SYRACUSE, Ind. — An Indiana woman jumped from her moving car Friday when she noticed a spider crawling on her shoulder, according to WFTV.
Angela Kipp, 35, was backing out of her driveway with her 9-year-old son in the back seat when she saw the spider and panicked.
Kipp jumped from the car and her son moved to the front seat to try to stop the car. The boy accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake and drove the car into a school bus.
Police told WFTV the boy was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. No passengers were on board the bus at the time of the wreck.
I am going to see if this thread plays out like the one about the women who left the kid at the ATM when the man pulled a gun on her.
I was on the, "People react differently when scared than with every day situations" train with that one. BUT, that was a gun. Not a freaking spider. There's a huge difference between the two. One can kill you. The other (for the majority) can not.
I am going to see if this thread plays out like the one about the women who left the kid at the ATM when the man pulled a gun on her.
I was on the, "People react differently when scared than with every day situations" train with that one. BUT, that was a gun. Not a freaking spider. There's a huge difference between the two. One can kill you. The other (for the majority) can not.
The same can be said for this situation and for the record I am raising my eyebrows at both.
Post by cattledogkisses on Sept 21, 2015 11:05:39 GMT -5
If she had at least put the car in park before getting out I wouldn't be judging so hard.
I am afraid of bees, and also allergic to them. One time I was driving along with my window down and the biggest hornet I have ever seen literally dropped into my lap. I still managed to pull over and put my car in park before freaking out.
I was on the, "People react differently when scared than with every day situations" train with that one. BUT, that was a gun. Not a freaking spider. There's a huge difference between the two. One can kill you. The other (for the majority) can not.
The same can be said for this situation and for the record I am raising my eyebrows at both.
No, I just don't see it that way. There's rational, and irrational. Fear this great of a spider is irrational.
The same can be said for this situation and for the record I am raising my eyebrows at both.
No, I just don't see it that way. There's rational, and irrational. Fear this great of a spider is irrational.
Also, is this the first time she ever encountered a spider? It seems highly unlikely. She knew how much spiders scare her, and since her fear is so drastic, she should have sought some kind of help for it. Most people have never had a gun pulled on them and have no idea how they would react.
At least my former MIL only jumped into the back seat and not completely out of the car, and XH was thirteen and not nine. In a Corvair, which is a gutless wonder of a 1960s crap-car that only cruised to a stop while he was able to steer it to the side of the road. But it was a flipping teeny wood spider, the size of a dot, from all accounts. I never really found the story as hilarious as they did.
But she was one of the deathly-afraid, panic-at-the-sight-of-a-spider people. GD1 is as well. She's getting better about it but the neighbors have had a couple of scares.
Post by open24hours on Sept 21, 2015 11:26:42 GMT -5
I hate, hate, hate spiders and I think this was an over the top reaction. If her fear is so great that it caused her to jump out of her car, she needs professional help.
Post by sunshine608 on Sept 21, 2015 11:27:15 GMT -5
I have an irrational fear of an object that I rationally know can't hurt me but the sight of it causes massive fear and anxiety. When I was younger I almost jumped out of a moving car to avoid it and once a toddler relative chased me down the street not realizing I was't running for fun. As an adult, I've been to to therapy and haven't really gotten past it. My family has always wondered what would happen the day I was faced with the fear when I had a a child. So far, I handled it well but it took a lot of time and restraint to get to that place. So when I read the story, I get the paralyzing fear, but I think she needs help and if the fear is that serious she shouldn't be in a car.
OK I am afraid of spiders and haven't jumped out of a moving car but have screamed and lost control for a few secs and then pulled over.
Me too. I have screamed and jumped, pulled over and then leapt out of the car in the pouring rain. But I've never actually jumped out of a moving car, let alone with a kid inside.
Post by penguingrrl on Sept 21, 2015 11:34:15 GMT -5
If your fear is so strong you're putting other people, including your own child, in that kind of danger then that needs to be addressed. I'm deathly afraid of snakes. It's really really bad, but I like to think that I would have the self-restraint to get the damned car safely in park before jumping out of it, especially if my kids were there.
Did you click through and see the condition of the car?
Her child could have died.
OMG! I was horrified to begin with, but seeing how bad an accident makes it so so much worse. No, you do not get the luxury of putting your kid in that kind of danger because you have an irrational fear.
I still cant be mad at her. I would hope she would have hit the emergency brake or put it in park, but I know I cannot 100% say for sure I wouldn't have jumped the fuck outta dodge either. so I can't fault her at all.
and besides, her kid should have known to pull the emergency brake. brush up on those survival skills. lol
With the presence of mind, of course, everyone can say this was a terrible move. In hindsight, I'm sure she can, too. But fear is a powerful motivator and I doubt she ever thought that a spider would crawl on her while she was driving with her child and cause her reaction to be this strong. But I'm going to let everyone continue finger wagging and "I would never" ing.