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There are many examples of distracted driving causing crashes, like the secondary crash after a one-vehicle collision in Bloomington, Minnesota. Everything was caught by a traffic camera, showing how not paying attention to what’s in front of you on the road can lead to a dangerous domino effect.
Here’s more proof too many drivers are distracted.
In the video footage, we see cars traveling on southbound Interstate 35W when one in the right lane hits a patch of ice, suddenly veering left, the cars behind narrowly missing it. The single-vehicle crash ended with a low speed collision into the median barrier.
That collision spun the car completely around so it was facing the coming traffic. Some people pulled off on the right shoulder slightly ahead of that disabled car to assist, the occupants standing between two vehicles.
A group of cars occupying all the lanes and driving next to each other, a pet peeve of ours because it’s a dangerous thing to do, comes along. The driver in the left lane doesn’t spot the vehicle turned around, its headlights pointed down the road, until the last second.
Panicking, that driver in the left lane swerves over into the next lane, causing that driver to swerve, almost hitting the next car over. That second vehicle then bumps into the one that originally swerved, veers in front of the vehicle next to it, then slams into the cars parked on the shoulder as the vehicle it narrowly missed before runs into it.
Somehow, the people standing between the two cars aren’t hit. They’re all incredibly lucky. Many first responders, as well as accident victims, have been seriously injured or killed when distracted drivers have slammed into vehicles stopped on the side of the road.
This is just more proof that far too many drivers don’t pay attention to what’s ahead. How do you miss headlights pointed right at you on the interstate?
Image via Heartland Reporter/YouTube
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