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Vent Sesh: Car Accidents

One thing that I will just never understand is how some people can still be so selfish when other people are obviously struggling right in front of them -- how some people completely lack the capacity to empathize with someone who gets in the way of their agenda, if they can even empathize with anyone at all. Yesterday,  I was on my way home around 8pm and the sun was finally down. I was less than 3 minutes away when I saw a car accident up ahead. I slowed down, pulled over to the side, and automatically did my best to get out of the way. The car was in the middle of the road and a man was standing about 50 yards away directing cars to turn away and not drive past the car that was ON FIRE. I pulled into the parking lot so I could call 911 (because of the bystander effect that Dr. Bailey taught us about in psychology and I just had to be sure). While I was in the parking lot, I was watching the man direct traffic when this red SUV drives up and almost hits him. He then proc...