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[Cats3000]

Report I read said that he was a convicted felon with a gun.  Convicted felons arfen't supposed to have guns.  Wonder where he got the gun?

[drizzellla]

So sad.

But I don't get it. He shot and killed that woman and he gets a $100,000 bond? Shouldn't a human life be worth more than that?

[bmorechick]

Horrific story but I can’t help wonder why bystanders didn’t call 911 instead of putting her into the car and having her son take her to hospital...why???  With life saving measures in the ambulance Perhaps she may have had a chance to survive.  Tragic

[Anonymous032819]

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@bmorechick wrote:

Horrific story but I can’t help wonder why bystanders didn’t call 911 instead of putting her into the car and having her son take her to hospital...why???  With life saving measures in the ambulance Perhaps she may have had a chance to survive.  Tragic

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People are afraid to get involved, I think.

[Anonymous032819]

I try to drive senseably.

I go the speed limit (maybe 2 - 3 mph over), I stay in the "slow" lane, I signal, I come to full and complete stops at stop signs, etc.

I have seen people do 80 in a 50, I have had people tailgate me, even though the passing lane next to me is wide open.

I've had some near hits myself.

It's not highway driving that bothers me, it's the in-town driving where it's risky.

I've been first at a stop light, and when my light turned green, I started to pull forward, only to be almost hit by some red-light runner.

I have seen others almost get hit by red-light runners, and I'm not talking about the light having just turned red two nanoseconds ago. No, I'm talking about the light turned red about 3 -4 seconds ago.

I have seen people not yeld to emergency vehicles, even though they have their lights and sirens on.

On time, I was at a gas station, and I was pumping my own gas, when I heard the sirens of a fire truck blaring.

I'm watching, and the traffic that had the green light did. not. stop. for the fire truck!

Such sense of entitlement! 

No,  *I*  have the green light, and *I'M* going. I don't care if you are a big firetruck with lights and sirens on. I'm. Still. Going. Because *I* have the green light."

[LTT1]

@RedTop 

I can sympathize. We are having the same issues here.

And the driving issue is one I cannot seem to cope with.

[suzyQ3]

On a side note, I take my life in my hands every day when I exercise walk. I go about 3 1/2 miles, most of it along a pedestrian/bicycle path along the ocean.

But the rest is on city streets, and I swear that I have come so close to being mowed do quite often.

My solution, such as it is, involves not crossing until I know that I've made contact with the driver. A pox on those who have darkened glass (illegal here).

[J Town Girl]

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@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:

I saw that story yesterday.  I feel so sorry for that young man and his family.  I miss the old days when someone flipped you off or yelled and that was the end of it. BP may have gone up a little but everyone went home alive.

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My husband and I talk about that all the time.   People would get irritated and possibly give you the bird but then they'd drive off and that was the end.    They didn't take out a gun and shoot you because you did some minor thing that they found offensive.   

If you were involved in a traffic accident the main thing that was forefront in the minds of both drivers was the possibility that someone might have been injured.   Most people did not scream and yell over the damage to their car.   They exchanged insurance information in a  calm and rational manner.   

Just yesterday my husband and I witnessed a young girl become irate and scream at the driver in a truck beside her because he wasn't going fast enough for her and she wanted to merge in front of him.    I said to my husband, let's get the heck away from her because you never know what someone like that is going to do next.  

[lovesrecess]

I still see people holding and yakking on their phones instead of using hands free Bluetooth. I have found even with using Bluetooth it can be distracting. so I try not to make or take many calls if I am in a lot of traffic.

[Financialgrl]

I feel your pain.  Lived in northern VA and carpooled up 95/395 to Arlington VA/DC areas for over 25 years.  I retired and moved farther south.  I'd never use that road again unless I absolutely have to. 

I recently attended a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.  There is a wait for family to receive the grave location, date/time for funerals there.  I told a friend - "oh please let it be in the middle of any cloudy day other than Friday".  So of course it was on the sunniest, hottest Friday at 3pm and took me 2.5 hours to drive the 50 miles home.