Thread: Stupid, Irresponsible Headline!!!

A sad loss for the family

Terrible loss to the family.

The media just loves to stress 4WD when something like this happens. Sensationalism sells more papers unfortunately.

I know what you are getting at but aren't we being a bit sensitive?

If it was a bicycle/sport's car/truck this would have also been described in the heading.

Yes, sad story though.

Reading through the article, I wonder if there will be a call to ban trains too?

Bit of a thread drift, but I note a proposal to reduce bicycles to 20KMH in Melbourne CBD.....here, here Good luck policing that one.

A 4wd Lancer - he must have the only Lancer from the Dakar team availble....

(yeah probably some evo 16 or something) you are right, the head lines dont portray the story correctly.

yeah, sensationlist media

Some of you need to read the headline AND the article again. The boy was hit by a 4wd, the driver of the lancer was a witness

Yet another sad loss, where were the parents?

Originally Posted by Sleepy

I know what you are getting at but aren't we being a bit sensitive?

If it was a bicycle/sport's car/truck this would have also been described in the heading.

I agree. I didn't really get any anti 4WD vibe from this. Most important is to feel for the family - having lost a son in a no fault car accident I can tell you there is no getting over this for the family. The best we can do as 4WDrivers is to always make sure we drive responsibly and safely every time we get behind the wheel - it wont stop the 4WD haters out there but just dont give them any extra ammunition.

Originally Posted by Lucy

Some of you need to read the headline AND the article again.

Originally Posted by Hay Ewe

he must have the only Lancer from the Dakar team availble....

The Lancer driver is a potential witness to the incident, not the 4wd involved.

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Other news outlets had no mention of a 4WD involved at all.