FirefighterErik's blog: "Doin' it on the cell phone"

Snowing here pretty bad... only the second snow of the year. People must have short term memories and forget all the wrecks they got into the year before, because they go driving a million miles an hour down the road in the snow when I'm trying not to skid out at 15 mph. I haven't heard many breaks in the radio traffic for wrecks being slammed out one after the other. Just got back from a 2 vehicle collision which sent one into a ditch. On a ramp. Dummies. Oh well, it's job security.

I find a lot of SUVs in wrecks... being up high psychologically gives the people a sense of invincibility and power. They forget that 4 wheel drive doesn't mean "can drive on ice". They also forget that having a truck body without the construction of a car leads to a higher fatality rate due to more energy from the impact being transmitted to the driver. Oh well...