It’s been nearly five years since being left for dead on the side of the road. I’ve lived in the most remote locations in the continental United States, far away from civilization and society. After losing everything to corrupt government and organized crime, which are one and the same, not once, but twice, I realized that at my age, there was no need to try and start over one more time. Being a law abiding citizen is not the way to go.
For more than two years following the accident, I hardly spoke to another human being. I was now living in my truck, at one point, down to my last fifty dollars and living in the most remote areas of the country. On top of that, my hearing aids were lost in the accident, the insurance companies refused to pay for them or any other medical expenses, so I was basically deaf. I started to learn to read people’s lips. Then COVID hit, people started wearing masks and no real communication with another human being for over a year. Even now, I can go two weeks or more without a conversation with another human being.
The reason all this happened to me is because I obeyed the law. I stopped for a stop sign. I received a life sentence, solitary, no bed, no bathroom, no showers, no meals, no medical care, plus having my hearing taken away. More than most murderers, all because I stopped for that stop sign. Had I not obeyed the law, none of these things would have happened and none of this would be here.
Years of isolation from society isn’t the only thing that gives a person time to think. Pain does that as well. Since the accident, nearly five years now, I have not had full night’s sleep due to pain from injuries sustained in the accident. When the semi rear ended me at fifty miles per hour, my hips and left side were crushed. The pain gets worse all the time and the pain wakes me up all night long. The medication I have doesn’t work all that well. I can’t do much about it because if I take medication to mask all the pain, I won’t be able to get up if I don’t switch sleeping positions all night long. Every time the pain wakes me up and then I try sleep before the next pain episode, I think, why did I stop for that sign?