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Driving Switch-a-Roo

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Friday evening, Grundy County, Iowa, Highway 20. Ordinary place? I think not.

So, two women, one a color guard member at Dubuque Senior High (Bianca Vocke, 17), and Erin Reichle, 20, tried to switch drivers. Again, so what? It happens. But here's where it gets stupid.

These two people tried to switch drivers... While driving. Yes, you read that right. The car was in motion on the highway when they tried it. Bianca was air-lifted to a hospital, and has since undergone at least two surgeries. Erin was fine, oddly enough.

From the Tuesday paper of the Telegraph Herald, "According to the Iowa State Patrol, Vocke's vehicle was eastbound on U.S. 20 around 10 p.m. when the driver and passenger attempted to switch places while the vehicle was in motion. The vehicle then entered the grass median and rolled, coming to rest on its side in the northern ditch of westbound U.S. 20."

I guess it just goes to show, you can be as talented as can be when it comes to one thing, and be a total idiot when it comes to driving. Or anything else, for that matter. So please, people. Take this lesson to heart. Don't be an idiot. And if you can't help it... well... don't reproduce. I beg you.

I resubmitted this story since they finally got the article about it up.

Submitted on 12/05/2007

Submitted by: Elsie Carroll
Reference: http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=182563

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
What on earth were these two thinking? Thanks for sending this in, Elsie!


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Pull over? Not us! Thanks for the resubmission, Elsie. I'll bet they are really interesting colors right now.


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