Unkle_John
04-12-2008, 01:18 PM
Well. I'm sitting here, home from my sister in law's house, and we are with out a mode of transportation.
I was getting read to go to bed Thursday night and I heard a crash outside, and then a car honk. Well I stepped out to see that some drunk driver slammed....yes SLAMMED into the back of my parked car and pushed it into the parking spot of the house next door.
The car is totaled. I'm posting pics below.
I'm still livid right now, and have been "mellowing out" if you know what I mean. I'll fill you in when i get more details from the police. But all that happened after he drove off was this:
I got my work boots on (b/c it was the only pair of shoes I had packed b/c we were coming home the next day... I was going to go to work from my SIL house) and started following my 8.5 month pregnant sister in law down the street as she's trying to follow the trail of anti-freeze. We get to his house (around the block) and she rattles off hte plate # and address to the police station on her cell. Well we start walking back to the house and I look back and he's standing in his lawn. I took EVERYTHING I had not to mow his ass into the ground in fury. And with the training I have, plus my size, I could have killed him. So I just took a deep breath and told him not to go anywhere b/c the cops were on their way. Julie is pulling hard on my arm so I'll leave. His response... He put his arms in the air like "oh well", shook his head and went inside.
The cops came, took statements and such from us and had a few units at his house. The other unit came over and swapped places with out officers. They told us he's denying he was driving and doesn't want to come out of the house. They said his brother just pulled up and was trying to get him out, so evading the cops they told us that when the accident investigators come out and talk to him, they can get the truth from him. They said that it looks like they could get him on felony charges of some kind. I'm happy for that.
But during the whole time I was calm and joking. I mean I thought about it this way:
I hated that car b/c of the road noise, the wiring that was starting to go out in weird places, the perpetual check engine light and a slew of other problems not to but including being in the shop every year since we moved out here.
Julie and I were not in the car and no one was injured (except for the dumb-ass who did this). I am upset that I am missing work pay for the days I'm out of work taking care of this and being with out proper transportation. The value of the car was only 3k or so (I think), and we are still making payment on debt management. I wanted to get a more fuel efficient car when we were out of those payments.
Life just got a little more harder. I honestly don't know what to do.
Damn I can still smell gasoline.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/unklejohn/Drunk%20Driver/car16.jpg
That's her house in the background.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/unklejohn/Drunk%20Driver/car15.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/unklejohn/Drunk%20Driver/car17.jpg
My skid marks are the only ones. He never tried to brake. If you look good in the background you can see his trail of fluids.
I was getting read to go to bed Thursday night and I heard a crash outside, and then a car honk. Well I stepped out to see that some drunk driver slammed....yes SLAMMED into the back of my parked car and pushed it into the parking spot of the house next door.
The car is totaled. I'm posting pics below.
I'm still livid right now, and have been "mellowing out" if you know what I mean. I'll fill you in when i get more details from the police. But all that happened after he drove off was this:
I got my work boots on (b/c it was the only pair of shoes I had packed b/c we were coming home the next day... I was going to go to work from my SIL house) and started following my 8.5 month pregnant sister in law down the street as she's trying to follow the trail of anti-freeze. We get to his house (around the block) and she rattles off hte plate # and address to the police station on her cell. Well we start walking back to the house and I look back and he's standing in his lawn. I took EVERYTHING I had not to mow his ass into the ground in fury. And with the training I have, plus my size, I could have killed him. So I just took a deep breath and told him not to go anywhere b/c the cops were on their way. Julie is pulling hard on my arm so I'll leave. His response... He put his arms in the air like "oh well", shook his head and went inside.
The cops came, took statements and such from us and had a few units at his house. The other unit came over and swapped places with out officers. They told us he's denying he was driving and doesn't want to come out of the house. They said his brother just pulled up and was trying to get him out, so evading the cops they told us that when the accident investigators come out and talk to him, they can get the truth from him. They said that it looks like they could get him on felony charges of some kind. I'm happy for that.
But during the whole time I was calm and joking. I mean I thought about it this way:
I hated that car b/c of the road noise, the wiring that was starting to go out in weird places, the perpetual check engine light and a slew of other problems not to but including being in the shop every year since we moved out here.
Julie and I were not in the car and no one was injured (except for the dumb-ass who did this). I am upset that I am missing work pay for the days I'm out of work taking care of this and being with out proper transportation. The value of the car was only 3k or so (I think), and we are still making payment on debt management. I wanted to get a more fuel efficient car when we were out of those payments.
Life just got a little more harder. I honestly don't know what to do.
Damn I can still smell gasoline.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/unklejohn/Drunk%20Driver/car16.jpg
That's her house in the background.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/unklejohn/Drunk%20Driver/car15.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/unklejohn/Drunk%20Driver/car17.jpg
My skid marks are the only ones. He never tried to brake. If you look good in the background you can see his trail of fluids.