We had a young man the other day who did a hit and run on a car at one intersection. He zoomed off leaving the other car crippled but the people inside alright.
Less then a mile from that accident, he lost control of his jeep. He went up into a driveway and rear ended a car sitting there, pushing it into the garage. He was thrown from the jeep and landed inside the backseat of the other car – he came through the roof.
Needless to say, we airlifted him to Tampa but I don’t think he was going to make it. He was severely injured. They believe he was drinking and driving – which accounts for why he didn’t stop at the first accident.
Today we had a motorcyclist who was going too fast, lost control of his motorcycle and skidded down the highway. We had to airlift him too and again, we don’t think he was going to make it. From the paramedics we learned that he had blood coming out his nose, mouth and ears…never a good sign. They believe he was also drinking and driving.
My son has been found guilty of drinking and driving twice now. I tell him all the time that it is not worth his life or the life of someone else. I think he finally got the message and has wised up. Now he takes cabs if he goes out on the town.
It scares me how many people do drink and drive. Back when I was dating Gary, we had a woman hit an car, which hit a car, which hit us. The woman was very drunk – was even bragging to the officers about how much she had had to drink that day. They figured out from the velocity in which she hit the first car that she had to be going 90 in a 35 mile zone. We were all lucky.
Maybe someday places will get wise and make their customers go through a field soberity test before letting them get behind the wheel. I know, it shouldn’t be up to the bars to assure their customers are using common sense but it would help save the lives of sober people who have to share the roadway.
