Ouch

[hkestes41]

She just couldn't wait. Went through a solid red.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5-8972AbM&feature=youtu.be

[Reg Evans]

Man...that's a shame !

[Mark D]

Obviously she left her brain in the electric shopping cart at walmart.

[randroid]

Gents,

I wonder if she was able to get her text sent in time?

-Randy

[TodFitch]

She just couldn't wait. Went through a solid red.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5-8972AbM&feature=youtu.be

Unfortunate that it happened and the fact that the car hit was an early '30s Chrysler product made it worse.

But I was a bit confused by the video... The signal light was flashing red. Around here that means the signal is flashing red in all directions and you are to treat it as a four way stop.

Unless, of course, there is a traffic officer directing traffic. Which did not appear to be the case.

So how come none of the street rods were stopping before going through the intersection?

[Young Ed]

IDK Tod the motorcyle cop that responded quite quickly could have been directing traffic. You can see the second car that stops waving him over.

[Don Coatney]

Unfortunate that it happened and the fact that the car hit was an early '30s Chrysler product made it worse.

But I was a bit confused by the video... The signal light was flashing red. Around here that means the signal is flashing red in all directions and you are to treat it as a four way stop.

Unless, of course, there is a traffic officer directing traffic. Which did not appear to be the case.

So how come none of the street rods were stopping before going through the intersection?

Good point. However the lady driver was going way too fast to have been stopped at the intersection. I noticed two or three vehicles making a right turn as soon as the crash happened. Also the motorcycle cop must be on steroids or the on lookers are all very short. He or she stands head and shoulders above them. Also notice the lady driver covering her forehead after the crash. Is that a learned behavior?

[1950 Special Deluxe]

Gents,

I wonder if she was able to get her text sent in time?

-Randy

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Texting+possible+cause+fatal+crash+near+Swift+Current+RCMP/5887770/story.html

[greg g]

There was just one in the mid west that involved texting, two trucks and a schoolbus that resulted in multiple fatalities.

Cars should be assembled such that the shell becomes a faraday cage within which mobil devices are rendered useless. And by the way the police are just as bad with computers cell phones radios cameras.

[hkestes41]

While I agree that we should not be texting while driving, I think the recent recommendations by the NTSB to outlaw all communications deviced even hands free is going a bit too far. Their claim is that even with hands free drivers are distracted when carrying on a conversation to the point of increasing the likelyhood of an accident.

If that is true, then they need to outlaw passengers (especially wives and kids), radios (singing along, changing stations) CD players and GPS. All these things cause as much of a distraction as talking on a hands free cell phone. If you take the NTSB logic, we should all be riding in single person vehicles with no electronics or driver operated controlls except the steering wheel, brake and accelerator.

[Desotodav]

Use of hand-held mobile phones whilst driving here in Oz (Queensland) carries a $300 fine. Most of the other states here carry a similar penalty. Authorities have deemed the offence to be in the 'life endangering' category as it has statistically contributed to a considerable percentage of road trauma. The offence is only committed if the phone is in the hand of the driver whilst driving (or stopped in the line of traffic). The definition of 'use' is not restricted to talking or texting - it includes performing any function of the phone..ie... looking at the time or turning the phone on or off etc. The use of hands-free phones is not an offence unless the phone is in the driver's hand.

Desotodav