Gonna have to agree- women in big SUVs are just accidents waiting to happen :frown2: I also avoid minivans. OH! And college kids on their cell phones while smoking. All while trying to drive ut:
Last night, traffic lights are flashing red in all four directions. So everyone needs to stop, then go as if it's a 4 way stop sign intersection. This should not be a big deal Well when I get to the stop line, straight across from us is a BIG rumped SUV, with a deer eyed 15 year old student driver. The situation is way over her head, and it looked like Dad had no clue how to deal with this either. I go, she goes, she sees me moving, she freaks does what Dad says, cut him off, take up 2 lanes of traffic, your bigger:crazy: Once she settled into a lane, I blew past her:lol: Mark
You left out "four nuns in an SUV". I'm serious, lanes, stop signs, stop lights and yield signs, do not seem to apply to them. The same four have almost gotten me twice. :eek6: Jim
Only if there's a cash crop to harvest... Last I knew cheese production was tougher than that. As for a cop's response to the scene, next time tell 'em your neck and back are hurting as a resut of the prang. That'll fix her a$$ too.
Car crashes are just fun ta talk about. And opportunities to be critical of another's idiotic habits behind the wheel make the discussion even more worthwhile and entertaining dont'cha think??? JMHO.
We've been dealing with the same sort of thing here in the Baltimore Metro as a result of Irene. We've had lots of traffic signals out due to power outage, and the law(and common sense) says to treat such intersections as a 4-way stop. People here...just. don't. get it.:crazy: I stopped at one while motoring and was nearly destroyed by an early-twenty-something meathead in a Jeep who had clearly decided that no lights also meant no speed limits! After screaming a few obscenities, I pulled out and caught up to him....just...HOPING he was going somewhere near where I was so we could have a chat about MD law. I can neither confirm nor deny that I more than doubled the speed limit on that local road to catch up to him. :devil:
i'm a small woman, in a BIG MINI (countryman) with ah yappy dog.. but I gots bluetooth. i love a good zombie thread... HI JINKY
Raccoon Suicide :cornut: I just got Margi(08 R56 MCS/JCW) back from the shop where she stayed for a month and cost $5k in repairs(insurance was good for $4k). 2300hrs one night in mid Nov, I'm doing 60mph(the limit) down a 2 lane winding country Texas road, just fun driving, when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a 35lb raccoon doing a swan dive under my passenger side front bumper. BA-BOOMP! Torn/damaged/destroyed- fiber glass bumper cover,radiator.oil cooler,inter cooler. Praise the Lord, no chassis/drive train/suspension damage. Now she drives like before and I have a new hat with a tail. Jason
Lol.... I saw a Chipmunk suicide once on a rally. One of our club members had a MCS with 4 driving lights mounted way down low, under the front bumper. He hit a Chipmunk somewhere on the rally route and his little head got caught between the light bar and the bit of paintwork under the lower grill. It looked like the little guy was staring up into the engine bay thinking "Damn... does he have a W2A intercooler on this thing?" Apparently it took a hammer and a pair of pliers to separate him from the car... :eek6:
Never Ever leave the scene without one of these !!!!! A Police report Weather the accident is your fault or the other drivers fault you need to get a police report. If you find someone that witnessed the accident get their information. Do not leave the scene, Get the other persons information and give them yours. The first thing to do is write down their plate number in case they decide to not wait around for the police. If they leave before the Police get there they will be cited for leaving the scene of an accident. Just be sure you hang around until the Police get there. If when calling in the accident and the police say to exchange information and they won't come out to the scene you need to insist they do. If they even say they won't come out you need to stay at the scene and call your insurance agent/company and let them know while you are still at the scene if you want any coverage at all. If your UMC needs to cover your damage because the other driver had no coverage you need that Police report or you are out of luck. It don't take much to add up into the big bucks to repair a Mini in this day & age.
:cornut: My raccoon ' took the 5th' :he wouldn't sign the report or talk to The Fuzz. We did however figure out that the last thing to pass through his mind before he died was his a$$.:lol: Jason
The CA cops typically don't respond unless there's an injury or damage to public property. In that event, a police report needs to be filed at the PD if you want to have one for your use. Injury is certainly the least preferred, but there are those who will develop an injury just to stand in line at the trough. Beware and get the witness statements whenever you can. They may just be (who) what saves your a$$. And, take some pics of the scene, including all vehicles involved too. Those can come in handy in a small-claims dispute. Also, make sure you note if the other driver displays signs of being under the influence. That'll get ya a cop and info will weigh heavily, unless that is, you are found to be at fault after the cop shows up. :fingerscrossed: Happy Motoring.
You never know how the cop is going to react... most, I'm sure are fine upstanding folks doing their tough job (one that I wouldn't want), but some have their own perspective... Years ago, my father told me this story after a long drive home: To set the story: It was in the late 1980s and my father ran a sewing factory in Georgia. He had $2000 in his annual budget and hadn't spent any of it that year because nobody had asked (for t-ball team sponsorships, etc). When a local LEO came in and asked for a donation for equipment in late December, he said "Great... how does $2000 sound?", and wrote him a check. The following week, he got a little gold metal shield to attach to his license plate that signifies a donor of more than just a few bucks. Now to the accident. My father is driving behind car A, which turns on his left turn signal, stops, waits for an opening and then turns left. My father, car B, stops. Car C isn't paying attention and rear-ends him squarely. After monkeying about in the car for a few min, Driver C comes forward to trade info and a cop arrives 5 min later. Apparently Driver C got on his CB and called his brother, a local LEO! The LEO talks to his brother for a few minutes and then comes forward to my dad and says "Why in the hell were you stopped in the middle of the road, BOY?" (You folks who lived in the south will understand the voice inflection in the word "BOY"... especially when said to a 40+ year old man). He accused my father of causing the accident without asking any questions at all and started writing tickets for multiple 'infractions'. He walked to the back of the car to get the license plate # to complete the tickets he was writing up. His face suddenly dropped when he saw the license plate with the gold shield... the tickets were ripped in half and stuffed in his back pocket. The tone was much nicer when he got back to the driver's window... "Um... I'm sorry Mr. Granger... you are obviously an honest man and this was a simple accident where you were rear ended. I'll take care of this and will send you the accident report in the morning. You are free to head on home and have a good evening." I wish I had something like that little badge now...