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My car was hit.. AGAIN!
what we need is reactive armour like some military
vehicles have. the theory is that when the shell hits
the armour, the armour detonates against the shell,
limiting it's effects. on a car, this would explode
outward, against the offending vehicle. more damage
would be done to their vehicle. 'gee, i'm sorry,
about your entire engine compartment.. you must have
hit my bumper or something...'
hahaha
--- Ben Carter <knotheads@mailblocks.com> wrote:
> I had a car once that was hit FOUR TIMES
> IN ONE MONTH. All
> of them while either I or my wife were parked. The
> first was a kid at
> church that wouldn't admit to it 'til his little
> brother squealed. The
> second was my Sister-in-law. I couldn't yell at
> these two for bad
> driving cause I didn't want to cause a scene in
> church or a family
> feud. The poor bastards that hit me after that took
> the brunt of my
> frustrations from the first two hits since I didn't
> know them. The fun
> part was explaining to the body shops that all the
> dents need to be
> appraised separately. If only Knight Industries
> would release the
> formula of their molecularly bonded shell that they
> used on K.I.T.T. Oh
> wait, that's only on TV. I'm thinkin' you should go
> with full
> wrap-around steel bumpers. You could start a trend!
> Get a few people
> together and start a club. Call it "Motorists
> Against Morons". MAM for
> short. I would join.
> Well, good luck, and don't shoot anybody.
> You know the saying,
> "Don't sweat the small stuff. And it's all small
> stuff". Doesn't feel
> like it at the time but at least it is something
> that can be replaced
> or repaired. Just be glad it wasn't more serious and
> you walked away.
> My cousin was recently killed when somebody ran a
> red light. She left
> behind husband and kids and a lot of family. I'm
> just glad you are able
> to tell us about it!
>
> Good luck,
> Ben C.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: T. Reed <treed2@wsu.edu>
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 04:01:09 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: My car was hit.. AGAIN!
>
> I can't believe the idiots on the roads these days.
>
> For the second time in a week, I've been hit, while
> stopped, by an
> inattentive driver.
>
> This time it was a Uhaul pickup that slammed in to
> the back of my
> silver 16v while I was stopped at a stop sign. The
> driver, of course,
> was uninsured and had no license. Long story there,
> but he didn't go to
> jail. He did give me $100 cash and "claim" that he
> would pay the rest
> of the repair costs if I showed him receipts. But he
> lied to me about
> not having a license (he claimed it was "at home"
> until I said "let's
> go get it") so I have doubts that he will go through
> with it.
>
> No police report was taken because the officer
> didn't think the damage
> was significant enough.
>
> The damage seems to be confined to the bumper (the
> bumper metal as well
> as the brackets are definitely bent), but I haven't
> inspected it in
> daylight because Christmas has kept me busy (this
> happened a few days
> ago).
>
> The plastic rear bumper cover lost about 4 or 5
> clips to the pavement
> on impact, and the left (driver side) corner is
> dropping down towards
> the pavement because the clips broke off there.
>
> GRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
>
> To top it off, the insurance adjuster from the first
> accident hasn't
> looked at the car yet, so he'll obviously be more
> inclined to devalue
> (and thus.. total) the car if it has been hit
> "everywhere" already.
>
> It's like a friggin demolition derby, I can't
> believe it. And my baby
> is at the center of it all.
>
> I hate these jerks that can't drive! How hard is it
> to drive without
> hitting vehicles that are stopped..?!?
>
> -Toby
>
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