Area drivers need to practice safety
I was recently transported to Erlanger hospital down I-75 via ambulance. What I witnessed was just sad.
I can’t believe the drivers in Chattanooga are that self-centered and oblivious to their surroundings. Drivers jumped behind the ambulance to get ahead of other traffic and followed way too close. One driver followed for a while in the inside lane of southbound I-75, then suddenly veered over three lanes to get to the exit.
But worse was the number of drivers who operated in a void. They heard, saw and knew nothing of their surroundings. At one point, the ambulance driver had to get on the inside shoulder to pass, as all three lanes were blocked due to airhead drivers.
This happened all the way to Erlanger, both on and off of the freeway. It seems most Chattanooga drivers move in a dark fog. Is it a fog of ignorance or a fog of don’t-care-about-anyone-but-me? That ride made me wonder how many people from Chattanooga die because too many drivers have their head in the clouds, or somewhere else, to see an emergency vehicle and get out of the way.