PLEASE BE CAREFUL! A recent tragedy brought home how a couple of non-actions can cause heartbreaking outcomes. Family of a close friend of mine was driving home from a visit to their dying father in Denver. An 18-year-old rammed his SUV into the back of their van, causing both vehicles to spin and flip. My friend’s 3 uncles, an aunt, and a cousin were killed. The tragedy deepens: my friend’s father had lost one of his brothers a year ago, and now his remaining 3 are gone. Further tragedy: my friend’s grandfather, under all the stress, had a stroke.
What are the non-actions involved? One was a common one. The people killed were stretched out in the van at 3 AM while another person drove, and they, like many of us, stretched out to get more comfortable, then did not re-buckle their seat belts. The two in the van who kept their seat belts on survived.
The other non-action was on the part of the teen driver who hit them. He had been drinking and was drunk, and he did NOT give the keys to someone else to drive. Thus the disastrous accident that will forever touch so many lives.
So, please be careful out there. Use common sense. Think of yourself, others on the road, and all those whose lives are a large part of theirs.