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So my hunting trip was a bust. I rented a car and went off for a hunting trip last Saturday. I had a good time Saturday night in a bar loaded with coolege kids. Then after recuperating on Sunday, I went hunting on Monday. I saw deer, one large buck 10 or 12 pointer but that was at 5AM in the dark crossing a road, and many does. No shots at any bucks though, but I did have two grunting at me simultaneously. One sounded as if it was over my left shoulder in my ear, but I could not find it. Oh well, next time.
On the way home I tried to avoid traffic by taking an alternate route and I wound up driving off the side of a mountain with my rental car - literally. Lucky for me the car stopped just about 15 or 20 feet off the roadway at about a 45 degree angle on the slope - right passenger side facing downhill, and luckily I did not hit the boulder I was heading for with more than a glancing blow. Guys from the car behind me helped me out.
It was raining out, but I could not figure why my car went off road as if I had hit a patch of ice. I was fine on all the curves on this particular road, and I knew enough to be driving very slow on this one road in the rain. I was only going about 15 to 20 mph at the time, lucky for me otherwise I would have wound up in the hospital.
When Fire Department showed up I learned there had been a Diesel Oil Spill there earlier in the day, and that the particular curve I went off claims at least 70 vehicles per year. I guess the rain and the left over diesel fuel oil made it as bad or worse than ice. The thing is that the responders earlier in the day did not sand the roadway. Man it was scary, first seeing a big boulder directly in front of me, then hitting it with just a glancing blow, then seeing or imagining me going down a 45 degree slope side over side. Lucky for me I had been going so slow on this serpentine road in the rain or I would have been in big trouble. I usdually don't brake on turns in the rain, but this road required frequent braking on turns as there were so many of them. I am guessing I applied the brakes right on that oily spot. Man it was slicker than Slick Willie.
Of course the really scary thing was seeing the tow truck driver trying to get it back on the roadway and his literally ripping off the left side of the bumper cover, smashing the fog light, cracking the w/w resevoir and denting the fender. Now I imagine, as the rental company and the insurance comapny will see it, I will be responsible for the damage he did!
As it is I will enjoy Thanksgiving today more so than usaual since I am ok, then tomorrow I'll worry about my insurance rates going up because here in NYS my personal auto insurance is responsible for such things even though it was a rental vehicle. I can't wait to see how much my rates go up because of this. Hopefull the police report wiull indicate the oil spill on the road from earlier in the day, and will also indicate minimal damage due to the accident and lots of damage due to the tow truck (no wonder they call them wreckers).
I hope all of you will have as Happy a Thanksgiving as I plan to have.
On the way home I tried to avoid traffic by taking an alternate route and I wound up driving off the side of a mountain with my rental car - literally. Lucky for me the car stopped just about 15 or 20 feet off the roadway at about a 45 degree angle on the slope - right passenger side facing downhill, and luckily I did not hit the boulder I was heading for with more than a glancing blow. Guys from the car behind me helped me out.
It was raining out, but I could not figure why my car went off road as if I had hit a patch of ice. I was fine on all the curves on this particular road, and I knew enough to be driving very slow on this one road in the rain. I was only going about 15 to 20 mph at the time, lucky for me otherwise I would have wound up in the hospital.
When Fire Department showed up I learned there had been a Diesel Oil Spill there earlier in the day, and that the particular curve I went off claims at least 70 vehicles per year. I guess the rain and the left over diesel fuel oil made it as bad or worse than ice. The thing is that the responders earlier in the day did not sand the roadway. Man it was scary, first seeing a big boulder directly in front of me, then hitting it with just a glancing blow, then seeing or imagining me going down a 45 degree slope side over side. Lucky for me I had been going so slow on this serpentine road in the rain or I would have been in big trouble. I usdually don't brake on turns in the rain, but this road required frequent braking on turns as there were so many of them. I am guessing I applied the brakes right on that oily spot. Man it was slicker than Slick Willie.
Of course the really scary thing was seeing the tow truck driver trying to get it back on the roadway and his literally ripping off the left side of the bumper cover, smashing the fog light, cracking the w/w resevoir and denting the fender. Now I imagine, as the rental company and the insurance comapny will see it, I will be responsible for the damage he did!
As it is I will enjoy Thanksgiving today more so than usaual since I am ok, then tomorrow I'll worry about my insurance rates going up because here in NYS my personal auto insurance is responsible for such things even though it was a rental vehicle. I can't wait to see how much my rates go up because of this. Hopefull the police report wiull indicate the oil spill on the road from earlier in the day, and will also indicate minimal damage due to the accident and lots of damage due to the tow truck (no wonder they call them wreckers).
I hope all of you will have as Happy a Thanksgiving as I plan to have.