http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/04/facebooking-and-driving/361267/
QuoteThe Saddest Facebook Status
At 8:33 A.M. on Thursday, a 32-year-old woman driving to work in High Point, North Carolina, took out her phone and posted to Facebook:
QuoteThe Happy Song makes me so HAPPY.
At 8:34 A.M., police were notified of a crash.
In the moment she posted the message, the woman crossed over the median of Interstate 85 and collided with an oncoming recycling truck. She died.
71 percent of young Americans say they have written a message while driving. In 2012, an estimated 3,328 Americans died in crashes related to distracted driving.
Fake. The message doesn't truncate at the end.
Would have been much better if she had hit a pillar or something. Hopefully the dude at the truck is ok.
Quote from: Syt on April 28, 2014, 08:40:04 AM
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/04/facebooking-and-driving/361267/
QuoteThe Saddest Facebook Status
At 8:33 A.M. on Thursday, a 32-year-old woman driving to work in High Point, North Carolina, took out her phone and posted to Facebook:
QuoteThe Happy Song makes me so HAPPY.
At 8:34 A.M., police were notified of a crash.
In the moment she posted the message, the woman crossed over the median of Interstate 85 and collided with an oncoming recycling truck. She died.
71 percent of young Americans say they have written a message while driving. In 2012, an estimated 3,328 Americans died in crashes related to distracted driving.
Maybe the world is slightly Happier without her?
Because her reckless behaviour could have killed any number of other people. As it was she hit a substantial vehicle so the other driver wasn't so badly off, any indications of his injuries ?
Though being involved in fatal crash still can't be a nice experience.
QuoteBecause her reckless behaviour could have killed any number of other people. As it was she hit a substantial vehicle so the other driver wasn't so badly off, any indications of his injuries ?
Daily Wail says he was unharmed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614151/The-happy-song-makes-HAPPY-32-year-old-woman-dead-Facebook-post-driving-leads-crash.html
QuoteWoman, 32, dies in head on crash seconds after Facebook post from behind wheel about how she loved Pharrell hit Happy
Courtney Sanford was actively using Facebook while driving in the minutes leading to her crash, police said
She died only seconds after her final post
A 32-year-old North Carolina woman is dead after slamming her car head-on into a truck while posting selfies and a Facebook update about how happy she was while listening to a Pharrell song.
Courtney Sanford, of High Point, crossed the center median of a busy road Thursday morning just after making the post, hit a recycling truck and died, police said. Further inspection of her phone revealed pictures posted online only minutes earlier.
The last words Sanford shared with her friends? 'The happy song makes me HAPPY.'
Authorities said the post, visible only to her friends, was made at 8.33 a.m., the first 911 call received about the crash was one minute later.
'In a matter of seconds, a life was over just so she could notify some friends that she was happy,' a police spokesperson told WGHB.
Footage from the scene showed Sanford's car had careened off the road into a ditch near some trees. The recycling truck was only feet away, also in the grass.
Sanford's car caught on fire after running off the road. The truck hit a tree.
Authorities believe she was traveling at about 45 mph at the time of the accident. Alcohol and drugs have been ruled out as a cause, but police are still running a toxicology report to confirm, sources told WFMY.
She died instantly, cops said. The truck driver was unharmed.
Investigators also discovered a series of selfies posted by the woman while she was driving, police said.
'As sad as it is, it is a grim reminder for everyone... you just have to pay attention while you are in the car,' the spokesperson added.
Sanford was wearing a seat belt, police said, but it fastened improperly.
It is not clear if wearing the restraint correctly would have saved her life.
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The moral is never tell anyone you're happy.
I just cannot understand how somebody can be so utterly stupid as to start texting during driving.
Well, at least we know for sure she died happy. Can't say that of too many folks.
Damn, that is fucked up.
Screw dying happy.
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did -- in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.
:lol:
Quote from: PDH on April 28, 2014, 10:16:44 AM
Screw dying happy.
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did -- in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.
^_^
Aren't chicks supposed to be good at multitasking?
Well that is horrible. Just glad nobody else was hurt.
What is up with songs that sound like they are from 1979 being hits recently? First the retro Bruno Mars song last year now this Stevie Wonder sounding song this year.
