The most awesomely awesome driving fail I've ever seen

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I was at the Wisconsin State Fair today with McGoddess09, who I hope y'all remember.

On my way out of the fairgrounds, I was sent through a different exit than the one I'm used to, so I decided to drive on Milwaukee city streets for a while until I could get on the I.

I was approaching a traffic light. In the lane next to me was a black Jeep. The light turned yellow while I was still a considerable distance away from the intersection, so I began to slow down.

The Jeep did not; in fact the driver decided to gun it. The light turned red with the Jeep still not in the intersection. It kept going on ahead through the red light. Let's just say I was sure I was about to see a bad accident.

Then the Jeep driver suddenly slammed on the brakes and came to a stop IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. It had to back up, and wound up stopped over the crosswalk, which at this intersection is in red concrete.

Added bonus: this was in an area under heavy road construction. There's never a cop around when you need one.

[blas]

People do that shit a lot around here. It's like they have the balls to try to jet through a yellow light, then, smack in the middle of the intersection.....OOPS!!

[Food Lady]

I have never heard of anyone doing something so asinine. He may as well have kept going.

[wolfie]

That Jeep driver needs to learn the facts of life - specifically, that getting into a situation where it's likely to T-bone a semi is a BAD THING, especially since the frame of a van-type trailer is at the perfect height to slice the "greenhouse" (and everything in it - including the driver's head) off a Jeep.

[sms001]

a situation where it's likely to T-bone a semi is a BAD THING,

I've seen the aftermath of the the worst case intersection scenario; driver A running the red, driver B 'anticipating' the green, so pretty much full speed for both. B was a flat faced tractor and rolled the suv on a diagonal into the stopped left turn lane cars. NOT pretty for the three cars. The semi was parked on the shoulder on the other side of the intersection with what looked cosmetic/headlight replacement damage.

Just plain dumb.

[Pagan]

That Jeep driver needs to learn the facts of life - specifically, that getting into a situation where it's likely to T-bone a semi is a BAD THING, especially since the frame of a van-type trailer is at the perfect height to slice the "greenhouse" (and everything in it - including the driver's head) off a Jeep.

You mean like this that happened about a month ago?

http://bit.ly/1abyTpO

[wolfie]

You mean like this that happened about a month ago?

Exactly. Too many people don't realize the obvious - when it's 4-wheeler vs. big rig, the trucker walks away from the collision.

[sms001]

You mean like this that happened about a month ago?

"decapitated and killed"

If this isn't extremely redundant on KRQE's part, I'm moving to New Mexico just for the medical services.

[Chromatix]

That might be for the benefit of people who don't immediately know what "decapitated" means. It is a five-syllable word, after all.

[Deevil]

That might be for the benefit of people who don't immediately know what "decapitated" means. It is a five-syllable word, after all.

Or they knew it is possible (though extremely rare) to live after decapitation. Mike the Headless Chicken

[Chromatix]

Chickens, sure. It's well-known that they usually run around a bit after being chopped. Not all of their brain is actually in their head.

Not so for humans.

[Deevil]

Chickens, sure. It's well-known that they usually run around a bit after being chopped. Not all of their brain is actually in their head.

Not so for humans.

I think that living for a year and a half is more than "running around a bit" though...

And, I've known a human or two whose brain was well south of their spinal cord.

[Chromatix]

The "Living Headless Chicken" was a bit of an anomaly, but does serve to emphasise the difference between chickens and humans in that respect.

There's another factor, of course - there are major arteries and veins in the human neck, to supply our relatively massive brains, of course, and if those burst open and are not closed promptly, death is not far away. Decapitation tends to do that, regardless of where the functional part of the subject's brain might actually be.

[Luna Baby]

These very types of drivers are why I'm teaching my 17 year old son to always proceed with caution through a green light, especially one that has 'just' turned green. We always look both ways but take that extra look each direction when we have been stopped for a red as we've had way too many people around here decide to just make up their own rules as they go. Dumb butts!

[Ophbalance]

My pet peeve is stop signs. I walk around our office park thrice daily Tuesday through Thursday. There's an apartment complex, complete with stop signs, along my route. I'd love to say I could trust drivers to actually stop at these things when I'm crossing a street (or anywhere, really, it's not just confined to that area) but sadly I cannot. I watched a guy in a sedan blow through the sign. Didn't look at me on his left, and NEVER ONCE looked right to see if there was oncoming traffic. If the oncoming car had been any closer it would have been a mess. Even though my eldest is just turned 11 I'm pounding into him the "Crap You Just Don't Do (TM)".