Writer's Block: Close Call
May. 23rd, 2009 03:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_archfiend[Error: unknown template qotd] Oh, this is lovely...
Years ago, when I was working for a department at UIC, I was standing on one of those concrete cutout sidewalks where the turn lane (west to south, in this case) is placed between the main sidewalk and the street light; a car took the turn too fast after a heavy rain storm and hydroplaned directly into the street light support pole. I was standing roughly 10 feet behind it.
Needless to say, there are some seriously bad/stupid drivers in that area. Always have been and probably always will be.
Years ago, when I was working for a department at UIC, I was standing on one of those concrete cutout sidewalks where the turn lane (west to south, in this case) is placed between the main sidewalk and the street light; a car took the turn too fast after a heavy rain storm and hydroplaned directly into the street light support pole. I was standing roughly 10 feet behind it.
Needless to say, there are some seriously bad/stupid drivers in that area. Always have been and probably always will be.
