It's no secret snow is blasting alot of areas. I worked almost 12 hrs in it on Fri, 9+ hrs on Sat.
Fast forward to today. I'm not even 1/2 mi from home. I already knew the road was slicker than ****. We got a few inches of snow on Sun, & blowing winds/ drifting snow creatin a very hazardous glaze on road. I'm stopped w/ 2-3 vehicle lengths in front of me. Up from behind I see it approaching. I say, he's going too fast to stop. OH ****! OH ****!!! I get rearended.
I lightly hit gas so as not to spin just before impact, then I gave it more gas. The road was just that bad.

I get out, approach driver, & his window comes down. I say, "Dude, ya gotta slow down for the conditions."
His reply, " I was only doin 5 MPH". He was really doing 20-30MPH, braked too late & proceeded to tell me 5 mph. I know what 5 is like. It added insult to injury, when I was stuck in traffic doing a true 5 mph thereafter.
I wrote down his plate, & said I gotta get to work.

So after work, I go to talk to cops. He said to call my insur. co & see if they want me to file a complete police report.

So now I have a 3-4" crease in my rr. bumper!!!!!
I think I should put my hitch back on just for such *********!

 

always leave your hitch on! its a rear end protection device. i never take it off for reasons just like that. if somones gonna be that close to you, might as well take out their radiator.

 

man that sucks if you have a hitch put it back on, i cant tell you how many dumb ***** have hit the back of my dads truck with his hitch on, the look on those poor bastards faces when they put a ball hitch dent in the front
there car, and my dads truck is spotless

 

Ya, I gotta call insur. co tomorrow. Very difficult w/ work to do that. I just don't have the time, but have to somehow. If I can get some $ outta this, instead of coming out of my pocket, as usual...I might just do a roll pan. But that won't be til summer. Rearenders are my only reservation to a roll pan vs a bumper.

 

And be sure to acidentally goose it so you can pull their radiator out through the grille in the process. I have a friend do that pretty funny.

Looks like we are in for a hard winter here and people are completely stupid about it. The roads are perfectly clean so they drive slow. Let one drop of water hit the road and they are driving like complete idiots sliding into things. When will people learn?

 

That would be funny. Too bad I didn't do that today.

Funny, here I was gonna tell Tony I wish I was in Kentucky instead of here. Tenn., a hard winter?

 

damn Tom, that sucks. I hope it get's taken care of quickly. Time to upgrade

 

my roommate back in Michigan sent me this pic of my poor truck patiently waiting for me. we're gettin a real good winter up there.



edit: they've since gotten plenty more snow!

 

MI winters are the worst of any I have ever had. 100 days of no sun and miserable cold mixed with slush.....you can keep it!

 

We'll see. After work, I went to township, & cop said MI, CA, & MO are the only 3 states w/ no fault. U fix yours & I fix mine. He told me that 3 accidents had occurred @ that intersection in the last 1/2 hr. Must be slick still, huh? And 10* w/ winds blowin. Is winter done yet?!