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Accident (with mild rant)
Condolences. A friend was on a jury a couple of weeks ago that involved
a lady that was hit by a kid driving 20-25 mph. Anyway, she was
claiming all kinds of injuries and pain and suffering to the tune of
$70,000+. According to my friend it all seemed pretty bogus because she
had had a series of accidents recently, and he even thought she was a
little loony (she was on Prozac or some such stuff). In the end the
jury awarded her $500. Hopes this makes you feel better - sometimes
justice gets done!!! (But it will be major PITA dealing with it in the
upcoming weeks.)
Not to drone on, but my folks and youngest brother were involved in a
God-awful car accident about 18 months ago. A kid just blanked out and
turned in front of them. The front end of my pop's MB 240 was
completely crunched - you know that means he got hit hard. My mom was
in the back seat (no belts) and got 2 broken legs, a broken hip, broken
wrist, bunged up nose, etc. out of the deal. Because the idiot that
caused the accident had only had minimal insurance and barely a dime to
his name, my mom didn't get one cent in pain 'n suffering. After going
throught this, it really p*sses me off when middle aged ladies driving
mini vans who have nothing else to do with their time claim bogus
injuries.
Well all, just crashed my car. I was approaching an intersection and
someone to the right decided to enter the intersection. Needless to say, I
hit them. Slammed on the brakes, but the wet roads didnt see that. Anyway,
they lied and said that I ran the red and some people walked off the
street to corroborate their story. I had witnesses in my car, but they
have an outside thing in their opinion. What is the way the insurance co.
will take care of this? It was very disgusting that she started playing up
her (non) injuries and the guy on the bike who backed her up. It was the
opinion of many on the scene that he corroborated her story because he was
of the same persuasion. I actually swerved around him from way down the
road to avoid him (biked as if he was drunk). What will happen now?
With some prying my cars driveable. The ic has touched and deflected the
power steering pump belt, so it wont run for long, but it will when
clearnce is made.
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*Steve Sachelle Babbar
*'84 5ksT 1.6-2.0 bar <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
*your results may vary from mine."
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