Tuesday, October 24, 2006

See what happens when you are in a hurry?

So I am leaving work today and out of the corner of my eye I noticed some cop car lights. I think some moron must have got pulled over for speeding again. As I turn I notice that there was an accident. A purolator truck (UPS Truck canadian style) had hit a small suv maybe a gmc jimmy. The jimmy was on its side (drivers side against the pavement) and was leaning on a ford explorer. The explorer looked like it was sitting at the stop sign waiting to turn.

From what I could gather, the jimmy blew a stop sign trying to get across the street before the purolator truck got to the intersection. The purolator vehicle struck the small SUV flipping it over onto the explorer that was waiting to turn onto the street the delivery truck was heading down. Wrong place at the wrong time for him I guess.

Everyone was ok which is the most important thing as a vehicle can be replaced. However i cant help but shake my head knowing that the girl in the jimmy was more than likely either not paying attention or was too impatient to wait for the delivery truck and traffic to clear before proceeding across the street. She is lucky nobody was killed as it would be on her.

People take things for granted, its sad that we live in a society of rushing around. Maybe she will learn her lesson, however I dont think she will. People never seem to learn.

1 Comments:

At 9:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree, everyone is in a hurray and doesn't like to wait for anything. Sometimes they try to do stuff while they are driving. I saw a lady that must have been writing a grocery list WHILE she was driving to work!! There was a pen in her hand a paper against the steering wheel. I'm surprised she didn't kill herself or someone else.

 

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