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LOL Florida Thread # 4,339
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| Zharen |
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho...323.html?_esi=1
| quote: | The U.S. Postal Service has taken the unusual step of releasing a set of helpful tips to help reduce the number of drivers in Florida who have been crashing their cars into post offices. This year so far, eight drivers have crashed into post offices in Central Florida alone.
Local ABC affiliate WWSB7 reports that the tips include, "Avoid distracted driving; Proceed slowly and carefully when pulling in, and backing out, of parking spaces; Visibly check to see whether your foot is on the gas pedal or the brake pedal," and "Visibly check to see if the vehicle is in Park, Reverse or Drive."
The USPS says the two most common causes of such accidents are when drivers step on the gas instead of the brake pedal and when the driver accelerates thinking the vehicle is in reverse.
In June 2011, 89-year-old Phyllis Slaunwhite crashed her vehicle into a Florida post office, causing more than $250,000 in damages. Slaunwhite later told police she had blacked out and had no memory of the accident.
"It was just a big smash and everyone started shuffling toward the front of the building," local resident Frank Kubacki told the Tampa Bay Times. "There you go. Another Florida accident." |
There's not many things that surprise me in this world anymore. This one did. |
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| Zharen |
| quote: | | 8/21/2012; Leesburg. Customer she said she was startled by something falling from the sky and accelerated into the post office lobby. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| If Florida would merely impose an age limit to its licenses, the entire nation's auto insurance rates would probably be halved. Or at least New York's. |
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| Trance-MB |
| We don't have post offices any more, not in separate buildings... |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance-MB
We don't have post offices any more, not in separate buildings... |
Is there no END to the damage that Florida drivers can inflict?! |
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| itsamemario |
| How the hell did they not realize, within an inch of travelling, that they were going in the wrong direction? You have to be pretty ing absent to not notice the surroundings moving opposite direction than it should. |
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| Trance-MB |
| Probably all Toyota Prius, blame the car... |
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