If he doesn’t remember anything, did he pass out, or was he impaired?
Interesting that these data recorders, similar to the “black boxes” on airplanes, may reconstruct what happened. Clearly he lost control of the vehicle, but if he doesn’t remember, that is of concern.
Need to check his phone.
I’m just guessing, but I imagine he’s claiming - through his lawyer - that because of the ‘trauma’ of the event, he doesn’t remember anything.
In fairness, it’s not all that uncommon for people in horrific traffic accidents to have compromised memories of the events, although those memories frequently come back with time. Also, those people generally suffer some head trauma, something I haven’t seen reported by the media in Woods’ case.
In any event, the ‘I don’t remember anything, so I can’t give you any information,’ sure is a convenient excuse for not talking to the PoPo.
Some say he fell asleep. Even his pain medication shouldn’t make him overly tired.
I hope for his sake it wasn’t an all night romp, if you know what I mean.
He probably fell asleep at the wheel after “partying” all night.
When you hit your head, you can lose memory of some time before the hit. Happened to me in an accident.
I remembered driving and the accident itself, but never remembered hitting my head, which someone pointed out to me because it was bleeding a bit.
Or he could have simply dozed off for a second and it was too late by the time he was cognizant again and woke up.
I've dozed off driving cross country before and am lucky I didn't kill myself. It only take a few seconds for your vehicle to drift off the road, especially if it is curvy.
I think all the speculation is about what happen is moot until the investigation is complete.
I'm just thankful the man is still alive.
If he doesn’t remember anything, did he pass out, or was he impaired?
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With traumatic injury, the person often has no memory. Effectively that event never gets placed into long term memory because of the trauma.
I was knocked out when I was a kid. Don't remember anything but riding along on my dirt bike. Next thing I know my folks were asking me if I was okay. I couldn't recall anything about how I knocked myself out.
Brain injury can also cause memory loss.
I had a bad accident about twelve years ago after I nodded off that was roughly similar in severity to this case; I have no memory of the accident or anything from about 5 minutes before the accident until well after. I have audial (not visual) memories of a firefighter I knew telling me they were working to get me out and then very erratic memories of the ambulance ride, but nothing firm until I was in the hospital. (Movie depictions of such events from the perspective of the accident victim are actually pretty good, come to think of it.)
Vehicle crash data is a truth-teller, so long as it is not misinterpreted. In can help implicate someone, but it can also help clear them of certain accusations.
In many cases people who are injured in crashes or other events will remember nothing of the event.
It is not rare that someone in a severe accident doesn’t remember it.