Comments on: Car Crashes Into “Edible Arrangements” in North Decatur Publix Plaza

By: CSD snowflake

CSD snowflake — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:50:26 +0000

Ooooh, poor kid. I did that once and landed in a snowbank in front of several football team members who had to help us dig out. I hadn’t driven before and was touching the accelerator too gently when my father got impatient and told me to step on it. So I did. Caused a lot less damage to the vehicle and surroundings but I died of embarrassment for weeks.

By: Decatur Resident

Decatur Resident — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:00:56 +0000

I heard it was a teenager who was driving while their father instructed – seems the teenager got flustered and hit the wrong pedal – not the best place to perform a driving lesson .

I believe they are all OK.

The Kinkos is not in this parking lot either – that’s across the street – the markings in both are pretty clear though?

By: reed

reed — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:32:19 +0000

someon ran into decatur first united about 2 weeks ago from the wachovia parking lot..

By: Ridgelandistan

Ridgelandistan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:18:48 +0000

So glad no one was hurt.
I was just at Kinkos next door Saturday and noted to myself how screwed up the parking lot flow and markings were. Just about everyone was getting it wrong. I have to wonder if that didn’t contribute to this accident.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:12:23 +0000

So crazy that this happened…earlier on Sunday the same thing happened over in our church parking lot in Buckhead. It appears that the elderly driver’s accelerator peddle was either stuck or mistaken for the brake.

By: cubalibre

cubalibre — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:42:22 +0000

Sheesh! Hope no one was hurt. Does anyone know whether the driver was infirm/DUI, elderly, or just temporarily lost control of the wheel? Just curious… When we lived in Virginia, our neighbors’ apartment was crashed into by a truck driven by a guy who was so drunk he swore he thought he was at the Hardee’s drive-thru! (It was only funny the day afterward, once we were all sure no one had been injured.)

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:57:20 +0000

Very true. That’s some first-rate strip mall design!

I wonder if insurers take that sort of thing into account when providing rates…

By: PMcG

PMcG — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:51:21 +0000

At this rate, the owners of the center should consider making the entire center a giant drive-thru. First Evans, then UPS, now Edible Arrangements. Next up: Publix “Drive The Aisles Event”.