its settled, but i'm not

[boomerang]

Insurance companies do this routinely because it's less expensive than dragging it through the court system.

Nearly 20 years ago, I pulled out of parking space at work (we all backed in) and a guy employed there came around the corner on his motorcycle and tore up the aisle at full throttle. It was one of those things where the timing was such that it was unavoidable. He glanced off the front bumper of my car, continued accelerating and then realizing he was hurt, he slowed the motorcycle almost to a stop and dropped it. His right leg was broken. There were numerous witnesses. Because it happened immediately after work, and on private property, neither of us was ticketed and he had no recourse against me under state law.

My insurance company paid all his expenses for the six months he was out of work which encompassed surgery, healing and rehabilitation.

I don't feel I was at fault, but I will share fault with him. I too, at the time felt it was wrong that my insurance company covered his expenses. But if the circumstances had been reversed I'd sure have been glad. It was the right thing to do.

He hired a moron of a lawyer that sent me a letter stating their intent to sue me. I forwarded it to my insurance company and heard nothing more about it. As I said, under state law he could not sue me. His lawyer should have known that.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Wow, OP, that sucks man.
I can totally understand how it would be tough to not think about this everytime you hop in a car. But eventually, with time, you will find that you will think about it less and less, and one day the thought will never even enter your mind, unless brought up in conversation. Just be glad that the man is alive, at least that can make things a little easier for you. It would be much different if he had not survived.
Do you think he learned his lesson?
And on another note: the sarcasm in this thread is breaking my Sarcastometer

 

[rasczak]

Insurance companies do this routinely because it's less expensive than dragging it through the court system.

Nearly 20 years ago, I pulled out of parking space at work (we all backed in) and a guy employed there came around the corner on his motorcycle and tore up the aisle at full throttle. It was one of those things where the timing was such that it was unavoidable. He glanced off the front bumper of my car, continued accelerating and then realizing he was hurt, he slowed the motorcycle almost to a stop and dropped it. His right leg was broken. There were numerous witnesses. Because it happened immediately after work, and on private property, neither of us was ticketed and he had no recourse against me under state law.

My insurance company paid all his expenses for the six months he was out of work which encompassed surgery, healing and rehabilitation.

I don't feel I was at fault, but I will share fault with him. I too, at the time felt it was wrong that my insurance company covered his expenses. But if the circumstances had been reversed I'd sure have been glad. It was the right thing to do.

He hired a moron of a lawyer that sent me a letter stating their intent to sue me. I forwarded it to my insurance company and heard nothing more about it. As I said, under state law he could not sue me. His lawyer should have known that.

yea, i see where that comes from. i just want to know what other people have done to try to get past the actual incident. i mean, i nearly killed him, and at first sincerely thought he was dead. that puts a heavy load on your mind and heart. i had seen a professional for the incident, but it was a work thing and only had access to five visits. i've tried talking it out, but that really doesn't work. i've tried intensifying my workouts and playing ball more, but that doesn't really work. maybe i should take a couple days and paddle out into the surf.

 

[Skitzer]

yea, i see where that comes from. i just want to know what other people have done to try to get past the actual incident. i mean, i nearly killed him, and at first sincerely thought he was dead. that puts a heavy load on your mind and heart. i had seen a professional for the incident, but it was a work thing and only had access to five visits. i've tried talking it out, but that really doesn't work. i've tried intensifying my workouts and playing ball more, but that doesn't really work. maybe i should take a couple days and paddle out into the surf.

Have you thought about meeting with the guy and talking it out?
He just might set your soul at ease about it.

 

[soulcougher73]

No need to look for pedestrians??? Dude where do you live? Just wanna know so I don't move there. Would hate to be a casualty of your stupidity!

Whos the stupid one. The guy driving obeying the laws or the pedestrian who thinks he can break laws and cheat death? Im going with the pedestrian as deserving to die for doing something so stupid.

