australian drag in the usa escapes prison sentence

[gtxb67]

Originally Posted by ILLaViTaR

It's a risky job, mistakes are known to happen in those industries which is why they have appropriate safety to make sure those mistakes are harmless.

Eg. Somebody accidentally starts a chemical fire, there's no chemical extinguisher and the place burns down killing 4 workers. Do they fine him or the company? He was responsible for starting the fire.

If you think about it, it really is the same thing.

you are quite correct
if that worker had been given a proper induction and had the appropriate training, knew there was no extinguishers and used an open flame within an unsafe distance from the chemicals - then that is the same thing

just out of curiosity - if it was a young bogan, baseball cap on backwards, in a commode dore with shiny wheels on front, black stockies on the rear doing a burnout for a group of local kids and the driver lost control and killed some, what would your thoughts be

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by gtxb67

just out of curiosity - if it was a young bogan, baseball cap on backwards, in a commode dore with shiny wheels on front, black stockies on the rear doing a burnout for a group of local kids and the driver lost control and killed some, what would your thoughts be

...well that's the thing...

You'd think the professional drag racer would appreciate the risks involved and know what would be considered a safe environment to do a burnout over some bogan in a back street. You can't condemn one and feel relief for the other.

[TUF_302]

Im glad he didnt go to prison, not his fault that there was no saftey barriers, and people could stand bloody close to the action, was the orgainsers fault more than anything i say, i hope he wins the court case to, he dont owe any of them anything, he will be paying for it the rest of his life the poor bloke!