This image was so unbelievable, I felt the need to post it!  The 28-year-old driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep when he crashed into the race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others. Crazy!

We plop ourselves down at a table by the bar and are soon approached by a [wasted] bachelor party. These fine chaps proceed to buy us round after round of shots until Katelin and I are both drunk. They finally stumble away and The Girls and I are left to drool over The Elevator Babe as he writhes around on the floor during his set.

Well, lucky us, we're approached by some of the band members after they come off stage, saying they wish they were having an after party that night, cuz they want to hang out with us. One thing leads to another and we spend the next couple hours with these guys, having quite a good time. Except for when Katelin had to ward off Fatsy Cline (guitarist?) ... and when I stupidly push The Elevator Babe away when he starts running his hands all over my stomach (Why? WHY?)

But those mishaps were nothing to what came next. We leave the bar and decide we MUST have J in the B. No, wait.... Taco Bell. And this small change in food cravings changed my life.

I totaled my car. My beloved Celica, who I've had since I was 15. Who I am ridiculously attached to.

And the story is laaaame.

I hit a curb.

At apparently just the right angle and speed, because the car starts making horrible screetchy noises, begins leaking oil everywhere, won't change gears and eventually dies. And will only roll backwards. So for the next 15 minutes, we take turns holding the brake petal down until The Cool Chaps come to rescue us.

So, here we are, all of us but 1 are wasted, in the middle of West End, at 2 o'clock in the morning - The Cool Chap steering the car, hair waving in the breeze behind him. The rest of us pushing the car, dying of laughter, slipping in the oil, loosing our shoes. It was a hysterical sight, I'm sure.

So, RIP to my poor car and to the potential of the rest of the night. I think I'm the only person in the world who could have totaled their car by hitting a curb....

Both Federal and state regulations govern trucking industries. Because of their size, crashes involving trucks are more likely to result in serious injury and death than are car crashes. Unfortunately, some of those injured in a truck crash will die. On the other hand, trucks are more likely to be involved in multiple-vehicle crashes than are passenger cars, which may create questions on liability.

It is important to know that trucking companies are required to keep records of safety equipment and driver hours and it will be necessary to find and research such records. Poor equipment and driver fatigue can be causes of such crashes, and a careful study of the trucking company records may be needed to determine if negligence has occurred.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated that "every 10 seconds someone in the United States is involved in a car or truck accident." Every year, millions of people are injured in motor vehicle accidents. Conversely, motor vehicle accidents, according to a study, are the leading cause of injury in the United States for people ages 1-34. A high percentage of traffic crashes and deaths involve trucks.

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In the mid eighties, the British government asked scientists to calculate the likelihood people would die from various causes. The study was meant to convince people nuclear power was safe, and there were many ways to die that were statistically more common. Along the way, the scientists came to some interesting conclusions about how people the world over kick the bucket:

• An asteroid kills one person every 7,000 years. Imagine being that unlucky.
• You have a 1 in 300 million chance of getting killed by a shark, or die in a fairground accident. Go ahead, that roller coaster is super safe!
• The odds of getting killed by a falling coconut are slightly bigger: 1 in 250 million. Unless you live in Finland, then it's 1 in 3,897,546,999,056,000. 
• Chances of dying in a plane crash: 1 in 11 million, although those odds go way down when you don’t fly.
• Getting killed by lightning: 1 in 10 million. Those are the same odds as getting killed by escaped radiation from a nuclear reactor. Except if you live near Chernobyl. 
• Dying in a terrorist attack: 1 in 9.3 million.
• Burnt by hot water: 1 in 5 million.
• 1 in 4.4 million: chance of a left-handed person dying from using a right-handed product.
• 1 in 3.5 million: snakebite.
• 1 in 3 million: food poisoning.
• 1 in 2 million: falling off a ladder.
• 1 in 685,000: drowning in the bathtub.
• 1 in 500,000: dying in a train wreck.
• 1 in 43,500: getting killed during work. Worse odds if your last name is Pastorelli and you live in Jersey.
• 1 in 8,000: dying in a car wreck.
• Dying from cancer: 1 in 5, while dying from a heart attack carries even worse odds: 1 in 2.5.

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Next, it is imperative that you consult with an experienced attorney that can take care of your case. We are San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyers that will handle your case with respect and dignity.

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Hugh Hefner has decided that Miley Cyrus would look good gracing the pages of Playboy. When she's of legal age of course. He thinks she would be perfect for a pictorial. Says Hef: "Sure, she’d be welcomed in the magazine. Very pretty lady. And I think to make such a big to-do over something as innocent as those [Vanity Fair] photos, I think is a reflection on how schizophrenic America is about sexuality." I think the whole thing has gotten creepy. Miley is turning out to be a 15-year old sex symbol. Definately creepy. It adds a new dimension to playmate of the month.

