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Topic: Texting while driving
Lpdon's photo
Mon 05/10/10 12:59 PM

in oct i was stopped for a school bus and hit by a car going 60 mph and catapulted into four other cars, so i'm told i don't recall that, i just couldn't figure out why i was in spinning around...for some reason my daughter's friend we pick up was sick that day so she and my daughter weren't sitting in the 3rd row seat, which is now located underneath the middle row seat, and i'm pretty sure they would be dead.
my granddaughter didn't want to wake up that morning so i had my mom come over and stay with her and her car seat was broken in half, so i'm pretty sure she would have been killed as well. pretty much the only thing left of my van were the seats my son, daughter and i were in. thank god my kids were just sore for a day or two, but i'm pretty f*cked up and go to physical therapy twice a wk at $100 a pop, spent $9000 for a new vehicle, and another $200 a month for meds....and the chic that hit us stated in the police report she was texting and never looked up...she walked away w/out a scratch...one day i won't be p*ssed off anymore, but i'm not ready to let go of the anger...
k i'm done rantingflowerforyou

oh yeah i have insurance but no one wants to pay til i get released from the dr who says he'll release me when i'm back to pre-wreck condition...lol at least i don't have to sleep standing up anymore...


Atleast your still alive! :banana:

bgeorge's photo
Mon 05/10/10 04:40 PM


in oct i was stopped for a school bus and hit by a car going 60 mph and catapulted into four other cars, so i'm told i don't recall that, i just couldn't figure out why i was in spinning around...for some reason my daughter's friend we pick up was sick that day so she and my daughter weren't sitting in the 3rd row seat, which is now located underneath the middle row seat, and i'm pretty sure they would be dead.
my granddaughter didn't want to wake up that morning so i had my mom come over and stay with her and her car seat was broken in half, so i'm pretty sure she would have been killed as well. pretty much the only thing left of my van were the seats my son, daughter and i were in. thank god my kids were just sore for a day or two, but i'm pretty f*cked up and go to physical therapy twice a wk at $100 a pop, spent $9000 for a new vehicle, and another $200 a month for meds....and the chic that hit us stated in the police report she was texting and never looked up...she walked away w/out a scratch...one day i won't be p*ssed off anymore, but i'm not ready to let go of the anger...
k i'm done rantingflowerforyou

oh yeah i have insurance but no one wants to pay til i get released from the dr who says he'll release me when i'm back to pre-wreck condition...lol at least i don't have to sleep standing up anymore...


Atleast your still alive! :banana:


yep and one day i'll dance w/the banana againbigsmile

bgeorge's photo
Mon 05/10/10 04:49 PM




Too many drivers choose to willfully ignore one simple reality: A car is no different from any other lethal weapon. A couple tons of unguided metal IS a weapon. If the 'driver' is texting or having an argument with their 'significant other' (I don't care if they're using a Bluetooth headset), they're NOT paying attention to what's happening around them or what they're headed toward. They have ONE responsibility when they get behind that wheel - to return themselves, their passengers, and the vehicle they're driving to their destination in the same condition it was when they left. I'm really sorry to read of the way you were affected by this uncaring little piece of walking protoplasm with the empathy of an amoeba. Good luck with your recovery - I hope it's quick. I sincerely hope you decide to sue her sorry asss before the statute of limitations runs out ... and I hope you win.


I am appalled at your way of thinking. Now I am NOT condoning the woman's actions BUT.........it was a mistake!!! You have never made a mistake? I think the guilt alone has to be miserable for her. Yes, she should have to compensate this poor man for what she caused but SUE? Everyone is so quick to jump on that....wow....2 wrongs do not make a right. Why so much anger toward her when she did you no wrong?

what i find appalling is the c*nt face b*tch could have taken out nearly my entire family...and she thinks it's no big...like i said i will probably forgive and forget, i'm just not ready yet...lol until today i'd never told any of my friends on here cuz i dislike drama...
I hope you find it in your heart to forgive. I am sorry...not trying to cause drama. Just trying to give my opinion. If I had caused that I would never want to drive again or forgive MYSELF. I would have given you every penny I had. Drove you to all doc appt if you let me.


yeah i'd feel the same way, never (knock on wood) been in an accident before...lol it was 3 days before i figured out what even happened...i see her every day and she's never said she's sorry or anything, the only thing i've ever heard from her or her family was a really nasty msg from her mother telling me i still owed $100 for ainsley's marching band fees...ahhh it did feel really good to shove the cancelled check in her face and she still said "well i'll have to look into this"...wtf??? it is starting to seem funny and i cracked a smile, so ty maybe i'm on my way :angel:

Nyteplay's photo
Mon 05/10/10 11:50 PM
Texting while driving? No one is able to multi-task that well. i was also involved in an accident caused by a texting driver. It was minor but it should have never happened. You do not come to a dead stop in the middle of a busy highway to text someone. Texting while driving is just plain idiotic, not to mention dangerous. For what is's worth calling someone while driving---hands free or not __ is
not much better. Distracted drivers are unsafe drivers.

no photo
Tue 05/11/10 04:45 PM
This is prolly close to being off topic, but stories like this are why buses and streetcars have signs that say 'DO NOT TALK TO DRIVER WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION' ... distracted drivers, no matter how large or small the vehicle, are UNSAFE drivers.

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Tue 05/11/10 08:22 PM
kings, this is way way off topic, but from your posts "prolly" seems incredibly odd coming from your fingertips...

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