Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: osage outlaw on May 30, 2016, 05:51:18 pm
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My family has had a couple close calls in the last few days. Tuesday night my son stopped at a red light and the car behind him didn't. His truck is most likely totaled because of a bent frame. He was a little sore and bruised up but nothing serious. He was wearing his seat belt.
My wife works at a dog groomer business. It's a small room off of a garage. It sits next to a state highway. She was off work today because of the holiday. A driver lost control of his car and crashed through the room where she works. If it wasn't a holiday she would have been standing right inside where the car first struck. The wash tub she uses is sitting on top of the car. It's scary to think what could have happened.
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Hopefully that will be all the scary stuff for a while. Sorry for the mishaps. Boy, you go out of town for a while and everything goes to heck.
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I'm sure glad she wasn't at work today Clint
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Glad no one was hurt. Easy to forget how dangerous a car is
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Dang :-[...... Here's wishing you better luck soon!
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Whew!, Glad your Wife and Son are OK! Years ago, I read where a guy in Florida was watching TV during a thunder storm, and got up out of his chair to get a beer, and heard a loud bang, went back to the room, to find lightning had hit a tree out side and sent a bolt in through the window, and hit the chair. That is one incidence where a beer saved a man's life! ;)
Wayne
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Good Lord watching over yall. ;) :) Thank goodness no one was hurt bad. :)
Pappy
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glad to hear your family is ok.
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Glad that both your wife and son are ok.
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That is some crazy stuff, I hope they nail the idiot drivers.
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They got both drivers and luckily they have insurance. I've used this as a learning experience for my son who is a new driver himself. I pointed out how one moment of not paying attention can cause serious damage and even death to innocent people.
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Sure glad know one hurt to bad. We nearly had a bad one on way home from Marshall. We where passing a manure tanker when someone pulled out on the road coming at us head on. He must have just looked one way I braked heavily and he pulled onto shoulder of road as we passed each other he gave me a one finger salute. What a difference from Marshall.
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Yes.Makes a person think does'nt it.Very glad the timing was wrong there.Were the idiots texting or drunk?Either way not paying attention to their business.Hopefully they set themselves up for a lot of misery from the authorities in fees along with cancellation of their insurances and drivers license for a long long time.
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A 16 year old kid drove into the building. We found out it was his 3rd wreck and second totaled vehicle since he has had his license. I hope they don't let him drive for a while. His dad came to the scene and was letting him have it. I bet he got it worse when they got home and there wasn't any police around.
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Keep your head on a swivel!
Glad to hear everyone is ok. Don't rush to settle on your son's accident, though. I have a friend that has debilitating issues from being rear-ended by a texting driver. It continued to get worse even a year after the accident. Everyone jokes about "whiplash", but when your central nervous system is jacked up, YOU are jacked up.
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It seems as a society we are due to have the forthcoming self-driving vehicles. They are on their way.
Very glad your family is safe, Clint.
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Exactly, I hear folks say stuff like "oh I don't know if I would trust those things to drive" and I'm like, have you ever driven on the roads, with like, other people?! lol
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I'm glad your son and wife are OK. Good reminder to count our blessings and never take the time we have with our loved ones for granted.
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Glad to hear everyone is OK. Vehicles are probably the most dangerous thing you will encounter in a normal day.
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Put a 16 year old kid behind the wheel and its even more dangerous.
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I have one that's just starting to drive too. I shared this with him, every chance I get to drive home the importance of paying attention I take.
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I wonder how much their driving is influenced by video games and movies like "Too fast and furious". Are they thinking that this is how you are supposed to drive?(or not thinking)
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I think texting or messing with their phones is the bigger problem.
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I think texting or messing with their phones is the bigger problem.
It is scary, the number of people I see driving while on the phone, or texting, or some other manipulation of a phone. It is not legal here to do anything but answer your phone while driving. My coworker was broad sided by two teens in a Camero last Monday, The kid wrote on his report that he was going 60 at the time of impact. In a 25 zone.
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The best news is that everyone is OK and that is not always the outcome. I worked road patrol my first 15 years and I have been at many many bad accidents. Fortunately the electronic age had not been born yet so I cannot imagine how many accidents are caused by texting and phone use while driving. I have seen many people reading a book or paper while driving down highway roads and these clowns that have the family pet sitting in their lap while driving are just that, clowns.
Every state needs to adopt the hands free only cell phone use, blue tooth only. I was stopped in Texas a few years ago for talking on the phone while driving. My wife was working as a travel nurse and called me to come pick her up from the hospital. I got stopped by a rookie who had a Sgt for a training officer. The rookie did the investigation while the Sgt asked me about my police pension. the Sgt told me that I was not going to get a ticket but if I did it would been worth $150.00.
All states need to outlaw talking and texting while driving unless it is hands free.
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First offense texting and driving = suspended license for 4 weeks. ZERO tolerance. Second offense = 1 year.
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I wonder how much their driving is influenced by video games and movies like "Too fast and furious". Are they thinking that this is how you are supposed to drive?(or not thinking)
more than likely its a learnt behavior probably watching their parents drive more than video games or movies...or phones as Clint said.
Glad everyone is safe Clint, hope you guys are done with the bad luck.
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Dang bud, I'm glad no one was hurt. Hope your son gets the kinks worked out soon.
We have to remember while driving a vehicle that it is a dangerous machine. Better luck in the future bud!
Patrick
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I live in some degree of constant fear about this sort of thing. My son is a college boy, ...and drives very well, but is sometimes inattentive. My daughter is an overly cautious driver, which can actually be WORSE at times. I wish they would have inherited my 'Perfect Driver' genes, but alas, I appear to have kept those for myself. ::)
Sorry you guys suffered some close calls Clint, but I'm sure glad it wasn't far worse, which is often is for young drivers. I know you can't get your loved ones to live in Kevlar armor swathed in bubble wrap, ...but sometimes you'd like to try! ;)
OneBow
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I think close calls are the quickest, surest way to learn. They drive the lesson home like,"Holy crap, this can happen to me!!" You just need some luck along with it.