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GeneralThank goodness for bad luck... Pin
SoMad7-May-14 19:48
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For without it, it seems I would have no luck at all Sigh | :sigh:

Wednesday morning on my way to work, the driver of a Porsche made an insanely illegal move, pulling out of his left turn lane and cutting straight across three lanes to turn right at the intersection instead of left. Unfortunately, he never saw me coming and I was going the speed limit in this 50 mph zone.

If he had only used his right-turn blinker, maybe I could have started breaking and trying to avoid hitting him earlier, but as it was, he just kept driving diagonally in front of me and all the breaking and turning I did could not prevent me smashing into the side of his car (although I am sure it lessened the impact).

As I sat there looking at my deployed airbag and a ton of glass scattered on my hood (presumably from his right side windows), I checked to make sure I was ok and got out of my car. I was trying to figure out where the sunshine had come to rest, but several witnesses told me he stopped for a few seconds and then took off.
Another witness came back a little later and told me he tried to catch him, but could not keep up with him. I was surprised he could drive at all, because my car had to be towed to a body shop.

My insurance company will cover the damages if they never identify the driver, but even with 5 witnesses telling the same story and saying I was completely without fault, I have to pay the $1,000 deductible unless they extend me the courtesy and waive it.

My hand, shoulder, ribs and neck are aching a bit (I expect increased pain tomorrow morning), but I was lucky and I don't think I have any serious injuries.

And this happened the day after my wife had a biopsy on a number of lumps in her knee - we are crossing our fingers for good news when the results are ready on Monday.

Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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