The Survivor Posted March 12, 2020 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 236 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 94 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, maryjayne said: now who is making judgement calls about posts? That is my personal judgement. Thank you. Better than someone telling me I am nuts for thinking up such things. Edited March 12, 2020 by The Survivor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted March 12, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 599 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,263 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,991 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, The Survivor said: You have a child. Your child is very sick to the point of dying or possibly dying. You leave work, the market, the football game, whatever. You are driving home to wherever you going. Home, hospital. Not matter. You going to where your child is right now. You are speeding. Going through red lights, but carefully. Just as a firetruck would. You use the breakdown lane. Whatever. You are doing what you can to get yo your child FAST but without harming some other human. You not that heartless I mean, come on, you not me. Here comes your problem. Police. Paid people to do what they feel they must. To server and protect. They feel they are protecting others from what they see as a reckless driver, but they are not serving you by letting you alone. Slowing down for a chat with delay those last few seconds to possibly see, or save, your child. Letting the cop on a high speed chase to your destination might be fine and dandy too, but they could then jump on you, preventing you from saying your goodbyes, or being the ONLY PERSON TO SAVE YOUR BABY GIRL (or BOY). Takes a split second, one breath, for a life to be saved or loss. Oh boy do I know it. My experiences? Oh, they be mind shattering being both sides I been on. But this not about me. This about you. What would you do, or what have you done (if willing to share). DISCLAIMER (for a board administrator)- If this is not the right board for such a question, please move it. Thanks. I have actually had this happen and I stopped and told the Oklahoma City Police officer what was going on and he turned on his lights and lead me to my father-in-laws house and stayed there until we decided to take him to the hospital...    He did not drive nearly as fast as I wanted but he did get us there safely....    I have no idea if this was policy or just the goodness of a good hearted police officer, but it pretty much made my year... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Survivor Posted March 12, 2020 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 236 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 94 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, other one said: I have actually had this happen and I stopped and told the Oklahoma City Police officer what was going on and he turned on his lights and lead me to my father-in-laws house and stayed there until we decided to take him to the hospital...    He did not drive nearly as fast as I wanted but he did get us there safely....    I have no idea if this was policy or just the goodness of a good hearted police officer, but it pretty much made my year... Nice!!! I deal with them police. Some of he kinder ones, I will say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted March 12, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,994 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.75 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, The Survivor said: You have a child. Your child is very sick to the point of dying or possibly dying. You leave work, the market, the football game, whatever. You are driving home to wherever you going. Home, hospital. Not matter. You going to where your child is right now. You are speeding. Going through red lights, but carefully. Just as a firetruck would. You use the breakdown lane. Whatever. You are doing what you can to get yo your child FAST but without harming some other human. You not that heartless I mean, come on, you not me. Here comes your problem. Police. Paid people to do what they feel they must. To server and protect. They feel they are protecting others from what they see as a reckless driver, but they are not serving you by letting you alone. Slowing down for a chat with delay those last few seconds to possibly see, or save, your child. Letting the cop on a high speed chase to your destination might be fine and dandy too, but they could then jump on you, preventing you from saying your goodbyes, or being the ONLY PERSON TO SAVE YOUR BABY GIRL (or BOY). Takes a split second, one breath, for a life to be saved or loss. Oh boy do I know it. My experiences? Oh, they be mind shattering being both sides I been on. But this not about me. This about you. What would you do, or what have you done (if willing to share). DISCLAIMER (for a board administrator)- If this is not the right board for such a question, please move it. Thanks. So someone else is with the child?If the child is that sick they should be in the ER at the hospital.  If that is the case then you need to get to the child but going very fast or wreckless driving is not going to be the solution. Two things can happen if you drive wrecklessly. You will get a ticket and that will delay the time you can get to the child. You could get into an accident. If you end up in the hospital how is that going to help the child? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyKay Posted March 12, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 12 Topic Count: 385 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 7,692 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 4,809 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/28/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Survivor said: Ah, but the child is not alone. The cause has happened. The child is en-route, or already, at the hospital. Or, maybe you have the child and you are the one trying to get them to the hospital. Either way, you need to get to where the child has to be or is. That is where I am trying to get at. What will it take for you, the parent, to get to where your child is to save them, or be with them during their last few moments in time? I would still be on the phone with 911. Drive the the hospital but I do not think running red lights would be something I would do. Considering it might result in a deadly accident where not only my child gets killed but also myself and the person I smashed into. Losing your head in these situations and reacting in a reckless manner is never helpful. It maybe what one is tempted to do but it would not be helpful.  Edited March 12, 2020 by LadyKay 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sower Posted March 12, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 14 Topic Count: 32 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,270 Content Per Day: 0.97 Reputation: 5,892 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/09/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2020 What Would You Do? - Child Sick Speed Chase In reality, I don't really know. Wouldn't think it would be another Hollywood hero's race car scene. "Risk life and limb for my children!!!!!" Right. I would probably not know how I even got to my child. My mind would have been so overwhelmed in thought's and prayers, begging God for His mercy. This is another 'what if' scenario, when in actuality, most have no idea what they would do if confronted. Only what they/myself would like to believe about themselves. (vain imaginations) Do we love that/our same child enough to teach-demonstrate the gospel? A real hero............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted March 12, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 27 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,715 Content Per Day: 2.45 Reputation: 8,535 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I think you have two options...pull over and explain the situation to the cops...more often then not they will let you go to the hospital, may even escort you there so you get there safer, and worry about tickets later. Or you can call 911 and explain the situation to dispatch, and they can notify the cop behind you of the situation. Keep in mind speeding/running resnlights is never safe. Fire engines get away with it due to their loud sirens and lights people can see them coming, and even then accidents occur. You don't have sirens and lights, so by driving like a maniac you ARE putting others at risk Now with this said I had this happen...when my last child was born I was at work (I work nights in the oilfield) my wife called me and said she was in labor...so I went home parked my truck got in my pickup and went home to change out of my grungy FRs into regular clothes. Now it wasn't life or death...but I was naturally in a hurry, not intentionally speeding but neither was i watching the speedometer. This was at 2 in the morning...sheriff caught me doing around 65 in a 45. He pulled me over, I stopped. He asked where the fire was, I was honest, explained the situation to him, he checked my license/insurance and registration, and let me go without so much as a warning. Law enforcement can be understanding, and if it's life and death and you let them know they're apt to help you, not slow you down. So the right answer is pull over. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Hartono Posted March 12, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 777 Topics Per Day: 0.34 Content Count: 6,955 Content Per Day: 3.05 Reputation: 1,985 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/15/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just call ambulance or may b 911 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted March 13, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 962 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,718 Content Per Day: 5.04 Reputation: 9,112 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted March 13, 2020 20 hours ago, The Survivor said: What would you do, or what have you done (if willing to share). I have called 911 quite a few times. I will say it is far better to have paramedics and an ambulance on the scene than it is for me to get there. All the other stuff is irrelevant far as I am concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted March 13, 2020 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 962 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,718 Content Per Day: 5.04 Reputation: 9,112 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted March 13, 2020 20 hours ago, The Survivor said: You have a child. Your child is very sick to the point of dying or possibly dying. You leave work, the market, the football game, whatever. You race to the scene, safely of course, but kill a mom and her four children in the wreck you cause while speeding "safely" in the breakdown lane they are pulling into as they breakdown. Your child survives their own crisis situation, but now has to live  knowing they were the reason and or cause of  the deaths of five people.  Probably not a good thing to have to live with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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