See this rumpled backside of minivan? I watched this accident happen. The driver correctly and legally stopped for two pedestrians -- myself and a companion -- only to find that the large pickup truck behind her was going too fast and following too close. We winced as the inevitable happened. Loudly.
After everything came to a stop, we directed traffic around the scene and went to see if everyone was all right. We found the minivan's driver, a woman, holding the two girls who had been riding with her.
"I'm just so glad they're all right," she said. "I'm just so glad."
The driver of the pickup truck? A young woman, dressed nicely, looking dazed. Based on her speed, I guessed she was trying to get somewhere. I wanted to say, "What, you were running late?"
Tons of steel. Distracted human minds.
People shouldn't drive. Just no damned good at it.
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