| FTBL Another former Alabama player in critical condition after car accident.

[rick4bama]

He got out of his car to help and was hit.

 

[24and7]

Bama needs to require a semester of defensive, driving and driver’s ed/ title 32..

 

[c5vetman]

Bama needs to require a semester of defensive, driving and driver’s ed/ title 32..

not saying you're wrong, but you obviously didn't read the post... he was involved, but was hit while he was outside of the car trying to help

 

[24and7]

not saying you're wrong, but you obviously didn't read the post... he was involved, but was hit while he was outside of the car trying to help

Yeah, I kinda just lumped him into the epidemic of bad drivers either killing someone or killing themselves, in college football.. Unfortunately, a lot of people do get hurt or killed trying to just help someone..

 

[64Tide]

Look up automotive deaths in late 60’s early 70’s. More Americans killed in some years than in Vietnam war.

 

[rick4bama]

Former Alabama walk-on cornerback Terrance Howard, who was part of the Tide's 2023 team, died Thursday from injuries sustained in a car accident last month.

 

[Justneedme81]

Damn. Just Damn. This thread is ruthless.

I'm praying for the kid and his family.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Just awful. He was trying to help and it ended up costing him his life. RIP

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Look up automotive deaths in late 60’s early 70’s. More Americans killed in some years than in Vietnam war.

Air bags, crumple zones, anti-lock brakes, along with better DUI education/enforcement, all combined to drive deaths down significantly. By 2021, distracted driving thanks to the smart phone and car entertainment systems (I'll toss high driving in here as well) erased twenty-five years of gains. Now, the next generation of mandated "safety" devices - lane detection, emergency braking notices, automatic braking (which is causing many accidents themselves) - are just to coddle texting/browsing drivers.

 

[TerryP]

Air bags, crumple zones, anti-lock brakes, along with better DUI education/enforcement, all combined to drive deaths down significantly. By 2021, distracted driving thanks to the smart phone and car entertainment systems (I'll toss high driving in here as well) erased twenty-five years of gains. Now, the next generation of mandated "safety" devices - lane detection, emergency braking notices, automatic braking (which is causing many accidents themselves) - are just to coddle texting/browsing drivers.

My first thought was "that was the muscle car era." I wonder how many of the deaths happened with one of those vehicles: too much car for the driver.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

My first thought was "that was the muscle car era." I wonder how many of the deaths happened with one of those vehicles: too much car for the driver.

Yes, the peak was muscle car, optional seat belts and such. The big gains starting around 2004-05 were some of the safety things I mentioned, and the erasure of those gains are distracted and/or high driving.