The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster of 1980 | Episode 44

Florida deputies once pulled over a weaving driver. His excuse was he’d been drinking and then was this squirrel in his shirt that kept biting him. Oh, the things you’ll see on Florida’s roadways. Or won’t… In this very special 1980’s themed first-time-in-Florida episode: we’ll find out how seatbelts help prevent blood stains; we’ll see what happens when you drive underwater; and we’ll have a special second safety segment covering Florida road etiquette.It's always surprising to me how many different ways bridges can fail. It makes me feel like they should maybe offer prayer candles when you pull up to the foot of a bridge. This is a story so frightening to anyone who holds a driver’s license, that it’ll make you forget this story takes place in Florida. Not to fear, there’s not a lot of Florida stuff that happens. If I say “Florida man arrested for DUI after mistaking bank drive through for Taco Bell” or “Florida man worried about vampires, burns down his house” – remember, We’re going to cover some strange and awful stuff here, but I won’t pick on Florida. I wish I lived there myself.Florida may hold a monopoly on bizarre behaviour, but it doesn’t hold the trademark. We’ll have to visit again one day.––––– THANK YOU. Most shows survive at the whim of production companies and corporate sponsors, built from the top down. Doomsday doesn’t exist because some network exec believes in it – it exists because actual people do. It's built from the bottom up, and it’s been my privilege to bring you these stories. Just you, me, and a microphone. I don’t do this for you, so much as I do this because of you. If you'd like to support the show at Buy Me A Coffee, or join the club over at Patreon for AD-FREE EPISODES, LONGER EPISODES, EXTRA CONTENT, all that good stuff (I’m truly sorry about those ads, they're not in my control) All older episodes can be found on any of your favorite channels  Apple : https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdw Spotify : https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuw IHeartRadio : https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5j Podchaser : https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w Stitcher : https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vw Google : https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxatt Spreaker : https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22su RadioPublic : https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kec PocketCasts. : https://pca.st/ef1165v3 CastBox : https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdr Breaker. : https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfayt Deezer. : https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwt Follow us on the socials for more Facebook : www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcast Instagram : www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcast Twitter : www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcast TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@doomsday.the.podcastSafety google off. We'll talk soon. And thanks for listening. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/doomsday-history-s-most-dangerous-podcast--4866335/support.