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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1199298" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>Very gripping story. Good for you. I wish more people were like you. Listen to this:</p><p></p><p>In 1980, I was transferred to Denver. I had a 1977 chevy van. I was driving home from the Park and Ride in Lakewood. All of a sudden, I hear a loud ungodly crash into the side of my van. I stopped. I was going maybe 40 miles per hour in a 45 mph speed area. The cause was a 15 year old boy who was coming down a steep hill on a bicycle in east Denver where the foothills are. He slammed into the side of my Van and was knocked unconsious. I had moved 37 feet from the point of impact. No cell phones but somehow the Lakewood police arrived in 15 minutes. There was 20 people standing around. Before I could offer any story, a woman was giving the officer an account that absolutely dumb-founded me. She made it sound like I was deliberately out to run over this teenager on a bicycle. That was followed by several other women confirming her story. Then, a male truck driver who was directly behind me stepped up to the officer. He explained in a very clear non-emotional voice exactly what happened. He said the boy was coming down a hill on his bicyle and simply slammed into the side of that man's van. He said the man stopped in shorter distance than I would have expected. The officer took a tape and the trucker helped him measure the distance. The officer walked over to me and gave me a summons (I don't remember what it was) to appear at the Lakewood Police Department the next day.</p><p></p><p>I appeared scared to death. I was 30 years old and knew this was the end. The officer sat down with me and we drew up a pictorial of what happened. He said you are free to go but I would advise you to get a lawyer because the family of the teenager may want to sue you. He said contact me if you need to, it was obvious that you could not avoid that event.</p><p></p><p>Do you know, till this day, I have never been involved in an auto accident or made a claim aginst my auto insurance.</p><p></p><p>I will never erase the mental image of about 5 women running to that officer to tell him an absolute lie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1199298, member: 17767"] Very gripping story. Good for you. I wish more people were like you. Listen to this: In 1980, I was transferred to Denver. I had a 1977 chevy van. I was driving home from the Park and Ride in Lakewood. All of a sudden, I hear a loud ungodly crash into the side of my van. I stopped. I was going maybe 40 miles per hour in a 45 mph speed area. The cause was a 15 year old boy who was coming down a steep hill on a bicycle in east Denver where the foothills are. He slammed into the side of my Van and was knocked unconsious. I had moved 37 feet from the point of impact. No cell phones but somehow the Lakewood police arrived in 15 minutes. There was 20 people standing around. Before I could offer any story, a woman was giving the officer an account that absolutely dumb-founded me. She made it sound like I was deliberately out to run over this teenager on a bicycle. That was followed by several other women confirming her story. Then, a male truck driver who was directly behind me stepped up to the officer. He explained in a very clear non-emotional voice exactly what happened. He said the boy was coming down a hill on his bicyle and simply slammed into the side of that man's van. He said the man stopped in shorter distance than I would have expected. The officer took a tape and the trucker helped him measure the distance. The officer walked over to me and gave me a summons (I don't remember what it was) to appear at the Lakewood Police Department the next day. I appeared scared to death. I was 30 years old and knew this was the end. The officer sat down with me and we drew up a pictorial of what happened. He said you are free to go but I would advise you to get a lawyer because the family of the teenager may want to sue you. He said contact me if you need to, it was obvious that you could not avoid that event. Do you know, till this day, I have never been involved in an auto accident or made a claim aginst my auto insurance. I will never erase the mental image of about 5 women running to that officer to tell him an absolute lie. [/QUOTE]
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