By Augusta Statz
Two events that I witnessed this week inspired me to write a piece urging Savannah drivers to drive cautiously.
Thursday afternoon I witnessed a wreck on Abercorn Street. A Chatham Area Transit bus took off the front bumper of a car that was at a stop sign. The bus was speeding down Abercorn, and had no time to slow down, even once it noticed that the car had inched into its lane in order to see the oncoming traffic. If the bus had not been speeding, the car probably would have had time to pull into the bus’ lane.
Bottom line, the wreck could have been avoided if the bus was not speeding.
I was in my car, in the left hand lane when I witnessed the wreck and was very upset by the wreck.
When driving, the driver is taking their life into their own hands and the lives of any passengers. On a bus, there are lots of passengers, innocent lives in the hands of the bus driver. This is why bus drivers, especially, need to be careful; there are other lives at risk.
Saturday, as I was walking along Drayton Street, there was a cop that was clocking the speed of the cars traveling down Drayton. He caught someone speeding and hopped in his car, going at least 70 mph to catch up with the speeder. Speed to catch up to someone who was speeding? There were pedestrians out all day on Saturday, as it was a beautiful day, and if someone had stepped out in front of that cop, he would not have had time to stop; he was simply traveling too fast. Either one of the speeders could have hurt someone by traveling too fast. So can we all just slow down?
I have had my fair share of experiences with wrecks in Savannah. I have lived in Savannah for four years now, and I have had my car rebuilt on three sides due to wrecks caused by other Savannah drivers. Take it from me, it is not fun being in a wreck. The wrecks that I was involved in were not extremely dangerous, and no one was hurt, thankfully. However, I wish that they had never happened. They all could have been avoided if people were a little more careful when they were driving.
Savannah, I urge you to be cautious when driving, for the sake of all of us.
