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\nDell have released a new high tech pedestrian safety device. They are calling it the “Dell Inspiron 6000”. It features a hard outer casing and a protective LCD screen to take the brunt of any impacts pedestrians may face due to vehicular collisions.<\/p>\n

I tested out this new device this morning. I placed it in my backpack and headed off to work, then whilst crossing the road a crazy women crashed into me from behind, sending me tumbling across her bonnet. I landed splat<\/strong> on my back on the road. My trusty Dell took the brunt of the impact and I was able to stand up unscathed \ud83d\ude42 The only injury I have is a sprained ankle which wasn’t protected by my computer. And guess what! The computer is still working and I’m posting this message on it right now \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Apparently the little green man was indeed flashing when I crossed and the lady who hit me is in a whole lot of trouble. She will probably be charged with careless driving or careless driving causing injury. My computer will live for another day – and thankfully so will I!<\/p>\n

EDIT: Thanks to my cousin Alison Petrie for the following photos (she saw it happen).<\/p>\n

There were two ambulances, a fire truck and two police cars. Kinda overkill for an itty bitty test of a new safety device, but anyhows …
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The woman on the right is the one who drove into me.
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EDIT: It also turned out that I was badly bruised behind my knee. The woman who hit me lost her drivers license for six months and was fined for $250 for her failed efforts to remove me from the gene pool.<\/p>\n

EDIT 2: It happened again! Lightning strikes twice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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