well at least you have an excuse to get a fully painted bumper or roll pan
if you wanted one :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel A. Couriel" <gcouriel@bellsouth.net>
To: "DML" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 5:56 PM
Subject: DML: accident :(
>
> well, it was bound to happen someday... i got into my first accident. i
> dropped a friend of mine off at his car, and as i was backing up, i saw a
> green saturn slide into my view. i slammed on the brakes, but too late.
> the guy had started backing up after had started, and although i was
getting
> ready to move forward, the truck was still sliding backwards. he was
> backing up (apparently without looking, because the cop questioned him on
> it), and i hit him on the back bumper. well, it caused some damage to my
> bumper (a couple of scratches and a nice dent), but nothing MAJOR.
however,
> the guy became a real dick, as he immediately pointed to where i had hit
his
> bumper, and said that it was caved in, and he would need a new one. so we
> called the cops. the came and told the guy that he was SOL, because it
was
> a 50/50 fault matter, and that the best thing was to exchange information.
>
> i told the guy that i would take my truck in for an estimate (so he knows
> i'll be fixing mine if he wishes to fix his), and if he chooses to pursue
> this, i'm going to lessen my costs as much as possible. as soon as the
cop
> left, the guy jumped into his car and took off. my friend (who i had
> dropped off at his car) had stayed there, and his first comment to me was
> "this guy's an asshole! he was trying to milk you!" just as a character
> point, my friend's a 37 year old Navy CB, so he's not a young punk.
>
> moral of the story, drive safe, and look where you are backing up!
>
> Gabriel A. Couriel
>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:47:00 EST