Feb 13 2008
Drivers Part 2
**Updated: He’s fine. It’s not so much the headlight as the turn signal. The guy was apparently turning left (coming from the west) into the northbound lane. Shortman was turning right into the northbound lane. There’s a left-turn signal there, and the guy must have come through as it turned red and Shortman had the green. Shortman was lucky because he was stopped, so hadn’t had much time to get any speed up.
It’s probably, as some of you have said, a good thing because it was a first accident that didn’t have bad ramifications (i.e. injuries, bad damage) - and it will make Shortman more aware of his surroundings and the other idiots on the road.
Believe me, he’s a beginning driver in all of his glory. He doesn’t have the experience to know that people turn left after traffic is clear, even if the light is red. He knows now. (grin)
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Someone ran a red light this morning and hit Shortman (who was driving the tank of a 1995 pickup thank the lawd). The asshole didn’t stop. So far, all I know is what Mr. Hot told me when he called this morning, because Shortman isn’t home from school yet, but it all boils down to:
“He’s not hurt”
and
“A broken headlight”
Of course it kills me that when Shortman called his Dad, he was crying. Because, Oh Mah Holy Hell people, he’s only been driving alone since October 17th. And it’s the first time he’s been in an accident. And it wasn’t his fault and the Fuckhead who hit him took off and didn’t even stop to see if my baby boy was okay. And I wasn’t there to comfort him myself.
He couldn’t get the plate number before the Fuckhead ran.
Seeing as I got rear-ended last week by some flippin’ idiot myself, who had NO insurance, (yes, comments were heavily skewed to “Hot, you should have called the police.”) I feel quite qualified to say this:
Damn it people! Get off the phones, open your eyes and pay attention to what you’re doing or stay the hell away from me and my family while you’re behind the wheel of a 2000 pound weapon. If you don’t, I reserve the right to grab you by the hair/collar/nostrils, throw you to the fucking ground, and shove my boot up your ass so far that the pointy toes on my boot will be poking out of your nose.
—- Now while I try to calm down some more, take a look at this face and tell me you wouldn’t get your boots dirty if he was yours. And…sigh…yes, I used up my quota again. —-
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Damn, girl, that’s some bad karma. I’m saying you need a vacation in a warmer clime.
Now does that boy want a girlfriend? I know a certain 17 year old who’d eat him up. Um…not literally. at least i don’t think…
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I am so glad he’s OK….! But boy that makes me mad - drivers who don’t even stop. Grrr!
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Oh, that’s awful! So glad he’s not hurt!
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Hmmm…maybe you should consider public transportation for a week or so…just until this run of luck is over.
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Oh, no! I’m so glad he is okay. Someone rear-ended me last week, too, although he was a nice guy and not on a cellphone and really, it was sort of an unavoidable thing. But I tell this to Karma, who likes threes: Hot, Shortman, and Barbra getting hit make three! Now Stop!!
And he is really a cutie. Great photo.
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I can not show Miss Chica that picture or she will be drooling for days! I would never hear the end of it! Especially if I told her he played WoW, she would be grilling me for serious details!
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Oh Ree, what a precious, precious boy. I’d get more than mah boots dirty fer him. Poor Shortman. Give him a hug for me. BTW, you should still call police for this one too.
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Looks like driving in Michigan is not for sissies.
I’m glad Shortman is not injured, but a few days from now, he may develop soreness.
I hope that this does not reflect badly on his driving record.
I know someone who could maybe cause warts to grow on the offender’s face. If you’re vengefully angry, that is.
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Glad to hear no one was injured, but even the fender benders can be scary. I thought I was going to die last night on a MI freeway when a semi passed me and I was in a total white out for 15 seconds. What is with some drivers? Don’t they know how their actions effect others? Endless dealings with jerks like your son encountered promted me to write this lengthy list: http://www.teriana.com/2008/02/rules-of-road.html
Golly- look at that smile…
You go with the protectiveness, mama bear! Call me if you need somebody to hold the offender down while you attack. I’m there for ya!
