:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:OK. so yesterday I was on my way to work (with my dog) and A FedEx Truck hit me, not I hit him or we hit each other, HE HIT ME! I am very pissed. I had turned onto the main road (and thankfully had not reached top speed of 45mph yet), when all of the sudden the F**KING fedex driver blew threw a stop sign and tried to cross the road. I saw him, slammed on my breaks, and swerved to try to avoid t-boning him and seriously injuring myself and my dog. HE hit the drivers side fender of my jeep with the front of his truck. It smashed in my fender so badly that it messed up the drivers side suspension and i think there is even going to be some damage to the suspension on the passengers side. The fender pushed the grill sideways into the other fender the radiator is completely destroyed, the hood is crushed and ripped off of the hinge. ahd he ripped the mirror off of the bracket and it flew 20' down the road. luckilly i had a witness from another vehicle that saw the whole thing and gave a statement to the police. the fedex driver told the police office that I F**KING HIT HIM!!! there is absolutely NO front end damage to my jeep (other than the damage from everything shifting sideways) so unless I drive sideways i could not have hit him. The fact of the matter is that i had the right of way. it was a main road and i did not have a stop sigh, he did, but he chose not to stop. anyway the fedex driver got a ticket for failure to stop, but the officer thinks the driver will fight it. fortunately the driver probably won't win because there was an eyewitness and the damage speaks for itself. oh, btw the damage on his truck is very minimal and is ONLY on the front end, further proving he hit me. the problem now is that i am kind of with out a reliable vehicle, probabl yofr at least a month. I have a driveable CJ7 but it is 26 years old and has a lot of miles, plus it is not built to be a daily driver. so i sit here now with my neck hurting, semi vehicleless, 3 weeks before christmas. Yes i have insurance, full coverage (except for rental car). Pretty much fedex is going to have to take care of this b/c he was a careless driver and now my jeep is messed up. Unfortunately i think we are going to have to go to court, which i dont want. As of right now i am waiting ot hear if it is considered totalled or not. It is a 2005 X 4.0 Auto with 60,192 Miles on it as of collision. Cost including tax and interest is about $29,000 (ball parking high). I have paid $11,955.20 as of November 27th, trade in value is about $9500 in good condition. I'm trying to figure out if they are going to toatl it or not. It is going to need at least a new radiator, 2 new fenders, a new hood, new cowell, drivers side suspension, plus what ever was destroyed under the hood. If it is fixed i run the risk of problems down the road and if i ever go to sell it or trade it in this accident will loom over my head and i wont be able to get a fair price for it. If it is deemed totalled the insurance company is not going to give me back what is owedon the vehicle so i will have to fight fedex for it. also i love the tj and dont really want to have to get a new JK.
has any one been through this? what did you do or what was the outcome? any opinions, input, suggestions, stories, etc. would be helpful and grately appreciated.
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has any one been through this? what did you do or what was the outcome? any opinions, input, suggestions, stories, etc. would be helpful and grately appreciated.
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