Jersey, I know that Garden State Pkwy. Eww! Not a good road to begin with.

I'm glad to hear your daughter is doing well. How traumatic. Was the guy who hit her concerned, or in touch during her recovery? Was she able to go back to college while recovering? What a rotten time in life to experience such trauma. Did she have trouble getting back in the car and driving on the highway?

The accident I witnessed last week really had an impact on me because I was tending to the guy who caused the accident. I could tell he felt HORRIBLE about causing injury to the other gal. What an awful feeling.

Jersey, thank you for sharing your daughter's story.

Dotsie, did you have any more contact with the young man after the accident?

A few months ago, as a passenger, I was counting the number of people driving thru Memphis who were using a cell while driving. After a few minutes, I decided to count the ones who weren't. It was amazing. Maybe two out of every twenty didn't have one to their ear.

Why not use a head set or ear phone connection?

chick

Dotsie - No, the man never contacted her.

My daughter attempted to go back two weeks later but could not keep up. She ended up failing the semester, however she provided the college with documentation from the accident and the college removed the failing grades so it did not impact her G.P.A she had to retake the classes.

It took her almost a year to get behind the wheel and only did so because she needed to be someplace and no one was around.

She was a horrible passenger during that time. She would jerk at any movement that she anticipated being a problem and that was startling for the driver. It got to the point where we would only let her be in a car if we had to take HER someplace.

The weird thing was the compromise of safety that she felt. She would check the stove ten times before going to bed, the door locks a hundred times. It was as if OCD set in.