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JT45242

(2,173 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:13 AM Feb 2021

Tiger isn't "lucky to be alive" the rest of us are lucky he didn't kill someone innocent

I am sickened by the lack of responsibility of the news coverage of Tiger Woods.

One look at the pictures of the crime scene and it is obvious that he was going over 100 MPH before he crossed traffic and flipped the car. (Took some classes in forensic science including car wrecks many moons ago)

This asshat was on a public highway driving over 100 mph. He showed no regard for the little people on the road; he wanted to go fast. This is not surprising to me as his complete lack of concern for little people has been ignored his whole career.

Tiger learned at a young age -- it is OK to be a jerk to little people (waiters, bell boys, etc) as long as you were nice to the press. He is the ANTI-STEVE CARLTON. Steve was reportedly nice to all the clubhouse staff, ball boys, waiters, etc (I know some from when he played. They said he was kind to them). But Steve refused to talk to the media so they painted him as a villain. Tiger is always nice to the media. BUT was notorious for how poorly he treated the little people. I know hotel staff, restaurant staff, etc who were berated, stiffed on huge bills with no tip, by Tiger. But he always put on a smile and joked with reporters so he got a free pass.

If this weren't Covid times, how many cars would have been on the road that he might have hit?

Add to that all the REALLY IMPORTANT NEWS from yesterday that got relegated to the second or later segments on local news : the bombshells from the hearings, the Covid bill, etc. and once again the ineptitude of the press just infuriates me. On second thought, it is more pandering than ineptitude -- they want viewers to show advertisers. More calculation than stupidity.
tside the family
I am grateful that no one was hurt by him. I feel no sympathy for him as I am a little person that he would have berated if he had chosen to come to the store down the street from the hotel that the golfers stayed at when the tour was in town when I was working. I know he blasted a co-worker over some perceived problem that was unreasonable for a corner convenience store.

My sister was permanently disabled by a reckless drunk driver -- not sure if he was drunk, on pain meds, or just plain reckless -- I am just grateful that no other family has to deal with the aftermath of Tiger's wreck.

