Maybe God does exist...

[Paul Jr]

...Or I’m just incredibly lucky. I could be dead right now.

At somewhere around 7 P.M. tonight, I was involved in my first automobile accident, which resulted in the car being damaged beyond repair (I don’t know for sure, but it looked that way) — in other words, the car is totalled.

We (mother and I) were coming home from Wal-Mart. The 40 MPH zone had just ended and I had accelerated to approximately 55 MPH. I was driving East on Route 7. Up ahead there was an intersection where Route 30A crossed Route 7 going North/South. I slowed down slightly (a tad below 50, if I rememeber correctly) as I approached the intersection; there were several cars on 30A and coming the other way that were waiting. Suddenly, as I was nearing the middle of the intersection, a white four-door (I forget the manufacturer) blew the stopsign going South on 30A. I nailed the breaks and swerved to the right — I ended up facing North on the wrong side of the road on 30A, North of Route 7. The front end of the car is completely mangled. The other car ended up on the West side (the correct side of the road) of 30A, North of Route 7, a bit further up from where our car was stopped.

Fortunately, no one was hurt, but I was quite angry. As it turns out, some girl — could not have been, at the most, older than 18 — named Jessica Ruthers ignored the stopsign completely and “didn’t see” me. As a result, the Ford Focus (our car) was, in my opinion, completely totalled, and anyone of us could have been killed.

That had to have been the most interesting — for lack of a better word — experience of my life. I just figured I’d share this… for no apparent reason…

[Conor]

That sucks, ehh at least you can sue , was she hot?

[MstrBob]

Whoah, you're all right? There's nothing like the sound of crunching metal to make your heart skip a beat. I really don't trust our forum members on the road. You seem to have an affinity for totaling cars. :p Aye, but seriously, you're lucky you came out unscathed. Highspeed collisions like that don't normally turn out that (relatively) well.

Originally posted by Conor
was she hot?

Aye, Conor, always focusing in on the important things, eh? That'd be an interesting pick up line. "Hey, you just totaled my car and almost kill me. That's hot. So, uh, can I get your number?"

[Jona]

Bob, it just means Conor has got the balls. :D :D :D

Anyway, that sucks, Paul, but it's what happens when you drive a Ford Focus. Those have got to be the stupidest, cheapest cars Ford ever made. I was in California a while ago in one of those things (a rental), and the linkage between one of the tubes was messed up or something, so there was absolutely no tension on the gas pedal! We were in the middle of the freeway, too.

But, answer Conor's question. Was she hott? Did you get her number? :D

[Paul Jr]

Originally posted by Conor
That sucks
Yes, it sucks very much.

Originally posted by Conor
ehh at least you can sue
We probably could. She clearly blew the stopsign, and thankfully several witnesses were present who can testify to that.

Originally posted by Conor
was she hot?
…She almost killed me, my mother, herself, the people in her car, and possibly the other people sitting in their cars. So no, she was not hott. She was actually too skinny. Looked anorexic or something. Nasty.

Originally posted by MstrBob
Whoah, you're all right?
Fortunately, yes.

Originally posted by MstrBob
There's nothing like the sound of crunching metal to make your heart skip a beat.
You said it. I will never forget this night.

Originally posted by MstrBob
I really don't trust our forum members on the road. You seem to have an affinity for totaling cars. :p
Hey! How can you say that?! It’s my first one! It wasn’t even my fault either!

Originally posted by MstrBob
Aye, but seriously, you're lucky you came out unscathed. Highspeed collisions like that don't normally turn out that (relatively) well.
I know. It could have been much, much worse.

Originally posted by MstrBob
Aye, Conor, always focusing in on the important things, eh? That'd be an interesting pick up line. "Hey, you just totaled my car and almost kill me. That's hot. So, uh, can I get your number?"
lol. Well, the paramedics wrote down everyone’s information, so I could have just nabbed it anyways. ;) I know who she is, though, and if I ever see her again… God help me, I’ll beat the living **** out of her.

Originally posted by Jona
Anyway, that sucks, Paul, but it's what happens when you drive a Ford Focus. Those have got to be the stupidest, cheapest cars Ford ever made. I was in California a while ago in one of those things (a rental), and the linkage between one of the tubes was messed up or something, so there was absolutely no tension on the gas pedal! We were in the middle of the freeway, too.
The brand of car had nothing to do with it. I was going roughly 50 MPH through an intersection, when someone who was not paying attention ran a stopsign just as I was entering the intersection. There was nothing I could have done other than what I did.

Originally posted by Jona
But, answer Conor's question. Was she hott? Did you get her number? :D
She was too skinny, and she almost killed me (along with my mother and several other people), so no, she was not hott.

Stop begining your sentences with conjunctions, anyways. Sheesh.

[PeOfEo]

Welcome to the club of people who have been in accidents. Atleast you did not hit a damn tree. ;)

[Stephen Philbin]

Dizzy wenches. :rolleyes:

Oh and congratulations on not being dead. ;) :D

[Paul Jr]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Welcome to the club of people who have been in accidents. Atleast you did not hit a damn tree. ;)
Damn, not another club. Do I get a jacket? I hope there aren't any meetings...

Originally posted by Mr Herer
Dizzy wenches. :rolleyes:
ROTFL. You're telling me.

Originally posted by Mr Herer
Oh and congratulations on not being dead. ;) :D
Thank you, thank you. There are just so many people I need to thank.

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by Mr Herer
Dizzy wenches. :rolleyes: you sure to know how to get a girl feeling all gooey inside, don't you? :p

[Ben Rogers]

Originally posted by Mr Herer
Oh and congratulations on not being dead. ;) :D Yeah! Good show, man! I bet those goddamn pessimistic newspapers won't even print that. "16 year old driver not killed in automobile accident involving some ditzy ***** at intersection."

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Welcome to the club of people who have been in accidents. Atleast you did not hit a damn tree. ;) I don't remember the specific details of your "accident", but comparing your crash and Paul's is like comparing tripping over your own feet and falling on your ass after getting decked. :p

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Ben R.
Yeah! Good show, man! I bet those goddamn pessimistic newspapers won't even print that. "16 year old driver not killed in automobile accident involving some ditzy ***** at intersection."

I don't remember the specific details of your "accident", but comparing your crash and Paul's is like comparing tripping over your own feet and falling on your ass after getting decked. :p I totaled my truck... :(. I bent the frame, the fender was collapsed around the wheel, the door did not open. It was a mess.

[Ben Rogers]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
I totaled my truck... :(. Congrats, man! Good show! :D

[davidbrent]

i once totalled a guys push bike. he was most annoyed. he slipped on a rotten leaf and steered right into my badly positioned hedge. unfortunatley the hedge is a cover up for a wired fence. the guy tried pulling his bent handlebars out and it pulled them of in the proccess pulling his chain off. it was the funniest thing i'd ever seen. funny, the guy didn't see it like that.

i asked him his insurance number and reg. number so i could get them to pay for my grazed hedge!

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Ben R.
Congrats, man! Good show! :D damned tree jumped out in front of me :mad:

[Ben Rogers]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
damned tree jumped out in front of me :mad: Yeah. Them trees are 3v1l!