A wholly preventable tragedy

Sally_A

Littlestars wrote: »

Working in a call centre its amazing the amount of people that after being on the phone with them for a few minutes will proclaim they are just in the middle of driving and will call back. I really feel these people should not answer the phone in the first place.

So stop phoning people - call centres are a right royal pain in the backside.

sarahg1969

greektony wrote: »

If you read the bbc link you'd have noticed that the police officer has yet to be sentenced

He was only found guilty of drinking driving, though.

Tiddlywinks - I'm not sure why what what seems to me to be inconsistencies between judges means I have a chip on my shoulder? I have no links to either the young girl or the policeman, nor am I facing any issues with the police or the courts. I just think that there should be more consistency in the courts that's all.

sarahg1969

Littlestars wrote: »

Working in a call centre its amazing the amount of people that after being on the phone with them for a few minutes will proclaim they are just in the middle of driving and will call back. I really feel these people should not answer the phone in the first place.

That doesn't mean that they are driving. They might just want to get rid of you.

Littlestars_2

Sally_A wrote: »

So stop phoning people - call centres are a right royal pain in the backside.

Well if people made sure they paid for things correctly and checked their details before submitting their orders then i wouldn't have to phone people in the first place. We call people to check their details are correct and try and get their order processed for them, not to sell them random stuff.

Storck

sarahg1969 wrote: »

If you're a police officer, it's OK to have 6 pints then drive at 40mph along a treacherously icy road.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20471536

However, if you're a young, inexperienced driver who makes a stupid mistake with tragic consequences:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/918124-teen-driver-locked-up-over-her-friends-death-in-blackpool-crash

Might have something to do with the ice etc on the road in one incident and there been no bad road conditions in the other?

sarahg1969

Storck wrote: »

Might have something to do with the ice etc on the road in one incident and there been no bad road conditions in the other?

Who knows?

Obviously you only get part of the story in the news, but for an experienced driver to think it's OK to do 40 in what he describes as treacherous conditions, and for that to be endorsed by the courts, seems odd. It was just the 6 pints that did it for him.

In the second story, the road conditions probably did appear to be good, and perhaps the girl wasn't expecting to hit a couple of deep potholes. Her inexperience clearly got the better of her. Very sad.

Sally_A

Littlestars wrote: »

Well if people made sure they paid for things correctly and checked their details before submitting their orders then i wouldn't have to phone people in the first place. We call people to check their details are correct and try and get their order processed for them, not to sell them random stuff.

If they are that inadequate, maybe they shouldn't be on the roads in the first place.

You are forgiven Sister Littlestars