Just got in a four car pile up!!!

I got lucky, I was the last guy to get hit, so there was lots of cussing between me and that speeder.
The guy that hit everyone was in the work Van and he came flying though a inter section and hit all us us sitting stopped on the other side.
The work Van is totaled the first car he hit was totaled.
then he shoved that guy forward in to this beautiful old step side chevy that was dropped and had just been painted last week. Then the chevy came forward and slambed in to the rear of my 02 Suburban. I seen him getting pushed forward but I had people in front of me, so I could not go any were.
It just twisted my back bumper a little and scratched the paint.
Everyone went to the hospital except me, Love them full size cars I don't care what anyone says. I am just sick about the chevy step side though.
His front grill is knocked in fornt bumper is twisted then back bumper is twisted down and underneth the back of his truck and his new paints all meesed up. Both him and his wife were hurt, they were a older couple.
Thier son showed up with a friend to drive thier truck home for them.
Just another day in traffic!!!
Kurt

Sorry to hear about this but glad you are ok.

i agree with bubba.

Not good being the meat in the sandwich...glad ya okay Kurt..hope the ol Chevy pickup will be fixed..Didja tell the fool about his parentage??or,maybe the lack of....:eek:

Sorry to hear it, but as you said you were the most fortunate of the bunch being last to get tagged. Hopefully the company with the van carries good insurance. With two totals, severe damage to the step and yours they will be tagged for a pretty penny for that guys inattention...

Bummer, Kurt, glad you are OK !

Wow Kurt, glad you are ok. :eek: People drive like idiots, we all see it every time we are out driving around. The sad part is, even with insurance no one really gets compensated for all they are out, like time, missed work, etc.

Well, like they say, cars can be replaced, people can't. Someone was watching out for you.:)

Don

Good to hear you got out ok Kurt! Hope everyone else gets recovered quick...

Was there texting involved?:mad:

Prayers out to the others involved.

I am not sure if any texting was involved or not, Hot Rod Surfer.
When the guys son got there to pick up the nice old chevy I thought he was
gonna get in to it with the guy that hit everyone. He was up set because both his Mom and Dad were hurt. I went over and tried to calm him down before the 3 cops that were there said anything. I wanted him to be able to take his Dad's truck home for him, if you know what I mean. His Dad started apologizing to me for running in to me, I told him not to woryy I know it's not your falt I said I seen that other guy comming and smashing the car behind him but I could not get out of the way, because I had cars in front of me.
Then he let me barrow his cell phone to call home because I don't carry a cell phone anymore since I don't work. He was a nice guy anyway I hope they fix his truck back up the way it was, It was a sharp truck anyway.
And Thanks Everyone
Kurt

Vara, Glad to hear you made out OK, also share your feelings about the little Chevy truck-Damn Shame, hope it works out for the guy as well.

I had to laugh a little at your mention of you driving a full size "Suburban". I was watching a pretty lame ( at least to me it is) TV show Street Customs tonight. They were redoing a new "Smart Car" for some celebrity dude for his wife I think. This poor little excuse for a car came out looking just like a bottle of Pepto-Bismol another words PINK. As I was watching that thing being driven to the shop I couldn't help but wonder what it would look like after a tussel like you had today? Makes you think why would anyone in the right mind drive around in todays world with todays idiots in a Match Box?

Once again glad to hear that you are OK and also glad to hear that you were driving something big enough and strong enough to be OK.......

Roland

Glad your ok. Like everyone else, hope the Bowtie gets to live on.

Keith

Nothing more I can add that wasn't already said.
Just glad you are ok......joe

Kurt, this is for you and everyone reading this. Anytime you are involved in an accident of any kind, GO....TO....THE....HOSPITAL....IN....AN....AMBULANCE....Period!!!!!!
You never know what injuries will show up later that you don't feel now. Sharon and I operated a courier service in the Greater Phoenix area for over 2 decades. Each of us drove....in town traffic....over 100 miles every day, so we had increased odds of being hit. I was hit 8 times over the period of 23 years, none of them my fault. But the important part is.....sometimes I didn't develop symptoms of pain or discomfort for 2 weeks or more.

If you tell everyone at the scene that you are unhurt and OK, all of that goes into the record. Then later, when you begin to have problems, you don't have a leg to stand on legally. If you're not a doctor, you have no idea if you're injured or not. Go to the hospital.

