3 dead, 22 injured after vehicle crashes into Oklahoma State homecoming parade.

[Al Bundy]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Police captain: 3 dead, 22 injured after vehicle crashes into Oklahoma State homecoming parade.</p>&mdash; The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/657971819148890112">October 24, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Saul Good]

Hearing that the driver was an elderly woman who either had a heart attack or possibly a seizure.

[Bugeater]

We need more old people control laws.

[SAUTO]

Terrible all around.

[Saul Good]

We need more old people control laws.

Actually, we do. Retaking the driving test should be mandatory every 5-10 years. Old people are a huge voting block, and they would freak out about such a law, though.

[Bugeater]

Actually, we do. Retaking the driving test should be mandatory every 5-10 years. Old people are a huge voting block, and they would freak out about such a law, though.
I think it should be annually for anyone over 70. Shit can go downhill quickly for people that age. But you're right, it will never happen.

[Al Bundy]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Driver of car in Stillwater has been arrested for DUI, according to Stillwater police. SIGH.</p>&mdash; George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/657976343758508032">October 24, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Al Bundy]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Officials: 25-year-old Adacia Chambers has been arrested for DUI. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash">#BREAKING</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/osuhomecoming?src=hash">#osuhomecoming</a></p>&mdash; KFOR (@kfor) <a href="https://twitter.com/kfor/status/657977587327635456">October 24, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[RollChiefsRoll]

Jesus Christ what a fucking moron

[mlyonsd]

Good lord how stupid.

[Buehler445]

GFDI

What a clusterfuck.

[alanm]

Hearing that the driver was an elderly woman who either had a heart attack or possibly a seizure.Way to jump to conclusions.

[Potato]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Officials: 25-year-old Adacia Chambers has been arrested for DUI. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash">#BREAKING</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/osuhomecoming?src=hash">#osuhomecoming</a></p>&mdash; KFOR (@kfor) <a href="https://twitter.com/kfor/status/657977587327635456">October 24, 2015</a></blockquote>
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what a dumb bitch. she looks like miss innocent little house on the prairie in her Facebook pictures

[DaFace]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Driver of car in Stillwater has been arrested for DUI, according to Stillwater police. SIGH.</p>&mdash; George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/657976343758508032">October 24, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Holy mother of fuck. Why do people do this?

Sad story all around. :shake:

[BryanBusby]

Jesus fuck, drunk before noon.

[Bugeater]

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<script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Useless twat needs to spend rest of her life in prison.

[TribalElder]

Drunk before noon on homecoming is to be expected

The driving part is the AIDS

[wazu]

Must have passed out cold.

[Sure-Oz]

25 year Old life is ruined for a terrible choice. Why drink and drive ever
Innocent people gone. Sucks so bad

[Bob Dole]

Jesus ****, drunk before noon.

Don't you have to be to watch Kansas "football"?

BAN HOMECOMING!
BAN PARADES!

[Bob Dole]

what a dumb bitch. she looks like miss innocent little house on the prairie in her Facebook pictures

Looks more like her mother and father might be brother and sister to Bob Dole.

[BryanBusby]

Don't you have to be to watch Kansas "football"?

BAN HOMECOMING!
BAN PARADES!

That is a fair point.

[vailpass]

Actually, we do. Retaking the driving test should be mandatory every 5-10 years. Old people are a huge voting block, and they would freak out about such a law, though.

My license expires in 2031. We give licenses for way too long here. ..

[lewdog]

My license expires in 2031. We give licenses for way too long here. ..

Mine's 2050.

I also had a 92 year old patient who renewed her license earlier in the year. She was dealing with some mild dementia at the time but passed and you want to know how long her license was renewed for? 4 fucking years. In 2 years she probably won't even know the names of her family with her dementia progression. If her family isn't on top of it, she will kill herself or someone on the road.

[Bob Dole]

My license expires in 2031. We give licenses for way too long here. ..

Bob Dole's expired 5 years ago.

[Bwana]

EWWWWW

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSGwzAGUEAAjD3J.jpg

[SAUTO]

Bob Dole's expired 5 years ago.

Two here

[Rain Man]

Wow, that woman picked a pretty stupid way to destroy her life, not to mention those of the people she killed.

[Reerun_KC]

Hearing that the driver was an elderly woman who either had a heart attack or possibly a seizure.
That's quality reporting. Well done sir.

