There are some bad-behaviour-on-the-road stories on page four of this morning's Gulf News which raise questions in my mind that such stories always raise.
Whenever there's some personal injury, a very precise percentage of the damage is given. For example, today in three cases mentioned we're told:
"...a two per cent permanent disability to his chest...leaving him with a five per cent permanent disability... a seven per cent permanent disability to his nose..."
A seven percent disability to his nose? A two percent chest disability?
How is such a precise percentage of damage determined? Is it relevant? Does the sentence increase as the percentage damage increase? Why do they do it?
I find it all very strange.
By the way, the nose damage relates to this item:
The court earlier sentenced a 28-year-old American to three months in jail for flashing his middle finger, cursing an Emirati employee and leaving him with a seven per cent permanent disability to his nose following a road rage incident.
Look, I don't want to trivialise the incident, but I have to ask. What did the American do, stick his finger up the victim's nose?
Gulf News have the story here.
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While I dont condone any road rage incident, it is telling that the innocent "victims" in such cases almost always fit a profile, the trigger is almost always maniacally flashing, and they also quote the innocent victim as saying "I just use my high beam because the car was so slow".
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