Tag Archives: traffic accidents

Remembrance For Road Traffic Victims

Posted on November 21, 2022 by swabby429

Yesterday I observed the World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims with a special meditation on suffering. The unofficial holiday began as a European Federation of Road Traffic Victims in 1995. A decade later, the Remembrance was adopted by the … Continue reading →

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Safe And Sound

Posted on August 18, 2020 by swabby429

It was a very near miss one August afternoon in 1999 near Worthington in southern Minnesota. I remember it vividly because it was such a close brush with serious injury or death. I was behind the wheel of my 1986 … Continue reading →

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Stop On Red

Posted on August 5, 2015 by swabby429

My friend Jorge and I sometimes watch Russian Dash Cam videos on YouTube together.  It’s not because we believe the motor vehicle accidents are particularly entertaining. We simply find the various scenarios oddly fascinating.  Of all the accidents that have … Continue reading →

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Bad Luck

Posted on December 28, 2014 by swabby429

The Fisher family was cursed with constant bad luck.  That’s what dad used to tell our family, when I was still a boy. From time to time, he’d announce the latest misfortune to happen to the Fishers.  There were small … Continue reading →

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