Brian, Tatum and I were driving home from my doctors appointment when we realized that ahead on the right, westbound on 322 near route 100, there were lots of trinkets and "momentos" along the side of the road, and then we both realized that's the spot where that "Jackass" star and his friend were killed not too long ago.
I knew they crashed in a Philly Suburb, but I didn't know it was near me.
I don't know, whenever I see crosses or momentos alongside of the road, it really creeps me out because I know that for whatever reason, somebody died there.
This time I was sad because you know what? I am pregnant, and I (and probably a lot of other) people drive this way to get to the hospital for whatever reason. Route 322 is a wide, deceivingly curvy road, and anybody who speeds down that road going over 100 and being drunk is liable to kill somebody. It's a beautiful area, heavily wooded...
The thing is, drunk drivers are everywhere, and bad things happen all the time to and around them. People on message boards have really been slamming these guys for driving drunk and being stupid, but it makes me wonder....
People go to bars to relax and/or to have a good time, which many equate with getting plastered or maybe just having a few drinks - but how do they GET to the bars? I think it would be a safe bet that there are a lot more people who have had a few too many on the road then we think, and I hope that people can learn from this. I mean, this guy in particular was famous for doing stupid, dangerous stuff, and maybe that's why the public is being especially brutal in their assessments of this guy, but if are coming down so hard on him, we should come down on everybody...You don't KNOW when you've have "too much." Alcohol is a depressant - it effects your JUDGMENT. No cell in your body is free from the effects of it. It freely crosses the protective blood-brain barrier, which affects your brain cells (including your judgment and coordination). You don't need to be falling off of a bar stool to get the hint that you may not want to drive home.
I just don't want to be driving to the hospital at 2AM to deliver my baby and be the victim of a driver who has had a few too many, flying down the road and crashing into my car! I wouldn't want that for anybody!
Just seeing all that today made me think about these things (only because this time, I knew who all those trinkets were for, and what happened there). Road crosses still freak me out. Drive carefully. Be defensive. Be alert.
I knew they crashed in a Philly Suburb, but I didn't know it was near me.
I don't know, whenever I see crosses or momentos alongside of the road, it really creeps me out because I know that for whatever reason, somebody died there.
This time I was sad because you know what? I am pregnant, and I (and probably a lot of other) people drive this way to get to the hospital for whatever reason. Route 322 is a wide, deceivingly curvy road, and anybody who speeds down that road going over 100 and being drunk is liable to kill somebody. It's a beautiful area, heavily wooded...
The thing is, drunk drivers are everywhere, and bad things happen all the time to and around them. People on message boards have really been slamming these guys for driving drunk and being stupid, but it makes me wonder....
People go to bars to relax and/or to have a good time, which many equate with getting plastered or maybe just having a few drinks - but how do they GET to the bars? I think it would be a safe bet that there are a lot more people who have had a few too many on the road then we think, and I hope that people can learn from this. I mean, this guy in particular was famous for doing stupid, dangerous stuff, and maybe that's why the public is being especially brutal in their assessments of this guy, but if are coming down so hard on him, we should come down on everybody...You don't KNOW when you've have "too much." Alcohol is a depressant - it effects your JUDGMENT. No cell in your body is free from the effects of it. It freely crosses the protective blood-brain barrier, which affects your brain cells (including your judgment and coordination). You don't need to be falling off of a bar stool to get the hint that you may not want to drive home.
I just don't want to be driving to the hospital at 2AM to deliver my baby and be the victim of a driver who has had a few too many, flying down the road and crashing into my car! I wouldn't want that for anybody!
Just seeing all that today made me think about these things (only because this time, I knew who all those trinkets were for, and what happened there). Road crosses still freak me out. Drive carefully. Be defensive. Be alert.
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