How come people love to stop to watch car accidents?

How come people love to stop to watch car accidents?
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Its terrible I know, and I pride myself in being the guy who keeps driving, hopefully at 10 MPH instead of 5 MPH, since the people driving by the accident after the traffic jam are the only ones who can get the show on the road
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