No.
Its effectively used as one though. Its one of those small country roads that connect Appling and Lincolnton (two fairly rural areas, one of which I previously lived in). The road is bordered by trees (with constant threat of deer due to this) and weaves a bit in a wave.
It IS a 55 zone. It should BE a 45 zone.
Cops don't even watch that road, as they'd obviously prefer to go to the more frequently traveled areas (due to lower populations, just because this is a regular drive for a lot of people doesn't mean its more frequent than, say, Lincolnton to Augusta, which would be a higher priority.) Throw in some youthful inexperience AND inclement weather (as was the case) and you've got a single car wreck over a single and unfortunate mistake.
Like I said, I understand the anger and need for her closest family and friends to want to lash out at anyone who feels this could have been avoided or says it was a stupid decision (as I'm seeing them do citing disrespect, which, the comment that caused this uproar did not refer at all to the girl herself as being stupid, but rather the mistake and the cause of death). However, they are directing their anger at the wrong people, when they are really angry with the circumstances.
Similarly, when another of my good friends got impatient and went out driving with his unlicensed underage friends to play paintball rather than wait for their mom to get home to drive them, and ended up with said friend's head being smashed against a tree. Some people blamed the driver and ostracized him (who already felt like shit for losing his absolute best friend and obviously also blamed himself), some blamed the bad roads (as I'd like to point that I'm intentionally not doing, rather I am noting an additional point about the road), some got angry at anyone who felt that they made a stupid decision. But the bottom line was, they made a stupid decision. Its no more that driver's fault, regardless of what he felt, than it was my friend and each one of his other friend's faults. They chose to get into a vehicle (most of them without seat belts) with someone they knew should not be driving. That was stupid, and this lead to one of their deaths, and the other that actually had a seatbelt has to this day a hug gash scar across his chest (but he's alive.) The other two are similarly alive, but living the results. It sucks, it shouldn't have happened, I wish it didn't, but they shouldn't have done it. And yeah, we all have done stupid things and some of us have lived through them, some haven't. Its like rolling dice. Sometimes you can roll that 2-20 for 22 years in a row, even if you are making the same repeated mistake (which builds false confidence that you can handle it and it won't kill you) but all it takes is that single one critical fail roll of 1 and... "Turn in your character sheet."
EDIT: Regarding her, I even heard someone blaming the other car for being at fault as they "should have slowed down further to let her over". The other car had nothing to do with this. It didn't speed up and keep her from coming over, it didn't push her off the road, it didn't do anything. It's driver watched in horror as someone attempted to pass him as normal on the road under weathery conditions, then watched them come back over a bit too far and hitting the dirt side, freaking out, and overcorrecting so that they went back off the other side and into a tree. And now they are reading about it having killed the girl, and that is if they didn't stop and see her dead right there. And I'm sure that they too are blaming themselves as if they should have done anything different. They'll always remember this. And yet someone has the audacity to blame the other vehicle for what was stated to be a "single car accident" for a reason.
Its effectively used as one though. Its one of those small country roads that connect Appling and Lincolnton (two fairly rural areas, one of which I previously lived in). The road is bordered by trees (with constant threat of deer due to this) and weaves a bit in a wave.
It IS a 55 zone. It should BE a 45 zone.
Cops don't even watch that road, as they'd obviously prefer to go to the more frequently traveled areas (due to lower populations, just because this is a regular drive for a lot of people doesn't mean its more frequent than, say, Lincolnton to Augusta, which would be a higher priority.) Throw in some youthful inexperience AND inclement weather (as was the case) and you've got a single car wreck over a single and unfortunate mistake.
Like I said, I understand the anger and need for her closest family and friends to want to lash out at anyone who feels this could have been avoided or says it was a stupid decision (as I'm seeing them do citing disrespect, which, the comment that caused this uproar did not refer at all to the girl herself as being stupid, but rather the mistake and the cause of death). However, they are directing their anger at the wrong people, when they are really angry with the circumstances.
Similarly, when another of my good friends got impatient and went out driving with his unlicensed underage friends to play paintball rather than wait for their mom to get home to drive them, and ended up with said friend's head being smashed against a tree. Some people blamed the driver and ostracized him (who already felt like shit for losing his absolute best friend and obviously also blamed himself), some blamed the bad roads (as I'd like to point that I'm intentionally not doing, rather I am noting an additional point about the road), some got angry at anyone who felt that they made a stupid decision. But the bottom line was, they made a stupid decision. Its no more that driver's fault, regardless of what he felt, than it was my friend and each one of his other friend's faults. They chose to get into a vehicle (most of them without seat belts) with someone they knew should not be driving. That was stupid, and this lead to one of their deaths, and the other that actually had a seatbelt has to this day a hug gash scar across his chest (but he's alive.) The other two are similarly alive, but living the results. It sucks, it shouldn't have happened, I wish it didn't, but they shouldn't have done it. And yeah, we all have done stupid things and some of us have lived through them, some haven't. Its like rolling dice. Sometimes you can roll that 2-20 for 22 years in a row, even if you are making the same repeated mistake (which builds false confidence that you can handle it and it won't kill you) but all it takes is that single one critical fail roll of 1 and... "Turn in your character sheet."
EDIT: Regarding her, I even heard someone blaming the other car for being at fault as they "should have slowed down further to let her over". The other car had nothing to do with this. It didn't speed up and keep her from coming over, it didn't push her off the road, it didn't do anything. It's driver watched in horror as someone attempted to pass him as normal on the road under weathery conditions, then watched them come back over a bit too far and hitting the dirt side, freaking out, and overcorrecting so that they went back off the other side and into a tree. And now they are reading about it having killed the girl, and that is if they didn't stop and see her dead right there. And I'm sure that they too are blaming themselves as if they should have done anything different. They'll always remember this. And yet someone has the audacity to blame the other vehicle for what was stated to be a "single car accident" for a reason.
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