HWJD?

From Jalopnik:

A speeding truck rammed a woman’s sedan at over 100 MPH on a Texas freeway last Friday. Why? According to the Archangel Gabriel/ Michael E. Schwab, a resident of Blooming Grove, Texas, the woman "was not driving like a Christian.” Schwab failed to explain what the woman had done to prompt the Lord’s wrath and investigators have since determined that she violated no traffic laws. She was driving North on highway 281 when Schwab struck the rear of her sedan. The impact spun both vehicles across the median before being brought to a halt by the barrier on the far side of the south bound lanes. Neither party was seriously injured by the accident, although both vehicles appear to be totaled.

Describing the accident, Lt. Kyle Coleman of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department said, “He just said God said she wasn't driving right, and she needed to be taken off the road.” According to a release issued by the department, Schwab told police “the other vehicle was not driving like a Christian and it was Jesus' will for him to punish the car.” It was Schwab who told the police that he was traveling over 100 MPH at the time of the impact.

Schwab has since been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, been placed under a $50,000 bond and will now face a psychological evaluation.

“God must have been with them, 'cause any other time, the severity of this crash, it would have been a fatal,” said Lt. Coleman.

Comments

[LizDexic]

Nice graphic!

[Elspeth R]

Hmmm, dang close to 30 years ago now, a former co-worker's sister was brutally and senselessly murdered by a man who recounted that when he saw her as she left a club, she "had the Devil in her eyes" and that she "had to die". She was found in a dumpster not too far from the friend's house she was attempting to visit but never made it to. Her parents have to go to the parole board EVERY time this cretin comes up for release to protest such.

As for Traffic Angel of Death Schwab, he needs to be put away - but he will likely get a job w/Regents U or similar.

Elspeth

[ThatGuy]

Save me Traffic Cop Jesus!

[Auntie Meme]

The financial collapse has melted my brain. I read the perp's name as Charles Schwab.

[Monica_A: T'Pogo]

Too soon for a "Highway To Hell" reference?

[karen marie]

this feeds directly into the argument i make in "christian nation, my ass" -- http://fromlaurelstreet.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/christian-nation-my-ass/

[queek]

Wouldn't it have been ironic if she was pregnant and miscarried as a result of the God directed impact?

At first glance of the pics I thought good thing there wasn't someone in the back seat, but then I remembered that people tend to be post-birth and their lives are expendable.

[mnkid, ♥'s Rachel Maddow]

Is JC a whackjob? He tells one guy to do it and then he's with both drivers so the crash wasn't fatal. That's just messed up. Maybe the Son caused it the the Dad intervened?
Oh that wacky Trinity.

[JimmyDean'sFuckedUpCousinClyde]

The Lord drives in mysterious ways . . . . .

[Capital J]

Wow. That is sick and scary; glad the woman is okay. In slow traffic on I-95 last spring, our car was hit from behind repeatedly by a big rig. Naturally we assumed it was deliberate and got very freaked. Turns out the driver literally couldn't see us over the high hood of his Peterbilt and hadn't realized he was running into another vehicle. So now we have to worry about religious crazies behind the wheel too... yikes.

[virgotex]

Aggravated automotive smiting

[sightunseen]

Back when I was working in the field, I encountered several people who told me a similar tale. Most of them were driving and then,, when the strain of living just became too much,, they would let go of the wheel and 'put their faith in God that he would steer them right' Many facial scars, orthopedic concerns,deaths, etc. I question, as do the police, many if not all of the single car crashes. I tend to think that there are many suicidal people who drive daily. My chief concern is for the innocent that they involve in their downward spiral.

[pissed off patricia]

So will Schwab join Palin on the campaign trail in 2010? Sure Joe the plumber might be a bit jealous, but that's politics.

Seriously, this sort of shit scares the hell out of me. Women who drown their children because god told them to do it and crazy stuff like this.

Auntie Meme, I read his name the same way too, at first.

[four legs good]

Ah yes, that's our fundies!!

crazy as motherfucking loons

[dman]

Now it can be told... Laura Bush's tell-all book reveals that her apparent vehicular homicide of her boyfriend was actually God's righteous traffic wrath?

When I was growing up, all you had to worry about was evil dancing and the devil's tv shows. Life sure has changed.

[moistenedbink]

There are going to be a lot more meltdowns out there of people who were just hanging on. We are entering a seriously dangerous time. For people who were just barely keeping their shit together, this economic nightmare will be exploding a lot of heads and there will be a lot of collateral damage.
For folks who were under control because they had health insurance, if they lose their jobs and meds....
It's going to be ugly for awhile.

[punaise]

(rear) end times.

[punaise]

drop-kick me, Jeebus, through the toll boasts of life.

[Ksue]

Jesus, take the wheel.

[Carol]

Okay, was it really the Lord who told him to do this? This guy couldn't have been talking on his cell phone and speeding at the same time and just didn't notice her car? Did he think the Jesus defense would make things better? Wonder what else this guy has done that he is blaming on Jesus?

[Rene ala Carte]

Pissed Off Patricia,

"Schwab the Sideswiper" maybe.

Good thing this guy never saw me driving. He would probably use a nuclear device on me.

Why aren't there more Christians who sell all their worldly possessions and give the money to the poor like Jesus said.

Why are they always judgmental and violent?

[Capital J]

By the way, note that this happened in Texas. Somehow that seems less surprising than if it had taken place in a blue state.

[Elspeth R]

Thanks Capital J, really, thanks...we (Texans) aren't all jackass relig-idiots.

Elspeth

[Caveat]

I'm kind of liking Lt Coleman's analysis of the outcome. Now there's a man with a head on his shoulders.

[Caveat]

I forgot - LOL everybody!

[punaise]

premillennial disk-brake-sationalism run amok.

[punaise]

"Honk if Jeebus isn't riding shotgun in your car!"

[JimmyDean'sFuckedUpCousinClyde]

Not surprising------isn't this the exact same God who advised Bush on Iraq ? ? ? ? ? ? ??

Religion in Texas-----there's a conundrum.

[Capt. Bat Guano]

This is a real hoot, it has been my experience that people with that damn fish emblem on their car almost always, without fail are the shittiest drivers on the road. And yes, I have often wanted to run these stupid mother fuckers into the ditch to protect the rest of us.

[Capital J]

Sorry, Elspeth, nothing personal! I too live in a part of the country subject to stereotyping. That doesn't mean stereotypes are inaccurate, you understand -- we just need to keep in mind that they don't apply to everyone.

[pansypoo]

i am fearing this little texas visit now....but my car was hit by a flying wheel, so i got kharma covered. right? RIGHT?!?

[Bruce388]

I drove through Texas last week on I-40. Drove by the "Largest Cross in the Western Hemisphere." So I'm good for awhile.

[psychobroad]

Elspeth, (and Capital J) I live in Georgia. Where, as John Oliver pointed out, one of our US Congressmen was calling Obama the new Hitler, and was reelected 69% to 35%. I win.

[psychobroad]

Did I get bumped? I was just telling Elspeth and Capital J that as a Georgian my state out-stupids everyone, with the possible exception of Mississippi. (No offense to Mississippians)

[EvilDrPuma]

I bet Schwab and Jeebus are going to have a grand old time at the psych evaluation.