenient fact to support our efforts against legalization of marijuana. It makes no sense to legislate against impaired driving while at the same time legalizing formerly illegal substances that can't be accurately tested for impairment.
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