A taxi driver ran out of gas on the left lane (speedlane). Instead of moving back to the right when his engine stalled, he stopped on the left lane.

So far, not to much about it. But the taxi driver decides to cross the rest of the highway to get off it, and does so without watching for the traffic. Thus he got hit by a passing car and did not survive his strange actions.

Clearly evolution has ruled out his dumb genes from reproducing.

1. Why park a car on the speedlane?! 2. If you car runs dry, it still has a lot of momentum, plenty of momentum to get off to the side of the road. 3. Even if you haven't done that, why cross the rest of the highway WITHOUT caution and get hit by a passing car.

Submitted on 01/23/2006

Submitted by: R. Daemen
Reference: 23-01-2006, www.nu.nl

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James said:
Neutral: Too Common
Maybe I am wrong, but people hit while crossing the highway seems to be a more commonplace occurrence these days. Perhaps if there were more details illustrating extenuating circumstances, this might be elevated to truly excellent, but right now it just seems like another example of cogitive flatulence...whatever the case, I will vote neutral rather than toss. Thanks for submitting just the same!

Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Since this occured on a Monday morning, I'm guessing that he couldn't get through the traffic to the right hand lane. But he should have been keeping an eye on his gas gauge and should have stayed in his car. I'll give this a tentative go.

Charles said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common
I have to side with Jack on this one; likely he couldn't get off to the left because of traffic. Without more information, I would have to rule this an accident rather than stupidity.

Jorge said:
Neutral: Darwin Award

Greg said:
Maybe Toss: Other
I'm not quite so sure. If your engine cuts out in gear you can lose speed fairly sharply - in seconds you're travelling too slowly to safely merge. Getting run over having survived the stopping in the fast lane thing is dumb, but getting run over in itself is way too common for me. Thanks anyway.

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