Thanks, HOTPE
We have witnessed so many crashes down here. Kids driving like a bat out of hell. Drunk drivers. High drivers. Drivers who nodded off. Drivers who were on their phones, took their eyes off the road to talk, or mess with their radio. Drivers who didn't know where they were. Some wore seatbelts- some did not. And all of them pretty much walked away- maybe banged up, but still breathing.
This was a shocking accident for us (more than the others- which are always shocking). Our windows face that road and are open. We hear everything. No racing car. No 25 feet of sceeching- nothing (which is why I thought there were very faint, last minute skid marks). Just a thump. And while the front of the car was pretty banged up, the inside wasn't bad. Radio was still playing. They didn't have to cut her out. Just break a window to unlock the doors...
What I am saying is, the others? They were lucky. The tragic outcome of this accident could have happened to any of the others (or those to come). I worry about young, inexperienced drivers. I worry about tourists. We can't "save" them all. But we can try to minimize the damage.
We have witnessed so many crashes down here. Kids driving like a bat out of hell. Drunk drivers. High drivers. Drivers who nodded off. Drivers who were on their phones, took their eyes off the road to talk, or mess with their radio. Drivers who didn't know where they were. Some wore seatbelts- some did not. And all of them pretty much walked away- maybe banged up, but still breathing.
This was a shocking accident for us (more than the others- which are always shocking). Our windows face that road and are open. We hear everything. No racing car. No 25 feet of sceeching- nothing (which is why I thought there were very faint, last minute skid marks). Just a thump. And while the front of the car was pretty banged up, the inside wasn't bad. Radio was still playing. They didn't have to cut her out. Just break a window to unlock the doors...
(04-05-2025, 07:44 PM)Patricia Wrote: Thanks, HOTPE______
We have witnessed so many crashes down here. Kids driving like a bat out of hell. Drunk drivers. High drivers. Drivers who nodded off. Drivers who were on their phones, took their eyes off the road to talk, or mess with their radio. Drivers who didn't know where they were. Some wore seatbelts- some did not. And all of them pretty much walked away- maybe banged up, but still breathing.
This was a shocking accident for us (more than the others- which are always shocking). Our windows face that road and are open. We hear everything. No racing car. No 25 feet of sceeching- nothing (which is why I thought there were very faint, last minute skid marks). Just a thump. And while the front of the car was pretty banged up, the inside wasn't bad. Radio was still playing. They didn't have to cut her out. Just break a window to unlock the doors...
What I am saying is, the others? They were lucky. The tragic outcome of this accident could have happened to any of the others (or those to come). I worry about young, inexperienced drivers. I worry about tourists. We can't "save" them all. But we can try to minimize the damage.