[AT] Off topic - P/U Accident --- Front Dash Camera recommendation
Cecil Bearden
crbearden at copper.net
Sat Aug 21 07:04:19 PDT 2021
I bet his insurance won't pay either..
Cecil
On 8/21/2021 8:34 AM, Brad Loomis wrote:
> OUCH!
>
> On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 6:14 AM Carl Szabelski
> <c.s.szabelski at gmail.com <mailto:c.s.szabelski at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Well, yesterday evening didn’t turn out to good for me. Wife sent
> me to the local church dinner event to get dinner since it was too
> muggy and she decided not to cook. On the way a driver pulling a
> large dump trailer filled with rock took out my windshield , as
> well as the windshield of over 14+ other drivers. I have several
> windshield and hood chips and dings, one “chip” the size of a
> tennis ball. Turns out his gate was bent up and even though it was
> fully closed, rock was falling out of the bottom. Didn’t help that
> he was doing 55 in a 35 zone. Turned around and chased him for a
> couple of miles before I could get him to pull over. No sooner
> than he got out of his truck, several other drivers pulled up
> behind him. Long story short several local police cars and a
> sheriff’s car showed up and started taking damage reports from all
> the drivers who called, they must have been flooded with calls.
> The road was lined for several miles with police cars and drivers
> who pulled over where they got hit. One officer was tasked with
> taking pictures of the damage, as well as everybody’s license
> plate, drivers’s license, registration, and proof of insurance.
> Another officer was tasked with rolling everything into one large
> report instead of dozens of incident reports. With all those
> pictures, that’s going to be a large report.
>
> Carl
>
> On Friday, August 20, 2021, <k7jdj at aol.com <mailto:k7jdj at aol.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Many years ago my mother was in a McDonald's parking lot minor
> damage and she was charged with hit and run because she failed
> to give her diver license number to the other driver. She
> thought all that was needed was the vehicle license plate, of
> course anyone could have been driving. State law requires you
> to give your driver license number to the other driver. I not
> only give them my license, but take a picture of them holding
> it so it shows my license in their hand.
>
> Gary
>
> Renton, WA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: deanvp at att.net <mailto:deanvp at att.net>
> To: 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group'
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> Sent: Fri, Aug 20, 2021 3:51 pm
> Subject: Re: [AT] Off topic - P/U Accident --- Front Dash
> Camera recommendation
>
> Thanks every one for your comments and suggestions. I didn’t
> do certain things at the accident site I should have. But… let
> me tell you I was more than a little shook up. In those last
> few seconds while trying to miss him your mind goes into
> overdrive thinking terrible things. I think I did a damned
> good job of minimizing the damage both to his truck as well as
> mine. If I had rear ended him is suspect both trucks would
> have been totaled with the possibility of some injuries. So
> having the sense under pressure to drive to the right to miss
> him and not hit the trees was pretty good for this old man.
> But…. I wasn’t thinking very good when it came time to get
> pictures of the scene and of various documents. I have a
> perfectly good Smart Phone but I resorted to hand writing all
> information. There were two factors that confused things for
> me. He left the scene of the accident for a short time so the
> actual accident scene had already been compromised and it was
> pitch black with no moon or the moon was covered with clouds.
> It was really dark. So I resorted to a flashlight. Forgetting
> that my Android phone has a flash etc. I’ll admit I was a bit
> shook up. My mind had contemplated something much worse. I
> wasn’t thinking 100% straight anymore. The strange part is I
> cannot find any evidence of the collision at the site in
> daylight. I cannot find any pieces of car parts, or plastic or
> anything. I’m now thinking it has been stripped of any
> evidence. I’ve been up and down the road at several driveways
> and cannot find a thing. That really bothers me. I also am a
> bit confused about how ABS brakes work, I was on the brake
> pedal as hard as can be but I never left a skid mark on the
> asphalt road. I know ABS is supposed to find the maximum
> traction when braking but as hard as I was on the brake pedal
> I don’t quite understand why is didn’t leave a mark.
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance,
> and gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing
> of misery."
> ..Winston Churchill...
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> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Off topic - P/U Accident --- Front Dash
> Camera recommendation
>
> Sorry to change the subject but I have a little challenge
> right now. My antique Tractor puller P/U and I were in a
> little fender bender incident recently which has become
> very complex since the other driver gave me all false
> data as to who he was, where he lived, how to contact him
> and whether he was insured or not. Other than that
> things are going well. After about 5 days of online
> investigation my wife and I tracked him down and have a
> working cell phone number for him. I’ve talked to him and
> we have exchanged several text messages but I still don’t
> know where he lives and who his insurance company is. I
> gave him my insurance company verbally at the accident but
> he seems to have forgotten it and now repeatedly asks for
> who the company is. I refuse to give it to him until I get
> a valid insurance company name from him. All he will talk
> about is getting his truck fixed. And that the accident
> was my fault. To add more stupid stuff to this whole
> fiasco he is now claiming injury which is a crock of cow
> dung.
> He backed out of a blind driveway onto the road heading in
> the same direction as I was. This was at about 9:45PM and
> it was pitch black dark with no street lights way out in
> the country. I only noticed the reflection of my
> headlights off of the side of his black Dodge Pick Up. No
> tail lights, no back up lights, no brake lights, no
> running lights, no lights of any sort. I immediately
> slammed on the brakes and started steering and braking to
> the right of his truck which was now close to being in
> the right orientation to head down the road. I saw the eye
> of a needle to try to get between the truck and the trees
> at the driveway exit. Well, I came to a stop right after
> brushing the side of his truck and messing up my left
> fender. I got close to threading the needle. Could have
> been a pretty violent rear-ender otherwise. But as you
> might expect he is now blaming me and I hit him therefore
> I am at fault. I have no witnesses to prove what
> happened. I’ve informed my insurance Co and filed a
> collision report with the Washington State Patrol. I’m
> pretty sure he is an uninsured driver which is illegal in
> our state. In my investigation tracking him down I have
> been told he is involved in illicit drugs and he DOES
> have a criminal record.. So…. Due to this I am looking
> for a dash camera to mount on our vehicles so I don’t have
> to go through this situation of not having proof again.
> So I’m looking for Dash Camera suggestions for my 2003
> Ford F250 and a 2016 Buick L:acrosse. I usually don’t buy
> the fancy stuff I just get the basics in a good product
> that are needed. Suggestions would be appreciated????
> I’ve had one recommended to me and that is a Rove 4 but I
> know nothing about it yet.
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of
> ignorance, and gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the
> equal sharing of misery."
> ..Winston Churchill...
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