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Tiger isn't "lucky to be alive" the rest of us are lucky he didn't kill someone innocent (Original Post) JT45242 Feb 2021 OP
Oh FFS! malaise Feb 2021 #1
I know what you mean. Pongo Feb 2021 #69
Of course not malaise Feb 2021 #75
+ a lot! flotsam Feb 2021 #74
well thank gawd he didnt die because the coverage would be worse!!! I tried to watch news this am... samnsara Feb 2021 #2
+1 lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #9
That dawned on me as well PatSeg Feb 2021 #22
He's lucky to be wealthy enough to afford American healthcare. n/t area51 Feb 2021 #3
And a new car to replace the one he totaled PatSeg Feb 2021 #26
It was a loaner from Genesis, the luxury car brand of Hyundai Klaralven Feb 2021 #55
And there it is... diverdownjt Feb 2021 #29
Let's wait for the report DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2021 #4
I alway worry about the "report" for famous people. Nt USALiberal Feb 2021 #12
It was either mechanical failure or driver failure. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2021 #21
Maybe he swerved to avoid a deer or some other wildlife... Vdizzle Feb 2021 #70
Yes he crossed the median into the opposing lane. It is very fortunate no one else was killed. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #5
I don't believe anyone can go 100mph on that road. JMO. gab13by13 Feb 2021 #6
The Sheriff's deputy who was first on the scene yesterday mnhtnbb Feb 2021 #8
This is true snpsmom Feb 2021 #24
Top end is 147 mph. He probably had the V-6, which does zero to 60 in 5.3 seconds. Klaralven Feb 2021 #57
And maybe he proved it. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #77
But but but onenote Feb 2021 #82
If you don't mind, I'll wait for some official, knowledgeable findings.... Paladin Feb 2021 #7
+1. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2021 #11
+1 n/t ChazII Feb 2021 #28
Your case would be strengthened if you added some context TheRickles Feb 2021 #44
Well, he does have a past history of both car accidents and painkiller abuse. Nt Fiendish Thingy Feb 2021 #49
I think he maybe should consider a chauffer. gab13by13 Feb 2021 #10
Tiger is cheap. underpants Feb 2021 #13
I heard a story that he once arranged to spend a day or so training with some Navy Seals.. ClusterFreak Feb 2021 #23
No excuse for that. Whattajerk. lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #48
Upon reflection... ClusterFreak Feb 2021 #53
Bet you he will treat his nurses and Sur Zobra Feb 2021 #58
Twelve SEPARATE checks????? calimary Feb 2021 #63
Yes, it was a Genesis SUV... SergeStorms Feb 2021 #30
Not sure you are aware that the "Genesis" tournament, that all proceeds go to the Tiger Woods Escurumbele Feb 2021 #42
I know all that and she would probably agree underpants Feb 2021 #66
It looks like he hit a curb, a tree and then lost control! gibraltar72 Feb 2021 #14
speed causes roll overs Claire Oh Nette Feb 2021 #41
Tiger Woods was in an accident!! I had no idea. 48656c6c6f20 Feb 2021 #15
Post removed Post removed Feb 2021 #16
DU folks JGug1 Feb 2021 #19
What do you mean??? marble falls Feb 2021 #36
Enjoy your stay!! ClusterFreak Feb 2021 #27
The fuze is lit. marble falls Feb 2021 #35
This is what you choose to make your first post--deriding DUers? hlthe2b Feb 2021 #32
Tiger Woods JGug1 Feb 2021 #17
Woods always had a habit of hooking his drives. JohnnyRingo Feb 2021 #18
very good bigtree Feb 2021 #52
🏌🏼‍♂️ underpants Feb 2021 #68
Celebrities always get the benefit of the doubt, you should KNOW that!! oldsoftie Feb 2021 #20
Yes, the outcome was better than it might have been. MineralMan Feb 2021 #25
This! berksdem Feb 2021 #31
I agree. Mickju Feb 2021 #33
This is not his first driving "transgression" (n/m) BradAllison Feb 2021 #34
So? MineralMan Feb 2021 #43
Getting behind the wheel intoxicated is irresponsible BradAllison Feb 2021 #80
Well, OK, then... MineralMan Feb 2021 #81
He was on a dangerous road that he was unfamiliar with FakeNoose Feb 2021 #37
what I usually do when confronted with onethatcares Feb 2021 #38
Funny you say that. I lived in Pbgh years ago nolabear Feb 2021 #60
It seems you don't know the FACTS of his accident, how about if you wait to learn the FACTS and then Escurumbele Feb 2021 #39
Tiger's part of the privileged class now. He gets to play by different rules than the commoners. jalan48 Feb 2021 #40
Fuckin-a right. aocommunalpunch Feb 2021 #45
There WAS somebody else hurt by him Demobrat Feb 2021 #46
This is ridiculous. qanda Feb 2021 #47
this is garbage. That part of the road is known for wrecks bigtree Feb 2021 #50
Thanks for posting this so I didn't have to Yeehah Feb 2021 #51
This is beyond agravating.... infullview Feb 2021 #54
Meh BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #56
I nearly killed myself a few times driving stupid when I was a teenager. Happy Hoosier Feb 2021 #59
I saw him at a tournament, walking down a "gauntlet." BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #61
I heard he leaves the seat up too. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #62
That's Flatly Untrue ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #72
My daughter has a picture of him speaking to her qanda Feb 2021 #73
,,, and they wonder why,,,,,, Cryptoad Feb 2021 #64
JT45242.... Upthevibe Feb 2021 #65
It is a poorly written sentence but I think the poster meant dsc Feb 2021 #78
I agree. He was speeding and could have killed a bystander or Ilsa Feb 2021 #67
His injuries are serious. His life will change radically. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2021 #71
Okay, y'all Jilly_in_VA Feb 2021 #76
I know that road, it's very near where I live. I drive it often and it's Raine Feb 2021 #79
 

Pongo

(4,170 posts)
69. I know what you mean.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 01:32 PM
Feb 2021

Question: were people here this upset when Kevin Hart totaled his muscle car?”

samnsara

(17,570 posts)
2. well thank gawd he didnt die because the coverage would be worse!!! I tried to watch news this am...
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:17 AM
Feb 2021

...my local Seattle channels had tiger shit on..turned to cnn..then to msnbc and now Im watching Father Knows best. Hes only interesting to a very few and they called him an athlete... I nearly choked.


