Sioux Falls Mom Gives Up Driving

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By Cliff Chandler

Story Created: Sep 16, 2009 at 8:51 PM CST

Story Updated: Sep 16, 2009 at 9:32 PM CST

One person is dead after a van collided with a guardrail on the Madison Street, Interstate-29 on-ramp early Wednesday afternoon.

Two men from Sioux Falls were in the van. The driver was injured and the passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. No names have been released and it seems the driver somehow lost control of the vehicle.

We opened the topic of driving in Sioux Falls on our facebook and heard from one woman, who's given up driving all together. Nita Ihnen is a mother of one, who after getting rear-ended by a man text messaging on her cell phone, stopped driving on Sioux Falls streets.

"You know it's the other drivers I feel I have to watch out for 'cause they're either talking on the phone, texting on the phone, eating, you know, stuff like that, while they're driving," said Ihnen.

The Sioux Falls Police Department maintains some statistics, as to how drivers are doing on the road and they include:

Sioux Falls Police Statistics
Crashes 2008 4,555 2009 4,293 -5.7%

Speeding Tickets

 2008 5,107 2009 5,899 +15.5%
Stoplight Tickets

2008

 465 2009 513 +10.3%
Stop Sign Tickets 2008 260 2009 374 +43.8%

 So what do you think of driving in the Sioux Empire? Leave a comment below or visit KSFY Action News on facebook.

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Friday, Sep 18 at 10:00 AM Anonymous wrote ...

That woman was just a big whinner. Get a back bone.

Thursday, Sep 17 at 4:01 PM haha wrote ...

yea they do that its called keeping aware of other u have to be a dumby to give up ur transpertaion because u cant beaware of others lol!! stupied!!

Thursday, Sep 17 at 3:31 PM RJ1962 wrote ...

should have paid better attention to the video. watching the kid pick his nose and eat it was not what i call news worthy!

Thursday, Sep 17 at 12:07 PM Anonymous wrote ...

so is she just never going to leave the house then? its just as easy to get hit by a car while walking.

Thursday, Sep 17 at 11:20 AM Anonymous wrote ...

He was texting on her cell phone??? PROOF READ YOUR STORIES!!!

Thursday, Sep 17 at 6:37 AM jessa wrote ...

lame she gave up driving because she is scared??? wow what a great life that must be controlled by fear?!

Wednesday, Sep 16 at 9:21 PM SF wrote ...

KSFY, this is a stupid story. Giving up driving is just stupid.

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