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Driver slams into house in Hyde Park, tries to flee, but is nabbed and held by a dozen angry neighbors
By adamg on Sun, 12/18/2022 - 11:20pm
Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports that an SUV driver drove right into the side of a house at 829 Hyde Park Ave. around 3 a.m. on Saturday, and that the driver got out and tried fleeing on foot when he saw blue lights approaching, only "about a dozen residents of Hyde Park Avenue restrained him to prevent him from leaving."
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Oh boy...
I'm looking forward to a very cordial and courteous comment thread, filled with well-reasoned perspective and friendly discourse.
Is there any other kind?
Is there any other kind?
You forgot your fav Magoo
You forgot your fav Magoo comments.
Once again
Another tragedy caused by bike lanes. If only the streets had been wider!
Copycat?
Seems to be the preferred mode of causing havoc at present.
Driver: I swear to God
Driver: I swear to God Officer that house had a knife and I feared for my life. I had to get away before it lunged at me again. /s
IT CAME OUTTA NOWHERE!
IT CAME OUTTA NOWHERE!
Was the house wearing a helmet!?
I hope the house was wearing a helmet! And high viz clothes! It's really such a shame when houses run red lights and stop signs and just leap out in front of law abiding motorists minding their own business.
If you are a building
Cars will hit you!
As usual
The anti car haters are out in force, not even considering that the driver may have a medical condition that causes him to crash into large stationary things and then run away
Agreed
It’s not his fault he was hammered and could barely see.
Medical condition
If someone has a medical condition that can cause mayhem, why are they driving?
Many of these "medical conditions" are the result of driver-controlled things such as heeding label warnings on medications and compliance with treatment of chronic conditions. Not to mention driving when impaired, even if a controlled substance isn't the source of that impairment.
If we had better systems to track people who have "medical conditions" that impair driving like we do for people with seizure disorders AND better access to care AND more than minimal transit, we would see fewer bad-driving incidents - and fewer dangerous driver enablers such as yourself.
"Medical conditions" is why I firmly believe that you should have to show evidence of a recent physical to renew a driver's license. Physicals are free in MA and many of these blackouts are preventable situations.
Absolutely
My sarcasm could have maybe been a bit more forceful, but then again "not having enough hands to simultaneously hold a telephone, a burrito, and a steering wheel" seems to qualify as a medical condition for some of our local drivers
You did it too well
There was some anon comment in the other thread that didn't sound too much different! And I believe that was sincere.
The parent comment was obviously sarcastic
Although there are extremely rare cases where a wholly unexpected medical condition can occur, such as a stoke. But in these cases the person certainly isn't going to run after the collision. They'll be lucky to live.
I agree you should need a clean bill of health to drive. In too many cases the "medical condition" was preceded by family and doctors advising the person not to drive but they did anyway.
in my anecdote nobody was hurt, fortunately
One of my relatives had a random unexplained seizure, which meant he wasn't supposed to drive for six months -- but he thought it was probably safe, and needed to drive to work, so kept driving. Fortunately, he was one of the many people who didn't have a second seizure -- but the doctors aren't saying "don't drive" in that case because they don't like you.
Hearing stories like that...
it sounds like we need a better system beyond doctors saying "don't drive" and then relying entirely on patients to follow that recommendation.
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Is this running your vehicle into buildings...
A new Tik Tok trend? No wonder government entities are banning it.