hey gang,
i was on my way over to talk to teh guy who is going to machine my block for the motor i want to build over the winter and i got into a pretty good accident.
i am ok. stiff, banged around a bit, but everything on me shoudl "buff right out" so to speak. that is a lot better than what i can say for teh car.
short version of what happened:
i was on old lincoln highway in penndel, pa heading west from work to frank bash's machine shop. i slowed down as i came up to the place and let some traffic go by so i could make my turn.
i had my signal on, slowed normally, let an oncomign car go past, started to trun left and all of a sudden.........
WHAMMMMOOOO!!!!!
some ass hat wasn't paying attention and nailed me. best part is that he hit the drivers door!!!!!
instead of slamming on the brakes in a straght line or weaving to is right(there are 2 lanes each way on this road) he weaves to the left and locks up teh tires.
he told the cop he was doing 40(the posted speed limit) but i am betting he was going better than that. prolly 30ft of skids marks before the point of impact and 20 after.
i was shook to say teh least and this ******* then proceeds to get out of the car and start yelling at me that he honked adn i couldn't hear it over my radio. i was thinking WTF does taht have to do with you not knowing how to drive? at least i think that is what he was going off about, not real sure since he hardly spoke any english(those who know me understand how happy that makes me)
i had to climb over teh console and get out on the passenger side.
drivers side of the car is trashed. door destroyed, a-pillar looks tweaked, fender destroyed, cowl area looked twisted.....you get teh idea.
lucky for me there were 2 witneses walking out of the auto shop that is the front fo the building when all this happened. according to teh cop the witnesses and i all have teh same story and the dick wad that hit me was trying to say i slammed on the brakes and swerved without signaling. that still doesn't explain why he crossed into the oncoming lane and hit me, but it is his story so he gets to tell it his way.
cop said the other guy is getting at least 2 tickets(more once they measure out the skid marks to confirm his speed) and that i was in no way at fault.
i get to take off from work tomorrow, although i will prolly be in a bit of pain so that is sort of useless.
later
tim