[BigV]

Originally Posted by case

Sucky!!! I am sorry, V. Did the other guy have insurance?

Yes, she did. I'm in "good hands". If she'd used her *foot* properly, I wouln't have any need of her proxy hands, however good they may be. Actually, there's nothing wrong with her foot. This was entirely a mental lapse. Dangit.

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Christ, it got the bumper, the rear qtr panel, the hatch, the light, and it left a nasty scratch on your license plate.

Thank you, sir, for the belly laugh! You forgot both the doors on the right side and the section of the unibody/pan that passes for a frame rail. It has a slight case of the crabs now.

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

Ouch, BigV. What happened there?

May I have the envelope, please......

And the award for the Most Ironic Dwellar in the Rhetorical Question Category is.... Chocolatl!

Honestly, I thougt, of all dwellars, *you* would know the answer to this question. Actually, I thought I'd be accused of being a copycat. Upon reflection I see that you're doing that girl thing by engaging me with questions while I'm doing the boy thing by being alert for conflict. My bad.

It's a fair question.

I was driving SonofV to the hospital yesterday for a previously scheduled dr appt. These appts are very difficult to get and I was determined to keep this one. I approached the end of a line of cars stopped for a red light on one of the arterials here. The line of cars was long enough to extend the whole (very short) block. I chose to stop so that I wouldn't be in the box (intersection) of the next cross street. That's illegal here, as it is in most places. There's a $115 fine if you're "caught in the box". Besides, its a bad idea. Ever been on the cross street wanting to drive straight ahead, but were blocked by some idiot who couldn't stand to be fifty feet further back of the STOPPED car ahead of him? Me too. So I don't block the intersection unless I'm not paying attention.

I was waiting for the light to turn green and for the cars to begin to move and I noticed in the rear view mirror (time s l o w s d o w n here) that that big old white Ford pickup truck was really big and getting bigger and damn quick. I thought, boy, I better scoot up and give this guy some more room (he's GINORMOUS in the mirror at this point) BOOOM!

No screech. No horn. Nothing. She just drove right into me, demolition derby style. Thank goodness I was rolling when she hit me, albeit slowly. I'm certain it deadend the impact. If I'd been up close to the car ahead I'd've been a VW sandwich. I rolled forward to the next driveway and pulled out of traffic. She had room to turn right onto the street I was trying not block. After verifying that SonofV was ok, I gave him the phone and told him to call Tink and explain what's going on and that we would be delayed.

Then I got out and stormed uphill to her truck. "You fucking idiot!!!" "Oh I'm so sorry, oh my god, I'm sorry, etc etc." We very quickly exchanged insurance information and I made sure the tires weren't rubbing anything flammable and that I wasn't leaking anything, flammable or otherwise, and we resumed our trip to the doctor.

In the future, I will verify insurance, driver's license and vehicle bona fides--this time there was none. That's a bad idea. I'll take a photo of her plates, her vehicle, her license, her face, her VIN, etc. This time I just took her word, which, so far, has turned out ok. The claim number she gave me has been validated. That's about all I know so far.

Thank guys and gals for your concern, I appreciate it. I will keep you updated.