Ages 1-12. Lots of rain, no visibility, car gets into a head on by another car pulling into a 4 lane road.
It always feels odd when something like that happens at an intersection you drive through every single day. Anyone else ever had something tragic like that happen near their home or on a stretch of road you drive all the time?
Sad...5 kids just died in a car wreck down the road...
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phantasmagoria
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A van with a 16 year old sister driving her 5 brothers and sisters and mom around crashed about 2 miles from my high school. They all died, the dad was the only family member left (he wasn't in the car).
The funeral services were next door to my high school (church next door). The media vans were parked all up and down the street. Sick fucking reporters.
The funeral services were next door to my high school (church next door). The media vans were parked all up and down the street. Sick fucking reporters.
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Pooinyourmouth
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Some guy was doing 100+ Mph over by this Indian gaming casino, and wiped out a whole family of 4 (mother, father, and two kids) just a couple of miles from where I live. He died in the wreck also.
EDIT: I forgot to add the worst part. Not everyone died from the impact. A fire broke and people where unable to save them, so people at the scene pretty much had to listen to them scream for help in the burning car.
EDIT: I forgot to add the worst part. Not everyone died from the impact. A fire broke and people where unable to save them, so people at the scene pretty much had to listen to them scream for help in the burning car.
And old professor of mine was with his family (wife, kids, grandparents, etc.) going to a park or something.
He was in one car with his brother, following a minivan with his mother, wife, and three daughters. They get smashed by a guy running a red (drunk) and everyone but one daughter dies...right in front of him.
He actually wrote a book about how he managed to cope afterwards.
That would have destroyed me. I'm horrible with the concept of loss...I avoid even thinking about it...not a healthy thing necessarily.
He was in one car with his brother, following a minivan with his mother, wife, and three daughters. They get smashed by a guy running a red (drunk) and everyone but one daughter dies...right in front of him.
He actually wrote a book about how he managed to cope afterwards.
That would have destroyed me. I'm horrible with the concept of loss...I avoid even thinking about it...not a healthy thing necessarily.
When I lived in this other town before college, a guy shot himself in the head just about 1/8 of a mile from my house.
My neighbors (mother, father, son, daughter, and a baby) were killed by a drunk driver.
Resendez Ramirez, the "railroad killer" used to live less than a mile from me.
And now where I live, some teenagers made a very bad decision to pass someone while going up a hill and killed everyone involved. This is about a mile from my house.
My neighbors (mother, father, son, daughter, and a baby) were killed by a drunk driver.
Resendez Ramirez, the "railroad killer" used to live less than a mile from me.
And now where I live, some teenagers made a very bad decision to pass someone while going up a hill and killed everyone involved. This is about a mile from my house.
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[xeno]Julios
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seems like many of us know people who've died in car accidents. I've had quite a few people I know die in car accidents.
Goes to show that car accidents are a major cause of death on this planet.
They're dangerous machines.
I think worldwide the statistic is about a million deaths a year.
The injuries are far more.
I think car accidents are the leading cause of death and injury in the states.
Imagine hearing about a new form of transportation that's being developed for 2010. After hearing about the benefits of this technology, you then hear that experts predict about a million deaths per year due to it. (I don't think wars consume that much human health and life.)
How would you react?
Interesting question.
http://www.safecarguide.com/exp/statist ... istics.htm
Goes to show that car accidents are a major cause of death on this planet.
They're dangerous machines.
I think worldwide the statistic is about a million deaths a year.
The injuries are far more.
I think car accidents are the leading cause of death and injury in the states.
Imagine hearing about a new form of transportation that's being developed for 2010. After hearing about the benefits of this technology, you then hear that experts predict about a million deaths per year due to it. (I don't think wars consume that much human health and life.)
How would you react?
Interesting question.
http://www.safecarguide.com/exp/statist ... istics.htm
Or heart disease.[xeno]Julios wrote: I think car accidents are the leading cause of death and injury in the states.
That is an interesting question. I'd probably avoid it at all costs like I'd like to do now...[xeno]Julios wrote:Imagine hearing about a new form of transportation that's being developed for 2010. After hearing about the benefits of this technology, you then hear that experts predict about a million deaths per year due to it. (I don't think wars consume that much human health and life.)
How would you react?
Interesting question.
16 year olds shouldnt be driving anyways, especially if all everyone ever buys are bigass SUVs[xeno]Julios wrote:
I think car accidents are the leading cause of death and injury in the states.
