It's bad enough when the IRS fucks up and you have to pay, but then getting hit by a drunk driver...

[DainBramaged]

So a couple of days ago I posted the story about the IRS and their dogged pursuit of the working poor to make up for the losses of the corporations.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2145553


Almost within a week of having to handle the IRS, on a sunny Sunday morning in mid-September right before noon I hear this horrific noise outside of my apartment, I look out my window and see this red something or the other coming to a halt in the middle of the street. My immediate thought was that there was an accident via collision with another vehicle coming out of the side street. I got on the phone with 911 and as I got to the street, there weren't any other vehicles except a destroyed Ford Escape sitting in the middle of the intersection with a man slowly getting out. Pausing I turned and realized he had hit my car and my best friend's car, bad.




My friend's car took the brunt of the damage, being pushed back almost ten feet and up onto the sidewalk. His estimate is $8,000. It's an '07 G6 convertible. Mine sustained $4500 damage, it's an '07 Cobalt SS.

The DRUNK who hit us apparently fell asleep at the wheel at 11:30 in the morning and side-swiped our cars. The amazing part was he was functioning immediately after the accident and unhurt. The police put him in the cruiser when they arrived and immediately arrested him for impaired driving, reckless driving, and a Host of other charges. His car is totaled by the way. Lucky he had active insurance. I don't have rental or road service, and couldn't afford the difference if I did. When my friend's car is finished in the nest two weeks, mine goes in and I get to be taxied.


When he was brought down to the station and given a breathalyzer test AN HOUR after the accident, he blew a .25 . Yup, 3 times over the limit in NJ. We're sure it would have been a 3. at the scene. Its amazing he's alive, and is definitely a functioning alcoholic.


Like they say God protects the drunks and little children, but someone has to pay for their stupidity.


My life sucketh.

[mikeytherat]

1. Damn, dude. And sorry about the Cobalt SS - that is a badass little ride!

Me wantee.

mikey_the_rat

[quinnox]

2. Sorry to hear that

It could have been worse, like if you and your friend had been getting into your cars at the time this asshole swiped them.

[DainBramaged]

3. SECONDS before this happened I was going to go to Target

if I hadn't been distracted by my friend stopping me to ask me to pick up something for him, I would have been out there. If our cars hadn't been out there he would have gone across the lawn, either rolled or hit the building, or hit cars on the side street.

[quinnox]

6. wow, sounds like a close call

These little events that happen that seem trivial, but later gain great importance, can seem mysterious, like when people happen to miss a plane that crashes or something. It's interesting.

[Not Me]

4. You don't need rental coverage...it gets charged to the party responsible

I would call his insurance company and TELL him that you are getting a rental until they deliver your repaired car back to you.
So glad that your friend's car didn't sustain damage to the hard-top convertible. That is almost impossible to repair properly.

[DainBramaged]

5. I still would have to make up the difference between what they pay and rental cost

I went down the road with them, $30 a day for 30 days. Can't get a car in this area for $30 a day, $45 is the min. I live in a Republican hell hole.

[nykym]

12. HAve you looked into

ZipCar?

http://www.zipcar.com/

[DainBramaged]

13. This is worse than rentals

When you join
Annual fee $50
Application fee$25
When you drive
Weekday
Hourly rates from $8
Daily rates from$66

[nykym]

17. Sorry

just trying to be helpful.

[DainBramaged]

19. I know you were, I'm in between a rock and a fireplace......

:hug:

[snooper2]

15. Wife got hit by somebody with Progressive Insurance...They gave us a free car

Till ours was fixed...

Didn't cost shit

[MedicalAdmin]

16. Pay a lawyer $75 or $150 to write them a letter.

They can pay now or later, and later will be WAAAYYY bigger.

[DainBramaged]

18. Do you have the money for me to give a lawyer to send them a letter which will be answered AFTER

the car is fixed?

[MedicalAdmin]

20. As a matter of fact I might. I might have to skip a meal...

However, you are relatively rich compared to me. My car is a pair or shoes.

It was advice. I've used it and it gets results. Take the advice or don't take it. Your choice.

[Not Me]

21. Call an attorney...watch how quickly they change their tune.

nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. sorry about the cars!

:-(

[Kennah]

8. So sorry to hear about this

Reminds me of my 2000 Saturn SW2, totaled in 2009 by an unlicensed and uninsured driver.

[WingDinger]

9. Youve got all your bad luck thru, get a lotto tic.

[DainBramaged]

10. Can't afford them either............

:cry:

[Javaman]

11. a .25 at 11:30 in the morning.

cripes what a jackass.

Lucky no one was hurt.

[snooper2]

14. If it was a Toyota you would have been able to just buff it out

:P