 

[boomerang]

yea, i see where that comes from. i just want to know what other people have done to try to get past the actual incident. i mean, i nearly killed him, and at first sincerely thought he was dead. that puts a heavy load on your mind and heart. i had seen a professional for the incident, but it was a work thing and only had access to five visits. i've tried talking it out, but that really doesn't work. i've tried intensifying my workouts and playing ball more, but that doesn't really work. maybe i should take a couple days and paddle out into the surf.

If it's weighing that heavily on you, you should get the help you need. Hopefully you can afford it. Look at it from the perspective that your choices may be to get the help now or carry it with you potentially forever. It may be the best investment you could make.

I crewed for a number of years on a 3 car racing team. One of our drivers put the outside wheels off the pavement coming onto the front straight, which launched the car into the air, striking and killing a woman.

He sought help and said he was so glad that he did.

If talking to friends and relatives isn't helping, you need to go with the pro's. You're not going to get what you need from this bunch.

 

[rasczak]

Have you thought about meeting with the guy and talking it out?
He just might set your soul at ease about it.

I would like to, but I'm afraid to see what kind of condition he is in. It was awful seeing him that morning. I'm also afraid of how he might receive me. I'm pretty sure he and his family are just as bitter as I am about the whole thing. I really wouldn't know what to say to him. I don't feel I should apologize for any part of the incident. I am sorry that was hurt of course, but I claim no responsibility for the accident itself.

I can't talk about this anymore.

 

[mb]

Whos the stupid one. The guy driving obeying the laws or the pedestrian who thinks he can break laws and cheat death? Im going with the pedestrian as deserving to die for doing something so stupid.

Seriously.

The pedestrian was either:
A) Suicidal and fucking stupid
B) A fucking stupid scammer taking a huge risk looking for a payoff
C) Plain fucking stupid

Either way, it's the pedestrians fault and I feel for the OP having to live with it.

 

[rasczak]

If it's weighing that heavily on you, you should get the help you need. Hopefully you can afford it. Look at it from the perspective that your choices may be to get the help now or carry it with you potentially forever. It may be the best investment you could make.

I crewed for a number of years on a 3 car racing team. One of our drivers put the outside wheels off the pavement coming onto the front straight, which launched the car into the air, striking and killing a woman.

He sought help and said he was so glad that he did.

If talking to friends and relatives isn't helping, you need to go with the pro's. You're not going to get what you need from this bunch.

We'll see. I really posted this as an outlet, however, all it's doing at this point is just bringing it all back to the forefront after I tried to suppress it.

 

[Skitzer]

Whos the stupid one. The guy driving obeying the laws or the pedestrian who thinks he can break laws and cheat death? Im going with the pedestrian as deserving to die for doing something so stupid.

The guy driving is not obeying the law if he's not watching where the fuck he's going. He was apparently driving too fast for conditions ........ just because the speed limit sign says 45 doesn't mean you have to do 45. How do you know so much about how that pedestrian thinks or what his motives were? ...... Blame it on the pedestrian .... obviously he deserves to die.
I say it was a tragic accident which could have been prevented by either or both parties.

 

[mb]

The guy driving is not obeying the law if he's not watching where the fuck he's going. He was apparently driving too fast for conditions ........ just because the speed limit sign says 45 doesn't mean you have to do 45. How do you know so much about how that pedestrian thinks or what his motives were? ...... Blame it on the pedestrian .... obviously he deserves to die.
I say it was a tragic accident which could have been prevented by either or both parties.

Holy fuck cars don't come to an instant stop when someone runs out in front of you. :thumbsdown:

 

[brblx]

The guy driving is not obeying the law if he's not watching where the fuck he's going. He was apparently driving too fast for conditions ........ just because the speed limit sign says 45 doesn't mean you have to do 45. How do you know so much about how that pedestrian thinks or what his motives were? ...... Blame it on the pedestrian .... obviously he deserves to die.
I say it was a tragic accident which could have been prevented by either or both parties.

please move to my city and walk in the middle of the street so i can hit you with my car.