Why wasn't the title "katmai posts 'The Happy Song makes me so HAPPY.', dies of AIDS seconds later"? :(
Ah I missed the PSA on texting while driving when this headline popped up. I had wondered why this was newsworthy.
It's weird she thought anyone would give a shit about that. :hmm:
Anyway, it's probably best if people ignore attention whoring posts like that on FB. My guess is she had a bunch of people who liked everything she posted, thus affirming that making meaningless posts to FB was a good use of her time.
Quote from: Tamas on April 28, 2014, 10:02:41 AM
I just cannot understand how somebody can be so utterly stupid as to start texting during driving.
This seems a step beyond that. She was posting selfies and writing on facebook. :wacko:
Werner Herzog did a great little PSA on driving while texting: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1vCqfYpos
Quote from: garbon on April 28, 2014, 10:43:01 AM
Quote from: Tamas on April 28, 2014, 10:02:41 AM
I just cannot understand how somebody can be so utterly stupid as to start texting during driving.
This seems a step beyond that. She was posting selfies.....
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I text.
Unless you are over 50, don't call me, just send me a text.
Quote from: garbon on April 28, 2014, 10:43:01 AM
Quote from: Tamas on April 28, 2014, 10:02:41 AM
I just cannot understand how somebody can be so utterly stupid as to start texting during driving.
This seems a step beyond that. She was posting selfies and writing on facebook. :wacko:
It made her happy for the rest of her life.
Pity she didn't try making an ugly woman her wife. :(
Quote from: Legbiter on April 28, 2014, 10:27:56 AM
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Not directly related to this woman's hilarious death, but God I hate that song.
Quote from: Ideologue on April 28, 2014, 07:58:23 PM
Not directly related to this woman's hilarious death, but God I hate that song.
As my wife put it...It has no point. It's not even really a song, it's more like...a soundtrack to a moment. Like an advertising jingle or bumper music for a radio show.
Black dude has sung it a couple times at my karaoke joint. I think it's jammin.'
Yi has a karaoke joint? :lol:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 28, 2014, 08:07:03 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on April 28, 2014, 07:58:23 PM
Not directly related to this woman's hilarious death, but God I hate that song.
As my wife put it...It has no point. It's not even really a song, it's more like...a soundtrack to a moment. Like an advertising jingle or bumper music for a radio show.
I sort of tolerated it the first time I heard it, but by the second it was tiresome and by the third extremely annoying. I have heard at least part of it 1,251 times.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 28, 2014, 08:12:47 PM
Yi has a karaoke joint? :lol:
I'm a regular at a karaoke joint. I don't own it.
I do pull all the strings though. :ph34r:
I do a pretty good "Life on Mars" 50% of the time.
The best song to karaoke to is "Pay to Cum" by Bad Brains.
I bet Yi does Tainted Love and Smooth Criminal. ;)
He should do "Mister" with the butt dance. Laa la la la la la. Laa la la la la la. :P
I could never karaoke. Don't ever try to get me to do it. Seriously.
Quote from: PDH on April 28, 2014, 08:23:59 PM
The best song to karaoke to is "Pay to Cum" by Bad Brains.
That doesn't sound like a very good karaoke song.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 28, 2014, 08:30:10 PM
I could never karaoke. Don't ever try to get me to do it. Seriously.
Why? It's no big.
I can sing Major Lazer's "Bubble Butt"
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 28, 2014, 08:31:11 PM
I can sing Major Lazer's "Bubble Butt"
My father was chair dancing to that this weekend. I just couldn't.
Quote from: garbon on April 28, 2014, 08:31:03 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 28, 2014, 08:30:10 PM
I could never karaoke. Don't ever try to get me to do it. Seriously.
Why? It's no big.
I really don't know. I have no problem pulling out an instrument and playing stuff for people (I have done so impromptu before), but singing badly for them is another thing entirely.
Quote from: Valmy on April 28, 2014, 10:30:40 AM
Well that is horrible. Just glad nobody else was hurt.
What is up with songs that sound like they are from 1979 being hits recently? First the retro Bruno Mars song last year now this Stevie Wonder sounding song this year.
Which one? A lot of his songs are retro.
Locked Out of Heaven sounds like it was a Police song.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 28, 2014, 08:46:21 PM
Which one? A lot of his songs are retro.
True, I should specify. The one that sounded like late 70s R&B: Treasure.
