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I spoke to my parents today and they greeted me with some bad news: My brother got in a car accident late last night (2am). He lived but his g/f, who was in the front passenger seat, died. Both were wearing their seatbelts. She was knocked unconcious instantly and died 15 minutes later. The cause of death is uncertain as she didn't hit the windshield, dash, or door. I'm guessing the seatbelt probably caused it somehow.
Here is what happened: He was driving at about 55 MPH (the speed limit) on a two lane hwy when a lady decided to make a U turn. My brother said he saw her but since he had the green light and she stoped he didn't think anything of it. He doesn't remember if he looked away, blinked, or what, but the next thing he knows the lady tried to make the u-turn and decided MID TURN that she didn't have the time to make it so she STOPED, blocking both lanes. He tried to slam on the brakes but didn't have enough time and T-boned the lady driving her Bonneville (he was driving a '90 Tempo). She wasn't hurt and my brother walked away with only a bruise from the seatbelt and some muscle aches.
The point of this thread: WATCH OUT FOR THE OTHER IDIOTS ON THE ROADS!!!! I can't stress it enough. There was no alcohol involved on either side but you can never tell what the other guy is going to do. If you assume the other guy is an idiot and is going to do something REALLY, REALLY stupid more times than not you will save yourself some trouble. Not that my brother could've really done much different but now he will live with that on his concience for the rest of his life. She was 29 with two boys, 5 and 6. May God be with them!
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Man... sorry to hear that. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG] Oh, we live in the same area... where abouts did this happen?
- When my dad was learning to ride a motorcycle, he learned he said his most important lesson from his buddy who was teaching him. His buddy said "think about all the cars around you. Think about the dumbest thing that each one could possibly do, and chances are thats what they are going to do." Thats the point behind defensive driving. Sorry about your bro's gf, that sucks.
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Man... sorry to hear that. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG] Oh, we live in the same area... where abouts did this happen?[hr]
My family still lives in Puerto Rico. This happened in a town called Carolina.
I'm sorry to hear about your brother gf. It's very sad when people die early.
I agree with you about the stupid drivers. When I was learning to drive my mom always told me to watch out because it's not me she was worried about but the other idiots on the road. I always keep my distance. That's the best thing. Even if you take your eyes off the road you could have time to brake.
I totalled a car exactly like that, it's scary because unless you see it comming, there is not much you can do when they block both lanes, your only choices are to hit them, or swerve into oncomming trafic (a far worse option)
Fortunatley, I saw it comming and hauled the car down enough, no one was injured.
In cars like a 90 tempo (or the 89 olds calais that I was driving) death can occur between 35-45 mph.... Bottom line, buy a car for saftey, for that 1 time you may need it.
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f**kin idiots out there...
