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A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.

This is why I always say that a teenager should drive a heavily-armored M1 Abrams. Safety first, my friends.

That way, we can avoid tragedies like this. :(

A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.

I am very sorry for your loss, it's shocking and sad when things like that happen.

I don't know what the deal is with the rant on SUV's but when I drove one I had more trouble with the people with those little cars....Miatas and the like swerving in and out of traffic without signals or any thought that it might take a little effort for me to stop my 2 ton truck on a dime while driving 60mph. Just because you have a little car and it can go fast doesn't mean you can zip in and out of traffic.

I dunno...my 'town' has about 500,000 people in it, I expect these sort of things to happen here..

I hate car crashes. They're the worst; even when it's somebody's fauly, it's really nobody's fault; a person pulling out early doesn't mean to cause a fatal crash. Nobody does. People really do underestimate that they take their lives in their hands every single time they get into a car. Sure, you may be the best driver there's ever been, but somebody else could still come round a corner on the wrong side of a road and hit you. It's so dangerous. I used to do a bit of racing (on tracks), but I know that some of the guys there went out and did the same driving on roads; they'd survived shunts on the track, and assumed the roads would be the same. I knew one or two who died or had very serious injuries which will affect them for the rest of their lives because they underestimated the dangers on the road.

So I'm going to completely agree with everything Sel Appa said; for god's sake be careful on the road. The only place for fast driving is a track, and there is no place for reckless driving.

A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.

I'm sorry for your loss.

But, having frequently driven my mom's Forester, I can assure you that there isn't a pandemic of unsafe SUV driving. There are unsafe drivers who drive all sorts of cars.

I'm sorry for your loss. I haven't driven since one of them forced me off the road whilst my learner plates were clearly displayed, some two years ago now. He honked me repeatedly, cut me off while I was on a roundabout and leant out of the window and gave me the bird. I didn't know how to react and almost smashed up the car.

So fuck driving. I can think of many things that are less likely to get me killed than running a gauntlet with people in SUV's or Four wheel drives. And the other idiots with smaller penis extensions, I guess.

Sorry to hear of your friends loss. The sad thing is that this happens to often. If you ask around there are alot of people that have this same type of story. Had one of my best friends killed in a car accident. Guy driving the other vehicle was high as a kite on pcp. He didn't even know he killed anyone until a few days later watching the news. The police caught the guy cutting up his car with a torch and burying it. One of his friends turned him in. Life does suck sometimes.

SUV's do own the road. Sorry for your loss though.

A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.

I saw this on the news tonight. Very sad. I hope they catch the SUV driver -- since they said they have a partial plate and a description, I think they will in fairly short order.

I've long since resigned to the fact that a car crash is by far my greatest risk of dying at the moment, and for some years to come.

You can drive safely and all that, but in the end there is very little one can really do. If it happens, it will be horrible, but there's no point getting myself all worked up about it, I suppose.

This is why I always say that a teenager should drive a heavily-armored M1 Abrams. Safety first, my friends.

That way, we can avoid tragedies like this. :(

i keep telling my mom if you want me to get my licence get me a tank

I dunno...my 'town' has about 500,000 people in it, I expect these sort of things to happen here..

I hate car crashes. They're the worst; even when it's somebody's fauly, it's really nobody's fault; a person pulling out early doesn't mean to cause a fatal crash. Nobody does. People really do underestimate that they take their lives in their hands every single time they get into a car. Sure, you may be the best driver there's ever been, but somebody else could still come round a corner on the wrong side of a road and hit you. It's so dangerous. I used to do a bit of racing (on tracks), but I know that some of the guys there went out and did the same driving on roads; they'd survived shunts on the track, and assumed the roads would be the same. I knew one or two who died or had very serious injuries which will affect them for the rest of their lives because they underestimated the dangers on the road.

So I'm going to completely agree with everything Sel Appa said; for god's sake be careful on the road. The only place for fast driving is a track, and there is no place for reckless driving.
My brother had to scold one of his students who was involved in a street racing incident where a nimrod tried to do a 180 in a WRX at going over 60. All wheel drive doesn't give the car super powers...

I drive the tiny sports cars and the enormous SUVs depending on the situation. SUVs can become numbing, and the visibility is misleading. Being over the heads of the other cars means that they can get underfoot easier. Often SUV owners themselves won't allow for the different distances needed for their truck and other drivers don't understand it as well. In my vintage van I sit fairly far back from the car ahead because of the 40 year old brakes and inevitably someone will merge into that space, often in such a manner that I have to get on the brakes, making me think, "Really? You really trust the brakes on this rickety thing that much? Cause, you know, I don't...and I'm drivin' it..."

