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Re: crazy cnn story
Wow, sad story.
1) they should have called an ambulance from the beginning
2) police #1 should have called an ambulance or given them a police escort
3) police #1 sounds like a douche canoe...radioing ahead to tell the next officer there was probably a speeder headed his way? SERIOUSLY? What happened to 'Protect and SERVE?'
4) The courts should have reversed this...taking away his license?
5) What parts of this story are we missing?
Sorry, but regardless of the circumstances it was incredibly irresponsible and unacceptable for them to be endangering the lives of other people. What if he had crashed into a car with a young family in it while speeding 105 (!) miles per hour, and killed them all -- very likely outcome for such speeds. Add being "nervous and terrified" to your mental state while driving, and that's even more dangerous because you won't be able to fully focus on driving and noticing potential hazards. So just because your wife is apparently "in danger" of having complications, it's okay to put OTHER people's lives in danger (not to mention putting their own lives, and the life of their unborn child, in danger)?
And so what if the cop radioed ahead to another officer? If the guy had followed the first cop's orders to STOP SPEEDING, the second cop would have had no reason to stop him. Both cops likely understood how/why such speeds were dangerous, and were trying to make sure this guy wasn't going to kill himself or others (can you imagine the outcry if this guy had plowed into someone else, killing them or himself and his wife? People would have been bitching that the cop shouldn't have allowed him to continue driving). This guy broke the law once, got stopped and cited for it, and continued to do it anyway. That wasn't a free pass to continue breaking the law.
If he was that concerned about his wife having labor complications, and knew this was a risk from prior pregnancies, then they should have figured out a way to keep her closer to the hospital just in case she went into labor, or called an ambulance (with EMTs that could have helped deal with any complications en route). Endangering other people's lives so you can speed to the hospital is not okay.
That cop was protecting and serving the whole community by trying to prevent this guy from driving dangerously and potentially killing innocent people. Cops aren't there to be your friend, or be your servant (that's not what the "serve" means). They're there to enforce the law -- including the laws this guy was breaking.
First cop could have called for an ambulance and then written a ticket, which would have solved everybody's problem...or better yet escorted them and then given the guy a ticket.
The story said they lived in a rural area, which probably means if the guy had called an ambulance himself it would have taken up valuable time.
Glad you seem to have no compassion for the woman who almost died.
"Almost died"? Where in the video did it say she "almost died". It said she had a history of having complications. Another article I read on this (see link below) said "Thankfully Genevieve made it to hospital in Brandon and there were no problems during the birth." Doesn't sound like she was "about to die" to me, at all.
But driving 105 miles per hour put both her, the baby AND the father (as well as other innocent people) in danger. Are you going to suggest that somehow that makes more sense? While it would have been tragic if the mother and/or baby had died, it would have been even more tragic had the whole family, plus innocent people died.
In fact, reading this second article has made me realize how reactionary and stupid the people in that video were. They were over-exaggerating, and omitting details to make it seem even worse.
From the article:
"Then David was pulled over for speeding by the RCMP, who told him to slow down and offered him a police escort to the nearest hospital, in nearby Portage-la-Prarie. He declined the offer and rushed off toward the city of Brandon, where the couple felt Genevieve would 'be taken care of.'"
In case it isn't clear, that was cop #1 that made that offer! And the father-to-be refused!
The last line of the article validates what I'm saying: "The province's public insurance provider says the speed at which he was driving put lives in danger, regardless of the situation."
This isn't about not having compassion for a pregnant woman. This is about having enough common sense to not recklessly put people's lives needlessly in danger. Where's the compassion for the people they could have easily killed with that stunt?
Here's the article in case you want to read a less sensationalistic/tabloid-esque account of the incident: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110719/david-weber-winnipeg-hospital-run-ticket-license-110719/
The video says the doctor went to court on behalf of the doctor and said her uterus was on the verge of rupturing (hence, 'almost died')
Thanks for the info from the other article, I had a feeling we were missing a major part of the puzzle in the video. I see they weren't in a rural area when she went into labor. Sounds like dad was totally in tunnel vision "gotta get to the hospital, natural delivery dangerous, gotta get there FAST, nothing else matters, gotta get there) Too bad officer #1 didn't then extend the offer of the escort to the other hospital (or force them to take an ambulance...I'm sure he could tell that dad wasn't going to slow down, hence why he called ahead.) Officer #2 called an ambulance which did take them to the hospital they wanted to go to.
I think it's always easy to do the Monday morning quarterback thing...just too bad it ended up like it did (with tons of people being put in danger with him speeding, both of them being totally stressed, and now with him not able to drive with small kids at home)