Oh Hot, I’m so glad he’s ok. A traumatic experience no doubt, but a learning one as well. Nothing opens your eyes faster then seeing firsthand how fast an accident can happen. Hopefully this will be the end of the bad luck with drivers. Or maybe Mr Hot can just stay at home for a while?
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At least he’s OK. And the twunt who drove off deserves everything coming to him.
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Holy hell, I do not blame you for the rampage…Rampage away!!! That is absolutely not acceptable. Hit and runners are amongst the most disgusting people around. Accidents happen, but when you do that you make a choice to be a dickhead. I’m glad Shortman is okay though.
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Glad he is okay, but MAN! I would definitely be mad at the other driver.
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I guess you can’t make kids where crash helmets while driving, right?
I’m just glad this story (and that beautiful boy in the picture) has a good ending.
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I hope you called the police and reported it as a hit-and-run - - and in my experience (yes, it’s happened to me, too . . . *sigh* ) many insurance companies want a police report for claims.
I’m glad he’s okay - - and he looks like a real sweetheart! If I were about 40 years younger . . .
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Hey I hereby officially give you free license to abuse the f-bomb all you want in special circumstances with NO DAILY LIMITS. And I am sure asshole goes through that intersection on a daily basis. It wouldn’t be any problem to sit there some morning waiting for him. I would swear before any judge in the land that “I didn’t see a thing your honor… my friend Ree wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
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Glad he wasn’t at fault and that he wasn’t hurt. He sure is a cute sucker!!
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Poor Shortman! The crying kills me. Hope it’s not too expensive to repair.
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I’m so glad he’s okay!
And, I know I’ve told you this before, but he’s a cutie. I have a 9 y.o. I’d like to introduce to him in about 12 years. They’d make a gorgeous couple.
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Smootches babe. Said it all in my Twitter to you.
Looks like Moo will be checking out Shortman again tonight. She thinks he is hawt….
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I’m glad he’s not hurt. Indeed, he’ll be aware of peoplr blowing lights at the last second now.
Cute kid there!
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Dude, I would be in jail by now myself. Fucktards.
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OMGracious!!!! I am so thankful that he is okay and that all that was damaged was the truck.
What kind of a-hole doesn’t stop when they slam into someone?!?!?! Does the intersection have a camera? (alot of ours do) Maybe you could find out from a tape who the hell it was (then go put your pointy toed boot up their ass!!!!!)
Seriously. What a freakin’ dill-hole!
What is it with people not taking responsibility for the accidents they cause? Glad Shortman isn’t hurt though.
Also, can I have a crush on you? People driving and talking on cel phones is one of my pet peeves.
Oh, shoot, now I’M crying! Your son is absolutely beautiful.
I’m so sorry it’s been vehicularly crappy lately!
I’m so glad he’s ok.
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What a high school hottie! (I mean that in a completely platonic, High School musical kind of way). Sorry he had an accident, glad to know he’s okay.
I’m glad he learned (albeit the hard way) how to drive more defensively. Poor kid…
He is a cutie though.
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Glad he’s OK!
And by the way, when I was 15 still and only had my learner’s permit, I drove through a fence! A FENCE! Into someone’s yard! Like they were in their house eating breakfast!
It was slick and I overcompensated on the “turn the wheel the other way when fishtailing” thing.
And I swear, I am a good driver. Just wasn’t when I was 15. And driving a Ford Grand Torino (Starsky & Hutch car)
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Ok Ree, send that boy to Australia post haste where he will never have to drive in snow ever again and I have two hot little 13 year olds who would be delighted to show him the sights….:)
So glad Shortman is ok and that made me well up when you said he cried on the phone to Mr Hot.
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he’s so cute, I hope alex is a dark haired version of him.
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Thankfully he’s okay and, yes, the first accident is traumatic but it is all life lessons, right? And honestly, I’d rather have my kid learn how to drive in the winter in the snow - it makes for better drivers, IMO. (Just don’t tell anyone that in Boston - all the drivers there would piss me off).
And boots dirty - girl, muck it up - take that stiletto and put it strategically against that driver. It would make that driver think before running another red light ever again.
Fabu pic of Shortman!
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