road rage, a story from one of our customers Options

[EdwardBlume]

Tough and incredible story from a guy that's obviously lost a lot.

I'm looking forward to seeing pictures and hearing more about this.

R

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

to my friends,

Here is a page I created today to show the damages to my Porsche. Please try to imagine where the truck is in these pictures. you can clearly see the tire marks as he was trying to climb over me.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the first point of impact is on the back drivers side fender behind the rear tire. You can clearly see where the tire lug nuts from the truck first struck my vehicle. the lug nuts (kinda like the spikes in the Ben Hur movie on the chariots) was sawing its' way through my bumper and then sliced up my rear tire. This was a classic 'pit maneauver' as used by the police to cause the car to go out of control. However, the police immediately slow down allowing the car to spin to the left in front them. In my case, my car, as its' tire was blown swearved into his path. You can see on the drivers side where his tire tried to crush the front of the car. I guess I instictively cut the wheel to the right causing my car to continue going further into his path. That was when his tire started crushing my door hinge and then the center of my door. By that time, the truck driver gave it full throttle as I could hear that incredibly loud roar and I could feel the thrust as it slammed me and then pushed me sideways down the road. I was trying everything to get away from him and even had enough time to say an "Act of Contribution" ( I am catholic ) figuring I was about to die.

Luckily my quick reflexes allowed me think and I gave it full throttle and cut the wheels to the right. That caused the back tires to lose its' grip on the road and the front tires grabbed causing the car to spin to the left of the truck. Only AFTER I got away from the front of the truck did he try to stop. the marks in the grass where I spun in the median came BEFORE his 100 foot skid mark. He then gave it full throttle and took off, stopping about .7 miles down the road.

sorry to those with slow dialup. I created this image as a slideshow and it is about 4.7 meg. Once it loads, just wait and the picture will change giving about 6 seconds per photo. It will continue to cycle through about 20 photos. It only takes a couple of minutes.

thanks for being my friend.


http://www.bloisetek.com/Porsche/index.php

bob

[Root_Werks]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Wow!.........just wow. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[1970 Neun vierzehn]

Observations:
George, if Bob isn't a member here, encourage him to join us.

Without addressing insurance limits that Bob might have, I'd think that what looks to be a very nice 914 could be saved.

I hope that the low-life that perpetrated this can be caught; does Bob or the authorities have any hope of catching this scum?

Finally, given what coulda happened, Bob, you are one fortunate guy. Fix your 914 and immerse yourself in our shared mutual madness.

Paul

[turnaround89]

Thank God your alright man!!!!!!!

WHAT AN F%$#ING D BAG, who does that, ill try to scare this guy, ooops i hit him, guess i went a little to far. this is totally uncalled for out on the road. Big vehicles think they own the road, I hope you find who did this and can get all damages paid for.

The car does look saveable, it has the sentimental value, if it means that much to you, fix it up and keep enjoying a great car!!!!

[ws91420]

I'm sorry but is has to be said "Did anyone get the number of that truck?"

[So.Cal.914]

Observations:
George, if Bob isn't a member here, encourage him to join us.

Without addressing insurance limits that Bob might have, I'd think that what looks to be a very nice 914 could be saved.

I hope that the low-life that perpetrated this can be caught; does Bob or the authorities have any hope of catching this scum?

Finally, given what coulda happened, Bob, you are one fortunate guy. Fix your 914 and immerse yourself in our shared mutual madness.

Paul

Geeze Us George, your friend is part Feline (9 lives). Bob's screen name could be 'RoadKill':

[Tom]

WOW! that is extreme. I sure hope the police get that guy soon and put him where he belongs.
Glad to hear you are OK. Fix the car. Then this will be another story behind this car.
By the way, that is a good looking car, you gotta fix it.
Tom

[scotty]

WOW! that is extreme. I sure hope the police get that guy soon and put him where he belongs.
Glad to hear you are OK. Fix the car. Then this will be another story behind this car.
By the way, that is a good looking car, you gotta fix it.
Tom

You said it, Tom.

