I see where you are getting at, but walking into a manhole is different from walking onto the street into a car or bus.how about people having JUST A LITTLE COMMON SENSE, and watching where they are going. Its not just manholes, what about walking in front of a car or truck, or walking into a light pole or something...
I don't always look down when I'm walking, usually I look forward. When I cross the street i always look both ways to make sure I am not stepping in front of a car. I'm not always checking to see if I'm about to step into a manhole. It's unexpected. You expect for a car to be on the street.
Is the big deal that she was texting? Because there are about a million things she could have been doing other than texting that still would have distracted her from seeing the manhole. Would you still think she is a dumbass? Because I think the real dumbass here is the crew chief who didn't put up a barrier. People don't generally look out for open manholes because there aren't supposed to be any without some type of warning.
Yes, exactly.
Any safety training I have had requires you put up the cones, barriers, etc. before you create a potential safety problem.
This family will make millions. I disagree with that, but the law is on her side.
Lol idiot, she needs to stop texting and pay attention!
It pisses me off when people are focused on texting paying no attention to where they're going.
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I dunno, she looks pretty dumb. Probably would of walked through the cones into the hole anyways.
If the government wasn't protecting us from ourselves, I wonder how much money could be saved on excessive cone expenditure.
I'm sure everyone here has not paid attention and sprained an ankle going off a sidewalk or the like. Maybe we need railings! I screwed my ankle up bad when I was a kid when I mis-stepped onto the street off the sidewalk. The girl just got some scrapes.
I need to find a way to cash-in some day from my dumb mistakes
Who do I sue if I broke my arms hitting a pot hole bicycling on roads in a gated community? I'm pretty sure the city has no say in those roads.
Actually, I'd say your reasoning here supports the girl. The fact that it could have been anyone that wasn't paying attention, combined with the fact that an open manhole SHOULD be barricaded for it a case. If she hadn't just got scrapes and broke her neck, would she have a case then?
Don't get me wrong, people should really freaking watch where they're walking (especially dumbass texting teenagers), but I don't see how they can justify leaving a manhole open.
The manhole was on a sidewalk.
She should be awarded no more than 50,000 Dollars,and then fined 45,000 Dollars for entering a city work zone without the proper permits.
God this country needs tort reform, BAD.
You wouldn't have fit through the manhole so you are safe.
I LOL'd.In this case, though, it appears that the girl isn’t so dumb. Here’s the erudite sentence she gave of the Department of Environmental Protection workmen’s apology after they helped her out of the hole: “They were just, like, ‘I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
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