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Primus Pilus

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This morning, while commuting in Michigan's first major snow storm of the year, a silly fool decided it would be a good idea to dart out from a dead stop in a turning lane, into oncoming traffic, while I was minding my own business and moving precariously along. Due to icy and snowy conditions, I was unable to stop in time to avoid rear ending her vehicle, but instead spun out of control. It actually would have been fun as there were no vehicles on either side of me, but after spinning 180 degrees my poor gas-guzzling Durango's rear end slid into the very same rear end of the person who caused the resulting crunch of metal and plastic.

 

Nobody was hurt and she was clearly at fault so my insurance will cover the damage without any cost on my part... but of course there is the inconvenience. At least the sheriff's deputy who arrived on the scene to make the report was a ridiculously attractive young woman (which has no benefit to me other than a pleasant memory as I am quite happily married). But I digress... since the woman who caused the accident in the first place had forgotten her purse this morning (including license, proof of insurance and vehicle registration) the deputy was in no mood to cut her any slack. (which aids my cause in getting full insurance coverage without out of pocket costs.)

 

Of course, I was about an hour and a half late for work, which means I was about an hour and 35 minutes late logging into UNRV. :whistling:

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This morning, while commuting in Michigan's first major snow storm of the year, a silly fool decided it would be a good idea to dart out from a dead stop in a turning lane, into oncoming traffic, while I was minding my own business and moving precariously along. Due to icy and snowy conditions, I was unable to stop in time to avoid rear ending her vehicle, but instead spun out of control. It actually would have been fun as there were no vehicles on either side of me, but after spinning 180 degrees my poor gas-guzzling Durango's rear end slid into the very same rear end of the person who caused the resulting crunch of metal and plastic.

 

Nobody was hurt and she was clearly at fault so my insurance will cover the damage without any cost on my part... but of course there is the inconvenience. At least the sheriff's deputy who arrived on the scene to make the report was a ridiculously attractive young woman (which has no benefit to me other than a pleasant memory as I am quite happily married). But I digress... since the woman who caused the accident in the first place had forgotten her purse this morning (including license, proof of insurance and vehicle registration) the deputy was in no mood to cut her any slack. (which aids my cause in getting full insurance coverage without out of pocket costs.)

 

Of course, I was about an hour and a half late for work, which means I was about an hour and 35 minutes late logging into UNRV. :whistling:

 

That damn woman should be burned at the stake for making you an hour and 35minutes late for UNRV, you should instigate the first Michigan witch hunt! :whistling:

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That damn woman should be burned at the stake for making you an hour and 35minutes late for UNRV, you should instigate the first Michigan witch hunt! tongue.gif

 

LOL

 

Glad everyone is ok. I prefer to walk to work in this kind of weather; I've no mind to try to drive in it.

 

That damn woman should be burned at the stake for making you an hour and 35minutes late for UNRV, you should instigate the first Michigan witch hunt! tongue.gif

 

LOL

 

Glad everyone is ok. I prefer to walk to work in this kind of weather; I've no mind to try to drive in it.

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Mr. Pilus, you see what I have to deal with everyday? Omaha, Nebraska drivers are the worst on the face of the Earth, except for maybe Iowegians. The idiots here can't turn to save their lives and think that gas, green, and go all starting with G is only a coincidence. Some people are so dumb that after I have exhausted my English cursing vocabulary I have to shift to Russian, German, Latin, and even once Spanish. :blowup:

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I think that woman should've been staked out with mice stuffed in her undergarments, and left to a pack of starving rat terriers.

 

Glad you're okay, Primus Pilus. Yikes, what a Valentine's Day. :whistling:

 

-- Nephele

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Ditch the Durango and buy a Subaru... ;)

 

Egads man, I live in Detroit. That's blasphemy in these parts. Hell, those of us who haven't left town have to support the 17 people that still have jobs in the local auto industry. (He says mostly in jest, but yet there is a painful reality to the embellishment :( )

 

So, what was the deputy like?

 

She was distracting. I temporarily forgot what I was doing there standing in a 2 foot snow bank on the side of a road in the freezing cold. And she was impressed by my manly brute strength when I tore off what remained of my bumper so that it wouldn't interfere with my rear wheel. :P

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Egads man, I live in Detroit. That's blasphemy in these parts. Hell, those of us who haven't left town have to support the 17 people that still have jobs in the local auto industry. (He says mostly in jest, but yet there is a painful reality to the embellishment :P )

Yeah, Ok I forgot...

 

But just because I live in Atlanta doesn't mean I'll choose Coke over RC :(

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Yo! Was the babe whose chariot you slammed into good looking? I'll bet it was a little red car. She was smoking a cigarette. Drinking coffee. Reading a paper. And, of course, on her cell phone. Your insurance company will cover it? ;) Talk to Viggen! Don't forget to slip some gold to the insurance type. But, you were hurt! Your back is really killing you. I'm a telequack. I know. Get a scheister.! :P

 

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Yo! Was the babe whose chariot you slammed into good looking? I'll bet it was a little red car. She was smoking a cigarette. Drinking coffee. Reading a paper. And, of course, on her cell phone. Your insurance company will cover it? :( Talk to Viggen! Don't forget to slip some gold to the insurance type. But, you were hurt! Your back is really killing you. I'm a telequack. I know. Get a scheister.! :P

 

Dear me, no, she was not attractive in the slightest. But yes it was a little red car of course.

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