February 14, 2006
Speed, Mini-Vans and Soccer Moms Don't Mix
Another image to file under "Stupid Shit I see on My Commute". Actually, I file these under "Tales of the Commute" under the heading, "Topics" on the left side-bar. I saw this single vehicle accident a week ago Wednesday. I have been trying to figure out exaclty how this ass-clown soccer mom made this happen, because the mini-van was in the west-bound lanes heading west (in the photo that is from right to left). There is a cement median between the two west-bound and two east-bound lanes. The vehicle is exactly half way over the guard rail on the right shoulder of the west-bound lanes and the front is pointing slightly north-east. WTFrack? Motoring mojo = ZERO!
Note: I pulled over on a side street, parked and exited my car and then made this photograph. Never make photos from a vehicle when you're the driver. That's an important safety tip from BDTH.
What department's cruiser is that? I don't recognize the markings.
Posted by: Malnurtured Snay on February 14, 2006 11:25 PMIt's either Rockville or Monkey County... I mean Montgomery County.
Posted by: Will Burnham on February 15, 2006 09:42 AMI bet it involved a deer.
Posted by: tea on February 15, 2006 03:35 PMI'll bet it involved a cell phone.
Coming down a straight stretch of 95 one day, between Belair and White Marsh, I saw a mini-van flipped over in a ditch. Not realizing as traffic slowed in front of me, people pulling over and bailing to help, that the accident had just happened.
Rubber-necking, I witnessed an unrestrained driver hanging half out of the driver's window, pinned between the top of the door and the a-pillar/roof as the van rested upside-down.
No wildlife around, no wild changes in the road, no aggressive driver prompting evasive action. Again, I deduced it was phone related. Wonder if I was right.
Posted by: SteveK on February 15, 2006 04:53 PMJebus, people need to SLOW THE FRACK DOWN! People need to put both hands on the controls of their vehicles. People need less distracting crap in cars, not more.
I've realized something and that is that the drivers that race past you and cut in at the last second, at the point where two lanes become one, are driving like that NOT because they need to get someplace in a hurry. Nope, they just want to get ahead of you and me in a hurry. They just want to be first in the line, Well guess what ass-clowns, you (and by 'you', I mena they) will never be first in the line because there are hundreds and thousands of vehicles already ahead of you no matter how fast you drive and no matter how many people you rush to cut off at the last second. People also need to STOP DRIVING ON MY FRACKING ASS! Seriously, don't frack with me, don't frack with anyone on the road. Drive to survive and drive like a mature, caring and responsible individual... before I go bat-shit insane on your ass.
Posted by: Will Burnham on February 16, 2006 08:33 AMi keep waiting for one of the hurry-ups i deal with on 95 south every morning to hit me...and every time i see a hood or front window in my rearview with no license plate in sight, i ponder what it'll be like to have my house paid off. (assuming of course i survive the idiot who's about to rear-end me)
i agree with you, will -- people just want to be in front. heaven forbid they should have to be BEHIND anyone.
i had one guy riding my bumper late last week, who mi was watching in my rearview (wondering about that house payoff...), and he actually kept waving both his hands in disgust at me. i like to leave a few car lengths between my car and the one in front of me. apparently that's become a punishable crime. why do people think the laws of physics don't apply when driving? why do they think it's physically possible for me to go faster than the person in front of me??? i wanted to tell him to test the laws of physics in an isolated lab somewhere where no one besides him could get hurt, but don't test them while you're driving.