imacat said...

imacat at 08:37 PM JST - 17th May

I merely relayed what I'd seen on the news, I didn't say I agreed or disagreed. And I can do exactly what about it?

So do you agree with it or not?

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 08:37 PM JST - 17th May
imacat at 01:15 AM JST - 17th May

Imacat, Yes if I were a parent I would sue them too.

Too right, you'd sue them! I would... anyone would. *Oh, because there was a sidewalk between the road and the guard rail we didn't think it was necessary to make it strong enough to stop a car falling…

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 01:15 AM JST - 17th May
imacat at 01:04 AM JST - 17th May

imacat, I didn't give the explanation, I just saw it on the news countless times.

Didn't it strike you as strange at the time that no media questioned this feeble explanation? You'd expect the media, as part of the overall investigation into this tragic incident, to give a thorough examination…

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 01:04 AM JST - 17th May
imacat at 07:56 PM JST - 16th May

You can moan about the guardrails, but they were across about 3m of sidewalk, all the simulations done by city hall before guardrail installation indicated it would be unlikely for a car to go over the curb, and across that expanse of sidewalk with enough speed to go through them.…

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 07:56 PM JST - 16th May
imacat at 05:05 PM JST - 15th May

I think it is a fairly foreseeable consequence that a car may end up going off the edge

If they built a bridge with a criminally flimsy guard rail it's fairly foreseeable.

If they had built the bridge properly then it becomes much less likely.

The local government and bridge…

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 05:05 PM JST - 15th May
imacat at 05:01 PM JST - 15th May

Circumstances such as the presence of water or low safety barriers are all but irrelevant.

I think that's not correct. This bridge was criminally unsafe. The safety rails were not just too low, they were completely inadequate to prevent a car plunging off the bridge.

In addition to court case…

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 05:01 PM JST - 15th May
imacat at 04:29 PM JST - 15th May

OK good point combinibento.

However, the facts as they stand are that the drunken driver is being held to account for causing this accident... and rightly so.

I also still think the local government and bridge constructors are guilty of building a criminally unsafe bridge and should be held to…

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 04:29 PM JST - 15th May
imacat at 04:11 PM JST - 15th May

Yes! Thank you jackfish for pointing the typo out.

Another point... I just had a look at some pictures of the bridge, at the time of the accident and later. The guard rail the car went through was completely flimsy, not designed at all to prevent a car plunging off…

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 04:11 PM JST - 15th May
imacat at 03:49 PM JST - 15th May

likeitis has got a point and I've wondered the same thing about the guard rail.

I remember at the time there was some ridiculous explanation for the useless guard rails... something about them being on the other side to the traffic so they didn't need to be so strong.

I…

Posted in High court gives drunk driver 20 years for accident that killed 3 children at 03:49 PM JST - 15th May
imacat at 12:58 AM JST - 14th May

Zachary who ?

Heroes has been quite big in Japan in case you haven't noticed. Eric Bana is also quite well known from Black Hawk Down and more recently The Other Boleyn Girl.

Yep, the little girls of AKB48 are much more famous

Hey, maybe you could get a job…

Posted in Star Trek at 12:58 AM JST - 14th May