I still have a chip of bone from my 5th cervical vertebra floating around loose in my neck where a delivery truck smashed into the rear of my car in 1980. I felt nothing but a little soreness at the scene, but had plenty of problems later. I related on another thread about pinched nerves in my spine, I think that's how I got into the condition I'm in, by getting hit all those times.

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Vara, Glad to hear you made out OK, also share your feelings about the little Chevy truck-Damn Shame, hope it works out for the guy as well.

I had to laugh a little at your mention of you driving a full size "Suburban". I was watching a pretty lame ( at least to me it is) TV show Street Customs tonight. They were redoing a new "Smart Car" for some celebrity dude for his wife I think. This poor little excuse for a car came out looking just like a bottle of Pepto-Bismol another words PINK. As I was watching that thing being driven to the shop I couldn't help but wonder what it would look like after a tussel like you had today? Makes you think why would anyone in the right mind drive around in todays world with todays idiots in a Match Box?

Once again glad to hear that you are OK and also glad to hear that you were driving something big enough and strong enough to be OK.......


Roland

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?c=1&i=dfc_1238673891

You might be surprised. it has crumple zones, but the passenger compartment is a roll cage. Having had a ride in one with someone I used to work with I hate them...noisy (in a bad way), rough, obviously underpowered, premium gas, only 40mpg...not worth the sacrafices imo. They seem safer than they look though.

Back on topic...I hope everyone is ok and hope the old Chevy gets fixed back up the way he had it. :toocool:

Oh yeah, those Smart Cars can even take on trailer trucks. :eek:

Don

I know your right Tech, I am just sick of spending all my time in the Hospitals.
I was on my way home from the VA, Had to have my knees drained and shot up with steroids so I can half way walk right.
Hey Don; do you think that crumple zone is in the trunk of that car???
I wonder where that roll cage is he was talking about???
HE! HE! HE!
Kurt

That doesn't look like a smart car at least not the one sold in this country. tail lights are wrong, the side window goes to the back edge of the car on the US one and that car is 5 lug while I believe smart cars are 3? I wouldn't be surprised if crash standards were drastically increased to import them here. Either way I wouldn't want to be hit head on in anything by a semi and I'd probably rather take my chances in a smart car than on a motorcycle..

and vara..looks to me like there is definately a crumple zone right there in the front of that car. roll cage? probably not.

Well got my estimates for my damage on the old Burban.
One guy said $750 bucks and the other said $1,360 bucks.
Which on do you think I went with??? HE! HE! HE!
So I put in in the shop today and they are gonna touch up some other little nicks and scrapes for me while it's in there. Plus they are gonna install all my new chrome molding that I had gotten a while back but have not had a chance to put on, It's just 3-M tpye stuff. So I get to drive a Caddy rental car around for a few days anyway.

Kurt glad to hear your O.K.. I got hit almost the same way two years ago, when traffic came to a stop on the freeway. I ended up being the third car in line and didn't get slammed into the car in front of me, because I was able to leave plenty of space between me and the car in front of me. The car that hit the car behind me was going 55mph on a cell phone. Threw the car in the middle into me twice. before she came to a complete stop. I ended up with whiplash about 1 hour later at work(a hospital in my case) I went to the Emergency room and got sent home on ice packs and motrin. 2 days later I was fine, but because I went to the Emergency Room, the insurance company processed the claim as an injury. They offered me 1200 dollars to say I was o.k. which was true. If I didn't go, I would have lost a days wages at work, so I guess it worked out, but most important here is that you are o.k.

Well the first two cars were totaled and the old step side chevy would have been totaled too but the additor helped him keep it just under the limit of being totaled
so that he could keep his truck. I talked to the additor this morning when he looked at my burban. Glad that guy gets to keep his truck anyway but it may cost him a little though. Thanks Stovens I am glad yours worked out for you too.
Kurt

Well I got me Suburban back the other day and it looks better then ever.
If figured since it was in there I would have them do a couple other things while
it was in the shop. I had a couple small dings in the side that I had them fix plus there was a missing lt emblem that they put back on, and I had bought all new 1in. chrome molding. then they re did the pin strips.
So it's looking first class again after 8 years and 100,500 miles.
Kurt

Glad to hear you turned lemons into lemonaide, Kurt. Not the way you wanted to get those dents removed, but at least you weren't hurt, which is the best thing. :)

Don

Thanks Don; the guys gave me a good price on the restof the stuff to since it was already in thier body shop and they were working on the same side as the scratches they already had to fix.
Kurt

Always nice to have the daily driver lookin spiff!