Posted on 08/02/2012 12:57:27 PM PDT by grundle
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -
A college student from Texas believes he is lucky to be alive after a terrible crash. He was texting and driving when his truck flew off of a cliff.
Chance Bothe's truck plunged off of a bridge and into a ravine. One of the last things he typed indicated what almost happened to him.
He wrote, "I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident."
After the crash, Chance had a broken neck, a crushed face, a fractured skull, and traumatic brain injuries. Doctors had to bring him back to life three times . Now, 6 months later, he's finally able to talk about what happened.
"They just need to understand, don't do it. Don't do it. It's not worth losing your life," he said. "I went to my grandmother's funeral not long ago, and I kept thinking, it kept jumping into my head, I'm surprised that's not me up in that casket. I came very close to that, to being gone forever."
Chance's father said, if he had a child just learning to drive, he would disable texting and Internet on their phone.
As of August 1st, drivers in Alabama will face a $25 fine the first time they are caught texting behind the wheel.
Duh ping
Broken neck, eh? I suppose that means somebody’s going to have to pump the pablum into his stomach and wipe up what come out of the other end for him the rest of his life....
Well.... since he probably can’t drive, he can do all the texting he want, now.
Odd how spellchecker doesn’t like the word ‘texting’.
It doesn't like Obama either because both are dumb things to do at the wrong time (not that there is a right time for Obama).
Famous last words.....
I presume that was somewhere in the vicinity of Monte Sano State Park. Helluva steep drop up there.
” “They just need to understand, don’t do it. Don’t do it. It’s not worth losing your life,” he said. “
The heck with YOUR life.....I’m thankful you didn’t kill a couple of kids.
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‘Experience’ is that thing that you get, right after you really needed it.
How long before someone files a suit declaring that 'spellchecker' is racist?
How about suspension of drivers license for a year and a thousand dollar fine?
Texting drivers kill. Every day I see some loser on the highway with an electronic device in their lap that they are paying more attention to than the road.
Apparently, contrary to what Robert Earl Keen writes, the road does NOT go on forever, and the party DOES end.
Apparently, contrary to what Robert Earl Keen writes, the road does NOT go on forever, and the party DOES end.
As much as the states have come down on alcohol and driving, I can’t help but think anybody caught using a hand-held device should immediately face a suspended license.
And there might be ten thousand people who reply -Oh, I can do it, never had a problem, blah blah blah..
It amounts to INTENTIONALLY not paying attention while you are driving.
Yhat’s worse than reckless.
Flame suit on, and I don’t give a hoot!
” It amounts to INTENTIONALLY not paying attention while you are driving.
Yhat’s worse than reckless.
Flame suit on, and I don’t give a hoot!”
I agree. More dangerous than drunk driving.
Purple rubber bracelet on right wrist? “Gay man and single”?
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