When will people learn?!
I was lying in bed, reading, last night when there was a power blackout for a couple of seconds. Then I heard people talking outside and I overheard them talking about a car accident around the corner.
Me, being the nosey concerned person that I am, called out to Bill who was in the living room and suggested he go and have a look so he could come back here and tell me what happened to make sure that everyone was ok.
He came back shortly after to inform me that a car had crashed into a power pole right across the road from our friend’s house and rolled, landing upside down. Luckily the 3 people in the car were ok, according to the local paper.
I’m glad to hear they are ok because now I can tell them, via my blog, what I think of them!
I drove past the accident scene on my way to take Tiesha to work this morning. No, I didn’t take a detour! It’s the usual way we go. The skid marks on the road show that the driver was obviously speeding because the skid marks started on the curve at the top of the hill and it looked like the driver lost control and swerved all over the road until slamming into the pole.
I have driven up and down this road almost daily and if you’re doing the speed limit, there is no way you can have an accident like this one! What makes it worse is that it has been mentioned that they had all been drinking! AND the driver was on his green P’s! (for those playing at home, this is the provisional licence).
They are lucky to be alive! They are lucky that they didn’t crash into a house where there could have been unaware people watching tv or sleeping! They are lucky that they didn’t crash into any other cars that may have been travelling past them at the time.
How many people have to die on the road before people get the message? Speed kills!!
I have no sympathy for those who ignore the road rules and speed limits and who drive under the influence of alcohol. If it was up to me, their driver’s licence would be cancelled and they would be made to use public transport for the rest of the life.
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