Rambling Wreck from Georgia..... (Who said anything about Tech?)

-+I am fully aware that the events took place almost a month ago, but this is a real issue that needs to be addressed for public safety+-


On August 25, 2011 my parents had their 21st anniversary and took a second honey-moon to Key West. They had a great time while there and even stopped by my cousin's new house in Fernandina Beach to see David and his family.

This is my parents on their anniversary.

That Sunday, August 28, going north just across the Georgia-Florida border on I-85, my parents encountered a man in a teal truck driving erratically at upwards of 90 mph, so they allowed him to pass. 


My mother called 911 when the man almost crashed into the suburban (our vehicle) several times.


 The time was 10:44 p.m. and the response of the 911 operator was a simple thank you and a that there were no Georgia State Patrol officers in the area. 


A few minutes later,  the man almost rammed my parents and a semi-truck when he attempted to cut between the two when there was barely a car's length between the two.

 My mother called 911 once again and got the same response along with a promise to transfer her call to the local police department. They wrote he number down at 10:47 p.m.


 She is called by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department at 10:52 and held a three minute conversation about the man's driving and my mom was given yet another "We have no units in the area".


 The man almost hit the semi yet again. When he finally passed it by partially running off the road (Mind you, this is a four-lane stretch of interstate highway),  the man threw out a half-empty beer can onto the side of the highway.

 My parents passed the semi in order to keep up with the man because the police had asked that they keep an eye on the man while there was no one available.


 He seemed to have things together for a short period of time, at least until he wanted to pass more vehicles. At this point he ran off the right side of the road and sprayed debris everywhere.



By this point my parents were beyond speeding to keep up with this man and had once again been transferred to yet another county with the same result.


At mile marker 29 my parent's gave up the chase and told officials that it is not their job to catch this man.They had been following him for about 25 miles.

Now for the point: The average citizen is told to call the police about anything out of the ordinary or that threatens lives. When my mother and father called, there was no one to help. It is outrageous that such would even happen. The people of Georgia, for the most part, work hard; pay their taxes; and all have the right to live. It is inexcusable that there was such a long stretch that neither the state nor the local districts were able to send help. It is truly dangerous for such to happen. I understand that it is in a rural area, but at least one officer should be near a major interstate highway.

This man's reckless actions endangered several other people's lives and was outright irresponsible. I'm not one for putting restrictions on people's liberties, the man has every right to drink or do anything else with his body that he feels fit, but when you start infringing upon another person's rights, that  is where your rights end. When people die, there is no second chance. Life is not a video game. I can't hit the restart button and make all of the events disappear. It is dangerous to drink and drive, do that at home or have a designated driver.

Katze Zeit :3

Katze means "cat" in German, and so I put a picture of my lost cat.

My images were found on Bing images with the exceptions of my cat and my parents.