Ty Vil
09-16-2003, 04:46 AM
My first day posting again and I have bad news
my first full day posting again and I have bad news
At 9:30 on the evening of July 31, 2003 I was driving on a road in the city that makes a sharp curve to the right or an “S” turn. It was dark and almost immediately after coming out of the second curve and resuming a straight course my car hit a severe bump in the road. There were no visible warning signs and since it was dark and I was just coming out of a corner I had no way of knowing of the obstacle in the road until my car hit it. I want to put emphasis on that I was doing the speed limit
Going back the next day to take pictures we discovered:
A city work crew or crew that has contracted to the city dug out a portion of the street leaving a severe bump. A more accurate description would be a small curb. The city erected warning signs on the street for traffic going in each direction. I didn’t see any sign in the east bound lane. My father & I returned to the site on the following evening before dark to take pictures. At that time we discovered the east bound sign laying face down. When we set it up we discovered that the support legs were in the shape of a narrow tripod. By contrast the west bound sign had a tripod stand with a wide base. The east bound sign stood for about 30 seconds until the breeze from the first passing car caused it to topple face first. That's what happened to my warning sign.
Took pictures of the whole scene described the incident in detail and sent it all to the city. I got a bid for the damage to my car. Other then the turn signal popping out and leaving a small ding in my front fender theres no damage you can see. However I did bend all 4 wheels and trash my front strut towers and front suspension and a few other things to the tune of $5200. Took forever to get the bid from Rasmussen BMW, had to go back twice because they had to tear the car apart to find out what was messed up and get the part numbers for my Schnitzer suspension. Sent the bid and everything to the city. They were very kind however, the job was the responsibility of a private contractor. The city sent my claim to the contractor last week and now I'm waiting to find out what they're going to do. If they don't pay for it, I'll turn it into my insurance company and let them go after the city.
SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN???
I haven't had my car since the first of August and I have no idea when I'm going to be getting it back.
OH but my attorney did win both my ticket cases that I got in May 8 days apart from the same cop. BASTARD
my first full day posting again and I have bad news
At 9:30 on the evening of July 31, 2003 I was driving on a road in the city that makes a sharp curve to the right or an “S” turn. It was dark and almost immediately after coming out of the second curve and resuming a straight course my car hit a severe bump in the road. There were no visible warning signs and since it was dark and I was just coming out of a corner I had no way of knowing of the obstacle in the road until my car hit it. I want to put emphasis on that I was doing the speed limit
Going back the next day to take pictures we discovered:
A city work crew or crew that has contracted to the city dug out a portion of the street leaving a severe bump. A more accurate description would be a small curb. The city erected warning signs on the street for traffic going in each direction. I didn’t see any sign in the east bound lane. My father & I returned to the site on the following evening before dark to take pictures. At that time we discovered the east bound sign laying face down. When we set it up we discovered that the support legs were in the shape of a narrow tripod. By contrast the west bound sign had a tripod stand with a wide base. The east bound sign stood for about 30 seconds until the breeze from the first passing car caused it to topple face first. That's what happened to my warning sign.
Took pictures of the whole scene described the incident in detail and sent it all to the city. I got a bid for the damage to my car. Other then the turn signal popping out and leaving a small ding in my front fender theres no damage you can see. However I did bend all 4 wheels and trash my front strut towers and front suspension and a few other things to the tune of $5200. Took forever to get the bid from Rasmussen BMW, had to go back twice because they had to tear the car apart to find out what was messed up and get the part numbers for my Schnitzer suspension. Sent the bid and everything to the city. They were very kind however, the job was the responsibility of a private contractor. The city sent my claim to the contractor last week and now I'm waiting to find out what they're going to do. If they don't pay for it, I'll turn it into my insurance company and let them go after the city.
SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN???
I haven't had my car since the first of August and I have no idea when I'm going to be getting it back.
OH but my attorney did win both my ticket cases that I got in May 8 days apart from the same cop. BASTARD