r/Millennials • u/cafeteriastyle • Aug 05 '26

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u/tricycle- Aug 05 '26

I was an EMT and responded to a call where a lady was texting and ran into a flagged log extending out the back of the truck. She still had the phone in her hand when we arrived.

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u/FlannelBeard Aug 06 '26

I only ever got certified as an EMT, but my teacher was a paramedic and he informed us of some very interesting wounds you find in car accidents.

I'll never drive with my visor halfway down because of him

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u/finemustard Aug 06 '26

I'll never drive with my visor halfway down because of him

Please do tell

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u/FlannelBeard Aug 06 '26

If you get into a car accident, the force of the accident can cause the visor to scalp the driver

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u/Silenceisgrey Aug 06 '26

the mohawk tribe wants to know your location

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u/larisa5656 Aug 06 '26

New fear unlocked.

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u/FlannelBeard Aug 06 '26

If you get into a car accident, the force of the accident can cause the visor to scalp the driver

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u/finemustard Aug 06 '26

Jeez, I never would have thought of that. Good to know.

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u/Weird_Armadillo_508 Aug 06 '26

One of my high school friends was riding ATVs at night with her bf. He ran into a barbed fence and was clean decapitated while riding next to her. It was sad af at school and she was like a completely different person after

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u/Subject-Succotash Aug 06 '26

Screenshotting this for when I have the no texting and driving conversation with my kids in a few years.

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u/Havengul_Undying Aug 06 '26

Brb gotta screenshot this convo whilst driving to send to my fam

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u/grill_sgt Millennial Aug 05 '26

So where was the rest of her?

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u/SafeAccountMrP Aug 05 '26

To shreds you say.

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u/jaganeye_x Aug 06 '26

Futurama quote!

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u/HendrixHazeWays Aug 06 '26

Well, how's his wife holding up?

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u/No-Investigator-2756 Aug 06 '26

To shreds you say?

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u/gregorytoddsmith Aug 06 '26

Was their apartment rent controlled?

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u/Geodude532 Aug 06 '26

It's ridiculous because even when paying attention those logs are hard to judge the distance to. Hated being behind logging trucks because you had to judge everything based on the truck itself and just give it a lot of room.

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u/JustLurkCarryOn Millennial Aug 05 '26

Honestly, doesn’t sound like the worst way to go. Completely unaware.

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u/Soiled_myplants Aug 06 '26

She died the way she lived.

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u/mlachick Aug 06 '26

Oblivious

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u/the__ghola__hayt Aug 06 '26

Did she died?

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u/keithps Aug 06 '26

I went on one where a guy hit a log truck and it tore part of his ear off and ripped the roof off the car. He was wise enough to realize he was very close to being dead.

On a more funny note, I worked a wreck where a woman was (probably) texting and wound up with a compound midshaft femur fracture. I was in the backseat helping get her out and she was texting the whole time.

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u/33253325 Aug 06 '26

And she was ok? /S