Posted on 11/18/2012 12:54:31 PM PST by Kaslin
Friends of a Kansas City single mother killed Wednesday in a car accident apparently caused by another driver’s sneezing attack prayed Friday for the mother’s 1-year-old son.
The boy, injured in the accident near Smithville Lake, remained in serious condition Friday at Children’s Mercy Hospital.
“We are pretty much in shock and just having a hard time wrapping our heads around the whole thing,” said Cheryl Krecker, a friend and colleague of Laura McClendon, 30.
McClendon had taken a new job this summer after working for about five years with Krecker at Cramer LLC, a Kansas City office seating manufacturer.
“She had just improved her career and was really getting her act together as a single mom,” Krecker said.
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Very sad situation all around.
I have learned many years ago that you can prevent sneezing by putting your index finger and your thumb on the bridge of your nose and rub it in circling motions
Article cites three cases of sneezing attacks causing fatal accidents.
Clearly federal sneezing regulations are called for to stem this epidemic.
I recommend we start with sneezing guidelines and quickly work our way up to issuing sneezing permits and licenses. They will be available at the nearest Obamacare office, but will take 18 months to process and issue. In the meantime, it’s highly recommended you DO NOT SNEEZE or you will suffer painful penalty payments and one of the newly hired 10,000 IRS sneezing agents will garnish your wages if you don’t pay.
Yikes!
Ban sneezing!
When my allergies start acting up, I do my best not to drive - and not because of ay meds I take it, but because I am terrified of having a sneezing fit while behind the wheel.
Every single time in my life when I've had a woman in my vehicle, she won't put the seatbelt on unless told to. Even then, she sometimes refuses.
Usually I get annoyed at boobs-and-butts graphics...but honestly that one had me LOL...
That’s no tragedy.
/johnny
The liberals response will be to make sneezing while driving illegal, mandate that automated monitoring systems that can detect sneezing and transmit it to the local police station installed which will then issue a citation that will be mailed to your home address.
More traffic experts are growing more alert to the dangers of sneezing behind the wheel.
The media is giving the signal... A government solution is on the way.
Look for LaHood to publicly address the sneezing-and-driving epidemic tomorrow or Tuesday.
Looks like sometimes the effects of sneezing can be positive!
“I have learned many years ago that you can prevent sneezing by putting your index finger and your thumb on the bridge of your nose and rub it in circling motions”
I just bite my tongue. At times i’ve come near to drawing blood but haven’t so far.
I’m sure I couldn’t say, except that maybe your passengers thought they might need to exit the vehicle in haste.
Whatever you do, do not let NYC mayor Bloombug, er, berg get wind of this..
Whatever you do, do not let NYC mayor Bloombug, er, berg get wind of this..
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