Re: driving law

Posted by duh On 2010/3/4 20:40:41

I think Tennessee has a bit of a transplant issue like western north Carolina. Most of our congestion here is a result of Floridians and new yorkers that have infiltrated our communities as a place of retirement. I could safely say 99% of these folks do whatever they wish regardless of economic circumstance.

I40 for us has had the majority of its traffic diverted due to a landslide. Could be backlash on the Tennessee side due to that as well.

I understand that sometimes you cannot move over for stalled or emergency vehicles, but you CAN slow down. The video that was posted earlier is a terrible reminder that it only takes a millionth of a second to cause a fatal slipup.

There have been two incidents in the last year for me that could have been avoided if someone had paid attention. A father on the way to his daughters graduation pulled out in front of my truck and I ended up taking off his front bumper. It could have been him if I hadn't ditches it in the median. The other was a 19 year old girl that ran a red light, while text messaging, and I hit her driver side front door doing 55. Both vehicles were totalled. What hurt me the most was I was out of a 36k dollar work truck. She can't walk. All over a text message. Shame.

I sound callous, but both of these things could have easily been avoided. Just think out there folks.