PLEASE dont drive drunk and tired- lost a friend (semi-graphic)

FotiosF90M5 · 04-07-2009, 07:44 PM

I lost a good friend and employee early saturday morning. He was a good kid and he will be missed. Im sending out this message to hopefully make people think twice about driving drunk or very tired. I think he fell asleep and most likely floored it and went off the road. Quite possibly one of the worst accidents Ive seen.Horrible. My prayers go out to him and his family. Such a tragedy.Please dont drink and drive.
here is a link www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBTNKlIC7o

RRGOO7 · 04-07-2009, 07:48 PM

My prayers go out to him. RIP

FotiosF90M5 · 04-07-2009, 07:56 PM

thanks guys. not sure if this thread is in the right place because it doesnt show up when you go to new posts.

Scorpion · 04-07-2009, 08:00 PM

Really sad, sorry to hear. Stuff like this makes you value your life even more. May he RIP.

Brunotheboxer · 04-07-2009, 08:00 PM

May he rest in peace. I heard about this as I was down the Cape over the weekend. Very sad.

FotiosF90M5 · 04-07-2009, 08:01 PM

bourne. On rt 28, lost 2 other friends almost the exact same way on this god forsaken highway. Thanks for the thoughts guys.

wj4 · 04-07-2009, 08:03 PM

I stopped drinking alcohol altogether and have never look back. Better on my pocket too.

drift90 · 04-07-2009, 08:03 PM

RIP... Prayers out to him.

M_Six · 04-07-2009, 08:06 PM

There but for the grace of God go I. For the past 25 years or so I've been smart enough not to drive after drinking, but in my youth, I was as dumb as they come. I guess I was lucky.

Sorry to hear about your friend. Tough to lose a friend that way.

Brunotheboxer · 04-07-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by fotios335i

bourne. On rt 28, lost 2 other friends almost the exact same way on this god forsaken highway. Thanks for the thoughts guys.

I travel on that road every friday and sunday. I know exactly where this happened. You say he worked for you?

FOXYCaymanS · 04-07-2009, 08:41 PM

It's always difficult to lose a friend or family member; unfortunately we all think we're invisible and all it takes is one day to become the the extreme. I'm sorry for your loss, my thoughts are with you.

Hopefully we will all slow down & think twice about what we're doing.

DougLikesBMW · 04-07-2009, 08:48 PM

RIP.

But seriously, this stuff is fucking scary. A few weeks ago I was driving ~320 miles from home back to university, and I left at like 11:30pm. I'm not allowed to speed (just got a ticket recently) and so I was going 70 the whole way. At that speed shit is fucking boring, so bloody slow.

I caught my self a few times. You know like when your head drops down (for a millisecond) and you're like "Oh shit!" and then you wake up for a bit. Well any ways that happened a couple times and I was like, I better be careful. So I'd drop the window for a bit and wake up some.

About an hour away from my destination (4/5 hrs of the drive) I am concentrating quite hard on the road and staying at the limit of 70. Somehow, I dunno how it happened, my eyes close and my head just drops down into my chest. I wake up maybe 2 seconds later? The whole trip no one was near me. But when I opened my eyes there was this huge pickup truck next to me in the left lane and I feel myself drifting towards it. So as soon as my eyes opened I was like "OH FUUUUCK!" and then I jerked the steering wheel to the right, and was perfectly fine.

I was like okay, that was scary, fuck this. I dropped my windows, turned the music up really loud, and sped all the way to my apartment.

I am never driving tired again. Oh and to top it all off, at one point my contact dried up and fell outta my eye. That fkn sucked, I pulled over at a rest stop and had some extras thankfully.

EpicE92 · 04-07-2009, 09:34 PM

RIP. Sorry to hear such a sad story. Wish only the best for your friends family, and you .

FotiosF90M5 · 04-07-2009, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brunotheboxer

I travel on that road every friday and sunday. I know exactly where this happened. You say he worked for you?

yeah, it happened a bit after the nissan dealer across bourne manor. He was one of my best at my restaurant. he worked at our other restaurant with my other 2 brothers. Its awful.so young and was an awesome kid.

TK-421 · 04-07-2009, 09:47 PM

It really hurts to see this kind of stuff and I really can understand what it's like to be in your situation because I have been through it. Also, on my way home just an hour or two ago, the opposite two lanes were blocked because EMS was doing CPR/resuscitating a person next to the T-boned car she was in

To everyone: If anything, don't should be afraid to tell your family "I love you" because it could be your last opportunity to do so. If you don't tell them that one time you should have, you will regret it the rest of your life

E90330iS · 04-07-2009, 09:53 PM

sorry to hear

NewSong · 04-07-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DougLikesBMW

RIP.

But seriously, this stuff is fucking scary. A few weeks ago I was driving ~320 miles from home back to university, and I left at like 11:30pm. I'm not allowed to speed (just got a ticket recently) and so I was going 70 the whole way. At that speed shit is fucking boring, so bloody slow.

I caught my self a few times. You know like when your head drops down (for a millisecond) and you're like "Oh shit!" and then you wake up for a bit. Well any ways that happened a couple times and I was like, I better be careful. So I'd drop the window for a bit and wake up some.

About an hour away from my destination (4/5 hrs of the drive) I am concentrating quite hard on the road and staying at the limit of 70. Somehow, I dunno how it happened, my eyes close and my head just drops down into my chest. I wake up maybe 2 seconds later? The whole trip no one was near me. But when I opened my eyes there was this huge pickup truck next to me in the left lane and I feel myself drifting towards it. So as soon as my eyes opened I was like "OH FUUUUCK!" and then I jerked the steering wheel to the right, and was perfectly fine.

I was like okay, that was scary, fuck this. I dropped my windows, turned the music up really loud, and sped all the way to my apartment.

I am never driving tired again. Oh and to top it all off, at one point my contact dried up and fell outta my eye. That fkn sucked, I pulled over at a rest stop and had some extras thankfully.

Dude just pull over for 30 minutes and get some shut eye.

Razzy · 04-07-2009, 10:16 PM

wow. RIP. That looks terrible.

montreal red · 04-07-2009, 10:57 PM

sorry to hear!! thats brutal!

DougLikesBMW · 04-08-2009, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewSong

Dude just pull over for 30 minutes and get some shut eye.

I was thinking about doing that, but it's kinda scary to just pull over in one of those rest areas and just sleep in your car. Too many fucked up people out there. I can only imagine the possibilities of things happening.

marty_mcfly · 04-08-2009, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougLikesBMW

I was thinking about doing that, but it's kinda scary to just pull over in one of those rest areas and just sleep in your car. Too many fucked up people out there. I can only imagine the possibilities of things happening.

and that 30 minutes would probably turn into hours

glad you're ok though.

to the OP, sorry for your loss and may your friend rest in peace.

pdjafari · 04-08-2009, 11:06 AM

RIP

I wish I could have taken his place in the car

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DougLikesBMW Fapmin 402 Rep 2,660 Posts Drives: '03 E46 330Ci Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Plano, Texas iTrader: (0)	RIP. But seriously, this stuff is fucking scary. A few weeks ago I was driving ~320 miles from home back to university, and I left at like 11:30pm. I'm not allowed to speed (just got a ticket recently) and so I was going 70 the whole way. At that speed shit is fucking boring, so bloody slow. I caught my self a few times. You know like when your head drops down (for a millisecond) and you're like "Oh shit!" and then you wake up for a bit. Well any ways that happened a couple times and I was like, I better be careful. So I'd drop the window for a bit and wake up some. About an hour away from my destination (4/5 hrs of the drive) I am concentrating quite hard on the road and staying at the limit of 70. Somehow, I dunno how it happened, my eyes close and my head just drops down into my chest. I wake up maybe 2 seconds later? The whole trip no one was near me. But when I opened my eyes there was this huge pickup truck next to me in the left lane and I feel myself drifting towards it. So as soon as my eyes opened I was like "OH FUUUUCK!" and then I jerked the steering wheel to the right, and was perfectly fine. I was like okay, that was scary, fuck this. I dropped my windows, turned the music up really loud, and sped all the way to my apartment. I am never driving tired again. Oh and to top it all off, at one point my contact dried up and fell outta my eye. That fkn sucked, I pulled over at a rest stop and had some extras thankfully.
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