driver killed
saw on FB tonight reported by KATU tv that a driver pulled over to the side of the road to check the air pressure on his TT and a drunk came by and hit him and he died instantly. Please be careful ou...
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T18skyguy wrote:wa8yxm wrote:
I read a stat that 1 in 50 drivers are drunk. You reminded me of a similar story that happened in Pennsylvania decades ago. A tow truck driver was hooking up a disabled car, and was between the two vehicles when a drunk slammed into the disabled vehicle killing/crushing the tow truck driver between the two. I knew that drunk. He got off with a slap to the wrist. It was a different era back then.
As if it's not enough to have to worry about drivers that are DUI, we have the added bonus of the HUGE number of distracted drivers on their cell phones. Plus, cell phone use is constant - - all day long, every single day! It is the number one hazard on our roadways IMHO.
Here's a recent article:
[URL]https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/driving-your-phone-is-a-distraction-even-if-you-arent-looking-at-it/
And a valid quote from the article:
"Driving is the most likely way we'll kill someone else," Mathewson said. "But we're not treating cars like they're the dangerous things that they are."
Unfortunately, laws are lagging far behind the technology.
