Jump to content

Elderly Drivers


Recommended Posts

  • Replies 55
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Haha oh I'm on it. So is gawker.com!

http://gawker.com/5849254/buffalo-hit-by-epidemic-of-people-crashing-into-buildings

[image]

mysteries new york upstate cars accidents buffalo

By Adrian Chen

Oct 12, 2011 6:26 PM

Buffalo Hit by Epidemic of People Crashing Into Buildings

Something is rotten in the state of New York. Specifically, upstate. People in the Buffalo area keep crashing their cars into buildings, and nobody can explain it.

According to a tally by local news station WVIB, about 17 cars have pummeled into storefronts since August. They even built a handy map and gallery to keep track of all of them. Amherst, NY, has started to enact regulations that would require barriers in front of restaurants to protect from careening cars.

Some of the crashes have been tragic, like when two young men were killed when a car smashed into a grocery store last Saturday, probably due to speeding. Others are pretty harmless, with a lot of people accidentally stepping on the gas instead of the brakes, like when this senior citizen drove through the window of a Wendy's.

Public radio station WBFO talked to a couple experts in storefront crashes (they exist), who confirmed the spate was out of the ordinary.

Locals are clearly a little freaked out. We've been getting nearly-daily email updates from residents on the ever-increasing number of crashes; one commenter on Buffalo's local Topix forum offers darkly, "Something is suspect about these scenarios and reasons…"

----------

My favorite part is that one of the tags for the story is "mysteries"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share




×

AdBlock Detected

spacer.png

We noticed that you're using an adBlocker

Yes, I'll whitelist