Do they charge (money) people when they are this stupid.

[webbo3]

we hear about it all the time, walkers rescued in blizzaeds on the scottish highlands etc, but after all the weather warnings why go wind surfing in gale force winds, its not as if we have had no warnings.


http://www.thisissome...182-detail/story.html



Dave.

[Tilly2]

If they don't, they should.

[tonyav]

Plain stupidity.

[emmie]

perhaps it didn't seem so bad at first. who knows. There are lots of dippy people out there.

[Old_Geezer]

If they opt to charge for idiocy, not only is there the problem of deciding what to include, it is the thin end of the wedge for charging for all sorts of public services. Don't want to go there.

[tenrec]

Agree with Old Geezer

[webbo3]

but i think we need to do something, all im saying is if they had to pay for the rescue services to come out and save them they may think twice before going out, these people have no excuse, we have all seen it, ramblers going out with incorrect clothing and equipment when the weather forecast has clearly stated there will be extreme weather conditions, gale force winds and heavy snow, fishermen (not commercial) going out in a small boat.

as a fisherman of 30 years if ever my friends and i had a boat trip booked we had to ring the skipper the night before to find out if the trip was on, if the weather was bad the trip would be rescheduled.

remember, the people that do these job are volunteers and are ricking their lives to save others.


Dave.

[anotheoldgit]

Such cases fall into insignificance when compared to such cases as these recent three.

How much it must cost in cash and resources to rescue such silly persons as these three 'adventurers'?

http://www.guardian.c...rescued?newsfeed=true

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...ucestershire-18365850

http://www.dailymail....-rescued-Pacific.html