Ok, my wife says this was a terrible incident, I say good riddance. Why am I wrong?

Perhaps this should qualify for a Darwin Award, except usually the Darwin Awards are much more elaborate stories.

 

What if it were a poor person in an econobox 'driving like a maniac?' Would that still be natural selection at work?

 

Yes.

Because these maniacs can also take the innocent with them.

 

The article does not say that the driver was speeding. If he was indeed driving like a maniac, I have little sympathy for him. But merely driving an expensive car does not make him a bad person. Certainly, I disapprove of powerful cars. But let's not be too quick to wish death on someone merely for that. You may assume that the only reason for owning a Lamborghini is to drive it like a maniac, but that assumption might not always be valid.

 

A person died.

Wildkow

 

If it was your son making just one mistake in his life, would you see it differently?

I had one very close call with disaster due to youthful stupidity. It can be cured without death being necessary.

 

There were enough negative comments in your initial post about 'rich assholes' and hundred-thousand dollar cars that I wasn't sure if this is what you were railing against, or the irresponsible driving. So, I asked the question to clarify my understanding.

 

Heck yes. I would feel the same sadness. But my actions to stop the stupid driving would be intense in the later case.

All drivers are subject idiotic driving on the road. 40,000 deaths a year is sickening. However, I do not want to become a person that considers some of these 40,000 to be deserved. I was hoping you were not going down that path.

 

Thank you Wildkow.

Sadly, some on this board seem to take pleasure from that fact. That's just disgusting on any level.

... Brad

 

i agree, a person died is a loss. the lambo, as with all high HP cars are a huge responsibility when it comes to mature driving.

 

I sometimes try to use that 40,000 figure to make people think...
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Because someone died. It does sound as though the driver was doing something stupid, however stupidity doesn't generally carry the death penalty.

Frankly, I'd offer sympathy to the driver's friends and family and hope that some good can be made to come of this.

 

Excellent proposal, Hobbit. I would suggest, however, adding two more points, for a kind of double-three:

Three seconds interval.
Zero tolerance on DUI
Stop all types of distracted driving: when driving your full attention is on the driving.