Here's something I don't understand (and, admittedly, my knowledge of NASCAR is limited to a ill-advised purchase of EA NASCAR 2002 and the movie "Talladaga Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby") - in looking at the pre-accident footage that ran on the news yesterday, it appears as though, after exiting his car, that Ward was crossing the track and pointing aggressively at a driver (possibly Stewart) and intentionally trying to cross through traffic, rather than staying by his car in (relative) safety. Why would any driver try to cross the track with a caution lap in progress, and would we be asking about criminal action, etc. if it had been a different driver to strike Ward on the caution lap?
On Monday, August 11, 2014 12:03:18 AM UTC-4, Bob Jersey wrote: > > > PGage, to moi, in part: >> >> >> I see - so they are having trouble determining whether Stewart did >> something to make his car contact Ward, or whether Ward stepped out into >> the path of Stewart's car? I am going to assume that if it is the former, >> then Stewart would be guilty of some kind of criminal act - reckless >> driving at a minimum, if not some kind of manslaughter. But, without >> veering into the kind of victim-blaming that got Stephen A. into trouble, >> it does seem that under the circumstances, getting out of your car and >> walking out into on-coming speeding traffic is a contributing factor in the >> accident. >> >> > The few times I've seen similar silly walks in Cup, the walker never gets > that close to the wrecker's car, with or without sanctioner's officials > holding him/her back. Still, Cuppers are told in prerace meetings to think > multiple times before doing anything that could end up spotlighted on any > sports net's highlights. > > B > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
