Then, the dipshit kept going! I'm not sure how he thought he could get away with it since he was turning out of the residence of his boss, Jerry Newsham. I was just stunned by the whole thing. Jerry's wife was really sweet, I went in and laid on their couch till the ambulance arrived and she CB'd her dumbass husband. I just really feel for the woman married to a guy like this. He was about 15 minutes away and came home. His driver was still nowhere to be found. And he had the gall to come up to me as I'm laying there, and said that no way will he take any responsibility for this, that he'll do whatever it takes to protect his business and his driver, that I was probably speeding. (Umm...I was going 10mph UNDER the limit.)
It's just sad that people like this exist in the world. I'm far more bitter about this than about the accident itself. His driver I think was either drunk or on something, as he claimed later he didn't know he was in an accident at all--oh, and he disconnected his phone numbers that he gave to the police so that my adjustor cannot reach him! Jerry, his boss, has taken all of his rigs off the property and hidden them at some unknown location. The cop who arrived at the scene to record the report is friends with him, too. Oh, and my insurance adjustor, though he's on my side, sounds like a surfer-dude. He had me go out and take the photos of the scene this morning as he never got around to it!
Do I have anything positive to say? Only that I am grateful that my car will be saved and not totalled. My adjustor wanted to but I protested hotly. It fortunately is only cosmetic damage other than the front alignment. I was ready to pop a spare tire on and drive it out of the lot--the bottom line is that I don't want to deal with the financial wizardry involved in buying another vehicle right now.
Pieces of my car were still out there this morning...
Here you can see my tire tracks going off the road and how close a call it was. This is where the semi was turning from--he just pulled right out in front of me. Notice all the semis gone from where they normally sit in the lot.
The driver was facing this way, probably thinking, Well I've got the bigger vehicle, let her deal with it, I'll just force her off the road...
Sheesh, do I sound bitter?? Here's where everyone is probably going, Oh but you're so lucky that it wasn't worse! You're so lucky you weren't killed and that's all that matters. It somehow doesn't wash with me because 1) if I'd been killed at least then I wouldn't know the difference and at the very least would not have had to deal with paperwork, pain, and a million phone conversations with adjustors etc the past 3 days and 2) if I were lucky then this wouldn't have happened in the first place.
Sheesh, do I sound bitter?? Here's where everyone is probably going, Oh but you're so lucky that it wasn't worse! You're so lucky you weren't killed and that's all that matters. It somehow doesn't wash with me because 1) if I'd been killed at least then I wouldn't know the difference and at the very least would not have had to deal with paperwork, pain, and a million phone conversations with adjustors etc the past 3 days and 2) if I were lucky then this wouldn't have happened in the first place.
You read me? So, please, I beg you, don't remind me how lucky I am--think it if you want, but please don't say it.
3 comments:
You ARE lucky and I agree that men should NOT be on the road when they drive like THAT!
Thank God you are OK as that is REALLY what is most important!
Holy Crap! That is some major damage to your car and he claims he didn't know he was in an accident!? BS! What a loser!
This was the same type situation that happened to me on the way to pick up Hannah at KC! The idiot just pulls out of the driveway in front of me without a care in the world! I almost slammed into his vehicle!
I'm so very sorry this happened to you Terri but so thankful that you are OK! *hugs*
I would have kicked the owner in the balls and said, "I take no responsibility for that." And I would NOT feel sorry for his wife - unless she is completely BLIND, she sees how he acts and chooses to put up with it, probably to stay in her nice home with all her nice things that his shady, corrupt business affords her because she couldn't go it alone like we do. You, my dear, were not only an accident victim but a victim of the good ol' boy network of small town USA.
As for your last couple of paragraphs, I respectfully disagree. Yes, the paperwork, phone calls, etc are a pain in the ass, and figuring out how to get a different car would have been a challenge, but God tells us not to worry about this sort of thing as he will give us what we need, when we need it as long as we have faith. So, I won't tell you that you were lucky...I WILL say that your parents were lucky to avoid planning the funeral of their firstborn, your sons were LUCKY to have not lost their mother who is their WORLD, and the rest of us who love you are LUCKY that we didn't lose a wonderful friend. Things can be replaced, people can't.
Love you!
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