Driving
Folks, please wake up. Stop doing this nonsense. Driving is not to be taken for granted. Needless carnage. I see this here in Australia and now my good buddy Sean Brown @ProtruckR in Canada shares these real photographs direct from the scene there. If there’s anything I can say or do to stop this, I’ll do it. I am aware the issue is not that simple. As a professional driver, endorsed & licensed by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport and having operated transport businesses for years, I’m aware of the hazards of driving at speed. It’s what we do – in the appropriate arena. This incident occurred on a public road, on a public holiday. Heard of that before?
What is even more horrific is that the truck involved was travelling at no more than 30km/h – on an incline (uphill) in the slow lane – and the passenger vehicle, in this case a Volks Wagon Jetta (an ordinarily very safe vehicle) was likely travelling in excess of 150km/h. Do the math yourselves.
The following images are not for the faint of heart, but they are real and really did just today occur. The firefighter leaning in the rear window of the sedan is supporting the neck of the passenger as paramedics secure them.
Sean spoke on the telephone with me tonight of the screaming that could be heard as he approached the accident as the first on scene. The fate of those involved is as yet unknown, but needless to say those that survive this will bear scars that cannot be seen, and worse still cannot be undone.
- Greg
