I could’ve killed someone
Two nights ago, a woman was struck and killed on Route 193 near the University of Maryland campus. I was driving home from the Weird Al Yankovic concert at the time and I basically followed a blaring fire truck and ambulance to the scene of the accident (which is on my way home). I got there only a few minutes after police had arrived and started shutting down the scene. Not a minute after I got there a cop came along and told us few cars that were stuck behind the emergency vehicles to turn around. So I ended up having to take the long way home.
The scary part, though, is that I could’ve killed that woman. She was standing in the middle of the freaking highway, which is not lighted on that particular stretch. Had the concert ended just ten minutes earlier, who knows, she might be splattered on my car rather than the other driver’s. The driver isn’t being charged with anything, which makes sense, but still, it has to feel pretty crappy to know that you killed someone. I’m really glad it wasn’t me who ran her over.
June 28th, 2007 at 19:27
That is the very reason I don’t complain about slow drivers, forgeting my phone and having to turn around and go back home.
That 5 minute or five second delay could be for a reason.
Be cool, your time will come.
June 29th, 2007 at 14:45
I don’t get aggravated at them for a different reason: there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it, so there’s no sense in getting riled up over it. Idiots who think there is something they can do about it end up being hurt or killed in road rage incidents.