KHARMA AND LAWSUITS KEEP HAUNTING MICHAEL VICK

A judge just ordered Michael Vick to pay $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for a loan he defaulted on. The former Atlanta Falcon is also required to pay $499 in interest per day and the banks attorney's fees totalling nearly $12,000.  Michael, you had it made and threw it all away. What goes around comes around. It's Kharma baby!  By the way, how's quarterbacking that prison team working out for you?

 EVER HAVE A REALLY BAD DAY?

Justin Hill was turning into his driveway and he ran into a car. His wife heard the crash and ran outside to see what it was all about leaving the stove going and the dinner on. Hill was hauled to the hospital as his house went up in flames. Then he was given the traffic ticket for failure to yield the right of way. Talk about insult to injury. It wasn't even Friday the 13th.

SKULL BONG

Three teens in Texas have dug up a skull from an old grave and converted it into a marijuana bong. Kevin Wade Jones, Mathew and Richard Gonzales, all 17, dug up the grave of an 11 year old boy from 1921 in an abandoned cemetery, near Humble, Texas. They then took the skull and converted it into a pot bong. That's just plain bad JuJu boys. The trio is being charged with corpse abuse. OK, I grew up in the 60's, I've been stoned and in a cemetery, but it would never have occurred to me to "Hey man, let's dig up some kid and make a bong out of his head." I know I wouldn't have been jumping on that bandwagon. I'm not usually a proponent of psychiatrists, but I'm making an exception in this case.

 IRONMAN, SPIDERMAN AND THE HULK

For those of you that saw Ironman and want to know what Marvel Studios has in store for the future, Here's a glimpse.

 

The theme this time around was a Marketing/Advertising Campaign.

This is my finished design 

The idea is the inside of a car after a accident, caused by a oncoming drunk driver. This is the passenger side (my car 2000 Chevy Impala), with the glove box opened and its contents scattered all over the seat and floor. The neat thing is that the photos fell in perfect form and were nearly unharmed by the wreck and flames. Each picture shows a different scene of loss. In one we see that Kevin Garnett of the Celtics is missing, another shows a camp director (Fred Conley of Ice creek missionary baptist in Southern Ohio), another shows a missing preacher, another two show friend and finally a mother. Oh there clothes are still in place but they are missing. The action of a drunk driver caused futures to be erased. 

You can see these invisible people on my other post, Some invisible people. 

Here is the original 

Well... comment on this, I would love to hear what you think

Robert B 

3rdesign

Okay, I admit it, I have seen some car wrecks in my time...this one was spectacular.

This crazy crash looks intense from the police dashboard cam. Unsafe police chase? maybe?

The chased driver hits the van, which smashes into the truck next to it. The van really does look crushed.

I get so angry when I see these types of police chases. There is zero reason to get motorists killed over having to chase some dumb fool who just bought some weed or whatever. It's even worse when they do it over a DUI (DWI)... the fool is already drunk, so lets chase him and get him going even faster.

What is so hard about following in a helicopter or getting the plate and arresting them later? Maybe cops gotta have fun too and the chase gives them a rush? too bad 100's of people die every year due to their need for excitement.
my 2 cents.

Two men prodded and shook the wino. Clubbers watched and whispered.

The two men eventually prompted the wino up against the wall. In that position, he appeared to have fallen asleep begging. Cept, he wasn't breathing of course.

At the clubhouse we ran into Pusilla. Pusilla is one of the club's staple drag queens. She had a blown horn.

Robin and Nisha also found a sponsor -- an overly friendly UM-dropout who bought them drinks.
After 3 the clubhouse became unbearably crowded. So we went home and avoided the bands of thugs who can't really get into clubs so they sit along Washington and shout vulgar things at girls.

I warned Robin and Nisha that I see a nasty car wreck every time I come back from the Beach on a weekend. To illustrate my point, we saw two (probably fatal) car accidents on the way home.

PIP can cover within the specified limits, the medical, hospital and funeral expenses of the insured, others in his vehicles and pedestrians struck by him. The basic coverage for the insured's own injuries on a first-party basis, without regard to fault. It is only available in certain states.

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Police smash/wreck car as man drives car through a crowded intersection intending to run down people rioting in the streets of Lexington Kentucky? Includes Interview with JoJo the driver. March Madness NCAA basketball tournament celebration.

I always felt that I was in control of my life. But now, I have realized that I was wrong. Unlike car racing, maneuvering through life takes more than good reflex reactions. I have been always fond of cars. I particularly like tinkering with the engine. My father was a mechanic and I guess I have inherited his skills. As a teenager, my father bought me my first car. It was a second hand, rag-tag car but it was the greatest car that I ever had. That car took me not only to places but also helped me chase my dreams.