[HemiEd]

I think it should be annually for anyone over 70. Shit can go downhill quickly for people that age. But you're right, it will never happen.

It should, without question.

[vailpass]

Mine's 2050.

I also had a 92 year old patient who renewed her license earlier in the year. She was dealing with some mild dementia at the time but passed and you want to know how long her license was renewed for? 4 ****ing years. In 2 years she probably won't even know the names of her family with her dementia progression. If her family isn't on top of it, she will kill herself or someone on the road.

Wow. Like I don't have enough reasons to avoid the fucking freeways here...

[Mr. Laz]

Neighbor's daughter was RIGHT where the crash happened but left to get something to eat. Came back to carnage right where they had been.

close one

[vailpass]

Neighbor's daughter was RIGHT where the crash happened but left to get something to eat. Came back to carnage right where they had been.

close one

Scary...the flick of a switch

[Don Corlemahomes]

EWWWWW

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSGwzAGUEAAjD3J.jpg

Can't blame her. That girl needs beer goggles before looking in the mirror.

[vailpass]

Can't blame her. That girl needs beer goggles before looking in the mirror.

Obviously she's not the victim here but damn, what she must be going through...

[Bwana]

Can't blame her. That girl needs beer goggles before looking in the mirror.

She looks like Kathy Bates in Misery.

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[Bambi]

We need more old people control laws.


Another gun idiot making gun people look like, well... idiots. Nice

[Holladay]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Baconeater View Post
We need more old people control laws.

Another gun idiot making gun people look like, well... idiots. Nice

Not quite sure. The elderly driving is a tough one and as mentioned earlier, better screening. When you take away the keys, you take away much of their independence. Aging is frustrating enough, to lose one's "freedom". Usually, it comes down to the family to judge with drawing the driving privilege. Ours did.

My grandparents aged 87. Lived in North Town (KC) for all of their lives. They knew it like the back of their hand. Grampy had Macular Degeneration in its' late stages and was hard of hearing. Gramy had many TIAs and was partially paralyzed and couldn't speak very well but had eagle eyes and great hearing.

They drove around North Town to church (5 blocks), groceries (4 blocks) etc. Not on the highway. He would drive and she would navigate (squalk when the light was red, when to turn etc). DEFINITELY an accident waiting to happen. They knew it but didn't want to anymore dependent on the kids. It was a tough decision and an easy one. We took the keys away and he pouted a little while but was noble enough to know it was the right choice.

[vailpass]

Another gun idiot making gun people look like, well... idiots. Nice

Suck my glock...

[DenverChief]

Way to jump to conclusions.

I bet he will be along soon to show some made up stats about how elderly people are to blame for the majority of traffic deaths.

[Pablo]

At least she'll get to wear OSU colors all of the time now.

[DenverChief]

At least she'll get to wear OSU colors all of the time now.

LMAO. Silver lining.

[Holladay]

I bet he will be along soon to show some made up stats about how elderly people are to blame for the majority of traffic deaths.

I think this will happen down the road...it is simple demographics. 1/3 of the population is a boomer. When you get that large a segment aged 80-100, they will cause the majority of accidents (even more so then 18 yr old).

I don't have stats (I am sure there is some), but it just makes mathematical sense.

[ThaVirus]

Neighbor's daughter was RIGHT where the crash happened but left to get something to eat. Came back to carnage right where they had been.

close one


Final Destination type shit

[DenverChief]

I think this will happen down the road...it is simple demographics. 1/3 of the population is a boomer. When you get that large a segment aged 80-100, they will cause the majority of accidents (even more so then 18 yr old).

I don't have stats (I am sure there is some), but it just makes mathematical sense.

No, not really. There are waaaaaaaay more traffic accidents from DUI's and distracted driving than there are from elderly people.


You wouldn't go outside of you knew how many people drive DUI/D

[DaFace]

No, not really. There are waaaaaaaay more traffic accidents from DUI's and distracted driving than there are from elderly people.


You wouldn't go outside of you knew how many people drive DUI/D

Is there any truth to the idea that elderly people have a lot more MINOR accidents? I don't envision granny plowing down the highway at 70 and running off the road so much as I envision her backing up into a light pole.

[DaFace]

Fucking horrific.

