jfields
Where did all my money go?
I've been telling my wife for some time that I'm not that fond of her talking on her cell phone while driving. She's made me nervous a few times while I was in the passenger seat. It was not an issue with her last phone because she had Blue Tooth with voice command, and it was basically like having a conversation with a passenger. Totally hands free, nothing to distract/fumble with while driving.
Well she got a new phone about a month ago, and was lazy about programming the headset to it.
I'm about an hour and a half away from home yesterday when I get a call from the county dispatch telling me she had been in an accident and was being taken to the hospital. I feared the worst because they would not give me any details, just that I needed to get there as soon as possible, and to pick my four year old girl from daycare.
Come to find out, she said she came up on a light and saw that it was green. She's not clear about what happened next, but when she looked again the car in front of her was stopped (even though the light was green). She slammed into the back of him at a pretty good rate of speed. The police that responded said there were sixty feet of skid marks up to the point of impact.
It came out later that she was fumbling with her phone to make a call. :whistling: Both our 03 Eddie Bauer Explorer and the car she hit were totaled. Fortunately, both she and the other guy will be okay. I spent the day taking care of a woman in a lot of pain who says she'll never talk on the cell while driving again........Unless it's hands free. She runs rescue as a Paramedic, so as a professional courtesy, the officer did not charge her with anything (Very lucky).
Glad none of the kids were in the car. I can replace a vehicle, but not her or the children.
I did not think the damage looked that bad from a quick glance when I saw it today, but the adjuster said that the impact was so hard that it shoved the engine into the firewall and broke the intake. He had no doubt that it would be a total loss. He stated that these rubber front ends are deceiving, making the damage look less than it really is.
Well she got a new phone about a month ago, and was lazy about programming the headset to it.
I'm about an hour and a half away from home yesterday when I get a call from the county dispatch telling me she had been in an accident and was being taken to the hospital. I feared the worst because they would not give me any details, just that I needed to get there as soon as possible, and to pick my four year old girl from daycare.
Come to find out, she said she came up on a light and saw that it was green. She's not clear about what happened next, but when she looked again the car in front of her was stopped (even though the light was green). She slammed into the back of him at a pretty good rate of speed. The police that responded said there were sixty feet of skid marks up to the point of impact.
It came out later that she was fumbling with her phone to make a call. :whistling: Both our 03 Eddie Bauer Explorer and the car she hit were totaled. Fortunately, both she and the other guy will be okay. I spent the day taking care of a woman in a lot of pain who says she'll never talk on the cell while driving again........Unless it's hands free. She runs rescue as a Paramedic, so as a professional courtesy, the officer did not charge her with anything (Very lucky).
Glad none of the kids were in the car. I can replace a vehicle, but not her or the children.
I did not think the damage looked that bad from a quick glance when I saw it today, but the adjuster said that the impact was so hard that it shoved the engine into the firewall and broke the intake. He had no doubt that it would be a total loss. He stated that these rubber front ends are deceiving, making the damage look less than it really is.
