That Sucks

This train wreck (Ouch!) occurred in downtown Den Haag. In fact, we were on that tram and felt not a thing. The funny thing was that they let us sit on the tram saying that we might only be delayed for about 15 minutes or so. We eventually left without giving a statement or our names or any record that we were ever there.

I was once on a trolley in New Orleans that hit a car that tried to cut it off. I guess the driver didn't realize that trolleys can't turn out of the way. Duh. Still, I barely realized we'd even hit a car, but I had to stick around and give statements to the police anyway, presumably for insurance claims.

So, the socialist, Dutch government has, not surprisingly, a robust support system. If I claim to be incapacitated and I can't work, then they'll support me. So, what's to stop any ole onlooker from witnessing this accident, mill around for a bit and then claim they suffered an injury during this accident? They have strange system of oversight "for your own good" while leaving a lot of loopholes that enable people to become fat-asses living off the dole.

The ability to abuse this system is great. Remind me to tell you about the uproar over women with college degrees who aren't working - those jerks! How dare they!

Anyway bummer, dude. They probably revoked his license for not following the rules or something.