Thread: One way to total a '32 Roadster

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Since this tread has changed to morons on the street I will share this with you. Any of you that read my posts know about my wifes surgery. I have been very protective of her whenever we go out. I have a very long fuse when it comes to loosing my temper. About 6 weeks ago we were on our way to breakfast, I was turning into the driveway when this guys runs a red light and hits us. As we were spinning around I looked at my wife bouncing around in the seat and all I could think of was her knee being injured. I lost it, I got out of my car and ran to this kid and was trying to open his door when people from the restaurant grabbed me. I just wanted to beat him. I'm so glad they stopped me. My wife was O.K. and I got my car fixed, but I'm still not over it. Now when stupidity crosses my path they are paying the price from this kid.
Ken

Ken same thing happened to me with Monique on the back of the Harley in July, when a guy almost ran us into a concrete railing on a hiway overpass. He just wasn't paying attention. 20 minutes before a senior citezen with hearing aids in his huge car, looks over his shoulder out the window right at me, after trying to pass my friend ahead on the right when the fast lane was clear, and justs comes straight at me. I slam the bike brakes, swerve, only to have the@$$#h26 get stuck in front of me braking so he doesn't hit my friend in front of him. He then proceeds to flip me off when I have the audacity to honk at him!
I almost speed ahead to throw my allen wrench through his windshield, but it just wasn't worth it, but with my wife on the motorcycle, my tolerance for crappy drivers goes way down too!

Ken, I happy to hear that your wife wasn't banged up - with that knee problem of hers, neither of you need any more grief

My daily driver is not something that you want to mess with - but people still do on a regular basis. It's an F350 4x4 pickup. We don't have a lot of exotics - but the guy with the male menopausmobile Ferrari..........my front bumper, even with the OEM suspension and tires is the level of his windshield......

In my area it for sure is the cell phone users, OFs in their white Buicks, Chryslers and Mercurys and tree huggers in their 15 year old Saabs trying for another tenth of a mpg. Then the soccer moms with 2-3 kids in the minivan driving while babbling on her phone and eating or smoking or both. Did I say that in New York State cell phones must be hands free

Luckily, the traffic in the 'burbs of the NY Capital District area usually isn't too bad, so you have a chance to do defensive driving.

Not a pretty sight, but could have been a heckuva lot worse if the impact were just a few feet further towards the rear. Glad to hear that both you and your wife survived. Kind of sorry to hear that the kid did too. He should have had a few more injuries for reminders about cautious driving and lessons learned. Injuries as a result of the accident, but not from you. That would have caused additional unwanted problems.

Originally Posted by mopar34

Not a pretty sight, but could have been a heckuva lot worse if the impact were just a few feet further towards the rear. Glad to hear that both you and your wife survived. Kind of sorry to hear that the kid did too. He should have had a few more injuries for reminders about cautious driving and lessons learned. Injuries as a result of the accident, but not from you. That would have caused additional unwanted problems.

Bob,
You are right, I was lucky. He hit the front wheel perfectly, broke the rack and pinion and the front wheel, but I believe that is probably one of the strongest parts in the car it just spun us around 1 1/2 times, wound up on the other side of the intersection.
Ken

Steve-It seems like everyone has had a close call recently, I'm glad yours turned out the way it did. I really know what you mean about throwing something at them.

IC2-Thanks for the kind thoughts.

Don-I know you are right and in retrospect I am really thankful I was stopped. But I have to tell you at that moment I wasn't thinking straight.
Ken

Cruiser-Yes, no one got a plate number, there was one whiteness but he was so concerned with helping he stayed there.

Brickman-Thank you for your thoughts, he knows how lucky he is.
Ken