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This video clip is NOT
funny - it’s here to make you aware of driver-fatigue dangers, and precautions to be taken! (see also Safety Section) |
This accident happened north of Deer Lodge, Montana on I-90. The 22 year-old driver left central Washington early in the morning, heading east to college. He fell asleep at the wheel, and drifted off the shoulder - hitting the end of the section of guard rail. ![]() The guard rail came through the right headlight, engine compartment, firewall, glove box, passenger seat, rear seat and exited out the driver's side rear window. ![]() That's 120 linear feet of guard rail that threaded through the suburban. ![]() No passengers, and amazingly - the driver was not injured. ![]() Fatigue is the best pillow. - Benjamin Franklin Never insult anyone by accident. - Robert A. Heinlein Safety doesn't happen by accident. - Unknown Conditioning starts when fatigue begins. - Unknown My alone time is for everyone's safety. - Unknown Defendit numerus: There is safety in numbers. - Unknown Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. - Mark Twain Care shouldn't start in the emergency room. - James Douglas Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy. - Unknown In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. - Ralph Waldo Emerson One trained dog equals 60 search-and-rescue workers. - Charles Stoehr Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident. - Lauren Bacall Giving never happens by accident. It's always intentional. - Amy Grant Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. - Ambrose Bierce Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on. - Budd Schulberg Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. - Maxwell Maltz My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood. - Salma Hayek The traveler with empty pockets pursues his journey in perfect safety. - Ovid Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration. - Pat Conroy Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is in flames. - Horace There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. - Charles Dickens Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. - Mark Twain How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue. - Natalie Clifford Barney Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving. - David Letterman When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis. - Elvis Presley Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. - Eleanor Roosevelt To be born free is an accident; to live free a responsibility; to die free is an obligation. - Mrs. Hubbard Davis The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. - Aristotle The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. - Charles Lamb Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue. - Peter Gallagher Faith is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see - But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency. - Emily Dickinson I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. - Ronald Reagan Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? - George Carlin If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 2,000 MPG. - Bill Gates It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or fortune but just yourself that kept things from you. - Lillian Hellman There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right, and making all crime mean and ugly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. - Judith Viorst The rhythm of the footsteps, the sound of whatever is coming down the ladder is driving both me and my mom steadily toward peeing our pants. - Kendare Blake Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. - Pele see also Car, Safety & Travel Sections Aussie Car Alarm CarJacking Fatal Text Message Police Car Of The Year Safest Place In Canada Speed Limit Enforced by Attack Aircraft Spotted Spotters Texas Speed Camera Tie Wrap Bumper Tie Wrap Security Underwater Radar Trap |
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