Grinning Geckos
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Well, looks like I'm not going to be able to go to Riley's B-day party, Jeremy. :main_no:
I was on lunch today, driving back to work, and someone pulled out in front of me. Yep...I got into ANOTHER wreck. I drove for 10 years and never had any fender-benders, no tickets, hell ... I've only be pulled over ONCE for a tail light that was out. Now I've totaled 2 cars in 3 months.
Yea. TOTALED!
The street I was on is a REALLY busy street, 3 lanes each way - with no center turn lane. So, someone in my direction wanted to turn left and had that inside lane blocked ... around 15 - 20 stopped cars. Somewhere in the middle of that a guy coming in the other direction wanted to turn left, and the person he pulled in front of waved him through - the claims person I'm dealing with called that the "wave of death". So, instead of creeping out to be sure the way was clear, he just pulled right out - straight into my path. I was able to hit the breaks for maybe 1/2 second before I T-boned him center-mass on the passenger side.
My airbag didn't deploy ... we're thinking it was faulty because my car is FUCKED UP. When looking head-on, you can see the front of my car is a good 4 - 6 inches off of center. The hood nearly ripped off the hinges and it's wrapped around the headlight on one side. Fenders bent on both sides. Door won't open on one side. Fluid leaking from somewhere. Steering is, shall we say, goofy. My insurance would total it...but we're going after the other guy's insurance.
Guess what I crashed into. Come on...it's fun.
A BEAMER! Some 17ish kid was driving with his sister in daddy's BMW. Thier side imact airbags deployed. Both door are punched in, and both window exploded. The driver was OK, looking more worried than anything. I bet dad's going to rip him a new asshole tonight. His sister (in the passenger) had glass all over her hair, and a nasty looking scrape on her arm. It was a good 6" or more, but it wasn't really bleeding at all. I'm guessing it's from the airbag. Look like it hurt like hell (and she was crying), but hopefully it's nothing serious.
I'm fine and dandy. My elbow got banged on something and is a little sore, and ribs on on side are sorta sore. I'm sure I'll feel worse in the morning. My other accident was worse (nothing like bouncing your head off something solid real quick).
I really can't even get mad about it. Seems like a waste of energy. I just hope this doesn't take 2 months for me to get a new car. I figure with a 2006 BMW, insured with State Farm, that I've got a decent chance of having things turn out ok. :main_rolleyes:
I was on lunch today, driving back to work, and someone pulled out in front of me. Yep...I got into ANOTHER wreck. I drove for 10 years and never had any fender-benders, no tickets, hell ... I've only be pulled over ONCE for a tail light that was out. Now I've totaled 2 cars in 3 months.
Yea. TOTALED!
The street I was on is a REALLY busy street, 3 lanes each way - with no center turn lane. So, someone in my direction wanted to turn left and had that inside lane blocked ... around 15 - 20 stopped cars. Somewhere in the middle of that a guy coming in the other direction wanted to turn left, and the person he pulled in front of waved him through - the claims person I'm dealing with called that the "wave of death". So, instead of creeping out to be sure the way was clear, he just pulled right out - straight into my path. I was able to hit the breaks for maybe 1/2 second before I T-boned him center-mass on the passenger side.
My airbag didn't deploy ... we're thinking it was faulty because my car is FUCKED UP. When looking head-on, you can see the front of my car is a good 4 - 6 inches off of center. The hood nearly ripped off the hinges and it's wrapped around the headlight on one side. Fenders bent on both sides. Door won't open on one side. Fluid leaking from somewhere. Steering is, shall we say, goofy. My insurance would total it...but we're going after the other guy's insurance.
Guess what I crashed into. Come on...it's fun.
A BEAMER! Some 17ish kid was driving with his sister in daddy's BMW. Thier side imact airbags deployed. Both door are punched in, and both window exploded. The driver was OK, looking more worried than anything. I bet dad's going to rip him a new asshole tonight. His sister (in the passenger) had glass all over her hair, and a nasty looking scrape on her arm. It was a good 6" or more, but it wasn't really bleeding at all. I'm guessing it's from the airbag. Look like it hurt like hell (and she was crying), but hopefully it's nothing serious.
I'm fine and dandy. My elbow got banged on something and is a little sore, and ribs on on side are sorta sore. I'm sure I'll feel worse in the morning. My other accident was worse (nothing like bouncing your head off something solid real quick).
I really can't even get mad about it. Seems like a waste of energy. I just hope this doesn't take 2 months for me to get a new car. I figure with a 2006 BMW, insured with State Farm, that I've got a decent chance of having things turn out ok. :main_rolleyes:
Not much I can do today, with the holiday, but I have lots of plans for tomorrow.