Quote from: Ideologue on April 28, 2014, 07:58:23 PM
Not directly related to this woman's hilarious death, but God I hate that song.
Dont like others being happy?
I hadn't heard this song until this story brought it too my attention.
I kind of like it.
Quote from: Tamas on April 28, 2014, 10:02:41 AM
I just cannot understand how somebody can be so utterly stupid as to start texting during driving.
I drive to work every day. 60 kms each way. Most of which on what passes for a freeway here, the 401.
Trust me, I see more and more people doing it. It drives me crazy.
and it's becoming ubiquitous to the point that I'd say within 5 years it will be a huge epidemic, akin to what drunk driving was some 15 -20 years ago.
Quote from: Josephus on April 29, 2014, 06:54:43 PM
Quote from: Tamas on April 28, 2014, 10:02:41 AM
I just cannot understand how somebody can be so utterly stupid as to start texting during driving.
I drive to work every day. 60 kms each way. Most of which on what passes for a freeway here, the 401.
Trust me, I see more and more people doing it. It drives me crazy.
and it's becoming ubiquitous to the point that I'd say within 5 years it will be a huge epidemic, akin to what drunk driving was some 15 -20 years ago.
Here in New York there is a big campaign against it. There are a lot of signs that tell you now about how many points it'll cost you towards your insurance if you are caught. In hand with that they've started noting several rest stops as...texting stops.
It's an obnoxious song. Harumph.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 28, 2014, 08:30:10 PM
I could never karaoke. Don't ever try to get me to do it. Seriously.
I've been to karaoke once. Awful. Luckily I needed to get seriously, seriously drunk.
Chinese-style private karaoke rooms* you share with your friends are a lot of fun.
*I'm talking legitimate ones. I assume the ones that are fronts for brothels are also not without their charm.
Quote from: Josephus on April 29, 2014, 06:54:43 PM
and it's becoming ubiquitous to the point that I'd say within 5 years it will be a huge epidemic, akin to what drunk driving was some 15 -20 years ago.
We are already there. Texting now causes more fatal accidents and accidents causing injury then drunk drivers. Yesterday I was forced off the road by a young lady who crossed the lane while she had her head down looking at something with one hand on her wheel. I assume she was texting or something of that nature. luckily there was a large shoulder at that point
and I saw her coming.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 30, 2014, 12:54:14 PM
Quote from: Josephus on April 29, 2014, 06:54:43 PM
and it's becoming ubiquitous to the point that I'd say within 5 years it will be a huge epidemic, akin to what drunk driving was some 15 -20 years ago.
We are already there. Texting now causes more fatal accidents and accidents causing injury then drunk drivers. Yesterday I was forced off the road by a young lady who crossed the lane while she had her head down looking at something with one hand on her wheel. I assume she was texting or something of that nature. luckily there was a large shoulder at that point and I saw her coming.
Good god, that's crazy, glad you're ok.
I'm increasingly seeing this too, because I'm on a bike I have a higher vantage point and together with these errant cars coming the other way, I can often look right into the passenger compartment and see what they're doing.
It's just mind boggling that people 'think' this is ok, I'd rather face drunk drivers, at least they'll be mainly pretending, or having a wild stab at paying attention to the road ahead.
Quote from: Camerus on April 30, 2014, 12:17:45 AM
Chinese-style private karaoke rooms* you share with your friends are a lot of fun.
*I'm talking legitimate ones. I assume the ones that are fronts for brothels are also not without their charm.
I think they're properly Japanese-style, since that's where they were popularized (I believe). But yeah, they can be lots of fun with the right friends and the right amount of alcohol.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 30, 2014, 12:54:14 PM
Quote from: Josephus on April 29, 2014, 06:54:43 PM
and it's becoming ubiquitous to the point that I'd say within 5 years it will be a huge epidemic, akin to what drunk driving was some 15 -20 years ago.
We are already there. Texting now causes more fatal accidents and accidents causing injury then drunk drivers. Yesterday I was forced off the road by a young lady who crossed the lane while she had her head down looking at something with one hand on her wheel. I assume she was texting or something of that nature. luckily there was a large shoulder at that point and I saw her coming.
Jesus fuck. Glad you're okay.
I hope you gave her a good solid 20 second honk and she ended up at the very least startled.