Keep your eye on the wheel.
These are pretty much things that come up once in a while that have been irritating me but something else has always come up that is more important. Well today I am going to rant about the unimportant stuff so I can get it out of my notebooks.
A while back we had that crash with two helicopter flying news reporters who were following a guy running from the police.
I think the deaths were tragic and I don't want to really make it sound like I am making fun of these people but I have to say this.
What the hell were they thinking of doing reporting and trying to fly a helicopter at the same time!? Multitasking is a leading killer in car crashes. Text messaging, yacking on the cell phone, changing your radio station...driving is crazy enough without doing something else that distracts you from the 99 year old mummy in the Buick that pulls out in front of you.
Now lets talk about helicopters. When you hear about people dying in wars on the news the leading cause of death besides ambushes is helicopter crashes. Helicopters may be able to hover and land in smaller spaces, but they have a very low margin of error. If you have problem with your oil pressure you can't just pull the helicopter over on the nearest cloud and call a tow truck.
So back to my original rant. When you fly a helicopter you should be totally focused on flying and what is going on around you. Would it be too unreasonable to have a pilot and a reporter that flies with a cameraman. That way the pilot can navigate, use the flight instruments, avoid power lines and the occasional news helicopter? I know that would mean having to pay someone else to ride in the helicopter, but is that really so much to ask?
You can do this 9 out of 10 times and not have any trouble, but it is the 1 out of 10 that you have to be ready for.
Then to make matters worse, we have people wanting to sue the guy running from the police because these guys were so busy trying to get this chase on the news they crashed into each other. Now even if this guy did steal a car or what not I find that very stupid and unfair.
It is one thing if he rammed them with his car or shot at them, but if we are all going to be sued by people that get in accidents from watching other drivers or rubbernecking at accidents... I just find it a tad petty and where do we draw the line for responsibility. Instead of looking to sue someone we should see what we can do to prevent future crashes.
Keep it real people.
A while back we had that crash with two helicopter flying news reporters who were following a guy running from the police.
I think the deaths were tragic and I don't want to really make it sound like I am making fun of these people but I have to say this.
What the hell were they thinking of doing reporting and trying to fly a helicopter at the same time!? Multitasking is a leading killer in car crashes. Text messaging, yacking on the cell phone, changing your radio station...driving is crazy enough without doing something else that distracts you from the 99 year old mummy in the Buick that pulls out in front of you.
Now lets talk about helicopters. When you hear about people dying in wars on the news the leading cause of death besides ambushes is helicopter crashes. Helicopters may be able to hover and land in smaller spaces, but they have a very low margin of error. If you have problem with your oil pressure you can't just pull the helicopter over on the nearest cloud and call a tow truck.
So back to my original rant. When you fly a helicopter you should be totally focused on flying and what is going on around you. Would it be too unreasonable to have a pilot and a reporter that flies with a cameraman. That way the pilot can navigate, use the flight instruments, avoid power lines and the occasional news helicopter? I know that would mean having to pay someone else to ride in the helicopter, but is that really so much to ask?
You can do this 9 out of 10 times and not have any trouble, but it is the 1 out of 10 that you have to be ready for.
Then to make matters worse, we have people wanting to sue the guy running from the police because these guys were so busy trying to get this chase on the news they crashed into each other. Now even if this guy did steal a car or what not I find that very stupid and unfair.
It is one thing if he rammed them with his car or shot at them, but if we are all going to be sued by people that get in accidents from watching other drivers or rubbernecking at accidents... I just find it a tad petty and where do we draw the line for responsibility. Instead of looking to sue someone we should see what we can do to prevent future crashes.
Keep it real people.
Labels: rants, social tripe
posted by Janus Torrell at 12:12 PM
4 Comments:
That's exactly how I felt when I heard they were going to charge the suspect they were chasing with having caused the helicopter crash. That was a tragic accident but the only cause of it was the fact that both helicopters were trying to occupy the same space. Yeah, they were following the guy, but that wasn't part of his plan, I am sure. Usually when you commit a crime, you don't plan to have helicopters following you. Couldn't we carry this a bit further then? How about if a policeman is investigating a robbery and cuts his finger on a broken pane of glass at the scene. Do they charge up the medical treatment and bandaids to the criminal? No, it's on the job injury. Sometimes it seems, justice is meted out by popular demand and not the rule of law.
One thing people get better at when everything else is getting worse is blaming other people.
Janus - Yup, it is pretty pathetic. I don't believe it is the responsibility of the criminal in the case to take the fall for the media who are just starving for a juicy story to pimp their ratings.
In the end the lawsuits won't stick. It's unreasonable and ridiculous. That's our world though Janus.
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