A CANADIAN WOMAN HAS BEEN KILLED by her laptop computer which was left unsecured on the back seat of her car.
25-year-old Heather Story was hit by a tow truck whilst driving in British Columbia and it seems that the laptop was propelled out of the rear seat by the impact and struck her in the back of the head.
Investigators have concluded that she would probably have survived the accident had she not been hit by the computer.
"She simply didn't have it secured within the confines of her car, and ultimately it has been the instrument of her death," said Mountie Robert Morrow.
Oh Lord
Here comes the Laptop Safty seats!
posted by : Doug Lytle, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Thank you.
I'll always put the safety belt on my notebook!
posted by : Curious, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
If only..
It had been a Netbook or UMPC?
There would be a different headline...
"Flyng laptop bruises driver"?
posted by : Slappy, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Lame
Was this story supposed to be amusing? Maybe it's a Three Stooges thing: the laws of physics sometimes mediate surprising injury and death. HahHahHah!
posted by : j21064, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
What Brand?
Maybe she could have survived if it was a MacBook air, as it would have floated away to cyberdom
posted by : Brand Conscious Freak, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
It used to be textbooks.
I was an EMT. Fatalities or brain trauma(which can be worse) have been caused by textbooks, bottles or canned goods. Don't leave heavy objects to become projectiles in your vehicle. It's usually kids who get smashed. I can't see the humour.
posted by : Nemo, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
not funnt
not funny at all. this is lame
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posted by : dan, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Funny?
What's with all the dummies complaining that this isn't funny? It wasn't presented as a "funny" article.
The article is very simply and factually put, with even a safety recommendation at the end.
So the question is: why do the people who are complaining that this isn't funny, think it is funny?
Nitwits.
posted by : JP, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Funny?
Oh it was Nemo with the safety recommendation...still though people are idiots....they're the worst.
posted by : JP, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Ignorance can kill
Maybe better judgment by the driver would have saved her life?
posted by : Jorge, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
seatbelt killed her, not the laptop
If she wasn't wearing that death dealing seat belt, she would have been thrown safely from the car away for the evil seat belt forced on her by her evil over-controlling govt.
Death to seat-belt pushers everywhere! no really, kill them all.
posted by : mogwai, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Darwin Award
Well, this is an obvious candidate for a Darwin Award. Removing oneself from the gene pool in this way must increase the chances for a safer gene pool. A gene pool where people will not be as inclined to place heavy ballistic objects behind them in moving vehicles.
(Ok, I'll get my coat now)
posted by : Bertho, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Almost happened to me...
Or rather, I was driving a hatchback and struck in a side-impact around the rear wheel; the car spun a good 180 and a laptop, which had been loose in the back, went through the rear glass (along with some other belongings). Better than my head, I suppose. Laptops have the "benefit" of being somewhat heavy and made of slippery plastic, so they're going to fly relatively easily in a crash.
In light of my experience: If you have a hatch or wagon with a cargo cover of some type, use it; nobody gets in an accident on purpose, and it'll keep your stuff from going projectile if you're struck. (Similarly, never rest projectiles -- that includes coat hangers, so watch out if you use your coathooks -- in front of your front or side airbags unless you're shooting for a Darwin Award.)
posted by : A. Peon, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
@bertho
The gene pool need chlorine
posted by : brickling, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
hard to imagine
It's quite hard to imagine since the seat area will be a lot lower than the head area inside a car. but yeah I have always put a seatbelt on my laptop if it's not inside the laptop bag, if it's in the bag I put it in the leg area between the drivers seat and the backseat, although I have to admit I do it in order to protect the computer :P
posted by : Kim Leo Jensen, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Right...
There seem to be a lot of people criticising the victim...
I assume every last one of them straps down every item that weighs more than 8oz before they set off.
Let this story be a warning, anything loose in the car can become a lethal missile. Laptop, briefcase, frozen food from Tescos or even your mobile phone (especially if you still have a motorola 8800!)
posted by : Steve, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
Not Funny?
How can anyone think this is not funny? I think it's DAMN funny. Getting a laptop to the head and dying.. that's physical comedy at its finest.
Unless of course you're one of those soft touches who still has respect human life and all. We call people like that "pussies".
@ Brand Conscious Freak - No, if it was a MacBook Air it would be so razer thin it would have lopped her head clear off.. which would be even funnier.
posted by : Dick Verant, 16 April 2009Complain about this comment
I Love Dick
This man has said everything I was to polite to post myself. Word.
posted by : Lachlan W, 17 April 2009Complain about this comment