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Originally posted by Aelia Jusa:
I can understand how you feel, Megabot! When I first got my licence I was in my final year of high school, and my mum said I could borrow her car once a week to drive to school. But I didn't because I'd seen the way all the students milled outside after school and crossed the road whenever they felt like it and ran in front of cars - even if an accident wasn't my fault, how devastating would it be to run someone over! Which is petty compared to being in charge of a huge truck which could easily kill someone, regardless of whose fault it was. I guess you just have to drive as carefully as you can, and be aware that these drivers are out there. I would imagine the likelihood of actually hitting someone would be reasonably low as well.
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I sympathise with that. Some kids that go to my school are plain jackasses, however you look at it. They deliberately run in front of cars on a minor motorway to annoy the driver. Seriously. Recently, a kid, aged about 12 -14 got hit by a car going about 30mph. He survived with minor injuries (thankfully!) but I heard the driver was devastated until it was confirmed the kid was okay. Sometimes I really hate those people, causing unecessary mental and emotional stress on others for no reason.
Oh, and you'd think the kid learned his lesson, but he hasn't. He still swaggers around, more than before if that's possible. Grrr!