I saw that video. Scary stuff.

Perhaps it is because I saw too many people die of strange things in my early twenties but I will not hide because of the what-ifs. The only what-if I do follow is to try not to go to places that only have one entrance even if the second entrance would be a window away from the door. Too many clubs and other things lack a way out if something happens.

Poor soul-I never sit near a window--never have-never will

I think it's pretty standard that building and public safety codes require public places to have more than one point of entrance/exit. That's what the signs to the effect of "This door to remain unlocked during business hours" are about. I don't think it's anything to be watchful for.

I can't imagine that there's any appreciably added risk of sitting near a window or exterior wall in a public place, such that it's something to be concerned with.

It isn't even safe at the bank! Just recently that happened at the bank in town. It put the teller in the hospital. A couple of customers had scrapes but nothing serious.

That happens a few times a year around here. Most of the time people have been lucky and not killed. And is usually is senior citizens driving. Because of our hilly terrace and windy roads we also have people driving into houses. Our last house was on a bend. We had two innocent looking poles at the end of our driveway. One held the mailbox the other a planter. They were really 6 inch gas pipe buried 3 ft deep filled with concrete. It would take something mighty big to knock them over.

I have a friend with a 13 year old son. They where eating at a fast food place, and the son was closest to the window. A car drove through the window. The son managed to leap onto the table and jump farther from the window before the car completely went through, so he wasn’t injured. It’s crazy! The table and everything was completely crushed.

"I have a friend with a 13 year old son. They where eating at a fast food place,"

There's a far greater (and proven) risk to one's health and well being from eating fast food than from sitting near a window.

Just in our area over the past couple months. Vehicles into building.

April- Car into beauty salon, 8 inj

May - RV into building,2 inj

Car into grocery store, no inj

June - Car into medical building, 1 dead 1 inj

Monday - Car into bar, no inj

Function, how many were killed/injured in car crashes in the same area? As a result, is anyone staying home or doing anything differently because of those?

That happened to us, several years ago. We were in a Chinese restaurant, and not by a window, but a man driving a pick up truck, pulled into a parking space that was on the other side of the wall, hit the accelerator instead of the brake, and crashed through the wall. The truck didn't come all the way in, but knocked down the wall and pushed bricks, etc. in. Hit me on the elbow. Could have been worse, I suppose.

Looks like a bar is safe. haha

Chisue, bars are safe havens unless your spouse finds out you are there. lol

Sleeperblues, I don't think most people live with what might happen. Nowhere is 100% safe. It is just a unusual topic showing that even sitting in a building a driver can plow into you.

I agree with functionthenlook. This isn't the kind of situation that reasonable people would spend time worrying about, but it is noteworthy when something like that happens because it doesn't happen very often.

Where I live, there is a restaurant that has been been involved in a car vs building incident twice that I'm aware of. The first time, the car plowed into a group of teenage girls who who were standing on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. One of them lost a leg.

Our post office has had a car drive through the entrance doors three times that I know of but no one was hurt in any of those incidents. All of the drivers involved were elderly and thought they were putting their foot on the brake pedal rather than the gas.

That happened at our grocery store a few months ago. It's still not completely fixed yet! I wouldn't not sit at a window table unless the parking spots were really close to the building. Then I might think about it.

Out here in the country a house that was sitting on a curve kept getting cars in their yard that couldn't make the curve for whatever reason and one time a car hit the house.. They finally had huge rocks brought and placed at the edge of their yard. No problems since that I have heard about and the rocks look nice with flowers planted and landscaping done.

I didn't see that news clip. :0) Gotta use some common sense tho...

I have better things to do with my life, such as it is, than worry about how I am going to be injured or die. If you feel the need to be concerned about where you sit go for it but you are not living only waiting until you die.

Given a choice, I always sit by the windows. I guess if a car runs over me there, it was meant to be.

I almost did that myself, years ago. Pulled into a spot in front of the shoe store in a strip mall and the brake just wasn't stopping my car. I looked down in a panic and saw the cast on my left leg under the brake pedal.

Oh, good lord, I'll add that to list of "things I need to worry about" as I go about my day ... *sheesh*