Other than waiting for Des to get back to me about
using her art on the bonnet of my Urban Assault
Vehicle (UAV), events have occurred that have bought
her some more time. Probably going to leave me out of
pocket too for good measure. :-(
Bit off topic here, so you can skip this message if
you are in a hurry, but since the group was quiet,
thought I'd post and vent my spleen!
I was driving the ol' UAV across the bay over a huge
bridge called the West Gate when a drunk, unlicensed
(previously cancelled for drink driving) driver in a
stolen car (also wanted by police for previous thefts)
with no insurance (obviously), dozed off at the wheel,
collided with the guard rails. Unfortunately he then
bounced off the guard rails into the rear door behind
the drivers door of my UAV. His car hit me so hard it
spun the UAV around over 180o in the middle of this
four lane (each way) bridge. The UAV stopped against
a guard rail (good that they are strong, DAMN high
when the stack happened) and his car stopped across
two lanes in the middle of the road.
Boys in blue took him away and I was able to drive
home after changing a burst tyre. Fortunately no
other cars were envolved and I was not injured. The
idiot who hit me is being held in custody and
appearing in court on the 14th of this month, then
again on the 21st for his previous offences.
My insurance only covers damage caused, not damage
received, but because the have an "uninsured claim
system", I may get some money and they can hopefully
fix my truck. I was just SOOOOO mad!!! Mega shot of
adrenaline too!
Sorry for the tirade, but I feel better now that it
out...
I'll still be ordering Jim's compilation CD when he
relases it though! :-)
Ride free, citizens. May you have your OWN road
space.
Scrapper, Black Dragon, stuck at walking pace... :-(
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Received on Sun Feb 10 2002 - 19:34:16 CST