Rural car wreck

[Industrial Toys]

Sorry, I did add something to my post. And I was talking about life in general.

 

[ovrszd]

Sorry, I did add something to my post. And I was talking about life in general.

I hate when people do that. Aren't they smart enough to say what they mean the first time??? Then they go back to their incomplete statement and add something to try and make it better???? What's up with that???

I've heard that people like that also slow down in front of traffic to create a jam because they think someone is following them too close??? Who would do that????

 

[coobie]

WOW, how terrible ..

 

[Industrial Toys]

It reduces thread count. Also, endless quotes causes a thread to be vastly longer than it needs to be. Endless and needless repetition!

I "THINK" someone is following too close? That's stupid! They ARE according to any driving instruction I ever got.

Also quite stupid to impy that any driving of mine, would be intended, to create a traffic jam.

 

[coobie]

I lost a Son in an auto accident 25 years ago. He was 19. I've visited with the first man on the scene on two different occasions. Both times he handled it well and truthfully answered every question that I had.

If you are asked about this be reserved and honest. If they ask detail questions give honest detail answers. I wanted to know every detail of my Son's last moments. They weren't pleasant details. But I had to know.

Thanks for your efforts in a very difficult situation.

Sorry for your lose..

 

[ovrszd]

Sorry for your lose..

Thanks Coobie.

 

[coobie]

Lost my electric lineman co-worker about 7 years ago someone hit the back of our bucket truck with him behind it his back against traffic.He left behind a wife of 33 years 4 kids and a grand child.Folks need to slow down.

 

[PILOON]

I'm at the end of a 20 mile hilly twisty road.
Many slow down reaching the crest of a hill probably fearing a tight turn ahead or braking going downhill for same reason.
Then comes the bicycles that weave all over the place climbing those hills usually 2-3 abreast.
I have seen impatient 'entitled' drivers pass all those conditions naturally crossing over the double lines to do so.
Scary stuff!

And, yes when I'm tailgated and can see the color of their eyeballs I do hit the brakes to give them a message.
Like at 50 MPH rule of thumb is 5 car lengths, not 1/20 or even one.

 

[robbyr]

Ruffdog I wondered about that also. My first thought was he dozed off, ran off edge of road, and overcorrected. But he never appeared to slow down. Either in my memory or in the fact there's no skidmarks. So I wondered if he might have had a heart attack and his foot mash on accelerator. He was a pretty large fella. I'm 230 lbs and he was a good bit bigger than me. The other odd thing is.... if there's no skid marks then what did I hear?

 

[MossRoad]

I knew a local dairy farmer for 25-30 years. He lived a couple miles from our rural place, but I met him through friends and fished on his pond. A couple years ago, he crashed his truck into a tree, died instantly, narrowly missing a house near our property. No skid marks. Lots of speculation. Turned out it was a medical condition. 9:30 in the morning heading home from town. Gone in a blink.

 

[coldsteelva]

Ruffdog I wondered about that also. My first thought was he dozed off, ran off edge of road, and overcorrected. But he never appeared to slow down. Either in my memory or in the fact there's no skidmarks. So I wondered if he might have had a heart attack and his foot mash on accelerator. He was a pretty large fella. I'm 230 lbs and he was a good bit bigger than me. The other odd thing is.... if there's no skid marks then what did I hear?

You likely heard the vehicle yawing across the road and dragging (rather than rolling) the tires along the pavement. Also traction control would have been applying the brakes to individual wheels attempting to correct the uncorrectable.

 

[ovrszd]

I had a friend that caused an accident. He was double the speed limit in town and veered into oncoming traffic. I'm sure a whole bunch of experts would know what happened and would have multiple stories to back them up. In my friends case, he had a heart attack and he was probably dead before the crash. Also, my cousins first wife died at 25 in a movie theater. She was very fit, ate good, not overweight, and died of a heart attack. They also said she was dead before she hit the floor.

Unless we know the FACTS of this crash and the report from the medical examiner, we can not speculate on the cause.

I agree. And it's rude behavior toward the family.

 

[stuckmotor]

I must pass five crosses in makeshift memorials in the thirteen mile trip to the farm. The road is a dangerous place.

 

[Liquidsilver]

Richard, can you tell me which highway that is in your picture? It looks familiar.

 

[ovrszd]

Richard, can you tell me which highway that is in your picture? It looks familiar.

Hwy N. East of Eagleville about 4 miles. Goes East to Cainsville.