Actually there are
three camps here:
- Transition Layer, who steadfastly rises above and won't admit his own private shame at helping name two guys who are guilty of a traffic infraction. Which,
details aside, I'd wager everyone of us has also done at some time, TL included.
-Schnauzer who, with TL, seems to have a duopoly on the moral high ground and who also refuses to let it go, having come 4 pages already with his preaching.
- The rest of us who can't understand what this speeding incident has to do with the two guys being airline pilots.
I don't know what exactly TL's purpose was in posting this other than perhaps logging a "pprune scoop". So what is the real topic of the thread? The court has already found them guilty so why does TL need to further crucify them here?
Why did this receive so much attention, TL? Because, TL, the fact they are airline pilots makes the story that little bit juicier for the masses to consume. Nothing more. Even a Virgin Blue passenger could see that, TL, why can't you.
And why isn't TL also condemning the police, whose high-speed driving has
also been "responsible" for many deaths over the years. I know a cop who died when the idiot she was with did something well outside of his skill-set and crashed the car.
Now in the pilots' case, the cop admitted to accelerating to 160km/h on the very same street as the two speeding motorcyclists. This is another
20km/h above the reported speed of the offenders and, as has been pointed out, the braking ability of a car is considerably different to that of a motorcycle.
"Won't anyone think of the children???"
Why didn't he abandon the pursuit, as is the case in many other pursuits initiated by "sensible" officers?
Could it be that those cops judged that in the given circumstances the speed in their heavy V8 car was not "dangerous"? But that would mean that the motorcyclists, who were actually travelling
slower than the cops, were
also not driving in a "dangerous" manner!!
This might further be supported by the fact the judge
dismissed the charges of
(driving) at a speed dangerous (and) driving in a manner dangerous
Come on guys, Schnauzer, TL, etc, read the article again and think a little more.
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