Originally Posted by
Silent-AV8R
The car that was hit was parked on the shoulder at the time of the accident. The driver had pulled over to do something with the Bluetooth in the car.
Originally Posted by
Hydro Junkie
What must also be remembered is that the car's driver was on the freeway, sitting still by choice. Had he not stopped to play with something he shouldn't have been, in this case Bluetooth, he wouldn't have been sitting in that location or been hit. For that matter, the car could have been hit just as easily by another car being driven by someone texting or not paying attention to what was going on around them instead of the aircraft.
One other detail here ;
The guy sitting on the side of the road was doing exactly what drivers are supposed to do when playing with their electronic devices , namely being pulled over to the side of the road and out of the way of traffic instead of driving along texting like every second driver seems to be doing these days . It is my understanding that he was pulled over out of all of the regular traffic lanes , yes ? I can't really fault him for being where he was because he was following accepted protocol in being pulled over , I'd sure rather ALL folks using their GPS & phones & blueteeth would do that rather than being so distracted while driving . Being pulled over for any reason really isn't justification for the implication that the gent was somehow responsible for being hit by the plane ......