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At least 3 dead in Fla. 50-car pileup (pg. 2)
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Djsketchbag
this just proves that old ppl can't drive |
In fog and smoke right?:rolleyes: |
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| Djsketchbag |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
In fog and smoke right?:rolleyes: |
it was a joke... isin't florida full of seniors |
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| Jackson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
In fog and smoke right?:rolleyes: |
Exactly, old people should be used to it...driving with cataracts and all. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Djsketchbag
it was a joke... isin't florida full of seniors |
YES! Old farts everywhere! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jackson
i read that as Lam Duong,
Heart skipped a beat lol |
Who's Lam Duong? |
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| lücid |
same exact thing happened just 3 days ago in Wisconsin, but it involved over 100 cars and resulted in only 2 deaths.
| quote: | Fog doesn't cause crashes, people do
PATRICIA SIMMS and DEBORAH ZIFF
Fog wasn 't the villain -- people were.
In the series of crashes Sunday on Interstate 39-90 that killed two, drivers failed to adjust to changes in visibility, said a State Patrol expert.
"People drove into that crash at 65 and 70 miles an hour, maybe even more, " said Maj. Dan Lonsdorf, director of transportation safety at the state Department of Transportation. "The fog did not cause the crash last night. People cause crashes because of the way they drive, because they fail to adapt to their environment. "
Observed visibility at the Dane County Regional Airport was about 300 feet at noon Sunday and about 700 feet at 2 p.m.
Drivers described hitting a "wall of fog " as they approached the crash site. Experts say fog density can vary significantly in a short stretch.
Still, Lonsdorf said drivers often don 't appreciate how fast they 're driving. "Cars are made better, they 're quieter, they 're designed to protect (motorists) better, " he said. "All of these things make people feel a little more invincible. "
One British study found some people actually speed up when driving in fog, Lonsdorf said. "People in fog fear what 's in front of them, but they also fear what 's behind them, " he said. "... They don 't want anybody coming up behind them and running into them, so they go faster.
"They don 't realize what it takes for them to stop, how violent the crash will be when they are traveling at those kinds of speeds. "
Topography also affects where fog congregates, as it tucks into low elevations or lingers on hills, said Jonathan Martin, chairman of the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
"I ve seen it go from what seems like one-half mile visibility or greater to something one-quarter mile or less within a few dozen of yards, " Martin said.
Lonsdorf has some advice: "Don 't overdrive your vision -- what you can see -- so that, in the event something happens in front of you, you can recognize that and you can stop in time." |
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| Jackson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Who's Lam Duong? |
dj_mdma |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
same exact thing happened just 3 days ago in Wisconsin, but it involved over 100 cars and resulted in only 2 deaths. |
Serving in Iraq is statistically safer than driving in America...:nervous: |
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| Elec |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
I use I-4 all the time!! Thank god I didn't have to use it today...
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Yeah, dang, good thing God arranged it so that you didn't have to use the I-4 at the time of the accident! The people who were involved in it obviously deserved a punishment.
| quote: | | Serving in Iraq is statistically safer than driving in America... |
Source? |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Elec
Yeah, dang, good thing God arranged it so that you didn't have to use the I-4 at the time of the accident! The people who were involved in it obviously deserved a punishment. |
It was a figure of speech...:rolleyes:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/sit...YearSelect=2007
| quote: | | Secretary Peters explained that data released today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that from 2001-2005, an average of 36 fatalities occurred per day on America’s roadways as a result of crashes involving an alcohol impaired driver. That number increases to 45 per day during the Christmas period and jumps to 54 per day over the New Year’s holiday, she added. |
You do the math!;) |
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| kamil |
| quote: | Originally posted by iammesol
Only in... |
Asia.
Asians cant drive for . In america. |
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| Zewad |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
You do the math!;) |
ratios though...
number of people in the US vs number of US peeps in Iraq
you keep the ratios the same and then i bet iraq is more dangerous..
im sure of it...
54 people out of 300 mil, vs 5 out of 150,000 = iraq much more dangerous
i was there a year and i personally knew 5 people that died... how many people on TA knew even one person killed by a car accident last year? |
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