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Originally Posted by ErVikingo
Since I was the one that indicated that IMHO it is not cool to post pics of banged cars, I’ll add a couple of notes of why personally think it’s not cool.
The owner already had the incident of which he probably beating himself up for what happened, for risking his car, for getting in deep doo-doo with the marital unit, for showing that he is not the big shot he thinks he was, could be anything.
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As far as I can tell, accidents happen at DEs due to 3 main reasons:
1. ego
2. mechanicals
3. ego
And sometimes ego is involved. So basically you're saying that posting pics of a car that stuffed hurts the ego of the guy who did it? He should be beating himself up and maybe some publicity might make him think twice before he gets in over his head the next time
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Originally Posted by ErVikingo
There are also issues of responsibility that are not often talked about on DE venues. What happens if an incident happens when the instructor is driving? What happens when an instructor gets hurt whilst on the passenger seat….?
Many things to consider and one of the reasons I don’t instruct anymore ( a friend got badly hurt whilst on the passenger seat).
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All the more reason to be up front about these issues and talk about them. Frankly some of the people at DEs shouldn't be there, and people should be reminded about the possible consequences. Some organizations are really good at dealing with this, others not so much.
For the most part I had good experiences instructing but there were the occasional students that gave me pause. Mostly because they flat out didn't listen. They were either stupid or had ego issues. Or both
