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"Ken Shelton" <shelton@cablespeed.com> wrote in message
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> Butzmark wrote:[color=green]
> > I was rear ended by a drunk driver Christmas Eve. I'm still
> > waiting for the official word but several people from the cop to the
> > tow driver have told me it's totaled. It's an '04 Tacoma 4x4 Extracab
> > TRD, 6 cyl, auto, with less than 10,000 miles on it. It didn't have a
> > scratch or parking lot ding on it. I was stopped at a light behind a
> > Ram pickup when hit from behind by a mid-eighties S-10. I was knocked
> > around and have a little whiplash but came out OK. I suspect that the
> > drunk didn't have insurance so my claim will be with my own insurance
> > company. Anybody have any advice for dealing with them? How about a
> > price on the truck?
> >
> > Thanks to all
> >[/color]
> I wish you the best of luck. Some things just aren't fair. You
> likely won't be able to find an equal truck to replace that one.
>
> On a related topic, when will our country ever get serious about
> drunk drivers? It likely wasn't the first time that drunk drove.
> If your whiplash turns out OK, great. But, there could have been
> deaths. I think we should cut the allowable blood alcohol level to
> .04, make the first drunk driving offense without an injury or death
> a month in jail, and the second a year in jail. A serious injury on
> the first offense is a year in jail, and a death is 50 years in
> jail. The partiers will take notice, and the real drunks will find
> a different way home.
>
>
> Ken[/color]

Or driving without insurance. Some serious jail time and repairation should
be in store for this driver. Along with prison there should be some
community work involving replacement or repair of property. Civil
irresponsibilty is running amuck in this country. I wish I had some good
news for ya pal, but i'd say, hire a good lawyer and take this guy down, if
possible. We realy don't have a way to control drunk driving. Just one
drink can impare your driving and reaction time. Many people drink wine
with their meal or margaritas. As much as we would like to see some serious
penalty time on the books for drink related accidents, we would all be one
step away from prison if we drank at a meal and drove home. I've changed my
driving habits so that I am not on the road during peek hours that drunks
drive home from the bar or parties. When I do, I drive with one eye ahead
and on in the mirror.