01-28-2023, 04:25 PM | #1 |
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BMW Fire Las Vegas 1/27/2023
Pretty intense car fire in Vegas on January 27, 2023 in front of The Venetian. Luckily got out safely with the help of brave bystanders and police.
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01-28-2023, 06:35 PM | #2 |
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Pretty good intro with the engine pegged on the limiter and blowing pieces of the block all over the street. :O
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01-28-2023, 07:23 PM | #4 |
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x9999999999999999999 That 2nd cop looked like he was out watering plants "meh, this thing will put it out no sweat.....oh sh****t!!!!!!!!!!!!!." Holy moly
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01-29-2023, 06:48 AM | #6 |
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Ohhhh....C'Mon ! This wasn't a big accident ...The fire ? Yeah !
90 % chance the dude was too drunk/too high/too stoned to respond and to stand on his own legs ! I really hope they tested him with a alcohol and dope test . If so ,Driver's License Suspension and let him pay the palm tree ! Hopefully I'm wrong ...
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I don’t believe you’re depicting it correctly. What we see here is a person who started filming as soon as the crash happened. We see the whole thing unfold, bystanders trying to break the window, police arriving (and trying to rescue the driver instead of blocking traffic, correctly), more police diverting traffic to the outer lanes and fire rescue. What I can’t believe is that this ahole thought it was more important to record an unconscious person in a vehicle on fire than to go and help rescue him. Sure the police asked others to step back as they weren’t doing much and were crowding the cop, but the filming started long before that. |
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01-29-2023, 01:42 PM | #12 | |
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EDIT: ...AND, to be brutally frank (pls correct me if I got the evidence wrongly after all the facts come out but just going w what we have here), this guy caused it all to himself unless he hit an oil patch or the car went outta control by itself, how would your loved ones feel if you did 'the right thing' trying to extricate him from the car and it blew up on both you guys? I wouldn't mind potentially dying trying to save some innocent family who got T-boned, but this _____ dude? I dunno man.
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Just to comment on a couple of things: 1- it’s not “Good Samaritan law”, it’s duty to rescue. They do have a Good Samaritan law and that helps the bystander. 2- you would yourself film a person burning to death for clout just because you thought they “did it to themselves”? That’s pretty sadistic. 3- cars don’t blow up. No more needs said. I respect your views, though I strongly disagree with them. |
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#2 is ridiculous, nobody is saying that, you don't know the video guy, like I said, it could be any of those reasons or others. This isn't as simple as putting a blanket over an small open flame, stop telling other ppl what they should or should not do, it's not fair, for all we know, the guy could be injured/physically incapable. #3 wrong, they certainly can even if rare (e.g. Tesla is a fave whipping boy of anti-EVers, never mind that ICEs literally run on flammables, cmon...), but again, don't get into retentive labeling, the pt is that any rescuer could've been in dire trouble. I think to be signaling that one is a saint and should fly in w/o any regard is just silly, esp if one looks at the cause. Just like that classic example of 2 srsly injured persons, should the dr operate on a policeman or a pedo-rapist? Again, what would your loved ones think, you wasted your life over some dbag ragging on his ride or an innocent family tboned? Tell me which is more worthy? To not take these into consideration is just refusing logic.
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Also, it's extremely rare for a car to blow up like in a movie. The flames posed a valid burn risk though.
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I’m not telling people what they should or shouldn’t do. I’m saying it’s sadistic and sad that someone can film someone trapped in a car in flames. 3- I’m not wrong. In regards to your doctor example, it’s silly in many counts but I’ll mention a few: 1- you’re assuming the person was imprudent. What if he fell ill and has an infant in the backseat? His foot was on the floor, which is what causes the engine to fail and spread fire on the grass. He was unconscious. By the accident or, more likely, before the accident (which maybe caused it, he’s on the strip, it’s impossible to race on the strip…) 2- you’re implying the person filming had to make a choice of not saving his life but save someone else’s life. Whose? There is not if/else here. It’s one case. Except “save this person or film it”. 3- you’ll be surprised to learn that a doctor will save the pedo-rapist and not the cop if his condition is slightly more critical. Doctors don’t think like you (thank goodness, imagine if lives weren’t saved based on character, you wouldn’t get that surgery you need because the doctor disagrees with your life choices). They even “can’t” think like you. It’s the oath they take. I guess there was a lot you learned today. 1- no law needed to save someone, but a Good Samaritan law does exist. 2- cars don’t explode 3- never assume a cause of an accident 4- doctors take an oath to practice their calling Call me if there’s more. |
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What sad life, because I don't want to risk for someone who doesn't care about his? I think it's more sad to just react and not analyze the situation properly, potentially adding to the problem instead of the solution; e.g. you didn't even realize that he was filming before the fire started, never mind that there were ppl already there, yet you expected the video dude to just drop everything and cross into a busy road to be an extra. Again, we're just the peanut gallery here and going w only what we have, which is just as-is, I'd take it back if the facts show otherwise, but if you wanna wager, which is more likely, it being a pure accident or due to his actions? Naw, you're making an assumption about the video guy but ironically giving the doubt benefit to the driver, so many ridiculous assumptions it's not even worth addressing...what if Jesus was in the backseat, or the President? Cmon man. There's nothing inherently 'sadistic' about filming, stop sensationalizing it, would it make you happier if the video guy turned out to be 80 years old? Pt is, you can't force someone if they aren't comfortable w it, period. Not sure why you think ppl should be compelled? You do you, stop 'meddling' into what others should do esp if it is potentially dangerous, or are you gonna foot that bill if something happened to the video guy? Didn't think so. You go be Superman if you were on the scene, but you're not, so you can only signal your would-be heroics here while denigrate the dude for whatever illogical reason. You're trying to distort the dr example. OBVIOUSLY I'm talking about the 2 patients having the exact same condition, cmon.... At least argue properly. If I was the dr, I'd take the police all day, to say you'd help the pedo first is just ridiculous. Again, wrong about cars not exploding. It may be rare but are you telling me in the whole history of vehicles not one exploded? You bet your life? You slipped up by making an absolute statement.
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You argued with me because I gave my opinion about the person filming it. It is my opinion and won’t change. You’re getting emotional trying to convince me my opinion is wrong. I have no dog in this fight, my opinion is what it is, yours is what yours is. What do you gain from trying to debate personal opinions? Cheers |
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My memory is poor but I think that I usually agree w what you post here, that's my recollection anyway. So, cheers to you too, I'd buy you a beer and we can shoot the breeze w that Bimmer carcass in the background haha.
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