Sparky-Watts
Banned
Yeah, that's right....I took on a VW Bug yesterday at work and lost. I was blowing out an irrigation system at an upscale neighborhood in NE Wichita. I had to back the compressor into the drive so that the hose would reach the blow-out connection. (We use those big industrial compressors that you always see hanging from cranes at construction sites). The lady there wanted to back her car out, so I asked if she had enough room. She said she did, that she would pull forward a bit, then back out around the compressor and my van. After saying that, she immediately put the car in reverse and dang near rammed the compressor. She stopped just in time, put it in drive, and pulled forward. Thinking that she couldn't see the compressor, I decided to stand by the rear corner of it so that she would know not to drive that close....MISTAKE!!! She had pulled forward and given herself 3 or 4 feet of room to clear the compressor, me, and the van. Then she hit reverse and backed up directly at me. I didn't have time to get out of the way, and she pinned me between the car and the compressor. Her front tire rolled up my foot and halfway up my leg towards my knee, rolling my foot over to the inside in the process. Her side rearview mirror on the passenger side hit me in the pelvis, and finally broke off the car as it drove deeper and deeper into the soft tissue of my belly! She hit the brakes when she heard her mirror break off, and realizing she had hit me, she put the car in park.....with the tire still 6" off the ground up the side of my leg. I was pinned and couldn't move, stuck in a nearly vertical position, praying that my leg didn't break under the strain. I started beating on the roof and motioning for her to pull forward (thank God she went forward instead of further back). After she moved forward enough, I immediately fell to the ground in agony. I called a co-worker that was just a few houses down, and he took me to the ER. I didn't break anything (unbelievable) and though I had a lot of pain in my belly from the mirror and being squished flat against the compressor, I didnt' have any internal injuries, either. I've got a bad sprain in my ankle, and a lot of bruising and soreness elsewhere, but I lived to fight another day. Sunshine and I got home from the ER around 8pm last night (the accident happened at 2pm). The hospital doesn't supply crutches, only phamacies, but they were all closed. My brother came over and helped Sunshine carry me into bed, and this morning I've been wheeling around the house in my swivel office chair.
I'm glad of 3 things:
VW's suck!
I'm glad of 3 things:
- Two weeks ago, I had just bought a new pair of boots with steel toes, otherwise, my toes would be pancakes. I've never owned steel toed boots before.
- It was winter, and I was wearing several layers of very thick clothing, which added padding to keep me from getting more serious injuries.
- This lady chose to drive a VW Bug, rather than the more common Caddy's or Lincoln's that you see in that neighborhood. Had it been a big ol' Caddy, I most likely would have been injured far worse!
VW's suck!
