James was driving along quite comfortably. His three year old daughter was strapped into a safety seat in the back.
James needed to make a turn into a side street. He had plenty of time to turn, even though there was an oncoming car travelling at speed towards him.
Just as he turned two young skateboarders began to cross the road right in front of him. No warning; nothing. They hadn’t even looked. James had to make an instant decision: does he screech to a halt in the middle of the turn and avoid the skateboarders, or does he plough into the skateboarders and prevent his daughter in the back from being struck by the approaching speeding car?
A parent’s instinct is stronger than anything else. The court case is next week.
First you clear the streets of motorbikes and now skateboarders. Can I put in a request for oversized family saloons?
We could always do away with cars as well and tell people to start walking (says me about to take the car for its 6-monthly warrant).
…and I was thinking of buying an oversized family saloon!
As long as it’s big enough to stick your bicycle in the back, then that’ll be ok!
Not even God can find fault with his decision. Moron-slaughter is the maximum charge that can be forced upon him. Well done, James!
Moron-slaughter – another excellent Umafication!
Thanks, Bruce. 😄
An uncle of mine, a keen cricketer, lost his legs at 19 because he chose to avoid hitting an elderly woman with his motorbike. I guess he made the wrong decision.
I don’t think so – if he had a kid on the back of his motorbike he would’ve made the wrong decision… else it’s heroic.
I’m pleased he lived to introduce me to cricket at The Oval and The Times crossword – I’ll go with heroic.
I can only hope he had good reflexes and brakes and used them to the best of his ability!
There’s never enough time, is there? Last night – round 12.30 – three youths were killed almost outside my window, when they ran their car at high speed into the side of a truck. The car exploded – and eventually so did the truck.