We all know distracted drivers are dangerous and should be boiled in Mobil 1, but the danger became a little too personal for my wife and I yesterday. If you were on the FDR Northbound in Manhattan yesterday afternoon, my apologies but I was just a victim of stupidity.
Anyone who's ever driven the FDR knows that you can go from space shuttle speed to a complete stop in no time at all. Consequently, anyone who has more than two brain cells realizes that this is no thoroughfare on which to be f*cking around with your g*ddamn phone.
As expected, right around 96th St, traffic went from 60 mph to zero in a heartbeat. I had a safe following distance and braked while hitting the flashers. Just as I came to a stop -- big crash. I've been in a couple of on-track incidents, but boy did this hurt, and we're both stiff and sore today. Thank heavens we were in our little Toyota, and not either of our Porsches (which we NEVER drive in the city), or there might've been a murder following the accident.
The offending idiot in a Chrysler 300 rammed the back of a Hyundai, propelling the Hyundai into us. Pretty sure the Chrysler is totaled as well as the Hyundai. The idiot was OK, except for a few airbag burns. The poor guy in the middle was taken away in the ambulance with back and neck pain. We were able to drive our car home -- we'll need a new bumper cover and rear hatch.
The idiot admitted to the cop that he was trying to call his wife when he hit us.
I know I'm preaching to the choir here on this forum, but the cretins who do this, and I see them every day, should be given the same legal treatment as drunk drivers. They are equally as dangerous.
And that's all I have to say about that.
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