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In Reply to: RE: I only care... posted by srdavis2000 on August 17, 2016 at 11:38:08
Back in the late 90's I was strolling along a very wide and good visibility 4-lane highway, and came to the intersection where I dutifully pressed the "Walk" button and waited for the green signal and chirping (for blind folks) in order to make my way across the avenue.While I waited, I saw a (very) good looking Latina in a spanking new car fully immersed in dicking around with her cell phone, apparently entering a number or similar. She had a red light facing her. She apparently had no idea, and was not slowing a bit as she approached with her head down and at a speed of about 50mph.
I then glanced down the crossing road, and saw a large Nissan truck hauling ass big time, just as the light turned to amber. The worker in the truck, seeing the yellow light facing him now, punched full throttle, and you could hear the engine screaming as he dropped a gear and went hell bent for leather (no phone, though.)
"Holy shit!", I said to myself, "I think I'm gonna see a major car accident from front row center...."
There are very few times in life, if ever, you get to see something like this, something where you see two people utterly selfishly absorbed in their own little worlds, she not noticing the light, and he desperately trying to make the yellow and enter legally (albeit at a very high rate of speed: approx 60mph. Or more. He was really hauling when his tires met the white limit line.)
Now here's where the lawyer in me absolutely could not believe what I saw: due to the four intersection tri-light controls' light timing sequence, there is a split second where ALL the traffic lights in every direction are RED (not green), and I swear to Dog, I could see absolutely clearly BOTH vehicles simultaneously enter the intersection against a red light (I had very good peripheral vision back then.) For that split second, I couldn't believe what I saw.
But what happened next made every other concern vanish....
The two cars literally plowed into one another at absolutely full speed in the most spectacular (and loud) broadside collision I have ever witnessed, live or on film. The Latina's car T-boned the guy's truck right behind the driver's door (lucky for him!) and sent the truck rolling and spinning. Thank Dog that guy had his seat belt on, or he'd be dead for sure.
The truck rolled over and over and over, basically disintegrating as it went, with tools and glass being literally spewed everywhere along the main thoroughfare for well over a couple hundred feet. I figured the guy was dead, but when I ran over to offer assistance, the young tough stud literally jumped his adrenaline-fueled ass right out of the car's driver window (the truck had finally landed on the passenger side) and the guy went through his window so fast, I was shocked. Anyway, he was ultimately 100% fine (which I viewed as a major miracle, and told him so.)
I then went over to the Latina. All the dumb dingbat was worried about was....... her stupid cell phone!! Never mind she was the precipitating cause of the accident (if she had braked for the RED light, rather than obliviously flying right into the intersection, the accident would have been avoided completely.) "Are you okay, ma'am?" I inquired.
"I'm fine, but my f*cking brand new car is TOTALED!! Where's my f*cking phone? Did you see my phone? I gotta find my phone so I can call my husband. He's gonna kill me!"
I found her phone for her (down the street some, in the middle of the road), and ran it back over to her. She snapped it out of my hand and without a word of thanks, immediately called her hubby with the miraculous phone that did not break on impact. (Very impressive!)
Both of those folks were VERY lucky. They each walked away from a horrific crash with no injuries whatsoever, just two totaled cars and some pretty bruised egos. And all because someone was not paying attention while entering numbers on her cell phone.
20 years later, the problem is now truly a pandemic, which makes me join the chorus of those who posted here that jail time is probably the only thing that will stop this nonsense before many more innocents are killed or maimed. And not a moment too soon, if you ask me!
Edits: 08/18/16 08/18/16 08/18/16Follow Ups:
The company I work for owns about 3/4 of the city block, so we have a light not too far from my office. I can't tell you how many times I hear people accelerating to make the amber or red. One a day a big one is coming (seen a few smaller ones).
As for cell phones, more accidents than drunk drivers I understand.
It'd be tough to have phones not work when in motion, as I often walk and use my phone. But it would be great if cell phones could somehow be disabled for texting, surfing, etc. while in a vehicle. Tough call, something needs to be done.
There was talk of disabling cellphones when in motion but that won't work because you could be a passenger. Or you could be on a bus.We got this redheaded bimbo in the neighborhood who TWICE almost caused an accident with one friend of mine. Riding with him, she pulls out right in front of him forcing him to slam on his brakes. He yells something like "Watch where the hell you are going" and she yells back like nothing could possibly be her fault. And then a couple weeks later she flung the driver's door open right in front of him forcing him to do some serious defensive maneuver, and again, she yells. I think I better shoot this bitch before she kills someone worth saving. And of course it is never her fault.
I have also ridden with people who were texting and they were all over the road. The nice thing about that is they are on the left side of the car so when they go left of center and get nailed, my chances are alot better than theirs when that eighteen wheeler destroys half the car.
Actually I think drunk driving should be legal. Face it some people don't know how to drive and if they drink they become a danger. I've known people who can drink a fifth of whiskey and still drive just fine, and never got a ticket. Others drive like shit when sober. However, that is not to say that they should not be responsible for their actions.
If they are at fault in a accident, if they are drunk then it is considered intentional and premeditated. That means a fender bender is vandalism. That means a injury is assault and battery which means no more certain jobs and no more guns. Kill someone, get the electric chair.
There is a record of every text and call made period. Use that and if the at fault person was on the phone (but not hands free) or texting at the time, apply the same principle of personal responsibility.
But they won't because they make more money the way it is. Plus it would be hard to implement if the person has security on their phone, unless you want the cops to require they unlock their phone to prove their innocence, and that won't fly in the courts. There was just a big lawsuit with Apple about that type of thing and Apple pretty much told the government to stick it up where it is sure not to get a sunburn. Actually that might turn out to be an interesting case because it is illegal to export encryption the US government cannot crack, but those iphones are made overseas. But then Romney had a fundraiser in Israel which is also clearly illegal under federal election law. It's not what you do, it is who does it that matters.
For some things there just is no workable solution. Want one ?
Guy goes, with his little id, to a friend's house. His friend has no kids and is a cop or armed security or something and getting off work he basically threw down his belt in the bedroom with the gun still loaded.
His friend's kid wanders into the bedroom, grabs the gun and comes out and shoots his own Father, killing him. (wish the cops could shoot like that instead of wasting 41 rounds on a guy with a knife)
There is no solution for that except to watch the kid. But you know how it is. But really, the guy was in his own house and is allowed to have a gun anywhere he damnwell pleases, like on the kitchen table. Keep out of reach of children of course but maybe this was a surprise visit, dude was in the neighborhood or whatever. What are they going to tell that kid when he asks "Where's Dad ?".
I remember when I was little I used to like to sit in cars. This is a car family. I am in my Aunt's Olds 442, which was a real one with a four speed. Screwing around I pushed in the clutch and the car went rolling out into the street. What if someone was coming and couldn't stop ? Whose fault would it be ? I doubt she left the keys in and it wouldn't matter anyway because you can still push in the clutch. And back then almost nobody locked their cars, especially in Grampa's driveway.
So, I say let consequences teach. If consequences do not fall on the responsible party then that is when the government should step in. Next time that bitch flings her door open without looking I hope someone rips it right off her car, and I hope she only has liability so she has to buy another car.
The problem is that while I would love to wreck this bitch, a car wreck is a serious pain in the ass. Her insurance would never pay enough. And the fact that you were driving to get somewhere, not to sit around waiting for the cops to make an accident report.
So people don't just hit these people and teach them a lesson. There was a time in my life I would, but it didn't happen. Back then people had common sense.
Common sense not being common anymore is at the root of most of the world's problems actually.
Edits: 08/18/16 08/18/16
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