The main problem is in combination of that Novocaine effect that SUVs can have, when they hit other cars they are a danger to other cars, not to the driver of the SUV. If you are driving a truck that is a danger to other drivers you bear an extra responsibility as a driver. This doesn't 'forgive' someone elses driving, but regardless of that-you have taken on the road a vehicle that increases the danger to other drivers and you are responsible of that. Drivers should act accordingly and be held accordingly accountable.

That's sad.:(

Someone dies or is near fatally injured every year at my high school. This year a kid was speeding while skipping school to get lunch without wearing his seatbelt, and he crashed and died. I didn't know him, but I knew the girl who was with him in the car and survived in elementary school and she's in my homeroom.

I saw this on the news tonight. Very sad. I hope they catch the SUV driver -- since they said they have a partial plate and a description, I think they will in fairly short order.

Interesting.

SUVs really do act like they own the road. I saw a video where soldiers driving a Hummer in Iraq kept "tapping" iraqi cars so they could get out of the may...just for fun during a patrol.

Sorry to hear of your friends loss. The sad thing is that this happens to often. If you ask around there are alot of people that have this same type of story. Had one of my best friends killed in a car accident. Guy driving the other vehicle was high as a kite on pcp. He didn't even know he killed anyone until a few days later watching the news. The police caught the guy cutting up his car with a torch and burying it. One of his friends turned him in. Life does suck sometimes.
Who the fuck still does PCP?
I've long since resigned to the fact that a car crash is by far my greatest risk of dying at the moment, and for some years to come.

You can drive safely and all that, but in the end there is very little one can really do. If it happens, it will be horrible, but there's no point getting myself all worked up about it, I suppose.
Wear your belt, know where the cars are around you and where you can go if something changes, and don't go faster than you can see or react to.

That's really terrible, Sel.

I'm lucky enough to be on a campus where you can get around without a car for almost anything, but I do know what it's like out there on the roads. Sadly, a lot of SUV drivers (and some car drivers...don't get me wrong, there's plenty of them too) get a feeling of security in their vehicle that motivates them to do things they shouldn't. From disregarding Yield signs to cutting in to lanes without looking to running lights, they're out there.

What makes it really bad though is that this person drove away from the scene; as painful as it might be to deal with killing a person due to your stupidity and reckless driving, it is far worse to drive away like a coward and try and pretend it never happened. I hope they find this person and bring them to justice.

My brother had to scold one of his students who was involved in a street racing incident where a nimrod tried to do a 180 in a WRX at going over 60. All wheel drive doesn't give the car super powers...

God...all wheel drive might make the car quicker over a stage, but it'll make a 180 on a tarmac road more difficult...what you really want for a 180 is a rear wheel drive with LSD.

That's a problem with cars like Imprezas. They have so much technology that it makes the driver think they're Petter Solberg. It just doesn't work like that.

A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.
sorry to hear about your loss... my condolences. :(

and it's not SUV drivers, but drivers in general. the same thing happened in Hawaii, but it wasn't an SUV that caused the accident, but a sedan. I've seen moped riders who ride like they own the road, Bike riders who think they're superman, and sports cars who think that the speed limit is only a dumb suggestion.

no matter what you drive/ride, do it safely.

i keep telling my mom if you want me to get my licence get me a tank

Yeah my parents keep asking me if I plan on getting a license. I'm just terrified of cars...and I'd be the one to swerve and hit a tree, so no.

When I first began to drive, my father gave me the second most important piece of advice he ever gave me (the first being that I can't control anyone else, only my reactions to them. You'd be amazed how long it took me to realize the truth of that. Maybe I'm just dense....). Anyway, his driving advice:

The secret of defensive driving is to assume that every single person in every single car will do the stupidest possible thing. They probably will.

And my corrolary:

That includes you, behind the wheel.

Jokes aside, I'm sorry about your friend. Losing someone to traffic seems even more senseless than usual. :(

Yeah my parents keep asking me if I plan on getting a license. I'm just terrified of cars...and I'd be the one to swerve and hit a tree, so no.

not into cars and there too many people on the road that should not have license for me to want one

Who the fuck still does PCP?
.

It happened in the early 80's

Who the fuck still does PCP?
sorry, dispite rumors to the contrary, Drugs don't go out of fashion. :p

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.

Hah, good luck. I ran more than a few SUVs off the road when I worked driving a truck. They don't seem to want to look when merging, and think a semi will slow down for them. Not the case.

A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.


Sorry to hear about your friends/classmates. Just remember though, not all SUV/truck drivers believe they own the road. I drove a '93 Chevy S-10 Blazer for 4 years, and I was usually one of the only sane people on the road. BTW, my Blazer was totaled on Thanksgiving night 2002, when a 18 year old girl in a Dodge Intrepid (a car) fell asleep behind the wheel, crossed the yellow line, and hit me head on. My roommate and I went to the hospital (both of us hit the dashboard with our legs, regardless of us wearing our seatbelts), and she was fine (her car had an airbag).


