I have decided that Tuesday will be the day where I add to my 'EMS Stuff' series.  For no other reason than this is the third entry, and the other 2 have bee on a Tuesday as well.

I have said for years that I think the most dangerous drivers on the road are teen-age girls.  This opinion is based, not on any kind of scientific study, but merely my observations and experiences.  This story is one that helps solidify that opinion.

We were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident (MVA).  It must have been sometime in the summer because I was working nights(shift started at 7 PM), but the sun was still up.  The call was on the border of the territory of my unit, and the unit just north of us on a road prone to MVAs, let's call it Route 555. While enroute, we were told there was an 'ejection' (this means that someone was thrown from the vehicle, usually a sign that the MVA is pretty serious).

Upon our arrival, I noticed that there were 2 cars in the road, one perpendicular to the road (car1), one parallel to the road (car2).  it appeared that car2 was traveling north on Route 555, and car1 was trying to pull onto Route 555 southbound.  The odd thing is that the person who was 'ejected' was about 25 ft. behind car2.

The patient, a 17 year-old girl, had very minor injuries for somone who may have been thrown 25 ft.  A closer inspection of the cars showed very minor damage to both.  After questioning the girl about what happened, here is what she told us.

She was traveling north on Route 555 when car1 pulled in front of her.  She didn't think she had enough room to stop, so, she unbuckled her seat belt, opened the car door, and jupmed out of the car. Her reason for doing this, 'I didn't think I could stop in time.' She also went on to tell us that she had just pulled onto Route 555 from her driveway, and was only travelling about 15 miles an hour. 

For those who don't get why this story made the cut, think about this: After realizing that she may not have enought room to stop, she had enough time to come up with the plan to jump out of the car,  analyze the plan, decide it was the plan to implement and execute the plan, but didn't think she had enough time to stop a car traveling 15 MPH in 50 ft. (I am assuming she travled maybe 25ft before she started to 'punch out')