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So, I am starting this barely EMS thread mainly to vent... I am not in a good mood right now. And I know that this, as a MVC without injuries, may not qualify as a EMS thread, which is why it is being placed in the Break Room section...
On July 4th at 1800 hours, I was paged out to respond to a broken leg (complete with a human attatched) out in the woods, about 3-5 miles from the nearest road. I got my gear together and started driving to the Cache to pick you the trucks and gear. Now, before we all get into a roar about responding to calls and the manner in which we drive to calls, let it be clear that I was not responding to the call, mearly driving to the Station in a POV, same as if I was driving to work everyday. I was not driving fast or aggressively, in fact I was 5 miles per hour under the speed limit when the incident happened, and (based on experience) was certain Fire would poach our call and we would be cancelled. I as driving on the road that I live on, a road where people drive way too fast on and kill deer every day; I hate that and always drive resposibily on my roadway.
I was about 1/8 of a mile down the road when a car (driving by an 18 y/o girl who had never driven this area) ran a stop sign an entered my lane virtually head on. I swearved dramaticlly to avoid a dirrect inpact. For the record, my vehcile is reenforced like a tank for rock crawling on old jeep trails. The other car... a 1990 toyota carolla... Who do you think would have won? In hind sight in fact... a dirrect impact would have casued a pin-in for her and might have killed her. My swearving resulted in me virtually driving over her hood, but avoiding the passenger compartment. Her car was undrivable (won't even start), while my SUV sustained major damage to the axel, shocks, and 4WD. While the Highway Patrol on scene said that she was 100% at fault... duh... the official report has yet to be completed. I have no vehcile unless I barrow one from family... I live remote and can't even get to the store without a car, much less to a SAR call or to a job. Expenses to repair my car? Undetermined. Estimates: 2k to 3k. Because my car is older (but in great shape) and I am a great driver, all I have is liability as far as insurance. So I am going after her insurance company to pay for repairs, towing, and the rental I will need to be getting... only to find out today that she may have lapsed in her insurance, therefore the insurance will probably not be covering the damages, and I may be SOL when it comes to geting my car fixed any time soon.
I AM NOT IN A GOOD MOOD TODAY... can you see why? What so ya think?
On July 4th at 1800 hours, I was paged out to respond to a broken leg (complete with a human attatched) out in the woods, about 3-5 miles from the nearest road. I got my gear together and started driving to the Cache to pick you the trucks and gear. Now, before we all get into a roar about responding to calls and the manner in which we drive to calls, let it be clear that I was not responding to the call, mearly driving to the Station in a POV, same as if I was driving to work everyday. I was not driving fast or aggressively, in fact I was 5 miles per hour under the speed limit when the incident happened, and (based on experience) was certain Fire would poach our call and we would be cancelled. I as driving on the road that I live on, a road where people drive way too fast on and kill deer every day; I hate that and always drive resposibily on my roadway.
I was about 1/8 of a mile down the road when a car (driving by an 18 y/o girl who had never driven this area) ran a stop sign an entered my lane virtually head on. I swearved dramaticlly to avoid a dirrect inpact. For the record, my vehcile is reenforced like a tank for rock crawling on old jeep trails. The other car... a 1990 toyota carolla... Who do you think would have won? In hind sight in fact... a dirrect impact would have casued a pin-in for her and might have killed her. My swearving resulted in me virtually driving over her hood, but avoiding the passenger compartment. Her car was undrivable (won't even start), while my SUV sustained major damage to the axel, shocks, and 4WD. While the Highway Patrol on scene said that she was 100% at fault... duh... the official report has yet to be completed. I have no vehcile unless I barrow one from family... I live remote and can't even get to the store without a car, much less to a SAR call or to a job. Expenses to repair my car? Undetermined. Estimates: 2k to 3k. Because my car is older (but in great shape) and I am a great driver, all I have is liability as far as insurance. So I am going after her insurance company to pay for repairs, towing, and the rental I will need to be getting... only to find out today that she may have lapsed in her insurance, therefore the insurance will probably not be covering the damages, and I may be SOL when it comes to geting my car fixed any time soon.
I AM NOT IN A GOOD MOOD TODAY... can you see why? What so ya think?
