AgileM3
02-11-2003, 04:29 PM
About 5:45 my cell rings - no one ever calls that early, and I instantly knew what happened before she even told me - she crashed teh 540i/6 in the rain. First rain in San Diego in about a month or so, so the highway was slick as hell. Off the phone with her and barreling - I mean barreling - down the highway in the Bronco, hazards going and using the emergency lane. She told me she spun and was stuck headed the wrong way and partially in the lane and could not get 911 to pickup. I made it from Encinitas to her, just south of Mission, in about 8 minutes. She had managed to get the car onto the shoulder and out of harms way by the time I got there.
Headed up the small grade, she said she felt the DSC kick on and off a couple times, so she lifted to slow even more - she was at about 50 or so when the DSC kicked on. When she slowed, the car rotated fast. She 360'd from the second lane, and in the second rotation, kissed the center median with the rear bumper, which slowed her, but she must have twitched the car because the rear corner took the hit - smashed that rear fender up pretty well, but didn't brake the light oddly enough, and scrapped the bumper.
Everytime I see an accident that has just happened I stop and make sure someone's ok. I can't even begin to count how many times I have called for police on an accident if i could not stop. This happened in mild traffic - thank god, it gave her room to spin and not contact anyone - and not a single person stopped to make sure she was ok. At least 15 or 20 cars must have seen her spin. Of course CHP wouldn't come - single car accident, not worth their time - so for a few minutes, she was dazed, just crashed, and sitting in harms way till she got her wits about her and was able to move the car. Keep in mind, she was less than one mile from a CHP station in Oceanside.
When she called and she told me how the car was sitting, partially in traffic and unable - in her mind at the time - to move, I broke every law, cut every individual off I could, as safely as possible, and pushed the Bronco to just under 100 in the rain, hazards going, with me flipping the highs and lows. All I could think was that some drunk or stoned asshole was going to not see her black car partially in the lane and tbone her. Thank God she was able to get it out of harms way.
She only smacked her head - and we had her checked out, and she's fine. If some thing had happened to her, I don't know what I'd do..
But the point of my rant is this- I'd like to thank every self absorbed idiot on the road this morning who saw her spin, contact the wall and land in harms way who didn't take the minute or so to see if she was ok. I'm sure none of you wanted to get wet, or be late to work. Thanks for your concern. I hope you never feel what I felt this morning thinking she was a sitting duck for someone to hit - you don't want to feel what I did this morning.
All of you who drove right past her and didn't even lift off the throttle, your the reason I think this race is doomed. I'll continue to stop when I see an accident because I would hope someone would do the same for me or mine next time but my faith in humanity, of which there was very little, has diminished even more.
And to the CHP, your there for public safety, huh? Right - thanks for coming to her aid ! Your there to right tickets and generate revenue, nothing more. Public safety my ass.
Headed up the small grade, she said she felt the DSC kick on and off a couple times, so she lifted to slow even more - she was at about 50 or so when the DSC kicked on. When she slowed, the car rotated fast. She 360'd from the second lane, and in the second rotation, kissed the center median with the rear bumper, which slowed her, but she must have twitched the car because the rear corner took the hit - smashed that rear fender up pretty well, but didn't brake the light oddly enough, and scrapped the bumper.
Everytime I see an accident that has just happened I stop and make sure someone's ok. I can't even begin to count how many times I have called for police on an accident if i could not stop. This happened in mild traffic - thank god, it gave her room to spin and not contact anyone - and not a single person stopped to make sure she was ok. At least 15 or 20 cars must have seen her spin. Of course CHP wouldn't come - single car accident, not worth their time - so for a few minutes, she was dazed, just crashed, and sitting in harms way till she got her wits about her and was able to move the car. Keep in mind, she was less than one mile from a CHP station in Oceanside.
When she called and she told me how the car was sitting, partially in traffic and unable - in her mind at the time - to move, I broke every law, cut every individual off I could, as safely as possible, and pushed the Bronco to just under 100 in the rain, hazards going, with me flipping the highs and lows. All I could think was that some drunk or stoned asshole was going to not see her black car partially in the lane and tbone her. Thank God she was able to get it out of harms way.
She only smacked her head - and we had her checked out, and she's fine. If some thing had happened to her, I don't know what I'd do..
But the point of my rant is this- I'd like to thank every self absorbed idiot on the road this morning who saw her spin, contact the wall and land in harms way who didn't take the minute or so to see if she was ok. I'm sure none of you wanted to get wet, or be late to work. Thanks for your concern. I hope you never feel what I felt this morning thinking she was a sitting duck for someone to hit - you don't want to feel what I did this morning.
All of you who drove right past her and didn't even lift off the throttle, your the reason I think this race is doomed. I'll continue to stop when I see an accident because I would hope someone would do the same for me or mine next time but my faith in humanity, of which there was very little, has diminished even more.
And to the CHP, your there for public safety, huh? Right - thanks for coming to her aid ! Your there to right tickets and generate revenue, nothing more. Public safety my ass.