After reading about the IBEW member who tried to lift a power line off his car in another story and electrified himself, I have mention a real good try at 2 awards at one time.

We had windstorms from Hurricane Ike in October 2008 here in Ohio that knocked out power where we live. This is in Finneytown, a suburb of Cincinnati.

In order to work using my laptop for any length of time, I had to go to Panera Bread on Kemper Road. Highway 4 runs North to Kemper from where we're at.

When I got up near Kemper Road, there were 2 cars ready to turn left on another road just south of Kemper. Several poles were blown near full down on this road, something like only a 10 or 15 degree angle to the ground.

2 cars ... not one mind you, *2* stopped, looked, started to move straight ahead and then both decided to try and move down that road.

A policeman with an incredulous look on his face ( on duty evidently to protect idiots from themselves), obviously had a hard time understanding people who would take such a risk. He stepped out of his car, authoritatively, pointed to the North on Springfield Pike. The real funny part? The 2 drivers looked at the officer like HE was out of his mind. This road heading West, had lines from these poles clearly snapped and on the ground.

Darwin was cheated again. The thought going through the officer's mind had to be "I wonder if I'm just forestalling the inevitable ..."

You know, I got it! Had to be metal thieves who missed seeing the cop! Why else would 2 cars pull down a road with an obvious threat?

OK, how much of a stretch could it possibly be!

Submitted on 06/12/2010

Submitted by: Mike Durthaler
Reference: Personal Account, October 2008

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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
LOL!!! Thanks for re-submitting, Mike! Good to see this story again!

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
S-T-U-P-I-D! It's thanks to nominees like these that the Darwin Awards will never run out of candidates. Thanks, Mike!

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