One of the biggest stories within the past few weeks was the tragic car accident on the Taconic State Parkway, which left eight people dead. When the story first broke, it was certainly a bizarre situation. A woman, who was complaining of dizziness, drives the wrong way on a expressway and collides with another vehicle. Then yesterday it was revealed that a bottle of vodka was pulled out of the wreckage. Police have said that the woman was drunk and stoned while driving her car. Strangely everything makes a lot more sense now. A few thoughts came to mind when I first read this. Newspapers seemed to be thinking the same thing this morning. Diane Schuler, who killed her daughter, three nieces, three people in a SUV, and herself, should have never been allowed behind that wheel, especially with children in the car.
Some people are not going to be happy with what I'm about to say, but there's no way that the family had no idea about her drinking or drug problems. The husband is still sticking to the claims that she was not well.Even if that was the case why didn't she wait for someone to help her. Maybe she didn't want the EMT's to see her dilated pupils. The family is continuing to push these problems underneath the carpet and that's where I start to have problems. There's a reason people say it's bad to hide things and this is an example of what happens when you let negligence become a guilty conscience. Had the husband or the brother put their foot down and made sure that those children were safe, there's a good chance that those eight people would still be alive today. It wasn't some freak accident that could have not been premeditated. Someone had to know that this woman suffered from all of these problems and whoever that person is, they will have to live with the guilt for the rest of their life knowing they allowed a person in that state of mind to get behind the wheel of the car.
It also raises the question should we be able to take away a license from someone if we feel that they'll be a danger on the road. I think it would be a difficult task to enforce because you can't always judge a person's state of mind. This story will continue to make the front page as more things develop and I'm sure that the toxicology reports will uncover more details. When I heard the new development of the story yesterday, it totally shook me that this was all because of stupidity and negligence. I hope that Schuler's family hires an excellent lawyer because the family of the other three people killed have a pretty strong case.
This has been Ian Feldman speaking words of wisdom.
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