UPDATE: 5:45 p.m. A 2 year old has died at The Children's Hospital as a result of the injuries sustained during this morning's tragedy in Stillwater. The child was one of eight patients brought to OU Medical Center— four children and three adults remain hospitalized.

Though the drunk girl deserves everything she has coming to her, you have to think just knowing what she did will punish her for the rest of her life. She should be forced to go around and speak at colleges or something.

[DenverChief]

Is there any truth to the idea that elderly people have a lot more MINOR accidents? I don't envision granny plowing down the highway at 70 and running off the road so much as I envision her backing up into a light pole.

I'm sure there could be a thread of truth to that. It's hard to calculate because the police aren't typically involved. Generally those very minor accidents aren't reported because the vehicles involved exchange info and part ways or the "offender" doesn't even know they hit something.

I can think of a handful of "elderly" accidents I have been involved with and it was because the victim called police. Of those I think all but one were parking lot (backing) accidents.

[DenverChief]

****ing horrific.



Though the drunk girl deserves everything she has coming to her, you have to think just knowing what she did will punish her for the rest of her life. She should be forced to go around and speak at colleges or something.

It's probably been almost 10 years ago now but I had to deal with a kid that killed a family of 4 on I70 drunk driving the wrong way. Got 2 years incarceration and some additional years of probation.

[Bob Dole]

It's probably been almost 10 years ago now but I had to deal with a kid that killed a family of 4 on I70 drunk driving the wrong way. Got 2 years incarceration and some additional years of probation.

Young man here ran a red light and killed 3. He got 60 years. (3*20)

[DenverChief]

Young man here ran a red light and killed 3. He got 60 years. (3*20)

Was he a repeat traffic offender?

[Holladay]

No, not really. There are waaaaaaaay more traffic accidents from DUI's and distracted driving than there are from elderly people.


I hadn't factored in the Distracted Driving. If you think about the number of Distracted vs Drunk vs Elderly, Distracted (text/phone et.al.) is prolly 50%...dunno. I just look at the number of people in the left hand lane going slow and as I pass, sure enough they are on the phone (or a woman:))

Points above about the elder not doing 70 down the road...yea, not happening much. As to the light pole, on the mark. I will say that mistaking the gas pedal vs the brake pedal, then panicking is the area I was thinking mostly of. How many times does this happen, not huge like texting.

Frightening:

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[Holladay]

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[displacedinMN]

ugh. Texting and driving. Don't get me started.

I say a thank you prayer every night when I get home. And I only live 3.5 miles from work.

Prayers to everyone involved here. Horrific day.

[BryanBusby]

Young man here ran a red light and killed 3. He got 60 years. (3*20)
Must of had a Public Defender.

[Bugeater]

ugh. Texting and driving. Don't get me started.

I say a thank you prayer every night when I get home. And I only live 3.5 miles from work.

Prayers to everyone involved here. Horrific day.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit to find out that she was fucking around with her phone when this happened. And if so, it's probably more of a factor than her being drunk. Hell I'd rather be on the road with drunks than texters, at least the drunks are watching the road.

[Al Bundy]

It wouldn't surprise me one bit to find out that she was fucking around with her phone when this happened. And if so, it's probably more of a factor than her being drunk. Hell I'd rather be on the road with drunks than texters, at least the drunks are watching the road.
Unless they are falling asleep/passing out.

[Bob Dole]

Must of had a Public Defender.

Nope. Drunken vehicular manslaughter is 20 years in TX.

[Sassy Squatch]

Fucking horrific.



Though the drunk girl deserves everything she has coming to her, you have to think just knowing what she did will punish her for the rest of her life. She should be forced to go around and speak at colleges or something.
Sad the whole way round.

[Sassy Squatch]

Nope. Drunken vehicular manslaughter is 20 years in TX.
Good. How you kill a family of 4 and get 2 years is beyond me.

[Eleazar]

This happened one year in Maryville at the homecoming parade. A drunk in a PT cruiser drove right into the parade. Cops were chasing down the street on foot and IIRC (it was out of my view by that moment) they yanked the door open and arrested the person. It was a miracle no one got run over that time.

[jspchief]

Death penalty

[okcchief]

It really puzzles me how this State gets nailed with so many tragedies. This one is really sad. You just never know what kind of random bullshit can change everything. Thoughts to the families. I understand there were some very young fatalities here. This bitch should be dispatched quickly.