Darwin awards!

[Liquid]

Tonight I witnessed an act of stupidity that can only be described as a worthy candidate of the Darwin Award.

I was driving along merrily down a country lane on my way home (60mph limit doing 40) and as I round a corner I suddenly see an individual lying in the road(slam on the brakes) got out to see if it was ok. The guy jumped up and ran off laughing to his mates whom were hiding in the bush.

Obviously I'm a little shaken up almost having killed someone. However I can't help but think I'd of been doing humanity a favour if I had(dark I know).

So it inspired me to ask everyone else, what is the dumbest thing you've seen in your life. Be it a lack of "common sense" or a lack of intelligence.


("" used due to it not being so common anymore)

[Anonymous]

Back in my youth some of my friends thought it a good idea to play 'motorway chicken', which resulted in the loss of a young life ,and I'm sure the devastation of the driver.

Rolls eyes !

[MI5]

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@Liquid wrote:
Haha ill try and take that as a generalisation rather than being aimed at me

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Not aimed at you mate

[Cleoriff]

And then of course, you have folk like me in Nursing who spend major amounts of time, picking up the pieces (quite literally) of people who did something like this (as a joke)

Dealing with the after effects on families etc etc etc.. As you all say..a very dark topic, but one that, unfortunately, is all too common....

[sheepdog]

What's even more moronic is that in the event of you running them over, you would be prosecuted for dangerous driving/without care and attention. I know its happened to someone I know who had a drunk walk out in front of them and admitted they were at fault but yet the CPS chose to ignore the facts and went after the driver.

Even more worrying is that some kids around here have a tendency to walk out in front of you as an act of "being hard" so you end up braking abruptly or in my case, just swerve round them which gives them a bigger shock as they weren't expecting to be that close to my paintwork.

[Anonymous]

Even if it isn't them at fault they still go after the driver either way

[Anonymous]

Hey Cleoriff,

I sympathise with you there.

My older brothers a paramedic.

[jonsie]

My son is a senior paramedic but he doesn't like talking about the things he has to deal with especially when he works nights. I worry about him because of the huge stress. I so admire anyone who has to deal with the consequent of accidents and thoughtless incidents.

[Cleoriff]

Paramedics...our frontline staff. They do a wonderful job and I am full of admiration for them.

[Anonymous]

Me too after saving me from a bad epilepsy seizure