Truck explosion in LA

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Gatordude, Jul 1, 2021.

  1. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    i see, i see...you're anti cop, i'll bet you approve of defunding them as well.

    well, sucks to be you, broke down on the side of the road on some icy cold wintery night, and the ONLY person that stops to help you, is a highway patrol or local cop.

    maybe you ought to put a special flag or bumper sticker on your truck saying you hate them, and then maybe they will just drive on by, and you freeze to death...

    i think that's fitting, wouldn't you agree..???
     
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  3. Long FLD

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    I think the point he’s making is if it weren’t for government and the laws they’ve voted for in CA then the officers wouldn’t have been hurt. That’s not anti cop. They were “just doing their job” enforcing the laws “for the good of the people” and it wouldn’t have happened if the guy had been left alone. The guy didn’t injure them.
     
  4. Magoo1968

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    A ban on fireworks during this crazy hot last few weeks does make sense. A BC town burnt 90% to the ground in under a hour due to extreme heat. A train may have started that fire.
     
  5. shooter19802003

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    Exactly. Cops enforce the laws. Make stupid laws....
    I will say though that we need to rethink policing. I see most cops as revenue generators first and public servants second. They have a bad reputation because of their actions. Look at a cop from 20 or 30 years ago compared to today. A cop cop today more resembles a soldier than a cop and folks respond to that.
     
  6. lovesthedrive

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    Cops dont make the laws. The police only enforce the laws the best they can. Though laws were created by the idiots out there. I am not kidding. Think about it. The idiot will do something and get seriously hurt. That same idiot will say there should be a law against other idiots doing what they just did. Those idiots will take it to their town or create a referendum get it voted on and poof. There is something else that idiots whom dont know how to do something is now saying its a crime to do what they did.
     
  7. buddyd157

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    you need to re-educate yourself. cops only enforce the laws, that are on the books in each city, town, state.

    THEY.DO.NOT. MAKE. THE. LAWS.

    uh....cops were respected back decades ago, cuz they'd smack you upside your head with thier billy club,and you didn't dare talk back nor file a complaint against them, as YOU had it coming.

    today, nearly everyone is a cry baby.

    reason why cops like like military today?

    cuz the criminal's have high powered weapons. why should the cops NOT have firepower as well..??

    you're anti cop, anti establishment, anti social, i'll bet you're a "prepper" as well.

    you had better hunker down in your underground missile silo, they're coming to get you
     
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  8. diamondd817

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    Maybe the authorities should leave the fireworks to the amateurs.
     
  9. slow.rider

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    How do you know how they voted?
     
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  10. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    I used to work as a pyrotechnician. One of the many things learned is what is allowed in other countries. In Mexico, residents are allowed to hold roman candles in their hands. Granted those roman candles are much larger and tend to go bang in the persons hands. The law their is lax and if you lose a hand, well it isnt their problem that you decided to hold something in your hand that was supposed to be set off from the ground.
     
  11. diamondd817

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    Personal responsibility. That's the way it should be.
     
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