Stupid Drivers! Totalled XJ

[RTicUL8]

My sister just called me and someone just totalled her XJ. She lives in Ft. Worth, TX.
She was at a stop light in the right-hand lane - waiting to go straight.
The person to the left of her decided to make a right hand turn - right in front of her. (It was a landscaper's pickup with a trailer. About 5 guys in it listening to very loud mariachi music)
They drug her vehicle around the corner and into a light pole in the 7-11 parking lot.
She said that the could not hear her honking.
It wasn't until they felt the clunk of a riding mower falling off their trailer that they finally stopped.

Bad Driver!
:twak:

 

[Yellow XJNJ]

Damn, that really sucks. Sorry to hear. But I hope your sister is ok!

 

[woody]

What Yellow sez...hope she's OK and gets a great settlement for her losses.

One less XJ out there too

I'd like to believe I'd have grabbed 4 Low and put up a struggle (drive over the trailer AND the equipment) but sometimes stuff like that happens too fast to take proper action.

 

[RTicUL8]

According to the ins. co. it's "totalled," but all that it really needs is a new front bumper, quater pannel, mirror, and paint.
Her father-in-law owns an auto body shop, so actually, she'll come out ahead.

They should yank the radio out of those guys truck though! Had it up too darn loud.

 

[Eagle]

Radio be damned -- they should yank the driver out. The loud radio explains not hearing the horn (it's probably a violation to have it too loud to hear a horn anyway), but the decibel level doesn't explain or excuse making a right turn out of the center or left lane, or cutting the turn so tight that you take out a vehicle stopped in a legitimate traffic lane without even knowing you hit something.

That sounds more to me like operating under the influence ... of something. Probably peyote.