Im sorry about what your sister when through....(((hugs)))

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
22. That dawned on me as well
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:20 AM
Feb 2021

Our media is so celebrity obsessed, they tend to give a ridiculous amount of coverage to movie stars, musicians, and sports figures. If he had died, it would been nonstop 24/7 coverage for at least a week or two.

Meanwhile, there are so many important stories that actually affect real people in the real world.

diverdownjt

(699 posts)
29. And there it is...
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:24 AM
Feb 2021

The truth...rich enough to afford American health care. Well said.
Never cared for this guy...don't know why...can't put my finger on it...

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,705 posts)
21. It was either mechanical failure or driver failure.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:20 AM
Feb 2021

It is much more likely than not it was the latter but I will wait to find out if he was driving one hundred miles per hour.

Irish_Dem

(45,640 posts)
5. Yes he crossed the median into the opposing lane. It is very fortunate no one else was killed.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:26 AM
Feb 2021

And yes we can surmise from the facts in the case, he was traveling at a high rate of speed.

mnhtnbb

(31,320 posts)
8. The Sheriff's deputy who was first on the scene yesterday
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:46 AM
Feb 2021

said at the press conference he has personally clocked people going 80 mph when he was set up there catching speeders. It's also apparently a well known stretch of road for accidents and speeding.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
57. Top end is 147 mph. He probably had the V-6, which does zero to 60 in 5.3 seconds.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:46 PM
Feb 2021
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onenote

(42,383 posts)
82. But but but
Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:21 AM
Feb 2021

You didn't take a few classes in forensic science many moons ago so your obviously not as qualified to opine on this as a DU expert.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
7. If you don't mind, I'll wait for some official, knowledgeable findings....
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:44 AM
Feb 2021

....before I pull a full-scale Tiger Woods Hate Hard-on like what you're exhibiting here. Those long-ago forensic science courses you took don't cut it with me.

TheRickles

(2,000 posts)
44. Your case would be strengthened if you added some context
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:04 PM
Feb 2021

or specific information about this particular crash. As it stands, you've just made an assertion, and are asking us to believe it because you once studied the topic.

underpants

(182,281 posts)
13. Tiger is cheap.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:51 AM
Feb 2021

All he bought any of his mistresses was a 6” sub for the waitress lady. That’s it. He spends nothing he doesn’t have to. The car he was driving was either a loaner from the tournament this weekend or part of his tour I’ve contract (a gift).

ClusterFreak

(3,112 posts)
23. I heard a story that he once arranged to spend a day or so training with some Navy Seals..
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:21 AM
Feb 2021

He did what they did, and they sorta put him through their paces - or at least a wussy, spoiled golf icon's version of that - and then afterwards they all went out to dinner.

12 separate checks, if you get my drift.

ClusterFreak

(3,112 posts)
53. Upon reflection...
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:29 PM
Feb 2021

... I'd like to add this...

I'm not going to delete my Navy Seals post, as if I hadn't written it... but after thinking about it for a bit, I wish I hadn't posted it. Tiger Woods will have the best care money can buy, and even that may not be enough to save him from allowing him to walk normally again. It's very early obviously, but what if he is even unable to do that? Doctors describe his leg injuries as "catastrophic". Both legs. He may never play professional golf again which would be sad for him but not a tragedy in normal human terms.

Tiger's well known indiscretions aside and alleged condescending attitude towards certain of us who don't breathe the rarified air of wealth and/or privilege, he is human and he is now facing a very scary and uncertain future as far as his physical health and abilities are concerned. His mental health has been the subject of past scrutiny, and will be going forward no doubt. However he'll have the best of post-operative care and rehabilitation, he's Tiger Fucking Woods, but perhaps now is not the time to rub sand in his face. The man is after all laid up in hospital with badly broken legs, having just likely escaped death by a whisker.

