Topic: Bad drivers should be shot

[RogueJedi_XC]

My aunt and youngest nephew were broadsided by an inattentive bad driver this afternoon. This guy totally ignored a stop sign and struck my aunt's car in the driver's door.

Luckily, both are alive. My aunt has some cracked ribs and a collapsed lung and possibly an injured spleen, but she will live. My nephew did not suffer any injuries (thank God for car-seats).

I am so happy this did not turn out as badly as it could have. But dammit, it's bad enough. Put a real scare into us because the sent life-flight out to pick my aunt up. Had us thinking she was hurt real bad (they probably thought so themselves).

 

[Mentat Jon]

was he on a cell phone?  glad you are alright bro  

[RogueJedi_XC]

Oh, I wasn't in the car. They are in Tennessee, I'm in Texas.  

[Towelie]

  Heheh, I got friends and relatives in Texas. I say let's get the driver and take him road skeeing on open highway, barefoot for about 20 miles. WAIT, he isn't a minority is he?

[Mentat Jon]

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Oh, I wasn't in the car. They are in Tennessee, I'm in Texas.  

ahhhhh.  

[JMM]

Go kick hs arse Jedi! Better yet, sue the flucker! Get rich man!

All kidding aside, glad to know everything is ok bro.... I know about cracked ribs, they hurt like hades, my brother gave me an arse whooping I will never forget when I was drunk going through my first divorce, he cracked 3 ribs. Try doing PT in the army (I was active duty) with 3 cracked ribs, man what pain!  

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

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My aunt and youngest nephew were broadsided by an inattentive bad driver this afternoon. This guy totally ignored a stop sign and struck my aunt's car in the driver's door.    

I understand exactly how you feel.  I hope they have a full and quick recovery and that the judge nails the driver for the maximum penalty.

Almost 4 years ago, the day before my fathers birthday and 3 days before my mothers they were crossing a road near their house.  A driver made a left turn (into the wrong lane), without stopping (at a stop sign) and hit them both.  They both lived but both have permanent disabilities.  At the court appearance for his charges he repeatedly tried to blame my parents.  He also lied about getting out to help my parents.  Witnesses dragged him from the car because he yelled at my father for grabbing hold of the cars mirror to help him standup (on a broken leg) and refused even to look at the people he injured.  The cops had to protect him.  The judge was apparently quite annoyed with him, but was limited to a relatively small fine and demerits on his license.

It was not until he made the mistake of telling the owners of the local variety store that my parents were at fault and charges were being laid that they asked me "where can we get a lawyer".  They were quite willing to let the insurance companies handle it.  They still have not recieved a settlement.   The insurance company keeps insisting that they go for more medical tests.  They seem to be hoping either that my parents will miraculously get better or die of something unrelated so that they can reduce the payout.   But it just backfired as they found eye problems with my father that are directly caused by the accident.

That was the first time since my mother was 12 and my father 18 that they did not see each other on their birthdays.  They were in different hospitals.      

[vsfedwards]

Damn, my unc was on the highway here in UK the other week. There was a woman in a car right behind one of those huge tankers.The driverwas on their damn mobile! The car accelerated and literally got crushed under the tanker. He is scared to hell whilst travelling the motorway now..I dont blame him  

[dangadget]

when I first read the title of this thread, I thought it was referring to bad device drivers......heh.

seriously though...very sorry to hear about the accident.

praying for their speedy and complete recovery, and while acknowledging that god has said that vengeance is his, here's wishing a little cosmic payback on the guilty party as well.  

[Iceman]

Was the dude on a cell phone?  Because if he was, its all over (in your favor).  Also, if he had perscription glasses, check that.  Most people take them off to drive (stupid) but it could help you if it goes to court.  

[lloyd007]

While in traffic on I-287 (NJ) I was waiting in line at an exit since thetraffic was bad. Some idiot in a Cadillac decides he doesn't want to be in this line and pulls out from a dead stop into traffic moving 65 MPH. His car got broadsided by an 18 wheeler...

Stop signs are the site of the worst accidents though. My uncle pulled up to a four way stop in Iowa, goes out into the lne and some AH who didn't want to stop at the sign broadsides him. He paid for that with his life as he found out that NOTHING beats a  John Deere 9420 tractor. Especially not a Honda Civic...

Way too many people take STOP signs as suggestions rather than what they are, the equivalent to a red light and a lot of people in agricultural areas pay for that with their lives when they crash into a vehicle that makes you wish it was an SUV, a tractor.

[Capt. Mike]

 

Now if all the bad drivers were shot, by the end of rush hour Monday (LA time)  80,000,000 US drivers would be reduced to 40,000,000.

Tuesday, to 20,000,000.

Wednsday, 10,000,000.

Thursday, 5,000,000.

Friday, 2,500,000.

This assuming the good drivers are eliminating the bad ones...

I think I'll just stay home next week.....

BTW, 3 years ago, with 1 payment left on my car, this ditzy woman, who was lost, T-Boned me and totalled the car.  Thanks again for seat belts.  What topped it off, was her husband, when he showed up, said (and I quote) "I wondered how long it would be until this happened."    

Good luck out there,

Mike
   

[Aldaron]

My ex-wife's friend and his 2 step-daughters were killed when a truck driver in an 18-wheeler sailer through the stop sign at 50+ MPH and slammed into thier van. His reason........he was reading a map.

[vsfedwards]

....He should have got life..bet he didnt.  

[aaron_j_l]

It was my wife's 23rd Birthday, we were out to a local restaurant, we were going to get my Baby Daughter some milk, which was only two minutes from where we lived at the time.  There was myself, my wife, and my 2 Daughters in the backseat, my light was green for at least 10 seconds, as I'm about to cross the intersection, this little car with 4 guys on a saturday night, ran the red light, I T-boned him, but it was his fault, no one in either car was hurt, but they wrote my car off.  I was pretty upset about it, but the main thing is that everyone was ok.

I hope that they both have a speedy, good recovery

Aaron  

[RogueJedi_XC]

Thanks, everyone, for your well wishes and prayers. My Aunt had to have surgery to remove her spleen and stop internal bleeding. The surgery went off without a hitch and she should make a full revovery. My nephew, who is 4 years old (as he would proudly tell you by stuffing 4 chubby fingers in your face "I'm this old!"  ), does not even seem phased. After being scared out of his wits for a few hours, he's back to his usual self, acccording to my sister.      

[RogueJedi_XC]

My aunt and youngest nephew were broadsided by an inattentive bad driver this afternoon. This guy totally ignored a stop sign and struck my aunt's car in the driver's door.

Luckily, both are alive. My aunt has some cracked ribs and a collapsed lung and possibly an injured spleen, but she will live. My nephew did not suffer any injuries (thank God for car-seats).

I am so happy this did not turn out as badly as it could have. But dammit, it's bad enough. Put a real scare into us because the sent life-flight out to pick my aunt up. Had us thinking she was hurt real bad (they probably thought so themselves).

 

[Mentat Jon]

was he on a cell phone?  glad you are alright bro  

[RogueJedi_XC]

Oh, I wasn't in the car. They are in Tennessee, I'm in Texas.  

[Towelie]

  Heheh, I got friends and relatives in Texas. I say let's get the driver and take him road skeeing on open highway, barefoot for about 20 miles. WAIT, he isn't a minority is he?