Good Grief too much excitement for me... | Arthritis Information
Totally off topic, unless stress counts.
We share a driveway with our neighbors and we face a street that ends in a "T" right in front of our house. What we have been expecting for 20 years finally happened. Last night we were awakened by the phone, it was our next door neighbor saying, "kathy the police are in the driveway, you better come down" Turns out a drunk driver blew the stop sign, and never turned, just barelled down our driveway and plowed into 3 cars, 2 of ours and one of the neighbors.
He sideswiped mark's car, knocked the passenger side mirror into a flower bed 20 feet away, slammed into the rear of the neighbors van, did a real number on that, then hit my van, and destroyed the rear bumper and the latch to the rear door.
He then tried to back out of the driveway and hit the neighbors house. By then our neighbor (who happens to be the police sgt here) jumped off his porch and punched in the driver's side window and ...ummm...apprehended... the suspect. The guy actually fell asleep in the police car.. or passed out.
He's been charged with several crimes, including possession..
This morning we were all out there picking up glass strewn the entire length of the driveway. what a mess.
At least it happened while everyone was inside. Usually there are kids from the neighborhood or Ally playing around the driveway and the yard.
WWWOOOOOWWW That is insane!!! SO glad it was at night, and you were in the house! That could have been such a worse situation It's amazing how dumb some people can be!Yeah that would have been terrible if someone had been in the driveway. Glad no one got hurt.
I'm glad everyone is ok and no one was hurt. I can't stand drunk drivers. One of the most selfish acts on the planet. I won't lie, when I was in college I drank and drove SOOO much. Every time I hear about a drunk driving accident, I thank my lucky stars that I never had an accident. I was young and foolish! :( There were nights that I don't even remember driving home. When you get that drunk, you think you're invincible. I don't ever remember thinking "I'm too drunk to drive" It just never crossed my mind. I thought I was on top of the world. I have a better head on my shoulders now, and I like to think I can chalk that up to just being too young to understand. Not that that excuses it in anyway, but at least its a partial explination for my train of thought at the time. If I did something like that now, well there would just be no reason/excuse/explination that could ever justify it. I'm not saying I agree with people who drive drunk, but having been there, I can see how they'd end up doing it. You just can't think clearly when you're that intoxicated.
I agree. When I was doing law enforcement, that was the one thing I would never give anyone a break on. You can kill yourself drinking but don't get out on the road and kill others. The first thing I do when Brett drinks is put the keys in the safe. I have been on too many DUI accidents.
Kathy, Glad everything is OK. Good thing your neighbor was so macho - lol. It sux having to clean up after irresponsible people. I HATE DRUNK DRIVERS TOO
I was a paramedic and that is why my stance on drunk driving is so tough. Oh I agree, don't get me wrong. I just wanted to let you in the head of a drunk driver. You REALLY do think you're invincible. And you don't think your driving is any different. Or your walking. Or you speech. Or your breath...lol It's a crazy state of mind. I'm so glad I don't drink like that anymore. *shivers* waaayyy too many nights of puking.
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