Worst way to die. (warning: horrible)

:greenface


This is my worst nightmare.




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A 25-year old woman died yesterday when she had a blow out on the freeway.

The car rolled. Her leg was pinned. The car caught fire. She managed to hand her two children out the window to a bystander, but died, trapped in the burning car.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_14800089

Yeah, that's bad. I think I'd even prefer falling to this, given my history with burns. So I'm thinking . . . maybe I should carry a penknife to slit my throat with in case this happens to me? Ugh.

:sniff:

Yeah, I'm in a weird mood. So I'm sharing my weirdness with you, aren't you lucky? That's what I get for reading the news.

Ugh. But at least she knew her children were safe.

*shudder*

Death by fire is my number one terror. Closely followed by the whole being mangled up in a car scenario.

I never quite got over seeing that film, Audrey Rose, when I was a kid. The scenes where the reincarnated 'Audrey' is hammering on the glass and her hands are blistering.

Bleh. Should. Not. Have. Clicked. Link.

I did put a warning, sorry. Poor girl. The kids are injured and in the hospital. But she was a hero.

and from a flat tire.

Good argument for keeping good tires on your vehicle. They said speed was not a factor.

Blow outs can happen even with good tires. And are dangerous even if you're an awesome driver. But you can (in the UK at least) take an advanced driving course to help you learn how to stand the best chance of surviving.

Ok just read a cancer death story. There are worse and slower ways :(

Cloud;645022 wrote:

A 25-year old woman died yesterday when she had a blow out on the freeway.

Blowout did not cause death. It is the nature of SUVs. It rolled over because it is designed unstable. To keep it simpler and as profitable as possible, it is high and unstable. With a big cavernous engine compartment that can accept any engine without engineering. Its height creates a safety myth.

These numbers are currently lower. But the trend from ten years ago demonstrates why she died. One in for SUV crashes are roll overs. And one in four crashes caused fatalities.

Any or all tires must blow out on any car and it must not roll over. But then the engine would have to be integrated with the design. Then the vehicle would require engineering. SUVs are how to build something as cheap as possible. SUVs are exempt from many safety and emission requirements that automobiles must conform because they are trucks

But she was higher. Therefore she was safer ... a myth promoted alongside Saddam's WMDs. If concerned for her kids safety, she would not be driving such a dangerous truck.

What vehicles more often back up over kids? Well, at least the driver was not hurt.

A myth in your mind only. SUV's roll over more than regular sedans - 85% of all people know that.

Any vehicle can flip when a tire blows. What the driver does when it blows is the variable.

More than 85% of the time the correct action is taken. The rest are what we see in the paper. That sells.

Was she putting on makeup? Was she talking on the phone? Was she texting her husband or a friend? There are so many unknowns in this situation for you to equate your BS opinion without knowing any of the facts and to then refer to Saddam and WMD's is utterly ridiculous and factually incorrect.

Have a blessed day.

Oh and what she apparently did by saving her children was the most selfless act and nothing short of heroic . I wonder how many in that situation would have kept trying to save themselves. Probably somewhat more than 85%. :eyebrow:

85%? Good grief, Batman! Everything is 85%.

I worry about being run over by a semi on the interstate. They're huge and I'm small and I have no real lid on my car. Huge seems to sometimes produce a lackadaisical attitude.

If I had to pick a good way to die, I would want to fall from a great height.

Those kids will grow up knowing their mommy loved them. It's so sad. :(

I worry about alligators/crocodiles. I worry one will eat me. Or a shark will eat me. Or something lurking in the dark water...will eat me!

Why am I so afraid of alligators? I live in Ohio - alligator-free since 1830!

Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world
is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding
on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see.

--Jack Handey

Bri, do NOT go to Newport Aquarium.

http://www.newportaquarium.com/gatorbayou.cfm

you're 85% correct. :cool:

It's Friday. Who got to eat her?

I worry about dying from metastatic bone disease. Or Alzheimers.

Pie;645143 wrote:

... Or Alzheimers.

I wouldn't mind Alzheimers - I wouldn't know I'm dying. It's more difficult on the people watching.

Unless of course your alzheimers or dementia manifests itself in an unpleasant way. My nan was convinced she was being taken off to a special room in the nursing home each night and raped and tortured. Begged Ma not to leave her there. Was hard for Mum. Christ alone knows what Nan was having to deal with.

Add that to my list of morbid terrors: insanity/impaired hold on reality.

Bri, babba. I know your Captain Hook fear of old. Just reast assured you are safe today. Reptiles are Catholics (thanks to St Patrick) and they will NOT be eating any meat today.

(moans). the local news showed video of the burning car, the sobbing mother, and interviewed the person who helped her haul her kids out.

Very exploitative and also: horrible.

ETA: The news reported this morning that she was driving a Ford Expedition, an d. . . she was pregnant. :(

Brianna;645130 wrote:

I worry about alligators/crocodiles. I worry one will eat me. Or a shark will eat me. Or something lurking in the dark water...will eat me!

Why am I so afraid of alligators? I live in Ohio - alligator-free since 1830!

Sure, but what about the Crocs?

"Looka them snappers!"
-- Romancing the Stone

This is why I sowing a cyanide pin into all my wardrobe.

she was driving a Ford Expedition

Oh that's just great.

Death due to asphyxiation is by far my no1... Just seems terrible that all of a suddent you have no air to breathe and you fall to the floor...

Being fed into a wood chipper or being slowly dismembered
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When I was 6, my father and I were at the A&P, there was a raging car fire.
The driver was trapped.
He was screaming and pounding on the windows, and every time he hit the window, I could see the flesh that burned off and stuck to the glass.
When the fire department got there, he was gone.
There wasn't a damned thing anyone could do.
The fire was so intense, the asphalt melted.

To be declared in a permanent vegetative state, but all the while having complete awareness with all senses without being able to communicate.

vaalion;645326 wrote:

Death due to asphyxiation is by far my no1... Just seems terrible that all of a suddent you have no air to breathe and you fall to the floor...

Yeah, I remember when the fat chick sat... well anyway, welcome to the Cellar, vaalion. :D

xoxoxoBruce;645459 wrote:

Yeah, I remember when the fat chick sat... well anyway, welcome to the Cellar, vaalion. :D

hahaha, ya missing air because of a fat chick sitting on my lungs would be even worse probably!

Anybody ever watch the TV show "1,000 ways to Die"?

It's like the Darwin Awards on Steroids.

Yznhymr;645455 wrote:

To be declared in a permanent vegetative state, but all the while having complete awareness with all senses without being able to communicate.

Yeah, that's why my nearest-and-dearest have non-ambiguous directions to unplug me asap.

So what is the issue? Bad luck on her part, nothing more. Not fate, not God's will, just bad fucking luck. Period.

that's what I call RBS -- Random Bad Shit.