 

Sur Zobra

(3,428 posts)
58. Bet you he will treat his nurses and
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:47 PM
Feb 2021

other caregivers like shit. Remember, he is a Trumpist, a deplorable person to his core

calimary

(80,700 posts)
63. Twelve SEPARATE checks?????
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:59 PM
Feb 2021

They showed him a good time and then had to pay for their own dinner? Multimillionaire sports celebrity couldn’t take them out to dinner and pick up the tab to say thank-you?

SHEESH ...

Hey, I’m sorry he got hurt and I hope he gets better. But for Pete’s sake, hasn’t he had a bunch of these reckless driving mishaps?

I tend not to follow the careers of sports figures. Sports celebrity doesn’t interest me.

SergeStorms

(18,903 posts)
30. Yes, it was a Genesis SUV...
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:26 AM
Feb 2021

and that tournament was last week. Auto manufacturers always donate vehicles for the pros to drive during the tournament, then sell them to buyers with the sales pitch, "well this was Tiger's car during the tournament" and some idiot will pay sticker price just for that. The insurance company now owns Tiger's vehicle for last week's tournament.

Escurumbele

(3,340 posts)
42. Not sure you are aware that the "Genesis" tournament, that all proceeds go to the Tiger Woods
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:58 AM
Feb 2021

Foundation.

Here it is what the foundation does:

TGR Foundation was established in 1996 by Tiger Woods and his father, Earl Woods, to create and support community-based programs that improve the health, education, and welfare of all children in America.

The day before he was meeting with sponsors who help on that foundation. A lot of kids have been put through college thanks to that foundation.

After you trash the man you should take the time to learn more about him, then if you don't like what you learn? its up to you what you do with the information.

And I assume you have been out with Tiger and that is why you know he is cheap? Ask his ex-wife how cheap he is, I think she will differ from your opinion.

underpants

(182,281 posts)
66. I know all that and she would probably agree
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 01:28 PM
Feb 2021

He kept her from getting much of what normally would be half.

Yes it’s a good foundation. I watched the tournament on Sunday too

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
41. speed causes roll overs
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:56 AM
Feb 2021

It was most definitely a speeding accident.

Rolling hills in that area, hence the city of Rolling Hills. Hawthorn Blvd is fairly straight, with some giant S turns. @ 7;00 am, he's facing little to no traffic, and it's very easy to get up over 50 mph there.

He didn't hit a tree. The center berm goes appears and disappears through there to allow side street traffic to come and go. He likely missed the turn (phone?) or veered because someone was entering Hawthorn by turning right. Tiger's car hit the median. At speed, the car would veer left. He likely steered left to get off the median after he blew through the development's signage and caused the car to spin, then roll because of high speed.

As far as I know, he was lucid and not under the influence.

I'm not sure how busy that road is at 7:00 in pre-covid days. By 7:30, I'd guess it was full of kids going to school and parents going to work.

He's lucky to have survived. He was belted in and the car's crumple zones did just what they were designed to do. Reports are every single airbag went off. He'll come back, like Hogan before him. But his son will surpass Jack, he won't.

As a man, meh. As a player, he was magnificent.

 

48656c6c6f20

(7,638 posts)
15. Tiger Woods was in an accident!! I had no idea.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:12 AM
Feb 2021

But then again I've been on an opium high for the last week so I don't remember a lot.
Also, Buckwheat is still dead.

Response to JT45242 (Original post)

JGug1

(320 posts)
17. Tiger Woods
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:17 AM
Feb 2021

Initial reports are that Woods had not been drinking. People make mistakes. Woods IS a marvelous athlete. Yes, we are lucky that he didn't harm someone else but it is, nevertheless, a tragedy that he has harmed himself. There seems not a lot of need to trash him more.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
18. Woods always had a habit of hooking his drives.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:17 AM
Feb 2021

Maybe his caddy can suggest a driver.

I'm still digging that grave from yesterday, but now it looks like I can share it.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
20. Celebrities always get the benefit of the doubt, you should KNOW that!!
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:19 AM
Feb 2021

And some get more benefit than others.
Will charges be filed? They would for you & me.

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
25. Yes, the outcome was better than it might have been.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:22 AM
Feb 2021

However, for someone you never met, you have extreme contempt, all based on hearsay information.

I can see no point to your diatribe against the man. Perhaps you should reexamine your vehement opinion of him, considering that you never experienced any of the things you describe.