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On this one route I take driving to the train station there are 3 (possibly 4 maybe 5 actually) spots where there are flowers constantly by the roadside, including one with teddy bears and stuff around it so that's probably where a little kid got killed. This stuff is spread over 3 sections of road and there seems to be a death on one of these roads every year.
On the route my gf sometimes takes to the cinema there's an incredibly tight bend where the mother of someone she went to school with was hit head-on by someone coming too fast the other way too.
On the route my gf sometimes takes to the cinema there's an incredibly tight bend where the mother of someone she went to school with was hit head-on by someone coming too fast the other way too.
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Was on vacation once, and we were cruising along the french highways when suddenly a black porsche overtook us with astonishing speed. I figure he was going at least 220 kph or something, he went by us so fast it seemed like we were standing still.
About an hour later we pass a still slightly burning wreck of a black porsche that had drilled itself into the side of a tunnel. I don't think he lived, there wasn't much left of the car.
About an hour later we pass a still slightly burning wreck of a black porsche that had drilled itself into the side of a tunnel. I don't think he lived, there wasn't much left of the car.
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wasn't in a crash about 30 minutes ago, i guess impatience is a virtue.
was approaching to turn right at a box junction (one with lights on all sides) when the light turned green, so i sped up, knowing that i could easily take the corner at 20-25 (30 limit). there was another car about 2 car lengths behind me doing the same thing.
as i got into the box, this little green fiesta with 2 chavs in it shot across the junction through the red light - at that point time slowed down.
if i'd carried on at the same speed, he would've broadsided me. if i tried to stop, i was going too fast so he would've broadsided me. i had to speed around in front of him. while i was making this decision, i was also:
not having an alternative, the car behind me had tried to stop and exchanged front wings and side panels with the chavs, but no-one was visibly hurt. the driver of the car behind me had gotten out. he had a look on his face that made me think the chavs would've been luckier if they'd died instantly. had to drive off then because the traffic behind me was bundling up.
what freaked me out was the sound. i know your brain or your eyes or something gets more information in a crisis but what happens to your ears? at one point i thought that the sound of the car behind me braking was the sound of my own tyres screeching to get around the corner. and the sound of the car behind me slamming the horn mixed into the sound of his tyres. it was like the way sound goes when you're drunk. it was distorted and useless.
fuck me that was a long post. enough blogging for one day.
was approaching to turn right at a box junction (one with lights on all sides) when the light turned green, so i sped up, knowing that i could easily take the corner at 20-25 (30 limit). there was another car about 2 car lengths behind me doing the same thing.
as i got into the box, this little green fiesta with 2 chavs in it shot across the junction through the red light - at that point time slowed down.
if i'd carried on at the same speed, he would've broadsided me. if i tried to stop, i was going too fast so he would've broadsided me. i had to speed around in front of him. while i was making this decision, i was also:
- looking at the 2 chavs in the green car. the driver was still yelling about something unrelated, and the passenger was looking back at me while all the blood fell out of his head to help facilitate what looked (judging by his face) like a sudden and urgent bowel movement.
- looking at the road ahead for patches of standing water or oil.
- realising that i'd forgotten to feed the cat
- remembering this thread and wondering if i'd be posting about a crash, a not-crash or not posting at all because i was in a hospital bed too busy bleeding to be embarrassed by the threadbare but favourite jockey shorts that i'd put on this morning.
- trying to figure out why all i could hear was an impossibly loud screeching sound
not having an alternative, the car behind me had tried to stop and exchanged front wings and side panels with the chavs, but no-one was visibly hurt. the driver of the car behind me had gotten out. he had a look on his face that made me think the chavs would've been luckier if they'd died instantly. had to drive off then because the traffic behind me was bundling up.
what freaked me out was the sound. i know your brain or your eyes or something gets more information in a crisis but what happens to your ears? at one point i thought that the sound of the car behind me braking was the sound of my own tyres screeching to get around the corner. and the sound of the car behind me slamming the horn mixed into the sound of his tyres. it was like the way sound goes when you're drunk. it was distorted and useless.
fuck me that was a long post. enough blogging for one day.
On a completely unrelated note (to cars anyway) I noticed the same thing when I was in a fight once, everything slowed right down and I couldn't hear anything but I could see my fists flashing into the guys face then everything kind of went back to normal and he was being propped up by his mates. It was a fucking trip.4days wrote:
what freaked me out was the sound. i know your brain or your eyes or something gets more information in a crisis but what happens to your ears? at one point i thought that the sound of the car behind me braking was the sound of my own tyres screeching to get around the corner. and the sound of the car behind me slamming the horn mixed into the sound of his tyres. it was like the way sound goes when you're drunk. it was distorted and useless.
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