Iva wrote:
> Well, I got rear-ended last night while I was at a full stop, with all
> lights on, and there was absolutely NOTHING I could have done about
> it. I was taking a right turn and had to stop to yield to traffic. I
> sat there for less than 10 seconds waiting for traffic to clear and
> then the moron in the black Dodge Ram truck behind me hit my car. If
> I had pulled forward, I would have been nailed by the oncoming traffic
> and there was no room to go sideways in either direction.
>
> His bumper caught the exact middle of my license plate - creased the
> trunk lid, bowed in the rear finish panel and (apparently) bent the
> floor of the trunk upwards. Even popped off the plastic surround on
> the trunk release lever and pushed in the trunk lock cylinder about
> 3/4". Fortuantely I had not disabled the trunk release inside the
> cabin.
>
> The only way I could have seen him coming was if I'd been standing
> next to my car looking backwards in the pouring rain so don't expect
> me to buy into your statement above.
>
> Iva & Vixen
> 2004 Classic Red
> No more winkin' Miata
I hate to hear about that, even if it does support my argument. You have
not even had the car for long.
That is really the only thing that chapped my ass about Bill's post, the
insinuation that I could have done something about getting rear-ended by
changing my driving style, presumably to his own.
You are also in PA, same as Bill, and I notice that it was a Dodge Ram
that hit you. That is also the type of truck that hit me, a pickup truck.
Apparently Bill only considers the largest fleet vehicles to be "trucks".
It sounds like you took a fairly hard hit, yet no mention of injuries,
of which I am glad.
I have a feeling that the sheet metal that Bill so quickly discounted
did a better job of protecting you than a single rear motorcycle wheel
would have.
To open up another can of worms, I know that you have a roll bar
installed. It was stated by at least one person on here that roll bars
are a bad idea for the street because you will hit your head on them if
you are rear-ended. Did that occur last night?
Good luck on the repairs, insurance and overall PITA involved with this,
Pat
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