I’d like to think that if I was in his situation, I’d have thought of honking.
My sentiments exactly.
Believe me, the dude in the Tahoe got and continues to get my utmost praise and thanks. Apparently he tried honking the horn first, no luck. The guy, knowing what a hassle it would be to have to stick around and talk to cops, mess with insurance, drive a car with a mangled back, etc. made the decision to save my ass.
As a side note, my arm is now a strange-ass color and there is a big red welt/abrasion thing across my stomach from the seatbelt. Owch.
I think the anti-funeral will happen, but it will probably be a brief affair at school, among a few friends. No outsiders, even dopers and heroic Tahoe drivers will not be in attendance. Ohhhh, god. The lack of a car thing is just now starting to sink in. I had to wait for a ride after school today, the horror!
Well, looks like ALL of this summer’s money is going toward paying for that moment of fun. Yeeha. I blame the radio station. I was listening to the hard rock station all cranked up, because I knew I was drowsy, but they started playing Incubus or something. They must have, it’s the only explanation. Death to 101.5 .
And yes, I was on 360.
MarxBoy
BTW, no matter how it happens, if both cars were moving forward, and the front of one car hits the back of the other, the person whose front was involved is always legally at fault. If I feel like stopping to admire the scenery, and you can’t stop because it’s rainy, and you plow into me, it’s your fault.
Anyways, come on, I would never fight this guy for responsibility. I made the best of my first Borrowed Time day. It’s May Day, so we raised a peace flag on our flagpole (it flew all day) and I got a Youth For International Socialism pamphlet to pretty much every student on the campus. I kept having to sneak in to the office and use the faculty copier, all while avoiding the staff. No matter, I may have converted some people.
MarxBoy
There is no sensation quite like that feeling of panic you get from waking up behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. :eek:
[commence hijack]
Hey Silver Fire!
I work graveyards too… have been for the past 2 years.
I strongly recommend learning to sleep with earplugs, getting a real blind (none of these venetian things, get some thick vinyl), abandoning coffee… and sticking to the overnight schedule, even on weekends.
The last one is probably the most important. If you’re have to work graveyards, don’t go flipping your sleep schedule on weekends or you’ll never adjust.
and if none of that works, seriously look at finding some other way to get around that doesn’t require you being functional.
Did the accident damage your sense of humor?
Dragging this one back up because I just got back from my court date. The judge, after berating me, took pity on me enough to give me defensive driving which will take it off my record, and no community service or nothin’! Yay!
Come to think of it, I went downtown and had another ticket totally dismissed because I successfully argued it away. Now I have court reciept things that have the record of The State Of Texas vs. Lucky Charms, but of course it uses my real name. Hooray for me!
I’m back square with the system, and I have the jeep back, complete with new bumper, grill, hood, engine fan and other stuff, all courtesy of the insurance company. They don’t like it when you make a profit on insurance.
Lucky Charms
Sequential thread titles:
**An hour and a half left before he dies, and we live
I almost dies an hour and a half ago.**
Looks like a conspiracy to me, someone had forknowledge but failed in their mission.
Wierd. A three hour timespan is represented there. Wonder what that means.
Hmm. Everyone knows that the number 2 is very strong in the occult section of the illuminati. If you put 3 of these together you get 222. Multiply this by the three hours and: 666!!! It’s a conspiracy!! The pope is behind it all!! Damned Jesuits are the ones who started an inquisition against me and made me crash my car. The rat bastards.
Lucky Charms
note: that last post was meant as a reply to obfusciatrist’s sequential thread post and mention of a conspiracy. I am not, as is widely believed, on crack.
I will give you an oddball tip that will keep you awake when drowsy at the wheel: take off your shoes and socks. Somehow, it actually does work.
You should never have let yourself go so far towards drowsiness at the wheel. I don’t want to be cruel, but you have to learn some judgement about your fitness to drive at any point, and enough sense to just not do it. It is a shame that you nearly had to kill yourself to learn this lesson.
I should know, I have it every night now. It always happens right as I am on the edge of sleep, or have just been asleep for a minute or two. I wake up terrified, thinking I’ve fallen asleep behind the wheel again, and it gets worse for a second when I realize that I have been asleep, but before I realize I’m at home in bed. Sometimes I actually hear the sound of my car colliding with something, and the other night I saw myself hitting a pedestrian. This happens nearly every night as I go to sleep, but never more than once a night.
It sucks.
Your Shell-Shocked Pal,
Lucky Charms