Todays over-achiever. A Darwin and a Most Clueless award

[RedjackRyan]

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The California Highway Patrol says a deadly head-on crash north of Sacramento was likely caused by a man at the wheel working on his laptop computer.



The crash occurred Monday morning on Highway 99 and involved a 28-year-old man in a Toyota Corolla who apparently lost control of his car and swerved into oncoming traffic, The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday.
One driver told CHP investigators he swerved and avoided the Toyota, which then struck an oncoming Hummer. The couple in the Hummer was treated and released for minor injuries but the Toyota driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.


"We have reason to believe he was operating his laptop because it was still on and plugged into the cigarette lighter," said CHP Cmdr. Scott Silsbee.


The highway was closed for more than two hours for debris removal.

[Oak Kitten]

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "The blue screen of death," doesn't it?

Oak

[mixtymotions]

Guess the escape key is useless when taking a header into a Hummer.

[DaveM]

Hmmm....the ultimate Windows crash. This fellow should be buried in North Dakota.

[Eva]

Even ctrl - alt - del didn't help anymore... :eek:

Eva

[aabram]

he really "logged off", didn't he!!!!!

[RedjackRyan]

Oh you folks are terrible :D lol!

[aabram]

Oh you folks are terrible :D lol!

I know!!!! :D :rolleyes: :D

[Eva]

Oh you folks are terrible :D lol!
Well, what else can we say to news like this...? :rolleyes: ;)

Eva

[RedjackRyan]

Ahhh.. i'm just upset that i didn't think of any of those witty responses.

I'm also thankful that this nimrod only took himself out of the picture, and not innocent bystanders.

[Eva]

Ahhh.. i'm just upset that i didn't think of any of those witty responses.
Oh, but we are like a computervirus: it will come to you too... :D


I'm also thankful that this nimrod only took himself out of the picture, and not innocent bystanders.
So true!

Eva

[Randy & Betty in Pa]

Could that be considered suicyberside?

Best to us still smart enough not to compute behind the wheel......

R.

[DaveM]

You know what I'd like to know? What on Earth was he DOING with the laptop that was so damned important? Day trading? Or something really vital, like checking his e-mail?

[Rkitko]

The crash occurred Monday morning on Highway 99 and involved a 28-year-old man in a Toyota Corolla who apparently lost control of his car and swerved into oncoming traffic, The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday.
One driver told CHP investigators he swerved and avoided the Toyota, which then struck an oncoming Hummer. The couple in the Hummer was treated and released for minor injuries but the Toyota driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

What a terrible copyedit job. For a few minutes I was confused as to what happened... The pronoun "he" I bolded above at first seems to refer to "One driver", especially when it says that "he" avoided "the Toyota" which the 28-year-old man was driving, and then hit the hummer. So at first, I thought the CHP investigators were getting an exclusive interview from a man not driving the Toyota from beyond the grave! Spooky. The modifying clause, "which then struck..." is correct, but very awkward.

Ah well, confusion aside, I must say the one thing Hummers have going for them is that they're built like tanks.

[Darlene]

I found a responce: no matter how far he took it back even "system restore" could not have saved him!
Peace, Darlene

[Dee]

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/deemark/Photo%20Shoebox%20IV/internetaddictionisdeadly.jpg

[Oak Kitten]

I assume he will be interred on re-boot hill.

Oak

[Bat]

I assume he will be interred on re-boot hill.


Oh, Oak...fer cryin' out loud!:p

[Beth]

You guys do make me laugh...but this story is sort of a wake up call for me.

[Bat]

Does that mean you have learned by example, and have decided not to use your laptop on the way to work anymore? I certainly hope so!!:p