PHolsted Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Just a little sore but OK thank God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbarr Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) Sorry about this, I'm glad that you are ok. It looks like you can at least drive it. Hang in there, A.T. Edited May 21, 2009 by atbarr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intel6 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 At least you were in a decent sized truck and not a go cart. Neal in AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHolsted Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 At least you were in a decent sized truck and not a go cart.Neal in AZ LOL yeah I would have hated to have been in a go cart..... I really thought about getting one when gas so high but I went and test drove a few and I looked like a Sasquatch trying to fit in a mini coop or something... It was not cool at all...... I am just glad he was able to slow down some before he hit me..... The deal with this wreck was there was already a wreck with a big truck and two other cars and a trooper writhing every thing up. As with any wreck everyone has to slow down to look.....but this guy forgot the slow down part he was just looking..... It was a very scary moment to look in the rear view and see him bearing down on me..... The whole life before your eyes is all BS..... all i thought was S**T!!!!!!!!!!! and it was over..... I just thank God that my little boy was not with me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Glad you are ok ps: you might want to resize your photos a bit, they are very large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-10_shooter Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 wow folded up the bed pretty good. Good to hear you are not hurt. I am paranoid about people behind me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Great that your ok!!! Sux about the truck. Looks like maybe a bed and a bumper. Hope they can fix it back up!!! I am paranoid about people behind me....... +1 Had a woman in a mini van rear end me once. I was stuck in traffic all around me and could see her coming at me and not paying attention in my rear view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmiller1 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Glad you are ok. I had the same thing nearly happen to me way back. Topped an overpass & traffic on the down hill side was stopped! I hit the brakes & immediately check the mirror. I see a dump truck coming, fast. Woman driver. She sees I'm stopped & literally stands up in the truck on the brakes trying to stop. I ease forward as much as I can to give her all the space I can without risking my hitting the car in front of me. She is still standing up on the brakes. I keep easing forward, she is slowing but eventually I can see she is gonna hit me. Finally there is no more room so wham. Just bumps me forward almost into the next car but not quite. WHEW! I was @3' away from the one in front of me when we all got stopped!!!! Got my bumper but that was all. CLOSE! Bad thing was my truck was about 1 month old. I was sure sweating it. They bought me a new bumper & all was well. That lady put everything she had into trying to stop the truck, I had to give her that. Wasn't completely her fault but it wasn't mine, either. Should have been a cop back on top of the overpass to slow traffic down. MLM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Glad you're ok. Do you mean big truck as in semi-type truck?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMITH Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Morons in tiny cars would be DEAD right now, thankful to hear you were in a reasonable vehicle and made it out OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHolsted Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 Glad you're ok. Do you mean big truck as in semi-type truck?? Yep. What's funny about this is about 4 years ago on the same interstate almost in the same spot heading the other direction I got rear ended again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) Yikes....glad you're okay! Edit to add: not sure if it's normal for rear-end collisions, but did any airbags go off? So now you've been hit in a Ford and a Chevy. Are you going to try your luck with Dodge or just jump right out of domestic and get a Tundra or Titan? LOL.... Years ago I used to drive cement mixers, dump trucks and transfer trucks (dumper with a trailer) and I always drove conservatively. The company owner walked up to me with a smile one day and said "I got a call from one of our best customers yesterday. He said he saw you tooling along at 40mph in the right lane of a 45 zone on the way to his construction site. That's exactly what I want to hear about my drivers. One accident usually makes the entire day a wash from a profit standpoint....good job". Sometimes drivers get so used to their rig that they forget how much damage they can do at even a very low speed. I once had an elderly guy make a right on red into the right front wheel of my mixer truck. It was empty and I almost got it stopped but was still going about 3-5mph when the wheel opened up the side of his Caddy from the driver's side mirror to the tail lights...like a sardine can. His car was about a foot narrower, but luckily nobody got hurt....old guy got a ticket for failure to yield. Edited May 22, 2009 by G-ManBart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHolsted Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 Edit to add: not sure if it's normal for rear-end collisions, but did any airbags go off? Nope I would have thought with an impact this hard they would have but no. So now you've been hit in a Ford and a Chevy. Are you going to try your luck with Dodge or just jump right out of domestic and get a Tundra or Titan? LOL.... Nope Going to stimulate the economy and get a new Ford..... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S. Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Aren't you glad you weren't in a Smart Car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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