Posted on 11th March 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized
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Nascar officials promised this year to make racing more aggressive, “a full-contact sport,” to keep wavering fans interested. And they seem to be intent on fulfilling that mission, big time.
Tuesday the sport’s officials only gave probation, essentially just a slap on the wrist, to a driver who deliberately wrecked another driver’s car. The three-race probation was given to Carl Edwards over his retaliatory actions Sunday at the Atlanta Motor Speedway against Brad Keselowski. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/sports/autoracing/10nascar.html?ref=sports
Some had argued that Edwards’ actions warranted a suspension.
Edwards hit Keselowski’s car, sending it airborne and propelling it into a wall. Edward “took Keselowski out,” as The New York Times put it, following an earlier crash Sunday that took Edwards out of contention.
Veteran driver Kyle Petty called the probation penalty “a laughable punishment.”
But there are many who applauded what seems to be Nascar’s call to blood this season, including the mere probation penalty for Edwards. Some argued that Edwards had merely tried to take Keselowski out of contention in the race, not wreck his car.
Keselowski wasn’t hurt in the crash, but he had asked for Nascar to penalize Edwards for his retaliatory actions.
What on earth does a probation mean when you are talking about assault with a deadly weapon? Does NASCAR not realize that that is what they are dealing with when someone intentionally drives something with that much power into another human being? So if he kills someone in the next three races, then he is trouble? But after that, it is OK?
Posted on 4th February 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized
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There was a second accident on the Metro Red Line in Washington this past weekend, less than a week from the first deadly accident, according to The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203678.htmlIn the most recent crash 20 Metro workers were riding into a tunnel on a vehicle with a flatbed car attached to it. The work zone was near the Medical Center Station. The accident happened last Saturday, January 30.
The vehicle with the workers apparently hit some ice and sped out of control, hitting a pickup truck that was on the rails. That pickup truck then crashed into three vehicles, The Washington Post reported.
The newspaper questioned why accident wasn’t reported to the Metro’s safety office until 30 hours after it happened. The Washington Post said that under federal regulations, the Metro must notify the Tri-State Oversight Committee within two hours when there is a rail vehicle involved in any accident. The committee watches over Metro safety.
No injuries were reported in Saturday’s accident, but the man operating the vehicle that went out of control and a supervisor were given mandatory alcohol and drug tests.
On Jan. 26 there was another accident involving a so-called high-rail vehicle, which is a pickup truck on metal runners. In that accident, two Metro employees were struck and killed by a high-rail vehicle that was backing up on the Red Line, The Washington Post reported.