I am very sorry for your loss, it's shocking and sad when things like that happen.

I don't know what the deal is with the rant on SUV's but when I drove one I had more trouble with the people with those little cars....Miatas and the like swerving in and out of traffic without signals or any thought that it might take a little effort for me to stop my 2 ton truck on a dime while driving 60mph. Just because you have a little car and it can go fast doesn't mean you can zip in and out of traffic.


QFT! I remember driving home from work one snowy day a few years ago. I was in my '03 Silverado (had it in 4wd at the time). The roads were covered in snow and ice, the speed limit was 45 (I was doing about 20), and still had some tire slippage. At a light, a dumbass in a little import car pulled up next to me, rolled down his window, and started yelling at me. I rolled down my window, and he told me to stop driving like a pussy, that I had 4wd. I rolled my window up (without saying anything to him), watched him take off fast when the light turned green, and disappear (I was still driving very slowly). I ended up getting where I was going faster than he did though, as I saw him about 10 minutes later in a ditch (I would have stopped, but there was a police officer there already).

Hah, good luck. I ran more than a few SUVs off the road when I worked driving a truck. They don't seem to want to look when merging, and think a semi will slow down for them. Not the case.


When driving, I always try to give the semis a LOT of extra room. I also put my blinker on extra early, as I'm sure it's more difficult to stop a semi than my truck.

When driving, I always try to give the semis a LOT of extra room. I also put my blinker on extra early, as I'm sure it's more difficult to stop a semi than my truck.

Semis are held to the same standard as everyone else if they clip or rear-end you, and technically are held to a higher standard, in that it's a trucker's legal obligation to actively avoid accidents, not just maintain proper following distance and the right of way.. so it's not your responsibility to keep your distance. However, I was told never to increase or decrease speed when others attempt to merge, meaning it's up to merging traffic to get it right. In practice, trucks will change lanes to allow other trucks to merge, but don't give the same courtesy to four-wheelers.

Semis are held to the same standard as everyone else if they clip or rear-end you, and technically are held to a higher standard, in that it's a trucker's legal obligation to actively avoid accidents, not just maintain proper following distance and the right of way.. so it's not your responsibility to keep your distance. However, I was told never to increase or decrease speed when others attempt to merge, meaning it's up to merging traffic to get it right. In practice, trucks will change lanes to allow other trucks to merge, but don't give the same courtesy to four-wheelers.


It may not be my responsibility to keep my distance, but I know who will win in an accident. :eek:

It may not be my responsibility to keep my distance, but I know who will win in an accident. :eek:

True enough.. :p

It may not be my responsibility to keep my distance, but I know who will win in an accident. :eek:

ever wonder about those car chases in the movie. where the hero is in a car and the villian is driving a heavy Truck... why doesn't the villian just slam on the brakes and let phyics take over? :p

Semis are held to the same standard as everyone else if they clip or rear-end you, and technically are held to a higher standard, in that it's a trucker's legal obligation to actively avoid accidents, not just maintain proper following distance and the right of way.. so it's not your responsibility to keep your distance. However, I was told never to increase or decrease speed when others attempt to merge, meaning it's up to merging traffic to get it right. In practice, trucks will change lanes to allow other trucks to merge, but don't give the same courtesy to four-wheelers.
If truckers didn't flash me on on the bridge my dumpy little VW Bus would never get off the island.

A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.

You have my condolences. That driver should be tried for murder.

I'm really sorry to hear about that. Car accidents are so tragic, as are all deaths. It's so strange to think that someone can be happily attending class one moment, and completely gone the next. Last spring break, a few kids (high school students) were killed in a drug-related car accident really close to my house (right across from where I take the bus). At the time, it was shocking, but not really tragic to me. I had had one class with a boy who died, and he'd seemed like a really neat guy, but I couldn't say we were close. But this fall, I met his brother, and ended up becoming relatively close to him. The accident has completely screwed him up emotionally. It's so difficult for me to see a friend of mine* in so much pain, knowing there is nothing I can do about it. I'm amazed, because I don't think I could go on if I lost my sister, who is the world to me, but I'm afraid to tell him how amazing I think he is. It breaks my heart just to see him when he's down. No matter how much I care about him, he'll always have a hole blown right through his heart.


* Yes, if you did not already guess, a friend I have more than platonic feelings for.

I'm sorry to hear about that. When I was in high school (in the '60s, before SUVs) a friend in my Latin class was killed in an auto accident. This was before they had counselors for such things and the whole school was in shock. It was the result of a drunk driver, which has, to this day, colored my attitude on driving under the influence.

