Moral of the story...Drive big American SUV's.
Amen!
My story: I was rear-ended for the first time in my life in 2003. Then again in 2005, then in Feb 2006, March 2006 (different vehicle) and the big one hit me in Nov 2007. If I wasn't driving an SUV, I probably wouldn't be writing this today. The lady didn't see the line of traffic ahead that was stopped at the red light and she plowed into me at 40mph in her SUV. Had I been in a car, it would likely have been a flaming wreck. The impact ripped not only my seat off its tracks, but also the radio/CD player unit came flying out of the dash and wound up in the back seat. I was in physical therapy for six months after that crash.
That was my fifth time being hit in the rear while legally stopped at a traffic light. There has been a huge upsurge in this kind of negligence and I can only correlate it with the use of personal electronic devices. I had two million accident-free miles prior to that.
One thing's for sure: when you're stopped in traffic, you're a sitting duck!
People need to be more aware when driving. 3/5 drivers were women. The first appeared to be having a rough day with her boyfriend and wasn't thinking about driving. The second was a housewife type who must have been thinking about Christmas shopping instead of the road ahead. The third was a hispanic man with a foul mouth who cursed every word in the book as I approached his window, the fourth was a 16 yr old boy driving Daddy's Ford Excursion and hit my right quarter panel while in a parking lot. The last one was a hispanic woman who must have been talking on the phone about what to buy for Thanksgiving dinner.
I tell ya, the day before a major holiday is a bad time to be on the road!
