A Tragedy - A Warning

Hi Everybody

In today's news was an item of one death (amongst many) - but it struck a chord with me.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-08/ ... l/12228490

I was lucky - nothing like it happened to me. And I never drove between 3pm and 5pm, because I knew that was when I was liable to fall asleep.

And before I started using cpap (whilst I was being originally tested) I used -

https://www.google.com/search?q=driver+ ... =firefox-b

So stay safe - in every way possible.

As for covid-19 - for myself I err on the side of too much, rather than risk death because of too little.

Mars

Well look who it is! Funny how your name was mentioned on here to someone asking about positional apnea treatment just this week I think, now here you are. Hope you are doing well. And yes, that is a tragic news story. Probably many of us on here who thank their lucky stars or God that our sleepy driving didn't end in tragedy.

Since only a fraction of people with Covid19 have noticeable symptoms,
most do not know--or even suspect--that they may be contagious.
They do, however know whether or not they should be wearing a mask.
Which is every time they are around other people.
Masking up is more likely to save someone else's life than your own--
Too many forgo the mask, because they just don't care about anyone
--besides their own worthless selves.

I'm hoping this warning is for all the sleezeballs that poke their noses in here looking for a way to cheat at cpap, because their company requires it to continue with their job.

kteague wrote: ↑

Fri May 08, 2020 4:09 am

Well look who it is! Funny how your name was mentioned on here to someone asking about positional apnea treatment just this week I think

... and this was posted:

he's long gone from the forum and won't be looking at it any more, nor waiting for e.g. PMs, etc,

viewtopic/t179223/How-to-stop-sleeping-on-back.html

Thank you, sad news for both parties involved.The problem I see is...even if the driver did go through with sleep study/prescribed with cpap machine etc before this accident occur- the cpap usage/compliance rate amongst those who are diagnosed with SA hasn't been that high anyways so tragedies like these are bound to happen.

My question is- has there been any other legal precedents like these, particularly in the states?

Civil law will venture where criminal law has failed.