A Safety Lesson Learned
DW and I were driving down the Interstate when the truck died and we had to coast over to the shoulder. I put on the emergency flashers and got out to see what the problem was and the whole time I was...
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Searching_Ut wrote:
I work with a retired highway patrol officer who was hit 4 times During his 24 years in the hwy patrol. He mentioned that it was common for drivers to steer towards what they were looking at. Evidently this is especially applicable to impaired drivers so things like cop cars with flashing life's actually attract drunks etc. in some cases. It's kind of one of those no good answer situations other than try to avoid the situation if at all possible.
I was always told that same thing about "steering towards what you're looking at". Your co-worker is very lucky he's still alive; it's horrid some of the things that have happened to highway patrol on the side of the highway.
Remember to always get out of the vehicle on the passenger side and to move as far to the right of the roadway as possible. The closer you stay to the vehicle, the more danger you're in.