I agree with you about SUVs - most of them are big and most people don't seem to have the skill or the judgement to handle them properly, and most people who drive them seem to be compensating for some lack in themselves. (apologies to the few SUV drivers who don't fit this description).

Semis are held to the same standard as everyone else if they clip or rear-end you, and technically are held to a higher standard, in that it's a trucker's legal obligation to actively avoid accidents, not just maintain proper following distance and the right of way.. so it's not your responsibility to keep your distance. However, I was told never to increase or decrease speed when others attempt to merge, meaning it's up to merging traffic to get it right. In practice, trucks will change lanes to allow other trucks to merge, but don't give the same courtesy to four-wheelers.
I hated trying to merge when stupid people would try to "let me in" it was so difficult......they just need to maintain a steady speed and let me do what I need to.

It may not be my responsibility to keep my distance, but I know who will win in an accident. :eek:
yep. There are men in my family who get upset about my defensive driving, they say "it's not your responsibility, if he hits you it's his fault"......his fault or not, I am going to be the one who gets hurt, I think that's a little more important than who gets a ticket.

Car accidents happen for all kinds of reasons. The one I was in a few years ago was due to a combination of bad weather and stupidity (not on my part, though.) There was a heavy thunderstorm, and a kid going too fast in a sports car hydroplaned, skidded across four lanes of traffic, hit an SUV, and spun to a stop directly in front of me. I almost stopped in time - I had been going 55 mph (which was actually 10 mph below the limit, but the max I considered safe at the time), and was probably only going about 20 when I hit the other car. About three seconds later (literally), a large 18-wheeler managed to thread the extremely narrow space between my car and the SUV. He actually took off the mirror on my door, and missed the SUV by a couple of inches, but if that truck driver hadn't been alert, he'd have plowed right into my car and probably killed me and my (at the time future) wife.

So it could have been worse. After I stopped shaking, I shook the truck driver's hand (his hands were still shaking by themselves.) He probably saved my life with his extremely skillful driving. I mean, how many people could pilot a vehicle that large through a space barely wider than the vehicle with only a few seconds warning?

So let's not be too hard on truck drivers, OK? Or on SUV drivers, for that matter -it wasn't the SUV's fault in this case. Anyone can cause an accident, no matter what kind of vehicle they are driving. And anybody can drive responsibly in any kind of vehicle.

You have my condolences. That driver should be tried for murder.

I think manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter should be a minimum. Possibly some other negligence charges and maybe endangering the welfare of a child would be a nice addition. Murder, though, is not the correct charge.

A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.

I'll remember that. I'm probably not gonna drive much, and when I do, I'll probably use a Honda.

A girl who was in my English class and her boyfriend (who graduated last year) were killed in a car accident. This wasn't some random girl that mas just there, she introduced me to Neopets in 6th grade(5 years ago) and we were sort of friends. You never think it can happen in your town or to someone you know, but it can and probably will. I'm don't feel I can disclose my town by linking to an article, but here is basically what happened:

They were driving a car and an SUV cut them off and they slammed into a tree. The car flipped over and was ripped in half. I'm not sure if they were killed instantly.

As many of you probably observe when you drive, SUV drivers are notorious for thinking they own the road and doing what they want. Now one has caused the deaths of two teenagers. SUVs are probably the most deadly automobiles commonly used and this incient only reinforces my strong dislike, or possibly hatred, of them. If you find the article, please don't post it and TG me so I know who is stalking me. ;)

As a final word, DRIVE CAREFULLY. And if you have an SUV, remember that you don't own the road and CANNOT do whatever you want while driving.

First off, it sounds terrible and im really sorry for your loss.

Secondly, seeing near your name your a fellow New Jersian, I understand how sometimes drivers here aren't so, well, good at driving. May not be just SUV's, yet it's true that some people just don't use common sense.

i keep telling my mom if you want me to get my licence get me a tank

Get one of those really big SUV's, they're like Family Assault Vehicles :p

My seventeen-year-old supervisor (yeah yeah, get those stereotype jokes off of your chests...) lost his best friend in a car accident not three miles from my house, and I think he was injured in the accident as well (though I'm not completely sure).

I hope he doesn't turn into a living train wreck like my ex-brother-in-law. He lost his best friend while they were riding motorcycles at night... He was in front, noticed that a truck with a low-riding trailer was slowing down abruptly, and changed lanes without signaling. His friend didn't think that it was anything out of the ordinary, and he ran right into the back of the trailer, breaking his neck and totally smashing his bike, along with the passenger he had on the back.

Needless to say, my ex-brother-in-law felt extremely guilty about the incident, and he pitched a tent and camped by his grave for a week. The whole thing was shitty, really. The guy was cool, though his parents abandoned him when he was sixteen. He lived by himself for three years leading up to his death, and he didn't harm a single person.

Some people get all the luck.