Of course, right after repairing the belt and putting gas in, this happens. Heading to lunch this afternoon, I was in the right lane of a 2 lane road with another car about 2 car lengths ahead in the left lane. As we come through an intersection, he decides at the last minute that he wants to pull in to the Wendy's parking lot, which is on the right. The entrance to the lot is maybe 20 yards from the crosswalk, give or take.
At this point I'm half way through the intersection doing 30-35, and he hits his brakes and turns right, directly in front of me. I somehow managed to avoid hitting him, however I destroyed the "Welcome" sign, a ~4" thick tree, and a 10' light pole before coming to rest in the drive through exit lane. Here's where things get fun: he starts slowly creeping forward (still on the road), not fast but not slowly either. I figured he was going to pull in to the next parking lot, but he kept going! I jumped out of my truck and started sprinting and yelling towards his vehicle, which at this point was probably 1.5 blocks away. He got held up at a round-about, however I still couldn't reach him.
Just then, a very nice citizen called me in to his car and we chased the guy down. He pretended to stop twice, however every time we would catch him and I got out, he would pull off. He finally circled back around to Wendy's and stopped. I graciously thanked the person who helped me, and proceeded to unleash an expletive-laced tirade towards the other driver. He was already on the phone and I could see him mouth "police", so I backed off and went inside the restaurant to wait. At one point he exited his vehicle and started inspecting mine, to which I immediately went out and unloaded on him again saying he had no business looking at my vehicle and to sit in his car until the police arrived.
Anyways, police came and took photos and statements. She did cite him for improper turn, but couldn't cite him for fleeing since his car has no damage to prove he was involved, nor are there any external cameras at the location. I'm going to canvas the area and see if ANYONE has footage of something, but I'm not hopeful.
I'm fine, my back is a little stiff from tensing up and running on hard pack snow, but most of that is lingering from a sciatica episode I had last week. The Jeep is trashed, it hit almost dead center of the bumper. The bumper bar actually sheared in the middle, that's how far back it pushed. Headlights are done, core is done, the mechanical fan and electric fan are now one unit, ha. Hopefully his insurance won't put up much fight and just cuts me a check for FMV, whatever that may be.
At this point I'm half way through the intersection doing 30-35, and he hits his brakes and turns right, directly in front of me. I somehow managed to avoid hitting him, however I destroyed the "Welcome" sign, a ~4" thick tree, and a 10' light pole before coming to rest in the drive through exit lane. Here's where things get fun: he starts slowly creeping forward (still on the road), not fast but not slowly either. I figured he was going to pull in to the next parking lot, but he kept going! I jumped out of my truck and started sprinting and yelling towards his vehicle, which at this point was probably 1.5 blocks away. He got held up at a round-about, however I still couldn't reach him.
Just then, a very nice citizen called me in to his car and we chased the guy down. He pretended to stop twice, however every time we would catch him and I got out, he would pull off. He finally circled back around to Wendy's and stopped. I graciously thanked the person who helped me, and proceeded to unleash an expletive-laced tirade towards the other driver. He was already on the phone and I could see him mouth "police", so I backed off and went inside the restaurant to wait. At one point he exited his vehicle and started inspecting mine, to which I immediately went out and unloaded on him again saying he had no business looking at my vehicle and to sit in his car until the police arrived.
Anyways, police came and took photos and statements. She did cite him for improper turn, but couldn't cite him for fleeing since his car has no damage to prove he was involved, nor are there any external cameras at the location. I'm going to canvas the area and see if ANYONE has footage of something, but I'm not hopeful.
I'm fine, my back is a little stiff from tensing up and running on hard pack snow, but most of that is lingering from a sciatica episode I had last week. The Jeep is trashed, it hit almost dead center of the bumper. The bumper bar actually sheared in the middle, that's how far back it pushed. Headlights are done, core is done, the mechanical fan and electric fan are now one unit, ha. Hopefully his insurance won't put up much fight and just cuts me a check for FMV, whatever that may be.
