Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Woman Driver Slams Into Fish Tank At Airport

As always the link is in the title.

This lady, 36-year-old Yamile Campuzano-Martine, with her six year old on her lap lost control of her pick-up and slams into a fish tank at the Tampa International Airport.  The tank was a 1500-gallon salt water tank which contained about 50 fish.  Both her and her child survived however nearly 90% (30 - 40) fish died.  P.S., she did over $200,000 worth of damage.

My turn: really?!?  First off you fucking moron, why is your kid on your lap?  Second off lady, how did you lose control of your pick... what, never mind I answered my own question: kid, you're a woman, and the fact that your (probably) a foreigner.  FL, you say, what how do you support your argument and why does it sound all kinds of wrong?  This is how.

Women are weaker versions of us men.  Kidding... no really I am.  Some women do very well under pressure.  I have a felling she wasn't one of them.  Kid in your lap.  The little shit was probably squirming all around and hit the damn accelerator.  The most important point is foreigner.  I hate to say it but you should see how these people drive from other countries.

That sounds dick but it's true.  It's not because of the fact that they aren't American, it's the fact that most of these countries don't have the same laws and ability to enforce driving regulations.  When you live in a country that needs to worry about drug lords toppling the government and local authorities you don't have the resources to set up speed traps and sobriety checkpoints.  This then breeds a culture where driving recklessly and with kids on your laps becomes the normal.  They come to this country and get licenses to drive.  I don't know if we make them test for the little plastic cards or if they can just transfer the right to drive but I suspect it's probably a combination of both.  Meaning that some countries probably get a pass and only have to fill out paperwork and show a valid license while others may need to test.  Point being is if you've been doing something for some time one way, it's pretty hard to change habits... especially when it means that by changing habits, you're admitting that you and your country have been doing it wrong.

I'm not this big world traveler but I have been to a few places.  Here's an example.  I spent some time in Costa Rica and was allowed to rent a car.  While traveling between towns, the other drivers were, in my opinion, out of fucking control.  They drove these dirt roads like it was a GD rally car competition.  If other countries were anything like this, how can we expect them to slow down and drive/respect our road rules like we do?  We really can't.

Here's what I'd do if I was in charge.  We put teen drivers through a lot before they get the keys to mom's minivan.  We should put foreign drivers through a much more rigorous process.  Why?  Because we're not just teaching they to drive we're breaking them of their nasty habits.  They may or may not have had the same training as we did but what they did have was some type of reinforcement of techniques that became, to them, common sense road rules.  Hey, cutting off someone's hand for stealing a loaf of bread may have worked in your home land but it definitely does not fly here.  I hope this dumb C U Next Tuesday never drives in this county again... I'm sure our fish support that thought.

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