I now own a chain of auto shops, specializing in automobile customization. Although two of my eight shops have been closed due to economic recession, I still manage to earn decent enough income to sustain my passion for extreme sports such as skydiving and car racing. I always loved the adrenalin rush. It was in my skydiving club that I met my wife. We were jump partners that gradually developed into something more. The adrenalin rush triggered by my passion for my wife is more addicting than jumping from a plane. It is more powerful than a turbocharger. But I guess, some things are really not meant to be. If I was a car, I am now a total wreck.

This story below really makes me say WTF? I have so many issues with these people who insist on putting unsusspecting drivers at risk just to race in the streets. People at 4AM may be driving home from work, but they should not be driving to their own executions.

Another question is about the people there, one of the witnesses states that her father died because she only had time to grab her child and move out of the way and not her father… again.. WTF!

It is 3:40 AM, why are you idiots having a family picnic in the middle of the freeway with your entire family, kids included. Why would any parent have a child standing in the middle of a freeway at 4 AM?

I have watche Brittney Spears get railroaded for minor offences regarding her children. It makes me sick that no body is even asking why kids are playing in the middle of a highway at 4AM. These people are not victims, they caused the deadly crash by partying in the freeway. I hear about street racing accidents weekly and unfortunately, many times the unknowing driver is the one who dies.

What makes me even sicker, is that these fools are trying to pin the blame on the driver who had no idea people were standing in the freeway or there was street racing going on… again.. WTF?

When will these fools ever learn that racing is done at a track for a reason. I think the police should arrest everyone of the surviving fools and charge them with manslaughter because without the giant “family” crowds at 3:40 AM, there would be no street drag racing.

ACCOKEEK, Md. - A car plowed into a crowd that had gathered to watch a drag race on a suburban road early Saturday, killing eight people and injuring at least five, police said.

Police said the white sedan was not involved in the street race but accidentally drove into the crowd of about 50 people that had spilled onto the highway to watch two racing cars speed off.

“There were just bodies everywhere; it was horrible,” said Crystal Gaines, 27, whose father was among the dead.

Gaines said she grabbed her child but could not help her father, William Gaines Sr., 61.

“He wasn’t breathing, he wasn’t moving,” she said. “His body was in pieces.” Gaines said the car did not have its lights on, but police could not confirm that.

The white sedan hit people standing on the side of Route 210 around 3:40 a.m., Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Clinton Copeland said. A tractor-trailer that came by shortly afterward may also have struck someone on the road as it tried to avoid the crash, he said.

“It’s probably one of the worst scenes I’ve seen,” Copeland said. “This is a situation that could have been avoided, and it’s a very tragic situation.”

The victims ranged in age from their 20s to 60s, police said. Seven people were pronounced dead at the scene, and an eighth died later at a hospital.

Hours after the accident on the divided highway in Accokeek, bodies covered in white sheets were scattered along what police were calling a 200-yard crime scene. Some were in the road, while others were on the shoulder.

The sedan came to a rest on an embankment about 150 feet from where the crowd had been. It had a crumpled front and hood, and the roof had partially collapsed.

The driver of the white sedan had been interviewed and did not appear to be seriously hurt, Police Capt. Donald Frick said. Police said a body found in the car was one of the spectators and not a passenger as they had previously reported.

The crowd then moved into the road to watch the cars drive away. The combination of the smoke and the dark morning likely meant the driver of the approaching white sedan could not see the crowd. No charges were pending.

Read more about this horrific street racing accident 

Happy Valentines Day from Jones and Son.  The roses are boxed and the packages are wrapped. Jones and Son Diamond and Bridal Fine Jewelry would like to thank our customers for making this a Valentines Day to remember. We have given away rings to soldiers wives, (see webiste www.jonesandson.com ), had a 2008 Cadillac wreck through our front door, and had a very special quartet sing for Jose Blanco (our Master Jeweler of 38 years). This was a crazy Valentines Day!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, I had a wreck yesterday. I was part of a 5 car pile-up on the interstate in early morning traffic. Nobody was hurt (my neck is a little sore, but it's nothing really) but I'm pretty sure my car is totaled. I really loved that car. Oh well...

What I'm reading now:

The Warrior-Prophet, The Prince of Nothing, Book 2 by R. Scott Bakker - I'm really getting into this series. If you like the fantasy genre at all you really should hitch your star to this guy's wagon. Great characters, very in-depth plotting, at-a-clip pacing, and no elves or fairies. Seriously, check it out.

The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod - The first book in a Trotskyist science fiction epic. Socialist hero meets idealistic scientist working on scary memory drugs and goes on the run from an oppressive government. Oh, and there's a libertarian Christian kid in it also. It's chock-full of 4th Internationalist terms and stuff from Collectivism 101 but it's really not bad at all so far. More exciting than I thought it would be actually.

This is a Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster in an accident with a BMW, from the looks of it... The cheaper BMW seemed to have taken the crash a bit better than the twisted and torn up totalled Lamborghini Roadster.