Sometimes, when I am late leaving the house to pick up Jeren and Teresa from school, I will take the freeway. When I exit the freeway, I need to take this street that is two lanes each way. It runs between an oil refinery and a regional park on the other side. Because of this, there is never any cross traffic for about a mile and a half. Since there is no cross traffic, people have a tendency to speed down this road. It is posted 40, but the average is 55. I've seen some people doing 80+. At one point, there is a large curve. I've always wondered what would happen if someone was going way too fast, fail to negotiate that curve and drive into oncoming traffic. I found out today. I came upon the recent aftermath of a head on collision. A Mercedes Benz and a red car, whose make I could not indentify, due to it being damaged beyond recognition. The fire department had just arrived, along with the Highway Patrol. As we drove past, the accident scene, more rescue vehicles were approaching from different directions. Including a paramedic unit and an ambulance. I bet they needed to cut the people out of their cars. They were in that bad of shape. I hope there were no fatalities. But, looking at the condition of both vehicles, that would almost be some kind of miracle. It kind of shook me up and made me realize just how vulnerable you are out there driving.
Posted by Valkyre at May 16, 2003 06:31 PM