As a child, the last day of July was 2/3rds of the way through the summer. Now, the kids have only a couple of weeks left to the start of school. Normally there is a lot of hot weather left and time was spent swimming. With a lot of rain, there is still mowing left. Last night the sky clouded up early and it looked like we were going to get a lot of rain. Nope, not a drop.
Seems like there has been a lot of traffic deaths here in rural Kansas this week. One woman had her three daughters in the car and ran a stop sign only to get plowed into by an SUV. No one was wearing a seat belt and all were ejected. Only Mom survived. A motor cyclist over by Lake Shawnee went around a corner too fast and had to lay his bike down to keep from hitting a truck. No Helmet. Hes is in critical condition. I wear a helmet and gloves when I rode my bike. Oh well, not my call. I do thank little kids for wearing a helmet when I see them on the trail with their helmet on.
Better run. Fun tomorrow.
MUD
You know MUD, it's hard for me to believe that people still do not wear seat belts.
ReplyDeleteI was one of those guys that said, "I ain't wearin' one of them things...get in a wreck and get trapped in there, etc..."
Then about 8 years ago, my #2 son got clipped by an 18-wheeler on I-20 doing about 60 mph. His Mitsubishi Eclipse spun in front of the big rig, and slammed into the guard rail.
When I got there and saw that car, it was miraculous to me that he had survived. You just had to see it to understand.
He was injured. His injury was a bruise from his shoulder to his waist where his seat belt saved him from almost certain death.
I have NEVER gotten into a car since then without buckling up. I was stupid. These people that don't buckle up, or require their kids to, are truly stupid, foolish, and don't love their families IMHO.