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Originally Posted by january

Well, the kid's been punished enough for his part of the blame, hasn't he? Damn, the kid is better off dead now. I don't think that refusing to wear a seatbelt and getting into a car with a drunk speeding kid deserves the death penalty, or else most young kids would be dead by now.

Exactly.

Originally Posted by january

Oh yes, Nick was drinking and speeding, but he doesn't deserve to be punished because the other kid wasn't wearing a seatbelt. If Nick had ran over a kid who was breaking curfew, does it mean that he shouldn't be punished because, after all, the other kid shouldn't have been out so late? What does it matter if the kid was wearing a seatbelt at all? This seems like a calculated attempt on the part of the Hogan's family to deflect blame, and its stupid, in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Laurent

. . . but will conveniently ignore the importance of not drinking and driving, the importance of driving the speed limit, the importance of knowing your actions have consequences, the importance of taking responsibility for yourself and your behavior.

Thank You.



Yes, the young man should've been wearing his seat belt, but there's no proof that he would've not been injured had he been wearing it. He might have been maimed just as bad or killed.

Part of the responsibility of driving a car is to make sure your passengers are safe.