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Man, everybody try and slow down a little bit out there
Trauma-san:
Two lessons from this: Don't drive like an idiot on the highway, it'll eventually catch up to you, and 2. if your car breaks down, do NOT sit in a parked car on the side of a highway or interstate, get out of the car and climb up the side of the embankment... sitting in a parked car takes away your mobility.... this all happened in Charlotte yesterday.
Driver in I-77 crash
had prior trouble
He's charged with DWI in fatal crash
Albert Lamont Pharr was driving fast, up to 90 mph, as authorities say he wove in and out of Interstate 77 traffic Wednesday evening with his 1-year-old child in tow.
Then, with a tractor-trailer in his way, the 26-year-old darted into an emergency lane to make a hasty pass. But he didn't look far enough ahead: A Jeep Cherokee was parked there, engine off and driver still inside.
The fiery wreck near Tyvola Road tied up traffic for hours Wednesday but caused permanent damage to two families.
The driver of the Cherokee is dead, and Pharr faces a slew of charges that includes driving while impaired. Pharr lay in a Chapel Hill burn center Thursday in fair condition.
Pharr has been accused before of high-speed, reckless and drunken driving.
On March 17, 2002, Pharr sped away from a DWI checkpoint near Remount Road, driving 65 mph in a 35 mph zone, according to a court affidavit.
He turned into a residential neighborhood, slammed on the brakes, then started to run. He threw down a bag of cocaine, the affidavit said, and kept going.
When the trooper caught up to him, the affidavit said, Pharr's breath smelled of alcohol. He slurred his words and stood unsteadily.
But the DWI charge was voluntarily dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea on a charge of felony possession of cocaine, according to court records. Pharr was sentenced to eight to 10 months, court records show.
Then this week, the N.C. Highway Patrol said he was driving drunk again, this time with his child. Witnesses had spotted Pharr's 1995 Ford Thunderbird weaving through northbound lanes on Interstate 77 Wednesday as far back as the S.C. line, Trooper Brandon Roberts said.
Just north of Tyvola Road, around 6:30 p.m., a tractor-trailer lumbered ahead of him. So Pharr zoomed into the emergency lane.
The tractor-trailer was sideswiped, a bit of paint rubbed off. The Thunderbird then slammed into the parked Cherokee, rupturing a gas tank and causing both vehicles to go up in flames.
The driver sitting in the Cherokee was pronounced dead at the scene. That person's name hadn't been released Thursday, Roberts said, because authorities were trying to confirm the person's identity against dental records.
At the scene, Pharr's breath smelled of alcohol, Roberts said. In addition to the DWI charge, he has been charged with careless and reckless driving, improper use of a lane, improper passing, not decreasing speed to avoid hitting another vehicle and having no insurance.
The district attorney will review the case, Roberts said, and could press other charges.
Pharr remained hospitalized Thursday night at the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill.
Though his 1-year-old child was taken to Carolinas Medical Center, Roberts said, the baby barely had a scratch. It had been strapped securely into a child safety seat.
King Tech Quadafi:
Man thats fucked up, but how can u blame the dude in the cherokee rest in peace. Homeboy prob had car troubles sittin in his ride waiting for one of his boys or the tow truck to show up. How is he supposed to assume some drunk faggot is gonna come rumblin down.
Trauma-san:
--- Quote from: King Techniec on October 14, 2005, 08:51:55 AM ---Man thats fucked up, but how can u blame the dude in the cherokee rest in peace. Homeboy prob had car troubles sittin in his ride waiting for one of his boys or the tow truck to show up. How is he supposed to assume some drunk faggot is gonna come rumblin down.
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I'm not blaming him, I'm just saying this happens all the time.
Your reaction actually gets to the heart of the problem on the highways most of the time. You're very quick to jump all over the drunk faggot that hit the car, and it's true the drunk faggot deserves death over this shit.
However, you have to assume that there's drunk faggots everywhere out there. If you're going to take care of yourself you need to worry less about them not doing what they're obviously going to do whether laws or the people like it or not, and you need to worry more about how you can be defensive and stay the fuck out of the idiots way.
So you can say "Oh, I'll sit here in my car and as long as everybody drives the way they're supposed to, I'll be alright", or you can say "These people are fucking crazy I'm getting out of the car and hiding in the woods until the cops show up".
Javier:
That's is basically how I drive, I pretend everybody is stupid around me and have no respect for the law.
King Tech Quadafi:
--- Quote from: I Want My Donation Back on October 14, 2005, 08:58:00 AM ---
--- Quote from: King Techniec on October 14, 2005, 08:51:55 AM ---Man thats fucked up, but how can u blame the dude in the cherokee rest in peace. Homeboy prob had car troubles sittin in his ride waiting for one of his boys or the tow truck to show up. How is he supposed to assume some drunk faggot is gonna come rumblin down.
--- End quote ---
I'm not blaming him, I'm just saying this happens all the time.
Your reaction actually gets to the heart of the problem on the highways most of the time. You're very quick to jump all over the drunk faggot that hit the car, and it's true the drunk faggot deserves death over this shit.
However, you have to assume that there's drunk faggots everywhere out there. If you're going to take care of yourself you need to worry less about them not doing what they're obviously going to do whether laws or the people like it or not, and you need to worry more about how you can be defensive and stay the fuck out of the idiots way.
So you can say "Oh, I'll sit here in my car and as long as everybody drives the way they're supposed to, I'll be alright", or you can say "These people are fucking crazy I'm getting out of the car and hiding in the woods until the cops show up".
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I dont understand how one could live their life effectively if they assumed people around them were destined to fuck up. Homeboy in the cherokee had no reason to believe some idiot is gonna barrel into him and i dont think he souldve had that assumption
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