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I was driving a rental car on a clover-leaf exit ramp about 30 years ago, going fairly slow since it was slippery winter conditions, and slid a few feet off the ramp, hitting the guardrail. The car's bumper got locked onto a post of the guardrail and couldn't be budged. I'm mentioning this because oddly enough it was in Syracuse. I had other people in the car, it was a business trip and the company had us work a full day before flying, so it was almost 11:00 at night when I got stuck on that ramp.
There were no cell phones, I had to be concerned about the safety of the people I had been driving, and it was damn cold. It was risky to sit in the car since another car could obviously hit the same patch I did and slide right into us. But when leaving the car we made sure nobody was coming and got behind the guardrail with the stuck car between us and oncoming ramp traffic. Somebody eventually stopped and we got a ride to the hotel, and I was just glad nobody got hurt.
The past several weeks I've spent many hours driving in nasty winter weather, sometimes in the dark which makes it much worse. I drive slower and leave extra distance, and see way too many people driving too fast for the conditions.
I don't know the exact circumstances of where the stopped vehicle was, and where Mr. Jimenez was in relation to the car he wasn't driving but departed from, and I don't know how fast Mr. Boeheim was driving and how slick the Interstate was, and whether there were streetlights along that stretch. I also don't know that I would have been able to not cause a fatality if I'd been going down that same road. I'm not trying to crucify Boeheim or exonerate him.
It seems like Jimenez made a terrible decision to get out of the car and be where he was. And Boeheim, although apparent not legally responsible for causing someone's death, as well as the driver of the car that was stopped, will have to bear the burden of being personally responsible for ending another person's life, and will endure countless what-ifs as they repeatedly envision what happened and how it could have been avoided.
There were no cell phones, I had to be concerned about the safety of the people I had been driving, and it was damn cold. It was risky to sit in the car since another car could obviously hit the same patch I did and slide right into us. But when leaving the car we made sure nobody was coming and got behind the guardrail with the stuck car between us and oncoming ramp traffic. Somebody eventually stopped and we got a ride to the hotel, and I was just glad nobody got hurt.
The past several weeks I've spent many hours driving in nasty winter weather, sometimes in the dark which makes it much worse. I drive slower and leave extra distance, and see way too many people driving too fast for the conditions.
I don't know the exact circumstances of where the stopped vehicle was, and where Mr. Jimenez was in relation to the car he wasn't driving but departed from, and I don't know how fast Mr. Boeheim was driving and how slick the Interstate was, and whether there were streetlights along that stretch. I also don't know that I would have been able to not cause a fatality if I'd been going down that same road. I'm not trying to crucify Boeheim or exonerate him.
It seems like Jimenez made a terrible decision to get out of the car and be where he was. And Boeheim, although apparent not legally responsible for causing someone's death, as well as the driver of the car that was stopped, will have to bear the burden of being personally responsible for ending another person's life, and will endure countless what-ifs as they repeatedly envision what happened and how it could have been avoided.
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I was a witness to an accident in which a girl hit a guy who was pushing a disabled car on the road around midnight with 4 of his buddies.
Bottom line... police stated it was no fault because 1) the kids did not have the lights on (thus no tail lights) 2) they were all in dark clothes .. both subject to the 500 ft visibility statute
Bottom line... police stated it was no fault because 1) the kids did not have the lights on (thus no tail lights) 2) they were all in dark clothes .. both subject to the 500 ft visibility statute
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As expected - once the emotion died down and the facts were ascertained, Boeheim was cleared.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...039/boeheim-cleared-wrongdoing-fatal-accident
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...039/boeheim-cleared-wrongdoing-fatal-accident
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I grew up in upstate NY, I’ve hated him way longer than most people here...and that’s not at all surprising. I think ...most... everyone knew what the facts indicated
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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
Hey Jim, Ohio State was just pulling your leg because not many people would have been very happy if you would have come here. Gary Williams did not stay that long but the time he spent here was better than anything you could have given us. Thanks for not interviewing.
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Sure would be nice to hire him as an analyst for a year so he could teach us that zone. Pull the trigger Holtmann
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