Rebbe Lights-and-Siren Escorts

[neveryou]

It's not very new. I remember staff in camp doing this, both when I was a camper, and later as a staff member myself. And I'm pretty sure the staff members when I was a camper didn't invent the concept, so we're probably going back 40+ years.

It's been around a really long time

Pores mapah

[ExGingi]

It's been around a really long time

Pores mapah

That has nothing to do with getting drunk.

[koplonko]

That has nothing to do with getting drunk.

But getting drunk has been around a really long time

[ExGingi]

But getting drunk has been around a really long time

Indeed. Contributing factor in the lineage of Moshiach.

[yelped]

Indeed. Contributing factor in the lineage of Moshiach.

What a way to be dan lkaf zchus.

[aygart]

But getting drunk has been around a really long time

Afternoon is always שכיח שכרות according to the gemara

[WonderingYid]

He was driving 100 MPH on a windy road where some parts are barely even safe at 40 MPH. You don't think alcohol had to do with that poor judgement?

I don't think he was the safest driver sober.

[aygart]

I don't think he was the safest driver sober.

נכנס יין יצא סוד

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Drinking or not, reckless driving has got to stop.

It's not gonna stop till there are serious consequences.

The insular Jewish community may not really connect to the victim and family.

You can bet if it was a frum family who's car was over turned and killed r'l the storm and protests this would cause

Nebech these are stam goyim according to these drivers, they'll pay the family off and well shit happens.

[UKinNYS]

I was blown out of the way by Skver convoy going well over 80mps a couple of weeks ago on the GSP (speed limit 65)
 I wish there was a nice way to deal with this but if it takes naming and shaming to save lives so be it...
see most recent episode from headlines https://halachaheadlines.com/episodes/motzei-shabbos-nachamu-celebrations-is-the-drinking-getting-out-of-hand-why-do-we-always-wait-for-a-tragedy-to-hit/

[chff]

Back on topic....

https://twitter.com/Hasidic32/status/1560096948350238722

[Something Fishy]

I was blown out of the way by Skver convoy going well over 80mps a couple of weeks ago on the GSP (speed limit 65)
 I wish there was a nice way to deal with this but if it takes naming and shaming to save lives so be it...
see most recent episode from headlines https://halachaheadlines.com/episodes/motzei-shabbos-nachamu-celebrations-is-the-drinking-getting-out-of-hand-why-do-we-always-wait-for-a-tragedy-to-hit/

There are many things to be said about these convoys, but going 80 on the GSP is not exactly on top of that list. 80 is pretty normal on most parts of the GSP.

[chff]

There are many things to be said about these convoys, but going 80 on the GSP is not exactly on top of that list. 80 is pretty normal on most parts of the GSP.

-80 on the GSP calls for a double parked ticket

[TimT]

You can bet if it was a frum family who's car was over turned and killed r'l the storm and protests this would cause
Nebech these are stam goyim according to these drivers, they'll pay the family off and well shit happens.

Full stop. Frum yiddin have been killed from reckless drivers & there were no storms or protests.

[~King Lake~]

Full stop. Frum yiddin have been killed from reckless drivers & there were no storms or protests.

More then once unfortunately

[~King Lake~]

Back on topic....

https://twitter.com/Hasidic32/status/1560096948350238722

Oy Vey!!
The Rabbi wasn’t driving in his beast…

[S209]

I agree with most of what you wrote, but despite the young aggressive drivers, pidyon shvuim has nothing to do with fault.

Are you positive about that?

[gozalim]

And if one is in a party so close to Shabbos and wanting to call it טועמיה, let them just practice תוספת שבת מלפניה and refrain from driving.

this

[ExGingi]

He was driving 100 MPH on a windy road where some parts are barely even safe at 40 MPH. You don't think alcohol had to do with that poor judgement?

Could be, but also the time might have played a factor in the speed

Of course. And alcohol definitely played a part in that.

This is almost like a what came first, the chicken or the egg, kind of question.

Poor judgment across the board: getting drunk, driving so close to Shabbos, thinking that speeding has a better chance of avoiding chilul Shabbos - whereas if all goes smooth it would cut 2 minutes at most, and the risk of it causing a significant delay or tragedy is great, driving while intoxicated.

[Euclid]

This is almost like a what came first, the chicken or the egg, kind of question.

Poor judgment across the board: getting drunk, driving so close to Shabbos, thinking that speeding has a better chance of avoiding chilul Shabbos - whereas if all goes smooth it would cut 2 minutes at most, and the risk of it causing a significant delay or tragedy is great, driving while intoxicated.

Olympic world records have been broken between licht benching and shkia