June 2002

This month's Tard of the Month is dedicated to all you morons out there who choose not to wear your
seatbelts.  These pictures were sent to me by Mark Blalock, who was sitting at home one night and
heard a loud crash.  When he went outside to check it out, he discovered that his truck was no longer
at the curb where he had parked it -- it was 113 feet away on a neighbor's lawn.  The driver of the truck
pictured here drove right into it (which in itself is an act of monumental stupidity).  Luckily for him, he is
alive and well today.  Mind you, "well" is a relative term.



Check out the nice round bulge protruding from that windshield.  I bet someone's head fits into it perfectly!

By the way, please note my use of the word "choose" in the first paragraph.  I know a lot of you out there
get all bent out of shape over the government telling you what to do via seatbelt laws.  That's not what I'm
knocking here.  What I'm poking fun at is that, notwithstanding any laws or regulations, some people
actually choose not to use their seatbelts.  How stupid is that?  (Yes, yes, every now and then you hear
some story about how somebody died because they couldn't unbuckle their seatbelt after an accident --
that's what seatbelt cutters are for, duh-head.  Every car in my family is equipped with one.  Click here to
see what I'm talking about.)  I wonder what people are going choose to do next?  Drive around without
insurance and risk having their entire lives financially ruined?  Risk the lives of their own children by driving
them around without safety seats?  Oh wait, never mind.  Way to depress myself.

Wait!  There's more!

This month's bonus 'Tard was sent to me by Chad Davis, who took this photo of a minivan
that was parked illegally in a handicap spot by a woman who ran into the grocery store
leaving the minivan's motor running AND a small child in the front seat.  This is beyond
stupid -- it's outright reckless.   I mean, parking illegally in a handicap spot is one thing,
but to endanger your child by leaving the vehicle running with the child inside?  I can't
even find the words.
 

Other sections updated this month:
Southern Accents, Rubberneckers' Gallery, Park much, or just read about it?