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
43. So?
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:03 PM
Feb 2021

The only person hurt in the crash was the driver.

I'm puzzled at the vehemence of some people's responses. Very puzzled, although I think I understand where they come from. It's not a very nice thing to think about, either.

BradAllison

(1,879 posts)
80. Getting behind the wheel intoxicated is irresponsible
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 09:37 PM
Feb 2021

In this particular case, he was not intoxicated apparently, just a shitty driver in general.

It's unfortunate you think "Well he didn't hurt anyone this time, so what?"

My next guess is you're now insinuating some kind of bigotry.

Well, Eldrick is a Trump rump sniffer, I guess you don't factor that in. As I said last night, Eldrick "shuts up and plays", which gets him a pass from white Republicans other African American athletes don't.

Have a great night.

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
37. He was on a dangerous road that he was unfamiliar with
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:38 AM
Feb 2021

The residents who live around there have been interviewed on tv and they've said that road is dangerously steep and the roadbed is banked the wrong way. Any driver who goes into a skid or loses control is shit-out-of-luck on that road.

I can relate to his problem because we have some very hilly roads around Pittsburgh and some of them are engineered incorrectly. We also have snow and ice, but Tiger didn't have to contend with that. He wasn't drinking or using drugs, they already know that.

Anyone who's driving on an unfamiliar road, and not particularly being careful, could have had the same accident. You're not showing much sympathy - it could have been you.

onethatcares

(16,133 posts)
38. what I usually do when confronted with
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:49 AM
Feb 2021

a bad road, bad road conditions, unfamiliarity of where I'm driving and plain not being sure of what lies ahead is, I speed up, sometimes I close my eyes but hey, I got places to go and I'm an important type fellow, it should be understood.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
60. Funny you say that. I lived in Pbgh years ago
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:51 PM
Feb 2021

and I distinctly remember driving there and thinking for the first time ever, “This road is banked the wrong way!”

I was also in a scary wreck there when pregnant with my older son when a truck coming toward me hit a patch of ice on the inside of a curve and just kept on coming straight into me. And I hit one once and did a completely out of control 360. Both were on suburban streets and no one was speeding.

Nobody knows what happened in that wreck, and I hate that people are piling on. I wouldn’t be famous for the world.

Escurumbele

(3,340 posts)
39. It seems you don't know the FACTS of his accident, how about if you wait to learn the FACTS and then
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:50 AM
Feb 2021

let you feelings about the man out?

No one, at this time seems to know the FACTS about that accident, so how about if we all wait?

Very sorry about your sister, not sure if the reckless driver responsible for your sister was a celebrity, but it happens on all circles of society, we only get to know about it when a celebrity is involved, there are reckless people everywhere.

Tiger Woods' accident was at 07:00am, so I doubt he was drunk, but we shall find out, he is not known for getting drunk. Could have been under medical drugs? that is a possibility, was he a reckless driver? We will find out, but speculating is not a good thing.

Demobrat

(8,917 posts)
46. There WAS somebody else hurt by him
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:08 PM
Feb 2021

I saw a couple of articles that mentioned another car that stopped and was then rear-ended.

No mention of the other drivers, any passengers, or whether anybody in those vehicles was seriously injured.

Maybe not. Maybe only the other cars were damaged. Maybe those people were only hurt financially. We’ll probably never know, since they were obviously not important.

qanda

(10,422 posts)
47. This is ridiculous.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:10 PM
Feb 2021

What gives you the right to make this determination? I had to turn off the coverage because it was so negative about his past. It reeks and so does this post. All I've heard is how dangerous that stretch of road is and how many accidents have happened there. 😡

bigtree

(85,919 posts)
50. this is garbage. That part of the road is known for wrecks
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:22 PM
Feb 2021

...why not blame county road administrators for not addressing the dangerousness of the road?

And making like he was under the influence of something without proof is reprehensible and the real reason why people are obsessing over this traffic accident like it was the only one in America yesterday.

I think some folks want to feel superior in clucking their tongues at this celebrity, or use his infamousness to promote some pet cause or concern.

People should get off of his back, and I say this as someone with very little affinity for the man outside of his historic accomplishments in golf.

