For the first time in 35+ years of motoring, I saw a group of young teenagers running across a motorway yesterday. I was driving west on the M65 near Blackburn as darkness fell, when 4 youths in dark clothing ran down the embankment, nipped across 3 lanes, then waited between the barriers before (presumably) continuing their journey. And the traffic was quite heavy at the time.
Darwinism in action.
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is it controversial of me to say:
I have no sympathy for them if they get hit it serves them right
What are the parents doing if they allow there children to play on the motorway
The parents will be the 1st to say ?there should be more things for them to do, its because there bored? etc, etc
But I will say
That?s it?s the unfortunate driver of the vehicle that I feel sorry for , and correct me if im wrong but its more than likely its them that will get investigated (speed car, condition of car, driver awareness etc, etc
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Darwinism in action.
Parents not bringing up children properly.
I have refrained from the remainder of my thoughts as they WILL offend...
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Although I cannot subscribe to you Darwinian philosphies redviper, you're absolutely right in acknowledging that it is the poor driver who may carry the emotiional scars (or worse) for years to come in having caused a death
AI
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One can try to read too much into these things.
Crossing the motorway may merely have been the shortest route to where they were going.
Not a clever thing to do, but I don't think it necessarily indicates a poor upbringing or young lives about to be devoted to crime.
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I agree with ifihelps - we've all done silly things when young (which carried a risk of injury or dying) I would never belittle the effect of a child's death on their families regardless of their assumed background or upbringing.
My mind is cast back just over ten years to the death of an youth on a local dual-carriageway (he was walking home back to the traffic and struck by a lorry on the back of the head) I know the family well and despite his chosen fashion taste was a gentle father of a baby - human life is precious and fragile.
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The following speech is trotted out every time some idiot playing chicken on the M57 is ground in to the tarmac.
' he was a good lad - he was very popular - it' wasn't his fault "
Yep, we even had one parent go on about the speed of the traffic on the M57 a few years back after their offspring had been seen darting back and forth across 6 live lanes before hurtling over the bonnet of a car at 10 .30 pm on a dark night.
Edited by Mr X on 19/01/2009 at 19:02
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The lad I was talking about was on bail and it was his fault, still dead though and a waste of life. His parents never said anything to the press one way or another.
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Surely it should be Darwen-ism ?
(I'll get me coat...)
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Surely it should be Darwen-ism ?
Charles Darwin. tinyurl.com/jsp4g
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;-)
Darwen-ism - very good.
Edited by Oilyman on 23/01/2009 at 07:41
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I thought "playing chicken" was standing in the path of vehicles until the last moment.
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The actions described by the OP are not what I understand to be 'chicken', either.
This group of lads appeared to be simply crossing the road from one side to the other.
Not clever, but a long way from playing 'chicken'.
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I was driving west on the A14 yesterday, beyond Ipswich and just before the Needham Market turnoff (and remember this is a very busy dual carriageway packed with lorries heading to and from Felixstowe port) and was amazed to see a public footpath sign pointing across the road, with a break in the central barriers and a sign warning of pedestrians crossing.
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Sorry, to explain my Darwen-ism "gag" to non-Northerners..... try
www.blackburn.gov.uk
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Being a Burnley fan you should have turned round at the next junction and gone back and had another go seeing as you missed them first time :-)
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RE my prev reply - Sorry I didnt mean to offend anyone, I took it as they where playing "chicken" on purpose i would have got absoultly (you can guess the rest dont want to get into trouble for swearing) if i had even been anywhere near it from my parents - again i took it the wrong way sorry for offending anyone, I also get the Darwin refernece - but i didnt mean to offend
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There's a similar warning of 'pedestrians crossing' on the A1 not far south of it's junction with the M62 - I wouldn't attempt it.
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