Accident on the Road

@aeiou78 (3445)
Malaysia
January 2, 2011 1:20am CST
Recently, a truck which was loading with chicken in cages overturned because of crashing with a passenger car. All cages of chicken dropped and scattered on the road. Many other road users or passers-by and the residents nearby quickly stopped or rush to the spot to collect those chicken and brought home for free. During that moment, the scene was upside down. For me, it was showing the greediness, sadness and weakness of human-beings. What is your point of view ?
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11 responses
• United States
2 Jan 11
I guess someone else might have seen it differently. It does seem pretty bad from the way you described it. Did anyone get hurt? Did anyone help the people that were in the wreck? Wouldn't the chickens all over the place cause more problems? Who really wants a live chicken? Is this an excerpt from an old book that you poorly translated?
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 11
It was in the newspaper. It was happened at my hometown. The truck drivers were believed minor injuries. But he was helpless to those crowd of people who were grabbing as many as they wanted and walked away. The news never mentioned about the car driver and the passengers.
• United States
2 Jan 11
Hopefully everyone is on. Being alive and healthy is more important than having extra chickens. Apparently those people must really love chicken.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
3 Jan 11
That does not really surprise me. Really it does not surprise me at all. There are a lot of greedy people in the world. They are only out for what they can get in life. When things like this pop up, I'm not surprised anymore. Disappointed and saddened yes, but I am not really surprised.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
4 Jan 11
I have heard and read about such incident very often in the newspaper or from my friends. It might not be something new to us. But if we personally witness or involve in this incident, we are sure to be shocked and be very hard for us to accept it. If everyone mind their manner and culture, the sickness of society can be totally prevented.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
3 Jan 11
It happen the same thing many time when accident happened to those trucks that loaded with goods. There was once truck loaded with rice and there was once truck loaded with sugar. Others vehicles driver and nearby resident all rush to the scene and "robbed" the truck victim. This is consider an act that breaking the law and can e sue for stealing. Many people when they see someone doing it and they will just join them and they are all blinded by the greediness. This is totally not acceptable. Did they ever think about it if they themselves is the victim? I hope these people will feel the same when it is their turn.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
3 Jan 11
So bad to hear all of these shameful cases. Hoping that such society sickness can be corrected. Such culture will not be prolong.
• United States
2 Jan 11
Truly sad indeed, as my thinking is had I been there it would be to scurrying up the chickens and get them off the road before the cars run over them. I could not sit at home and enjoy a single chicken I stole off the road. But like I always say; so many people today look out for themselves and not wonder, if the man was even okay, did this accident now cause him lack of work, and or the inability to perhaps feed his own family. Truly sad indeed.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
3 Jan 11
Of course we are very sad to the nature of human-being for their greediness. May those people be educated well in term of their moral and proper mindset.
@jojo732 (294)
2 Jan 11
How sad you mention that people ran to grab the chickens to take home...did no one see to the driver, to make sure he was okay?didn't they realize that he will get into all kinds of trouble for those missing chickens? People can be so self- centred...so sad.. jojo732
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 11
It was very sad to hear about it. I am sure the truck driver had to pay the lost of those missing chicken. He was suffering twice. One was the injuries. The other one was the missing chicken.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
2 Jan 11
hi, accident is always there, anywhere, anytime and you dont know it when it will come, but accidents sometimes is because of human also.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 11
Yes you are right. Accident was mostly due to the negligence of the road users. Stealing was mostly due to the human-beings' greediness and selfishness. We should have a kind heart to help other when they are in trouble and not to hurt the victim further.
@maean_19 (4655)
• Philippines
2 Jan 11
That is a human being's nature, instead of helping out, they take advantage. Same situation when there is a fire or any calamity. Some are helping out and others will take advantage of stealing.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 11
I have read a lot of the similar news in the newspaper. I believe only the enforcement personnels can prevent the behavior of stealing among the people.
• India
2 Jan 11
I think this depends more on the culture of a place. If it is a poor country with not-so-mature governance, then you really can't expect much honesty from its citizens. There are laws against felony in every country but it's not the laws that build ethics. Many of us may know a lot about laws, but how many of us actually studied the origin and implications of these laws? A law will remain as a few lines on a government charter unless there is a certain kind of awareness within us. Most of us actually stay away from crime just because we don't want to end up in jail. How many of us abide by law out of respect and kindness to our society? The characteristics you are expecting in a human being are unfortunately, not basic. Only a wise man can afford to stay honest even when there is no law asking him to be, or when there is no one to watch him commit a crime.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 11
This is nothing to do with our government here. This is more about the understanding and the personal problem. Someone felt shamed, criticized and posted what he had seen in the newspaper. If everyone has the the same manner as what you have mentioned, the culture of this society will be perfect.
@Cutie18f (9546)
• Philippines
2 Jan 11
There is a lot more to that story than greed here. I think people there must be that hungry to steal from the poor accident victims. I think their minds would be more focused on the food they will bring home, than the lives of the people involved. That is so pathetic.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 11
From this scene, we could see the problem of people who were struggling to survive for a better life. The victim of the accident was pity in double lost.
• China
2 Jan 11
That is one of the worst experience.If I encounter it,I will reach out my hands and help.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 11
For me, I am sure to be the same as you. Since the truck driver was in difficult time, we should not make him suffered again. If anyone of you did not want to help, he or she should keep their hands off from those chicken or other valuable things.
• India
2 Jan 11
now a days more accidents are taking place on road...because of fast driving...we need to have fences on both the side of the roads so that animals don`t enter into traffic...sometimes accident takes place to save animals.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 11
Thank you very much for your respond. The truck which involved in the accident was loaded with chicken. those chicken were kept in the cages. When the truck overturned, all of the chicken together with the cages scattered around the road. At the same time, the passers-by and the residents around that area rushed to the spot to collect or to steal those chicken. In fact, they shouldn't have such shameful behavior.