Yeehah

(4,524 posts)
51. Thanks for posting this so I didn't have to
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:26 PM
Feb 2021

I have no respect for people who drive without regard for others' safety.

Happy Hoosier

(7,081 posts)
59. I nearly killed myself a few times driving stupid when I was a teenager.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:49 PM
Feb 2021

I am now a grown-ass man, and I don't do that. Fucking man-child with money.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
61. I saw him at a tournament, walking down a "gauntlet."
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:52 PM
Feb 2021

A big line of people on either side of a roped-off pathway. You're probably seen celebrities giving handslaps to fans, even if they are very half-hearted and perfunctory. Not Tiger Woods.

Stone-faced, he walked dead in the middle - even had his shoulders hunched and his arms drawn in - so he didn't have to sully his pristine self by any form of contact with the hoi polloi.

I'd never really been a fan, but when I saw his disdain for the fans, I came to actively root against him.

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
72. That's Flatly Untrue
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 02:00 PM
Feb 2021

Nobody, but nobody, has given more autographs & spent more time greeting fans after rounds than Woods.
And, it's not merely proportional to his greater fan base.

qanda

(10,422 posts)
73. My daughter has a picture of him speaking to her
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 02:55 PM
Feb 2021

My brother-in-law has video of him interacting with him on more than one occasion. I don't get the hate that this man garners. I've been to the US Open and for the most part the golfers are laser focused during the tournament.

Upthevibe

(7,884 posts)
65. JT45242....
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 01:23 PM
Feb 2021

What bothers me about your post is that you made a lot of accusations against him that haven't been substantiated regarding the wreck.

Also, you're saying you know all these people who've been treated so horribly by him and I can't personally dispute your claims because I don't know one way or another. I don't know anything about you and have no idea if you heard some things from someone who knew someone who knew someone who knew someone and then it's like that old game about the telephone. After the story is repeated so many times there's no truth in it at all. (just sayin' - )

I definitely agree with you that too much time was spent on the news yesterday regarding this story. Having said that, you kind of put your credibility into question with how you ended your post: "My sister was permanently disabled by a reckless drunk driver -- not sure if he was drunk, on pain meds, or just plain reckless -- I am just grateful that no other family has to deal with the aftermath of Tiger's wreck." You said she was disabled by a reckless drunk drive but then you say you're not sure if he was drunk, on pain meds, etc.

One of my best childhood friends was killed when she was 40 (23 years ago) by a head-on collision with a drunk driver. He wasn't killed and they were obviously able to determine what his blood alcohol level was.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
78. It is a poorly written sentence but I think the poster meant
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 07:54 PM
Feb 2021

My sister was permanently disabled by a reckless drunk driver -- not sure if Tiger was etc

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
67. I agree. He was speeding and could have killed a bystander or
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 01:29 PM
Feb 2021

other travelers.

I'm glad he didn't die. I hope his foundation continues to benefit others. I hope he learns a lesson from this. I don't want to hear any more about him. I just don't care. (And I used to be a fan.)

leftyladyfrommo

(18,816 posts)
71. His injuries are serious. His life will change radically.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 01:54 PM
Feb 2021

He will suffer life long debilitating pain. That's an awful price to pay for a lapse in judgement.

I don't wish that on anyone.

Jilly_in_VA

(9,854 posts)
76. Okay, y'all
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 07:23 PM
Feb 2021

Tiger was speeding on an unfamiliar (maybe) road. He shouldn't have been. The locals say there have been a lot of accidents on that stretch. He wrecked. He had a terrible injury to his leg. He is going to have a long recovery and his future is uncertain. Them's the facts.

I get that some of you don't like him. That's your right. But is it really necessary to devote a whole thread to a Tiger bash? It demeans DU, and it demeans you. There are people much more worthy of bashing who are bent on damaging our government. Tiger is an athlete and not one of them.

/stepping off my soapbox

Raine

(30,540 posts)
79. I know that road, it's very near where I live. I drive it often and it's
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 08:19 PM
Feb 2021

dangerous especially for anyone not familiar with it. When you come down the hill you have to ride your breaks because you pick up speed whether you intend to or not!. Tiger is very lucky to have not been killed, others have been!

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