Aggrazel's Journal: Stay in your Car!

Today is the second time in recent months that I heard of a guy getting run over on the freeway. Its the first time though where I actually had to see it.

I didn't see the accident but I saw the dead guy laying on the freeway, blood everywhere, like so much road kill. I could be more graphic, but I'll spare you. What was the guy doing on the freeway, I don't know, but here's a good hint: If you ever, ever break down, lose something, whatever, on a busy freeway, STAY IN YOUR CAR.

I can't remember when it was, but a while back in Dayton some guy, who I'm told was otherwise educated, he was in fact, a minister, had his favorite hat fly out of his window and onto I75.

Now, I don't know how much he paid for the hat, but it was supposedly a standard ballcap type hat. The most I have ever paid for such a hat was $25. So lets say this $25 hat, which apparently he had some attachment to, was lost on the freeway. Instead of just writing it off for lost, he decides to pull over and get out of his car and attempt to cross three lanes of traffic going 70MPH to rescue his hat.

Well, a Semi vs. a pedestrian, the pedestrian loses every time. The truck driver in this case was very upset as you can imagine but there's really nothing he could have done. You simply CAN'T change lanes really fast on an intesrstate, or you might run over another car. Frankly, if I am a truck driver, I'll plow over the dumbass who thought it was a good idea to take a stroll on the freeway than risk killing an innocent person in the lane next to me.

So this guy today, we don't know why he was walking on I-75 but he was. And the driver who hit him sped off but they got his license plate so its only a matter of time before they catch him.

But the fact remains, walking on a busy freeway is suicide, so don't do it.

My best friend in HS

[TechnoLust]

His father worked at a local factory and had to be in very early in the morning. He drove to work while it was dark. One morning, he's driving down the road, doing the speed limit, and something runs out in front of him. He slams on the brakes, but hits it. He gets out of his truck and finds the mangled body of a woman in front of his truck. He goes over to help her, but it's too late, she's gurgling on blood, the internal injuries are too great. He gets the cops out there and ambulances, etc. It mes

I keep forgetting...

[FortKnox]

... you are from the Cincy area. Yeah, closed I75 down pretty hard. Sorry you had to see it. I remember the first accident I saw... was on the way to my brothers wedding rehersal with my baby sister. 4 teenagers slammed into a telephone pole... no one was wearing a seatbelt. The windshield broke. It was bad.

breakdown

[nizo]

The only time I broke down on the freeway I pulled over onto the shoulder and got out on the passenger side of the car to walk over to a nearby business to call a tow truck (I didn't have a cellphone then :-| ) I worried that some idiot would rear-end me so I waited on the other side of the crash barrier rather than get back in my car. As far as actually going into the freeway though, hell no. It is scary enough whilst strapped inside a car thanks.