That HAS to be meth related...I hope they catch that guy and put him away for a looong time. that's the type of thing that he'll brag about to someone somewhere who'll talk.

[BMXerror]

That ass needs to be charged with attempted murder and butt raped for the next 20-to-life! Glad Bob is okay. The scary part is, even in hind sight, there isn't really a damn thing you can do in that situation. Lucky man, for sure.
Silver lining: The 914 does look fixable, though. Maybe we should pitch in to make that happen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Mark D.

[championgt1]

Catch the guy and put him in front of a firing squad!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

[Rick_Eberle]

Scary stuff... glad to hear that you're OK.

This vid was made by a news crew doing a story about - of all things - dangerous truck drivers.

YouTube clip

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[Dave_Darling]

Amazing... I'm quite surprised by how relatively little damage there is to the car from all of that abuse. I would have thought it would be a lot more mangled than that.

--DD

[kerensky]

Oh. My. Gawd. More respect for our 914s - I'm always amazed at how well they stand up to this sort of thing.

George, tell Bob to get on here. There are a lot of talented people who would probably insist on helping him resurrect this precious part of his life. I know if a meteor crashed thru my garage and took out my 'teener, I'd do anything to fix it.

If we find this truck driver, I have relatives in GA who are in construction. I say he ends up in a floor slab.

As for crash safety, check out this poor Audi TT. Amazingly the guy was barely injured...

Story

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/03/19/video-a...andwiched-by-r/

Video

[url]http://break.com/index/truck-smashes-into-other-cars.html [/url]

[orange914]

my heart goes ut for you, keep us posted

mike

[dw914er]

Amazing... I'm quite surprised by how relatively little damage there is to the car from all of that abuse. I would have thought it would be a lot more mangled than that.

--DD

yea, looks savable!!! YAY!!!!

glad he's ok, and george, get his butt on here. He'll find some help to fix back his car, and hunt down the truck driver.

[Spoke]

Thank god you're still here. Any number of really bad things could have happened including your car rolling or even being run over by the truck since it's so low to the ground.

This guy's genes need to be pulled out of the human gene pool NOW.

[toon1]

Glad you're Ok, what a terrifying ordeal.

Did the police ever catch the guy? One would think that is attempted murder!!??

[scotty b]

Glad you're Ok, what a terrifying ordeal.

Did the police ever catch the guy? One would think that is attempted murder!!??

Attempted murder charge or not, In Va., had Bob been carrying a pistol he could have opend fire on the driver and it would have been justifiable homicide. Not to mention a benfit to humanity. Clearly he was in fear fr his life. Fortunately he and the car are ( relatively ) O.K. Yes that car can definitely be saved (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) I do however think his "conspiracy " theory is a bit of a stretch

[sww914]

I had a similar weird experience with a trucker but with a different conclusion.
I was pulling my racecar up the north side of The Grapevine towards Willow Springs Raceway. There was a truck with a semi-trailer in the middle of a line of trucks with trailers going 35 up the hill. I moved to the left lane to pass as my Dually with a built big block can go 75 up one side of The Grapevine and 75 down the other side, no problem. I used my turn signals, merged gently to the L Lane (2 lanes per side through there) and as I was passing the line of semis the trucker abruptly swerved into my path, so violently that his trailer swung out and nicked the center divider. I slowed way down to avoid his idiocy and he merged back into the same spot that he had been in before. I waited until we got to a steeper part of the hill, backed off and got it back up to 75 (the trucks were going like 25 or 30) and blew past the line of them. When I got up next to the maniac he blew his horn and swerved into my lane again as I was right next to him. I swerved as far left as I could until my trailer tires rubbed the center divider and I just managed to slip past him before he clipped my trailer. He sped up as we reached the next slight downhill section to try to catch me but I ran it up to 90-95 and he couldn't keep up.
I called the dipshits at the CHP and they were less than helpful, as usual. They only want to deal with easy stuff, the lazy bastards.
We escaped unscathed but with yet another unbelievable story to tell.
I need to write down all the crazy shit that has happened to me before I get too old and forget who I am and where I live and how to control my bodily functions.