'camouflaged retards in the middle of the road' is not a 'condition.'

 

[Crusty]

The guy driving is not obeying the law if he's not watching where the fuck he's going. He was apparently driving too fast for conditions ........ just because the speed limit sign says 45 doesn't mean you have to do 45. How do you know so much about how that pedestrian thinks or what his motives were? ...... Blame it on the pedestrian .... obviously he deserves to die.
I say it was a tragic accident which could have been prevented by either or both parties.

You are an idiot. Sure, let's have everybody pay attention to what might not even be there instead of driving down the road.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

OP I hope you know all my previous posts were sarcasm. I wouldn't worry about that douche. It wasn't you driving that car that ran over that retard. It was Charles.










Charles Darwin. He doesn't like stupid.

 

[Skitzer]

please move to my city and walk in the middle of the street so i can hit you with my car.

'camouflaged retards in the middle of the road' is not a 'condition.'

Sounds like you have no qualms about hitting people with your car. Interesting. Thanks but I wouldn't want to live anywhere near you.
The condition was "it was dark out". Don't you normally try to be a little more alert and maybe slow down a bit while driving when it's dark? ........ Mmmmm, probably not, never mind.
I'm not defending the pedestrian, he had a large part to do with the accident and like I said, either party could have avoided this.

 

[Skitzer]

You are an idiot. Sure, let's have everybody pay attention to what might not even be there instead of driving down the road.

You're the one who's oblivious moron.

 

[Phoenix86]

Nvm, OILFIELDTRASH's posts are completely useless.

 

[mb]

Sounds like you have no qualms about hitting people with your car. Interesting. Thanks but I wouldn't want to live anywhere near you.
The condition was "it was dark out". Don't you normally try to be a little more alert and maybe slow down a bit while driving when it's dark? ........ Mmmmm, probably not, never mind.
I'm not defending the pedestrian, he had a large part to do with the accident and like I said, either party could have avoided this.

How can you be so dense?

Even if he's going 25mph, if someone jumps out in front of him he's going to hit the guy! The impact wouldn't be as bad obviously but WTF drives 25 in a 45 just because it's dark?

 

[HannibalX]

We've had cars well over 100 years now. If by now people aren't able to understand that crossing the road with moving traffic without a guide (crosswalk) could get them seriously injured or worse then perhaps they deserve what they get.

 

[CycloWizard]

We've had cars well over 100 years now. If by now people aren't able to understand that crossing the road with moving traffic without a guide (crosswalk) could get them seriously injured or worse then perhaps they deserve what they get.

Same goes for people who step into the crosswalk when they do not have the right of way. If I'm going 40 mph down the parkway and you step in front of me on my green light, you have been naturally selected out of the gene pool. I learned when I was three years old that the crosswalk is not a magic gate that pops up out of the ground to prevent cars from running you over. It's not a difficult concept.

 

[RearAdmiral]

How many points did you get for creaming that guy?

 

[rasczak]

How many points did you get for creaming that guy?

Zero. My rates are the same as before the accident and both the police report and my insurance company found me not at fault.

 

[MrDudeMan]

The responses in this thread are making me laugh for real. Good stuff.

 

[DrunkenSano]

And this country's retarded judicial system pays off yet another moron. What should've happened is that after waking from the coma, the idiot jaywalker should've been issued a ticket for jaywalking. Instead he is rewarded for his dumbass behavior with $500k.

 

[Pantlegz]

The responses in this thread are making me laugh for real. Good stuff.

for real. I'm guessing these people also blame the semi truck drivers when someone jumps in front of them because they shouldn't have been driving so fast... Seriously I'm not going to go 20 under the speed limit because there might be people out at night, people out at night should look out for the 2+ ton pieces of metal moving at 40+ mph how hard is it really?