I saw a little 4 year old girl fall out of a moving car today. Landed on her face, hit her head, and got some nasty road rash. Guy turned, door flew open, kid tumbled out in traffic. Guy was yakin' on a cell phone and didn't even know she was gone! Just drove on with the door wide open! People had to stop him. And no he wasn't drunk just stupid. If ya have kids please use car seats or seat belts. She could easily have been killed.
Here in Tennessee they will bust you hard ($$$$) for no child seat or seatbelts. Its legal to stop you here just so they can check...Its a shame that there has to be a law to protect kids from their parents! You have to wonder what was going through this guys head when they stopped him. I would have told them to take my ass to jail!
one thing I remember from when i was about 4, was opening the door on the 57 Plymouth wagon and having a thrill ride while my mom freaked out. I didn't fall fortunately. I'm pretty anal about my kids being belted in....
Do you ever just feel ashamed to live around people like this? I do... I hope the girl is alright and the Dad realizes how stupid he is.
My dad was real anal about making sure we were wearing seat belts when I was a kid--started when I was about 9 or 10 I guess. Now I don't feel comfortable even moving the car into the street without having the seatbelt on--it just feels like something is missin. The majority of the Ford Explorer roll-over deaths were caused by no seat belts--the people flew out and were killed. And that's a fact. I've personally seen someone fly through the air at an accident--came out the T-tops. Looked like a rag doll. Very weird. My kid and any kid who rides in a car with me knows to wear the belts, without being told. Get in the habbit, and pretty soon you'll have it on without even thinking about it. -Brad
Wow.... I held on to the door as it swung open when my Dad was pulling into my school parking lot in his '51 Chevy truck.... I was probably about 6 then too.... funny, I had almost forgotten about it until I read this page, and I had a flashback of sorts.... Trip out man.... -Snacks....
Hell he would have been safer goin to jail than goin home and facing his WIFE! Some people shouldn't be allowed to procreate. later plmczy
When i was about 4 years old my sister who had just turned 16 was riding with her boyfriend on her way to her first drivers ed, Right as they past me in the front yard. There was a hippy ass van that came blasting out of the driveway across the street my sister's boyfriend swerved to miss it her door came open she fell out and broke her neck, right in front of the house. she never made it off the street. It could happen to the best of us. Remember you have to have a licenes to drive but any doushebag can have a kid.
I watched a 9yr old fall off the back of the bleachers at a race and land in front of my feet!!.....her dad ran down and grabbed her up and took her back to the top again!!
When I was a small kid in the early sixties my dad got a set of lap belts from some kind of military plane. Every time he swapped cars he moved those belts to the new ride. My sisters and I have always worn belts. As soon as I got seats in my car I installed belts and harnesses. I spent 10 years as an EMT on a local squad and have seen the result of not wearing belts many times. I've pulled up beside folks at traffic lights and seeing a 3 year old jumping up and down on the seat or a baby riding in their parents lap I've asked the driver if they love their kids or if they are trying to kill them.
An update. The police called me for my version of what happened. The officer also said they ran a bunch of tests on the little girl and she was going to be OK. They are concidering child neglect charges for this moron. I'm not sure why I posted this last night. Maybe cause I have a little blond 4 year old granddaughter like this one and it hit kinda close to home. Thanks for listening. Venting complete.
You mentioned the asshole was using a cell phone. When are they going to outlaw the use of cell phones while driving? I've seen some really moronic driving while someone was using a cell phone and some accidents caused by people using them. Do you remember what you did before they invented the damn things? Right, you went home or stopped off the highway and made a call where your attention could be directed to the task at hand not diverted from what should be your primary responsibility, DRIVING. Frank
I fell backwards out of a Kenworth when I was 6. I was sitting with my back against the door turned so I could wtch my dad drive. Got lucky and fell into a soft ditch and we weren't going very fast, Pop had me strapped in tight after that
My 3yo daughter opened the door on the freeway the other day... Fucking freeked me out. She was in her car seet too. Not sure how she did it. I think she unlocked the door first to boot. The little shit thought it was hilarious too. In fact I think she used those exact words. Try not to smile when a 3yo says "hilarious." Point is, I'm paranoid and shit can still happen. Be careful with the little ones.
