So I'm out working, driving my 24 foot International box truck. This beast weighs 13 tons, is a total of 35 feet long, and has a whopping 195 turbocharged diesel horsepower Well, there's a wreck up on the expressway, so the surface streets are really bad with traffic. I had to wait about 5 minutes to get up to the traffic light. It's a 1 lane downtown city street, but once you get to the light, there's no parking on the right, so there's a right turn lane on my passenger side, and there's also a left turning lane out my drivers side. Problem is that it's a really short left turn lane, it will only hold about 2-3 cars, and there's a 6" high concrete lane divider,,, so a TOTAL of 2-3 cars are all this lane will hold. I FINALLY make it up to the light. I'm going straight. I'm the second vehicle in line, and there's already 2 cars beside me in the left turn lane. I look out my sideview and see a *brand spanking new* Dodge 2500 duallie pickup trying to squeeze between me and the concrete lane divider to get into the left turn lane. Needless to say, he wont fit... But that wont stop him from trying uzzled: This guy's a total moron! He's blowing his horn, revving his engine, and inching forward. Well, there's no-where I can go. I'm stuck in traffic just like he is. Oooh, but that's not good enough for our knuckel-headed hero! He's shaking his fist and yelling at me thru his windshield like I'm the devil! Then he does something amazing! He drives up and OVER the concrete divider, putting a good 2 or 3 feet of his truck directly into opposing traffic, forcing people to slow down and drive around him. At this point, our hero has his rear end in the lane to go straight, his passenger side fender *just squeezed* into the left turn lane, and his drivers fender blocking opposing traffic,,, and he is still blowing his horn and shaking his fist at me o No: Then the left turn light goes green. Hero nails his gas pedal. Bam! Bam! Ker-POW!!!!! ou: First bam was his passenger side mirror getting ripped off when he hit the back of my truck. Second bam was the side of his truck making contact with my solid cast iron 3000 lb. liftgate. The ker-pow was the rear duallie fender getting DESTROYED as it came into contact with the very, VERY solid rear end of my lift gate. My truck, and keep in mind that my truck is 13 TONS!, got hit with enough force to knock it forward about a foot or so. So Hero jumps out of his BRAND NEW truck with the most amazed and shocked expression on his face. He runs between our two trucks to survey the damage and he is screaming "OMG! OMG! O-M-G!!!!" A crowd of people waiting at the crosswalk, who witnessed the whole thing start laughing and insulting the guy for being such an idiot :laugh: :laugh: Now it's late in the day, rush hour traffic and all. I'm tired and want to go home.... And the last thing I need in the whole world is to spend the next couple hours dealing with this mess,,, especially since I did nothing wrong. The light turns green, the car in front of me pulls away. I thought about it for just a split second........ And I just drove away :grin: I get home and have a look at my truck.... No damage to speak of, just a little smear of red paint. 3 hours later, here comes the police knocking on my door. I played dumb. Told the officer "Yes, I was there, but had no idea anyone rear-ended me... Yes, I did feel a little bump, but I thought I just let the clutch out too quick" The officer is pretty cool about the situation, but then he starts in with "leaving the scene of an accident" So I counter with "What about my rights? Look at the paint smear on my truck!!! There's got to be at least five dollars worth of damage :laugh:... I want that jerk who rear-ended me to pay for a can of spray-paint" Officer just burst out laughing. This all happened 2 weeks ago. The reason I'm telling you about it now is because I just got the insurance check in the mail today for the damage to my truck. Check is for $440 $125-rental fee for a comperable truck while mine is in the shop. $300-my time to obtain 3 estimates @ $100 per hour. [Hey, I'm running a business here!] $15-lowest estimate to touch up paint on rear of truck _________________ $440-total I'll be putting $435 in my pocket, and buying a $5 can of spray-paint :TU:
That is a crack up. The dually owner needs to wash down a couple Xanex with a few beers or buy a GSXR1000.
