• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 06:26
CEST 12:26
KST 19:26
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting2[ASL20] Ro4 Preview: Descent6Team TLMC #5: Winners Announced!3[ASL20] Ro8 Preview Pt2: Holding On9Maestros of the Game: Live Finals Preview (RO4)5
Community News
Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO25.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8)66Weekly Cups (Sept 29-Oct 5): MaxPax triples up3PartinG joins SteamerZone, returns to SC2 competition315.0.15 Balance Patch Notes (Live version)119
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO 5.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8) TL.net Map Contest #21 - Finalists PartinG joins SteamerZone, returns to SC2 competition TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting
Tourneys
WardiTV Mondays SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 19 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL Offline Finals Dates + Ticket Sales! SC4ALL $6,000 Open LAN in Philadelphia
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 495 Rest In Peace Mutation # 494 Unstable Environment Mutation # 493 Quick Killers Mutation # 492 Get Out More
Brood War
General
[ASL20] Ro4 Preview: Descent I'm making videos again Any rep analyzer that shows resources situation? Whose hotkey signature is this? BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[ASL20] Semifinal A [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL20] Ro8 Day 4 Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Current Meta BW - ajfirecracker Strategy & Training Siegecraft - a new perspective TvZ Theorycraft - Improving on State of the Art
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread ZeroSpace Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Dawn of War IV Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion LiquidDota to reintegrate into TL.net
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
SPIRED by.ASL Mafia {211640} TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI Stop the Construction YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
SC2 Client Relocalization [Change SC2 Language] Linksys AE2500 USB WIFI keeps disconnecting Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Inbreeding: Why Do We Do It…
Peanutsc
From Tilt to Ragequit:The Ps…
TrAiDoS
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1223 users

Risk Life, For Nothing.

Blogs > Snet
Post a Reply
1 2 Next All
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-28 09:52:50
October 26 2010 09:13 GMT
#1
.

****
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
October 26 2010 09:16 GMT
#2
One of my friends two years ago was pretty seriously injured because of texting while driving. And she was lucky; she just rammed into a light pole as opposed to another car.

Thank you for this. It's a pretty sobering reminder to stay alert...
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50472 Posts
October 26 2010 09:20 GMT
#3
People should fucking get bluetooth.STOP FUCKING TEXTING AND DRIVING.

some people are just stupid,its a shame he died.He didn't deserve it.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
gdcrimson
Profile Joined January 2009
New Zealand148 Posts
October 26 2010 09:21 GMT
#4
Sad post but a very strong message, thanks a lot for posting it.
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
October 26 2010 09:27 GMT
#5
My best friend in high school worked as a volunteer firefighter. 90% of the calls he got were for traffic accidents just like yours. he'd always come back and tell me what happened
the courage to be a lazy bum
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
October 26 2010 09:30 GMT
#6
People never think bad things will happen to them. Then they die.

Tragic.
Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-26 09:39:38
October 26 2010 09:39 GMT
#7
I constantly think bad things are gonna happen to me.
sometimes i dont even leave my house because i illogically think bad things are gonna happen.

I need to find a happy medium

btw i never text while driving
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
October 26 2010 09:40 GMT
#8
Best would be to stop driving altogether
Some people just love to live on the edge, it´s sad but I guess living in fear is even worse.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
October 26 2010 09:55 GMT
#9
It's always terrible to see people die for stupid reasons. And that happens quite a lot ...

RIP to the patient. May his death be a lesson to others. I guess it's a good thing you posted it here, more people will learn, hopefully.
maru lover forever
don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3006 Posts
October 26 2010 09:55 GMT
#10
I never talk on the phone, let alone text, while I'm driving.
TOO SCARED
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
c0rn1
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany146 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-26 10:01:46
October 26 2010 10:00 GMT
#11
Thank you for your story which hopefully opens the eyes of more people. It saddens me every day when people die for no reason at all. I lost a boy of my scout youth group at the age of 15 because a drunk driver didn't see the red light on a crossing and just ran over it hitting the kids scooter so he flew about 20m of the scooter and died of a torn artery (dunno if that is the correct term. English is not my native language ).
I never understood and never will understand why people are so reckless and sometimes brainless if they move a car.
Why in gods name would you endanger yourself, the ones you hold dear or random others just for the cause of a temporary comfort? Most of the time this happens it wasn't even important to receive the call or text someone. And the first thing you learn at driving school is that under no circumstance you shall drive when you're distracted, under the influence of drugs (yes, alcohol is a drug too) or in a deeply emotional state.
"Errare humanum est, sed in errare perseverare diabolicum."
Which means: "to err is human but to insist on error is diabolic"
In this case it means that everyone can do a mistake in his life since it's a human characteristic but since you KNOW the chance that something like mentioned by the OP can happen you insist on the error which makes it an evil "diabolic" act.
Think about what you do and why you do something. Don't be a brainless user of modern achievements.
Just be ... RESPONSIBLE.

cheers
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. " (Albert Einstein)
Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
October 26 2010 10:15 GMT
#12
just don't drive at all. I'll never get a driver's license in my whole life, and it's not because I'm afraid for my own life, I just don't want to risk accidentally killing another person...
I'm taking whatever coverage I can get, because frankly, I'm busy working on this million dollar deal at my job. Early retirement is a good thing brotha man. - MessengerASL
SoL[9]
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Portugal1370 Posts
October 26 2010 11:39 GMT
#13
I hope this blog open the eyes for some people in here.

On October 26 2010 18:30 Snet wrote:
People never think bad things will happen to them. Then they die.

Tragic.


