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Stealhead · 06-02-11, 01:27 PM

Almost as many Americans die each year in car wreaks as the number of US troops that died in Vietnam.42,636(in 2005) compared to 58,212.My step dad had a college buddy that
was a Dust Off pilot in Vietnam he survived 3 tours of duty and was shot down or had his Huey shot t o hell 8 times not long after he came home he was killed in a car accident by
a drunk driver that tells me that you can safely say that driving a car is more dangerous to your life/health than being in combat but it does not seem that way because you drive
every day and you do not hear about fatal crashes outside your local area while deaths in a war zone get national attention.If a person thought of driving the same way that a solider feels in combat they'd get PTSD and many people that survive serious car accidents do suffer PTSD.My uncle and his wife where a deadly car crash that killed my aunt and had my uncle in urgent care for months he actually got diagnosed with PTSD he got used to driving again but he still will not drive very far.

I dont think that a driver should be paranoid while driving but more drivers need to be aware that it is very dangerous.There are many accidents where no matter the skill or alertness of the giving driver there was nothing to be done or not enough time.

"Guess lucky for me, been a guy no telling what would've happened." dont be so sure anymore I have seen some nasty women out there.

06-02-11, 01:27 PM	#36
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Almost as many Americans die each year in car wreaks as the number of US troops that died in Vietnam.42,636(in 2005) compared to 58,212.My step dad had a college buddy that was a Dust Off pilot in Vietnam he survived 3 tours of duty and was shot down or had his Huey shot t o hell 8 times not long after he came home he was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver that tells me that you can safely say that driving a car is more dangerous to your life/health than being in combat but it does not seem that way because you drive every day and you do not hear about fatal crashes outside your local area while deaths in a war zone get national attention.If a person thought of driving the same way that a solider feels in combat they'd get PTSD and many people that survive serious car accidents do suffer PTSD.My uncle and his wife where a deadly car crash that killed my aunt and had my uncle in urgent care for months he actually got diagnosed with PTSD he got used to driving again but he still will not drive very far. I dont think that a driver should be paranoid while driving but more drivers need to be aware that it is very dangerous.There are many accidents where no matter the skill or alertness of the giving driver there was nothing to be done or not enough time. "Guess lucky for me, been a guy no telling what would've happened." dont be so sure anymore I have seen some nasty women out there. Last edited by Stealhead; 06-02-11 at 01:43 PM.