>LAST EDITED ON Aug-25-12
>AT 03:05?AM (MST)
>
>HorseCreek... I'm sorry I have been
>biting my tongue on this
>for to long, but as
> a person who has
>had those phone calls, in
>which you are told to
>get to the hospital because
>your loved one has been
>hit, and you dont know
>what the situation is until
>you get there, I think
>your comments are as heartless
>as they are brainless.
>
>" We wouldn't have so many
>officers hit if they'd pull
>off the road a bit
>more, turn off their flashing
>lights behind them, and maybe
>not stand on the side
>of the highway" ( your
>words)
>
>I would just like to say
>that both the times my
>husband has been injured he
>was on an accident, and
>hit by the tow truck,
>which was hit by someone
>driving to fast for the
>conditions, and the second was
>when some idiot fell asleep
>and was doing 96+ upon
>impact, So I ask what
>part of your suggestions would
>have prevented this from happening,
>cause I would love the
>last year of my life
>back, as it has been
>spent taking my husband to
>appts, physical therapy, etc etc
>all because people don't pay
>attention when driving.
>
>OH and BTW just so
>you don't come back and
>say, something like, maybe
>he should find another job
>if its so bad or
>something .... I will tell
>you, he does not hesitate
>to put his uniform on,
>and he goes out every
>shift not knowing if he
>will return, and all this
>after being hit, not once,
>but twice in less than
>11 months, and also after
>watching 2 of his
> other friends get
>hit just doing their job,
>and that is just this
>year.
>
>SO maybe next time before you
>comment, think about the poor
>wife of Sgt Dunn who
>stood waiting 18+ hours for
>her husbands hand to be
>sewn back on, or the
>many others just this year
>that have been through hell
>and back, all because distracted,
>drowsy, drunk, or dip$#!t, driving
>put them and their families
>there.
I never blamed the officer, I never blamed your husband for either or any of THEIR accidents. I said this might not happen as often if...
I get its difficult for you to think/talk about these things, there's emotion behind it that I'll probably never understand like you do.
I guess I'll state it like this. Why do officers angle their car out towards traffic when at an accident or on a traffic stop? Is it standard for them to leave their lights blaring behind them? (don't they have less bright lights to leave on?)
I always move over for emergency vehicles. More than not I see others don't. I'm sure officers see it way more than I do. So why do they continue to park right off the white line? With all the distracted drivers out their I'd keep all four in the dirt.
I stand behind what I originally said. I knew it wouldn't be popular but I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or your husbands. I've kept the officer in my prayers every night since you posted. I'm not as heartless as you seem to think I am.
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