Hole in the Compartment
As part of my work, I read and analyze crashes. You can tell a lot from crash data. I've seen some doozies too in my time... the ones that pull your heart-strings are the fatal crashes. The ones where some soul died. Of course, those can be equally disturbing as well. I've read a few fatal crash reports where someone stepped out into traffic to end their life. What's really fucked up about those is that the person who wants to die leaves a scar on the life of the person who was driving the vehicle that took their life. It's disturbing. It's horrific.
The vast majority of fatal crash reports I read are related to speeding.
... and what's really horrific... is looking at crash information for the death of someone you've met in person.
The real rub is being able to read between the lines-- a shitty crash report, placing the blame on the deceased to alleviate the guilt from the other driver... the one who was speeding and killed the other driver... only to have them use that very same crash to steal the estate from the person they killed. Now that... that's fucked up. Really fucked up. To kill someone, and then greedily go after the family of the person you just killed because of your negligence.
It's enough to make anyone cry.
Having trouble with this one because the "data" I've been analyzing this last week has poked a hole in my compartmentalization.
The vast majority of fatal crash reports I read are related to speeding.
... and what's really horrific... is looking at crash information for the death of someone you've met in person.
The real rub is being able to read between the lines-- a shitty crash report, placing the blame on the deceased to alleviate the guilt from the other driver... the one who was speeding and killed the other driver... only to have them use that very same crash to steal the estate from the person they killed. Now that... that's fucked up. Really fucked up. To kill someone, and then greedily go after the family of the person you just killed because of your negligence.
It's enough to make anyone cry.
Having trouble with this one because the "data" I've been analyzing this last week has poked a hole in my compartmentalization.