Wait a minute when I was a kid I was riding around with my pops (Dirty2) in the 57 Chevy hardtop and I fell out going about 35m.ph or so. I used to sit on the armrest ( I was a little lad)and on these old cars when you are holding on to the handle the door can swing open pretty easily. Yeah this guy was stupid but you never know he could have been in a 57 Chevy with no seatbelts like I was. Just a few stiches and I never blamed my pops. Neadless to say I dont sit on the armrest no more and hang on to the door handle. Glad to see that she was alright though
I fell out of my Moms old 55 Belair hardtop when I was about 5, door just swung open on a turn. But fortunately I grabbed hold the door (window was down thankfully) and somehow swung out and then back, holding the door for dear life. That was 36 years ago and I still remember it vividly !
I was about 4 and riding in my uncles Ford Bronco (with cloth half-doors) and got pitched out going about 35 or so on a gravel road. Compound fracture of my right arm, bad concussion, lots of gravel stuck in my skin. My parents were upset I was hurt, but I thought my grandpa was going to kill my uncle!
I would have had to hit that guy really f*ckin' hard I think people need more reality checks ala bitch slaps in today's world. My wife, god love her, is the most outspoken woman I know and will berate the hell out of any idiot with a kid in the car with no restraints; I think it helps that she's tatted up and therefore intimadting to your Starbucks/Powerbook crowd (and sexy as hell to me I often see non-native people in this country riding with kids across their laps in the FRONT PASSENGER SEAT-can you say 'Human Airbag'? Everyone should speak out about this crap because it's not the kid's fault they were born to thoughtless parents.. sorry-the social worker jumped out of me
Every time you consider not putting your child in their car seat, consider what it would feel like to see them dead on the side of the road, due to your idiotic mistake.
I remember when I was probably about 6 or 7 and my grandma and I had gone to town in her little mustang II. On the way home I saw the carnival was in town and I wanted to see it so my grandma let me stand up to see it but when I did I used the handle to get myself up about the time I saw the ferris wheels the door flew open and pulled me out with my grandma holding on to me but she wasn't strong enough to hold me so I fell out face first on the pavement. I don't remember the actual impact but I do remember getting up crying and seeing my grandma's mustang smoking the tires trying to stop. She was as white as a ghost when she got out I can still remember how upset she was I guess I shouldn't have been so persistent in wanting to see the carnival rides. I almost forgot about that untill this post.
[ QUOTE ] door just swung open on a turn. But fortunately I grabbed hold the door (window was down thankfully) and somehow swung out and then back, holding the door for dear life [/ QUOTE ] that's exactly what I did.... Crazy.... (and 30 years ago....)
It happens more then people realize. i work for the city so im moving around alot in a service truck. I see people all day that are seat belted in but the infant is in there lap in the front.Damm they should let all City workers carry guns!!
[ QUOTE ] You mentioned the asshole was using a cell phone. When are they going to outlaw the use of cell phones while driving? [/ QUOTE ] Here in NY, if your talking on a cell phone while driving without the hand's free ear piece.. You get a ticket and a 100 dollar fine.. The only problem with that is the're still talking on the phone..and probably still won't pay attention to whats going on around them.
Actually, it happened to me, once. I was about 12, and the same thing happened, the door just opened up while my mom made a turn. I was strong enough to grab and hold the handle, but a younger kid would have fallen out. That was back when people smoked with their kids in the car, too, so I needed the fresh air, anyway. JOE
Natural fucking selection... fucktard SHOULD NOT have reproduced... too bad the genetic-lottery-losing child had/has to suffer, thats truly regrettable... Our maker should have made intercourse more complicated, thats all I gotta say. Glad I didnt witness that shit, I'd b in jail right now for using a cell phone to cram a starbucks cup down some shithead's throat....
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