I had a chat in FB with a close friend of mine about the problems with texting while driving.. She didn't see it as a real problem till I posted a few pictures of an accident I had...
The kid was 16 years old and he was texting while driving and he ended up in a precarious situation..
I was traveling northbound on i-85 in NC around the 8 mile marker when I felt a slight jerk .. i looked out the passengers side and I saw nothing... I looked out the drivers side and saw this, as I was driving 65 miles and hour. It took me 650 ft to come to a complete stop.. I got out and he had already exited the vehicle unhurt.
Thankfully he did not have any passengers in his vehicle as they would be seriously hurt or worse..
One of the things I can say is the kid was honest and told the trooper he was texting and driving, so i have to give him kudos for that. If it wasn't for the fact that he severed both air lines on the trailer I may have rolled right over the top of him, with a possibility of killing him and rolling my truck.
Whats funny I posted this in cdllife.com FB page and I got pm'd by a couple of safety supervisors to have permission to use the pictures in safety slide shows. I also got pmed by a couple of driving instructors too. I told them all if you can use it to at least save one life, take them.
So for all you people who think you can text and drive... just remember this.. 3 seconds is all it took for this to happen.. if you have a youngster show him/her what can happen. This kid was 16 and the last text he sent was to his girlfriend... I WILL BE THERE SHORTLY.. he almost wasn't there..
LAwnDart