This.
To die you just need to be alive. Is kinda scaring thats why some people prefer to "not see" and them just happened.
I Can Fly...
puckstop101
Profile Joined September 2008
Canada132 Posts
October 26 2010 12:03 GMT
#14
In Ontario, Canada, it is now iilegel to drive while operating a cell phone(inculding texting and calling) unless its a hands free device, not sure if its all across canada
QuixoticO
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands810 Posts
October 26 2010 12:33 GMT
#15
For most people I'd advise em not to drive at all. The road is so dangerous with all these people risking their own and other people's lives.
"Suum Cuique" - Cicero
rainei
Profile Joined November 2009
Canada1316 Posts
October 26 2010 13:02 GMT
#16
On October 26 2010 21:03 puckstop101 wrote:
In Ontario, Canada, it is now iilegel to drive while operating a cell phone(inculding texting and calling) unless its a hands free device, not sure if its all across canada


Its the same in BC, and frankly, I agree. I think that texting while driving requires like 1000X more multitasking ability than just straight up talking on the phone. Many times, you are looking down while texting, while you can keep ur eyes on the road if ur talking.

Also, the victim was riding a motorcycle, and he was hit by a guy texting? or was he himself texting? The post isnt very clear on that. Regardless, texting while driving is one of the stupidest ways to die. RIP
All aboard the HSY fanboat/train/ whatever form of transportation you desire!! Everyday is Sojin day
enzym
Profile Joined January 2010
Germany1034 Posts
October 26 2010 13:04 GMT
#17
empathy for injured or especially dying people is understandable and one major thing that makes us human and is a big part of civilization. despite of that though i must say that i dont find the tragedy here. as cold hearted as that sounds, it was a thoughtless person putting his own life at risk and paying for it. i also understand that he was a motorcyclist, which makes his behaviour even more risky. we have developed many tools, but far from enough to think that we are invincible, above natural selection.
"I fart a lot, often on my gf in bed, then we roll around laughing for 5 mins choking in gas." — exog // "…be'master, the art of reflection. If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all?" — S. T. Coleridge
Jayme
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
October 26 2010 13:46 GMT
#18
On October 26 2010 22:04 enzym wrote:
empathy for injured or especially dying people is understandable and one major thing that makes us human and is a big part of civilization. despite of that though i must say that i dont find the tragedy here. as cold hearted as that sounds, it was a thoughtless person putting his own life at risk and paying for it. i also understand that he was a motorcyclist, which makes his behaviour even more risky. we have developed many tools, but far from enough to think that we are invincible, above natural selection.

Uh I think you missed the part were the jackass driving the vehicle hit the guy and killed him and them took off. I'm assuming here that the cyclist want the one texting.

I hate accident calls so much, especially fatality ones. 95% of the time the accident was entirely avoidable if someone had just paid some attention.
Python is garbage, number 1 advocate of getting rid of it.
Smix *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States4549 Posts
October 26 2010 13:58 GMT
#19
Still think it's amazing what you do. Love reading your blogs about your experience. Keep em coming ~
TranslatorBe an Optimist Prime, Not a Negatron // twitter @smixity
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
October 26 2010 14:32 GMT
#20
I had a friend die 6 months ago because he was a passenger in a car of 4 people where the driver was texting and driving. You do good work, Snet.
[iHs]HCO | のヮの | pachi & plexa ownz | RIP _
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Afreeca Starleague
10:00
Ro4 Match 1
Barracks vs SnowLIVE!
Afreeca ASL 13375
sctven
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
SortOf 178
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 12811
Flash 7014
Sea 4922
Rain 3970
GuemChi 1414
BeSt 1041
Mini 773
Shuttle 686
Horang2 406
Zeus 402
[ Show more ]
Larva 379
Hyun 364
Pusan 359
Stork 294
Hyuk 272
Light 208
JYJ167
PianO 149
Mind 83
Mong 63
ToSsGirL 49
soO 41
Sharp 41
Aegong 33
Rush 32
Backho 31
NotJumperer 26
Sacsri 25
sorry 19
Shine 12
Noble 12
Bale 10
Terrorterran 9
HiyA 9
SilentControl 9
Hm[arnc] 6
scan(afreeca) 3
Dota 2
XaKoH 397
XcaliburYe202
League of Legends
JimRising 425
Counter-Strike
x6flipin257
allub240
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King62
Westballz53
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor144
Other Games
singsing1216
ceh9647
crisheroes271
Fuzer 94
Organizations
StarCraft: Brood War
UltimateBattle 240
lovetv 13
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH192
• LUISG 25
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• iopq 0
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Jankos1862
Upcoming Events
Wardi Open
34m
Monday Night Weeklies
5h 34m
Replay Cast
13h 34m
Afreeca Starleague
23h 34m
Soma vs Bisu
OSC
1d 3h
OSC
1d 7h
MaxPax vs Gerald
Solar vs Krystianer
PAPI vs Lemon
Ryung vs Moja
Nice vs NightPhoenix
Cham vs TBD
MaNa vs TriGGeR
PiGosaur Monday
1d 13h
The PondCast
2 days
OSC
3 days
Wardi Open
4 days
[ Show More ]
CranKy Ducklings
4 days
Safe House 2
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Safe House 2
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #4 - TS2
WardiTV TLMC #15
HCC Europe

Ongoing

BSL 21 Points
ASL Season 20
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
EC S1
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025

Upcoming

SC4ALL: Brood War
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Offline Finals
RSL Revival: Season 3
Stellar Fest
SC4ALL: StarCraft II
eXTREMESLAND 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
SL Budapest Major 2025
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.