Colgate
Posts:602
 | | 11/02/2007 11:29 PM |
 Alert | | I fell witness to the darndest thing! My daughter and I were on our way back into the Copa the other night, and I was in the left lane following a newer Honda Accord. We were traveling approx. 70MPH at the lights outside the stone quarry when the Honda drove straight off the highway, down a drop off, and into the dirt in the median. The Accord bottomed out, was fishtailing nearly out of control, so I naturally slowed a bit and the driver cut right back out infront of me causing me to slam on brakes along with everyone behind me. I did not know if they were on the cell, drunk, or just plain stupid! He needed to just stay on the side until the lane was clear or he regained some sense if he has any!!! Can you say crazy?! | |
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stinkerbell2
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| | 11/02/2007 11:32 PM |
Alert | | sounds like they fell asleep!! thats a classic asleep at the wheel move!!! Glad you were OK!!! How scary!!! | | | |
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Colgate
Posts:602
| | 11/02/2007 11:36 PM |
Alert | | You are right! I did not give that a thought! You have to have eyes behind your head out there on the roadways especially the 347! | |
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Kirbydo
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| | 11/02/2007 11:46 PM |
Alert | man! people out this way will do ANYTHING to not let someone pass them!
glad you're ok....
its brutal on that road... | | | |
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J9Design
Posts:271
| | 11/02/2007 11:51 PM |
Alert | There are other possibilities. Many medical conditions can cause people to lose control on the road. Hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, seizure, etc including the falling asleep, can result in losing control behind the wheel. Narcolepsy, brain tumor, blackout, . . . .
Give people the benefit of the doubt, by all means come to someone's aid should they actually come to a stop, instead of lashing out and calling people names without having all the facts. | |
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Colgate
Posts:602
| | 11/02/2007 11:52 PM |
Alert | | Thanks, it was pretty scary! My daughter was pretty upset being so young and all. | |
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Colgate
Posts:602
| | 11/02/2007 11:59 PM |
Alert | | No doubt, however, under such conditions I would think that people would take better care of their conditions and not put anyone else in harms way! You are BTW talking to someone who has medical conditions seizure disorder, and I know what can trigger them and I take very good care as not to have such things occur putting myself or others in danger! If a medical condition did cause this person to loose control it is too bad they did not take the time to stay off the road to regain their control or get some help! Had they come to a stop I would have celled for help for them, instead they shot back out into traffic again putting others at risk! | |
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Family Guy
Posts:198
| | 11/03/2007 12:47 PM |
Alert | | Wow, lucky you. Just think that if you were not going 15 MPH over the speed limit, or following so closely, you would not have had to slam on the brakes. Hope your daughter doesn't pick up those bad habits. REALLY, 70 MPH through a signal? | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 11/03/2007 2:08 PM |
Alert | No doubt, however, under such conditions I would think that people would take better care of their conditions and not put anyone else in harms way!
Could be a brand new condition.
Wow, lucky you. Just think that if you were not going 15 MPH over the speed limit, or following so closely, you would not have had to slam on the brakes. Hope your daughter doesn't pick up those bad habits. REALLY, 70 MPH through a signal?
There's nothing magical about 70 that would have made that impossible to avoid. Just follow the appropriate 2-3 seconds and it would have been avoidable at 70, 80, 90, 100, etc. It is not Colgate's fault the driver cut back in at a significantly lower speed causing the braking maneuver. It could have easily happened at 55 MPH.
At night there is almost no one coming out of the gravel place, which means the light won't change, which means 70 is not unsafe through there. I really wish we had digital speed limit signs that react to the situation. | |
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Colgate
Posts:602
| | 11/03/2007 7:33 PM |
Alert | | Right on Jason! No, I was going fast throught there, don't do it during the day though! Jason is right even at 55 MPH I would have put the brakes on! I was already doing about 55-60 once I saw him go off the edge and into the median due to the fact I did not know what was happening to his car and I still had to slam my brakes on as he drove back onto the roadway! | |
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So.SideCubFan
Posts:95
| | 11/03/2007 11:32 PM |
Alert | | Wow.. An Accord made it out of that ditch? Amazing. | | | |
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Shogun
Posts:250
| | 11/04/2007 5:33 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By So.SideCubFan on 11/03/2007 11:32 PM
Wow.. An Accord made it out of that ditch? Amazing. </div>
I was just thinking the same thing.
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Shogun
Posts:250
| | 11/04/2007 5:34 AM |
Alert | | Colgate I'm glad you and your Daughter were okay. | | | |
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Colgate
Posts:602
| | 11/04/2007 7:33 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By Shogun on 11/04/2007 5:34 AM
Colgate I'm glad you and your Daughter were okay.</div>
Thanks me too! Yeah, I was surprised it popped up out of there and back into the flow of traffic! | |
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C&W
Posts:168
| | 11/06/2007 5:40 PM |
Alert | | If you're tired and trying to drive on the 347, that's an accident waiting to happen. | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 11/06/2007 8:22 PM |
Alert | If you're tired and trying to drive, that's an accident waiting to happen.
Fixed that for you. | |
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mikethegoalie
Posts:444
| | 11/07/2007 11:26 AM |
Alert | Of course if you were speeding, you would have been far ahead and never of know that happened.. hahaha just kidding!
Yeah, sounds like someone fell asleep at the wheel. Glad everyone was ok.
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