It's a good thing he was driving a dually and not a lamborghini, vette, camaro or stang, if he had been, he might not be here today. He better think about taking some driver's ed courses again before he gets granted access to the road. ou: Good kill on your side, Darryl. :TU:
Am I the only one here that understands that he was just trying to squeeze in the lane and prolly only wanted you to ease up a little. The fact that the whole ordeal knocked your truck up "a foot" says that you had room to move forward. All of that could have been avoided man. Reminds me of the thread about manners (holding doors, pumping a woman's gas, saying please/thank u, helping people out, and generally being courteous, even in traffic). You were in a big truck man....ease up a few feet. Me personally, I really don't like being in ppl's way or ppl being in my way, and I try to avoid either whenever I can. That means to the utmost of my ability, I'll even take shoulder to get around a "stupid person". Just my $.02
Dually I very much disagree, sounds to me like the guy needed to have a wee bit more patience. Things happen like this somewhere every day due to someone being in to big a hurry to use some common sense and exercise some patience. :af: Appears that Darryl was sitting completely still and the guy in the dually just learned how wide his rear fenders are ou: ou: Glad you came out "unscathed" Darryl :TU: :TU:
the guys an idiot from your description of the event,ill give you that.my problem is you exploiting the insurance for $440 for a paint smear you werent concerned about.thanks for contributing to higher rates you drove away from an accident also :error: what if behind the moron,someone else got tangled up?i doubt if the moron admitted resposability to his idiocy,and you in all likelyhood,were the one that could tell what truelly happened uzzled: just my .02
that he was just trying to squeeze in the lane and prolly only wanted you to ease up a little. anyone with half a brain is capable of 'communicating' this to the vehicle in front without all the histrionics. a driver throwing a temper tantrum like this is MORE likely to goad the blocking vehicle into NOT moving than anything else, simply because he's being an ass. The fact that the whole ordeal knocked your truck up "a foot" says that you had room to move forward. i'm sorry? i seem to have missed that part where you said that you typically pull up to within 6" of the vehicle in front of you at the light. this is, of course, absurd. you do NOT leave 'less than a foot' of clearance between you and other vehicles for just this reason (if Darryl had been that close we would have had a 3rd vehicle involved with this for no reason at all). not to mention, giving yourself room to get around if a vehicle in front stalls. as well, you don't seem to be cognizant that Darryl was driving a large commercial truck. CDL drivers are specifically trained to never pull so far forward that they can't see the rear of the vehicle in front of them when pulling up to a light. and last, you've missed that even after all of this, there still wasn't room. in order to get to a place were the Dodge driver could knock Darryl forward a foot he had to pull TWO FEET INTO THE ONCOMING LANE. :spank: courtesy is one thing, stupidity is another. course, Darryl's playing a dangerous game himself leaving the scene of an accident like that. it's a good thing the cop had a sense of humor cause i'm sure it wouldn't do Darry's business much good to have his CDL pulled.
Nice. I got a kick out of your sarcasim too. A whopping 195 horse huh?! At least you have the bigger of IHC's motors.
If the insurance company says go and get a quote, you go and get a quote; I hope you took it in cash. As for the guy with the truck, he just learned a lesson in keeping cool and waiting like the rest of us.
Exactly! I remember something saying that you should have a clear view of the bottom of the car's tires in front of you. Good suicide. Another idiot gets what he deserves. ________ IPAD CASES
Too bad that I have to pay for this guy's stupidity. Insurance is only there to protect you if something unfortunate happens, but this was plain stupidity and the insurance company shouldn't have to pay because it increases MY rates. Rant over. -Bob Cunningham
I've known 3 people (2 in WI and 1 in IL) who were rearended and their car bumped into the car infront of them and all 3 were given a ticket for stoping too close to the car in front of them, when the guy furthest back caused the entire incedent. love our law system. I also recall a lil old lady in her lesabre waving the fist at a truck in front of her. i was in the car 2 behind her and she had 3 or more feet to her left till the curb to make the corner and had tons of room to make it. people just need to chill out and just wait. (I will leave room for people to get around me however when needed and such but not everyone is as smart as us.) -nate -nate
Funny Story Darryl - thx for typing it !! Reminded me of a similar one Im in mostly-stop and occasional-go traffic on the belt parkway - 3 lanes each direction with jersey-barrier RIGHT NEXT TO the left lane. Traffic's not going ANYWHERE at all....yet some primitive Pete in a Hooptie late 70's Trans-Am is making all kinds of noise both with his un-muffled motor, 4-speed clutch drops very time ther's 6" of open space ou: as well as his horn and his mouth. Im in the far left lane. Im driving a stick as well but like to leave a nice open space infront so I can lug in first whenever possible as opposed to riding the clutch. Well, TA is sticking his nose in any opening he can to make (no) time weaving in and out of (non) moving traffic ....He eyes the opening ahead of me and in a lunatic binge MUST GET that open SPACE !!! He finally inches his way half way up on my right and is REALLY giving me a piece of his mind for leaving a car length open ahead of me. His Frustration is doubling every Second !!! :af: His lane is stopped ... I wait....wait....and finally take up the slack in front and of course we know what he did from the midle, right ?? As I pulled ahead leaving an opening behind he rev's the motor, dumps the clutch with the wheel cut to the left.....and TOTALLY SMACKS the front of the TA into the Jersey Wall :laugh: ou: :laugh: o No: :laugh: :moonu: I mean, He rode 3 feet Up it mashing his whole left side o No: o No:
As I pulled ahead leaving an opening behind he rev's the motor, dumps the clutch with the wheel cut to the left.....and TOTALLY SMACKS the front of the TA into the Jersey Wall I mean, He rode 3 feet Up it mashing his whole left side Brilliant!
I'm with you on that Daryl. I drive a 10 yard mixer with drop down booster axles every day for a living. And them little 4 wheelers are nuts an do stupid stuff all day long. If you haven't ever drove a big truck, then nobody really knows how it goes. They just think they do. :3gears:
