by Smitty
A great German word, meaning “motorist driving against the traffic on motorways“. Literally, “ghost driver”. This post is in response to “11 dead after wrong-way car crashes in Florida and California“.
Let’s trot out the original Ghost Riders in the Sky:
So since no party affiliation or immigration status was mentioned we can assume this was an illegal alien who is also a Democrat member of Congress…
Fair assumption, methinks.
And a pro-choice, antigun, anti-fracking advocate.
With a trunkful of CFL bulbs and Colorado weed.
Grown on a gay collective.
On the highways, after closing time (2AM), impaired drivers often turn the wrong way onto the freeway. And because they know they’re impaired, they drive slowly in what they think is the slow lane, farthest right. Often, with their lights off. When you, traveling in the fast lane (farthest left), come up on them, there is virtually no time to avoid a head on collision.
Moral of the story? Avoid the fast lane late at night unless you can see the taillights of the car ahead of you.
From the linked report:
100 MPH, with passengers? Was this really an accident, or suicide by car . . . in which the driver was the only one who failed to commit suicide?
When I first moved to Hampton Roads, there was a story about a woman, minding her own business, driving home from work down Oceana Boulevard, when an A-6 from Oceana Naval Air Station just fell out of the sky on her car, killing her instantly.
Sometimes, when your number is up, it’s just up.
And on another matter, Ghost Riders is amazing. Vaughn Monroe barely changed the arrangement. Too bad Jones hadn’t a slightly better voice.
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I’ve watched all the Die Hard movies…doesn’t “Yippee ki yah” usually end with another word???