Drivers stupid?? No

Aguila

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm

Dear oh dear oh dear.

downfader

Aguila wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm

Dear oh dear oh dear.

I think they should be forced to pay back in monetary terms the money lost having to rescue these two imbeciles. :?

suzyb

Saw that on the TV news. I'd hazard a guess that they been watching Ice Road Truckers :roll:

grahamg123

i'd have left 'em there - Darwin would have wanted it that way!

jrduquemin

Damn, they survived... otherwise it could have been 2 candidates for the Darwn awards. I hope they've not had the chance to breed yet....

downfader

I think Darwin would be appalled that a reasoning being would chalk it up to evolution

the_village_idiot

lol- if i had a £50 unregistered car i would have done the same TBH- although ensured it was a convertable

although very stupid- i dont think they would have harmed anyone else

they should be billed for the cost to the emergency services though!

greg66_tri_v2.0

It's not quite clear from the BBC report: did they undertake this little frolic, come a cropper, escape, and then subsequently the emergency services found the submerged abandoned car? Or did they need or call for a rescue?

lost_in_thought

Greg66 wrote:

It's not quite clear from the BBC report: did they undertake this little frolic, come a cropper, escape, and then subsequently the emergency services found the submerged abandoned car? Or did they need or call for a rescue?

I'd presumed the former, but perhaps I misread it.

I can see the comedy element of that little stunt, but my responsible side says bad people. Very bad people. If you do it again make sure you can tow the car out with something.

Aguila

Greg66 wrote:

It's not quite clear from the BBC report: did they undertake this little frolic, come a cropper, escape, and then subsequently the emergency services found the submerged abandoned car? Or did they need or call for a rescue?

I think the former, they've just wasted the time of the emergency services which could have been used more productively.

spen666

downfader wrote:

Aguila wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm

Dear oh dear oh dear.

I think they should be forced to pay back in monetary terms the money lost having to rescue these two imbeciles. :?

Dangerous stance

The argument could be made re someone getting injured say in a MTB accident or what about playing football etc

I understand your knee jerk call, but it is a vbery dangerous road to go down (assuming it is a road and not a frozen river/canal)

always_tyred

What about people who fall through the ice during a curling competition?

cee

I believe that this pair were on the ice on purpose....and both got out of the car before it actually plunged through the ice....

cee

Always Tyred wrote:

What about people who fall through the ice during a curling competition?

have they been warned that the ice is too thin and then 30 of them played anyway?

Christophe3967

jrduquemin wrote:

Damn, they survived... otherwise it could have been 2 candidates for the Darwn awards. I hope they've not had the chance to breed yet....

I'd like to think that the police spokesman won't be overlooked in the Sybil Fawlty Stating the Bleedin' Obvious Awards.

Kieran_Burns

Always Tyred wrote:

What about people who fall through the ice during a curling competition?

Ask them to style hair indoors?

Wallace1492

It was not the ice that was thick in this case......

Superbly stupid, I applaud their idiocy, and have a hearty chuckle at it.
They escaped of their own accord. The emergency services were informed of car in canal and may have had to check that the car was empty - a hassle but not exactly a huge effort.

It was their own car, they did not put anyone else at risk except themselves - no other traffic on the canal at the time, and I am assuming they stuck to the left, but in the pic, looks like the centre....

They will lose car, be charged with some sort of crime and have to be pay for the removal of car from the canal. Plenty of punishment for a crazy stunt.

However, i do admire their spirit of adventure, their caition thrown to the wind, their derring do. But ultimately they just took it too far.

Wallace1492

Christophe3967 wrote:

jrduquemin wrote:

Damn, they survived... otherwise it could have been 2 candidates for the Darwn awards. I hope they've not had the chance to breed yet....

I'd like to think that the police spokesman won't be overlooked in the Sybil Fawlty Stating the Bleedin' Obvious Awards.

"Ohhhh I Know...."

always_tyred

Wallace1492 wrote:

It was not the ice that was thick in this case......

Superbly stupid, I applaud their idiocy, and have a hearty chuckle at it.
They escaped of their own accord. The emergency services were informed of car in canal and may have had to check that the car was empty - a hassle but not exactly a huge effort.

It was their own car, they did not put anyone else at risk except themselves - no other traffic on the canal at the time, and I am assuming they stuck to the left, but in the pic, looks like the centre....

They will lose car, be charged with some sort of crime and have to be pay for the removal of car from the canal. Plenty of punishment for a crazy stunt.

However, i do admire their spirit of adventure, their caition thrown to the wind, their derring do. But ultimately they just took it too far.

I think the point is more of a "what if..." - had they been trapped, they WOULD have put anyone attempting to help them at risk.

Wallace1492

Always Tyred wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

It was not the ice that was thick in this case......

Superbly stupid, I applaud their idiocy, and have a hearty chuckle at it.
They escaped of their own accord. The emergency services were informed of car in canal and may have had to check that the car was empty - a hassle but not exactly a huge effort.

It was their own car, they did not put anyone else at risk except themselves - no other traffic on the canal at the time, and I am assuming they stuck to the left, but in the pic, looks like the centre....

They will lose car, be charged with some sort of crime and have to be pay for the removal of car from the canal. Plenty of punishment for a crazy stunt.

However, i do admire their spirit of adventure, their caition thrown to the wind, their derring do. But ultimately they just took it too far.

I think the point is more of a "what if..." - had they been trapped, they WOULD have put anyone attempting to help them at risk.

Possibly, but the Health and Safety would probably have ensured that any potential rescuers did not go on the ice without a full hazzard assesment, all sorts of specialist equipment and the like.

What if I had fallen through Lake of Mentieth at the weekend, or any of the hundreds of adventurers there had?

Would rescuing the guys from the canal been easier than rescuing a lone yachtsman capsized in the roaring 40's? Hell yes.... but both had that same sense of adventure, the type that got us out the caves.....

Ultimately the car drivers came a cropper. Stupid - yes, but isn't going into space also a little stupid?

el_presidente

At least they didn't lock it

downfader

spen666 wrote:

downfader wrote:

Aguila wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm

Dear oh dear oh dear.

I think they should be forced to pay back in monetary terms the money lost having to rescue these two imbeciles. :?

Dangerous stance

The argument could be made re someone getting injured say in a MTB accident or what about playing football etc

I understand your knee jerk call, but it is a vbery dangerous road to go down (assuming it is a road and not a frozen river/canal)

Nah not knee jerk. I think theres a strong difference between sports injuries and people driving where its pretty bleedin obvious they shouldnt.

mapleflot

Typical.
Not wearing helmets and they don't even pay canal tax.

tailwindhome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WceGzLVqMeo

Aguila

mapleflot wrote:

Typical.
Not wearing helmets and they don't even pay canal tax.