Comments on: Car Accident!!!

By: jfc

jfc — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:03:06 +0000

Hi Harley,

I went with a mini-van again, a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country Limited. I’m enjoying it so far and it has all the bells and whistles like a built-in DVD player and navigation system plus the Stow ‘n’ Go seats which are nice.

I decided to go with the mini-van because I like the cargo carrying and people carrying capacity. Plus, I just feel safer in a bigger vehicle.

By: Harley Nash

Harley Nash — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:43:35 +0000

I hope you’re OK still.

Did you ever get a replacement car? If so, what did you get?

By: jfc

jfc — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:40:00 +0000

Hi Xel,

She was 33.

By: Xel

Xel — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:17:47 +0000

Hope everything is fine on your end. Is the other driver a 40+ lady? Strange question, yea but all my close encounters with car accidents, for some reason are always with a 40+ something women. Don’t know why! (not being sexist here but just stating facts)..

By: jfc

jfc — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:07:16 +0000

Hi Denise,

I’m thankful that I didn’t get seriously hurt in the accident, at least as far as I can tell at this point.

I really liked that van though in spite of it being an old, ugly, mini-van. It was ultra-reliable and was comfortable to drive. And, as it turned out, safe in an accident.

By: jfc

jfc — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:58:09 +0000

Sorry Komodo,

I didn’t get a picture of it. I would have if I had thought about it before I left the junkyard it was towed to. I thought about that on the way home.

It was a 1995 Mercury Villager that looked sort of like this

Imagine that van with the front smashed back to the front tires.

By: Houseboat Rentals

Houseboat Rentals — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:54:54 +0000

Hope you are healing from your car accident. You were so lucky! My husband was seriously injured when he was hit by a drunk driver and is still in a lot of pain. That was back in the early nineties. He is looking to get a new hip this year. His hip was crushed in the accident and was out of work for almost two years. Thankfully he got social security disability until he could be retrained to work a different job.

Things like this can change your whole life in an instant.

By: Komodo Dragon

Komodo Dragon — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:51:16 +0000

Do you think you can post a photo of the van? I am interested to see how it looks.

By: Dinheiro

Dinheiro — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:59:10 +0000

Glad to read that.

By: jfc

jfc — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:38:47 +0000

Hi Xel,

The roads were dry in this case. The other driver either wasn’t paying attention or was a poor judge of speed and distance. The police and the wrecker guy say that there are at least 3 accidents a week at that intersection. They probably need to change the way the lights work at it to prevent more accidents.