Experience, Huh?!

By Kerwin De Matas

What a great way to start the week, eh? Bus on the way to an event with military personnel ( a band I think they said ), with quite a lot of them eighteen and nineteen years of age, running off a bridge after a turn on a tight bend, falling 15 meters into the river... what the hell?! This has got to be a joke now, I mean, it is becoming too common to see buses crashing down ravines or rivers now, that it's not strange anymore, lord God, what is happening on our roads. Some times I wonder if I should put photos in my blog, with the most graphic details of victims after an accident, but you know what?.....I think that this won't serve any purpose, since there are idiots that will or would not pay attention anyway. Imagine we have yet another tragedy on one of our roads in Chile, where of the nineteen passengers, some died immediately on impact, some survived, whilst the rest had to suffer a little bit more, eventually drowning...

Need To Go Back To Basics!!

Bus companies, or other companies that rent out buses for private travel... how the hell do they go about employing drivers, or how does the process go about renting out these buses. It's always the same shit; " We are very particular about whom we do business with... "," The drivers have a lot of experience... "," Buses are revised and are on top of the game ...", it's always the same. This would be on the news for a couple of days, and then would be forgotten as a day gone bad.

How could this driver, may he rest in peace, not know, or couldn't have felt that the brakes weren't strong enough, to support the speed that he was going at. I'm sorry to be so harsh, but the guy took eighteen or more lives with him for his and the army's negligence, so how can I be all smiley and bunny eyed!! This tragedy, has been for the army, I think the second one in two years. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN ANTUCO, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! Is it hard, even for the army to learn from stupid mistakes, costing the lives of poor people's kids?! Man, I tell you, I am so pissed off at seeing mothers, sisters, brothers, kids of the deceased, all hurting, T.V cameras up in their faces, taking advantage of another hot story. It's just sickening, that people's hurt can be marketed in such a cold manner, and if you think that other people would at least learn from these scenes? Hell no, the ignorance just goes on!!



Our gracious government officials, instead of going in front of the cameras, and doing their acting thing, of feeling most sorry for the affected families. Why don´t they, if they are so concerned, try putting steps in place to crack down on the carelessness involved in the revision process of private and commercial vehicles. Attention should be heightened when it comes to proper instruction of drivers or would be drivers, the situation is becoming really ridiculous now!! But what the hell am I doing, might as well look for a genie and make a wish, because " ain't nothing happening now brother!"

May these guys rest in peace...

Trapped in the glorious years
within the memory of belief, lost of all grief.
Take the reasons,
which once seemed so clear,
but never mind, you have nothing to fear.
For you my friend will be, forever young,
Forever in the heart of memories.by Renee 'nay' Kristen Kristen