thought I’d follow up briefly to my Case of the Mondays post.
I’ve got some other pics which I might add to Picasa later, but this is probably the best one. The cop said the damage didn’t look so bad, once they put the car right side up. He thought a lot of energy was expended lifting our car up and turning it during the collision. The crater in our car was probably 20 inches at the deepest part. Part of the other drivers license plate was embedded in the crater as well.
The other driver was sited for ‘Failure to Yield’. When the cop was taking her statement she insisted that she had come to a full stop before accelerating again. The cop tried to explain to her that it was impossible to be at a full stop accelerate 20 feet, collide with another car and flip it. Some people are just stupid, ignorant or both. He estimated that her 2003 Impala was going at least 45 MPH, and due to the lack of skid marks, he felt she didn’t even try to stop.
After looking through the court records online, I found she had to pay a fine of $80 dollars. Eighty freaking dollars! Are you freaking serious!??. She could have killed the three of us. She had a Indiana license. I thought initially that she was from out of town and unfamiliar with the area. . But through the court records I found that she lives less than a half mile from our house. Give her no excuse for her reckless driving.
Of course she was unemployed and uninsured, so our insurance is covering our medical expenses, and car replacement. State Farm has been really good to us, so I’m probably a customer for life now. State farm is planning on going after her for the money its cost them so far, I estimate its probably almost 20k. I doubt they’ll get anything. One state farm rep suggested that they could help us sue her for ‘pain and suffering’. I think I’m just happy that we’re all ok, so we’re going to pass on that.
We bought a new Rav42008 last weekend. So in my mind we’ve been made as close to whole as possible.
