At 10:46 AM 10/28/2002 -0800, Dana Muise wrote:
>The restoration of my '59 is going to take longer now. On Sautrday some 18
>year old kid, driving 80 mph+ in a hopped up Honda lost control on highway
>101 and fish tailed into my truck. 2002 Honda Prelude v.s 1959 Chevy
>Apache... no contest. Although my front fender is totally crushed, that
>honda bounced off me like a rubber ball. He was okay, but the CHP were
>amazed to see a bent fender on my truck while the Honda was a pile of
>twisted wreckage. Driving a classic truck is like driving a Sherman tank,
>but I only have lap belts. Had I hit the imbankment I would have been
>severly injured (that's if the lab belts actually held me in place). If I
>get an insurance claim form this I'm getting Sholder belts installed.
>-Wach out for the kids & their hot rods. (I sound like my father)
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Just curious, as all states have different laws, why wouldn't you get a
settlement? Here, everyone is required to have insurance now and have proof
of it with them. Of course that still doesn't mean everyone does, but it
sure helps.
Hope it works out,
Bill
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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