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I have been reading a few blocks bemoaning the total lack of humanity that seems to be around us these days…this is one small example.…there are a million others.
I thought about this the other day when we came upon the detrious of a car accident.
One car had t-boned another. Sadly, a fairly common occurence in my town.
This had occured on a clear day, in a wide open stretch of road.
The only way that this accident could have happened was speed and or a total lack of reaction and ‘anticipation’ about what was going on around the drivers seconds before they hit.
Anticipation….watching the road ahead AND behind you. Watching the drivers ahead…trying to ‘anticipate’ what they might do next.
This skill is obvioulsy no longer taught in drivers ed anymore.
And no wonder…if the teachers of driving are now younger than me…we are dealing with Gen Y and so on…..generations who seem to have missed out on a lot of things that seemed like good old fashioned common sense and gee COURTESY FOR THE WORLD AROUND YOU?
Forget horrors like people NOT rushing to help a man hit by a car.
How about just the everyday occurence of people walking right in front of you - stopping right in front of you - doing the same on the ROAD…..we are dealing with people so cocooned by their cell phones and iPod’s and their own teeny tiny worlds…that they travel through life completely unaware.
One day, I was driving to pick up Adam at school, as I turned in, I glanced up. There at the top of the tallest pine tree was a beautiful Bald Eagle. Just sitting there..right by a very busy main road. NOBODY saw him. Nobody was aware of him. Just me.
Humanity needs to start looking up more….before something REALLY big and heavy lands on it’s collective head.
July 2, 2008 |
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trysh, Crafting July 2, 2008 9:57 pm
Oh, yeah! I will never forget driving out of Virginia Beach and a bald eagle swooped down and accompanied our car for a mile or so….I was speechless with awe…..and no one but us noticed that either.
With you on the clueless generation….tonight on the news was a 9 year old who set himself on fire with a sparkler - uh….duh! You go that old and didn’t know that sparklers are FIRE? It’s that cocoon… and no common sense at all.
Bonnie, Sales/Marketing July 3, 2008 6:08 am
“as I turned in, I glanced up.” What about keeping your eyes on the road??? (kidding, I’m sure it was just for a second)
I agree about there being a disconnect in society. Sometimes we have to take a deep breath and ask ourselves, why are we always in such a rush to get somewhere? Is it worth risking your life and those around you to save a minute or two in on the roads?
RealWorldMom, Moms July 3, 2008 7:21 am
What a great reminder, CC. Thank you for sharing this!
ourcrookedtree, Moms July 3, 2008 2:45 pm
We need to start looking “upward” to gain all sorts of awareness.
Another good post!
Maddy July 16, 2008 8:42 am
Sadly, I too had a similar experience, face to face or bumper to bumper with an ongoing car. Luckily he just waved me on with a pleasant smile. I don’t know how he knew that I was a visitor from America on the wrong side of the road in England.
Cheers