Posted by Goose on August 01, 2011 at 20:05:30 from (173.190.237.126):
In Reply to: What the heck??????? posted by Goose on August 01, 2011 at 16:54:51:
Nobody was hurt, about six vehicles involved. One burnt. My car got the right front fender bent, right front tire busted and wheel bent, and the driver's side mirror.
I was eastbound near Emerald, cruise set on 75, (the speed limit), where the road curves a bit and approaches a bridge. I was in some traffic, and I'd checked my mirrors to see where the other traffic was. When I focused to the front again, there were about five vehicles already stopped, or stopping across both traffic lanes on the bridge. One was a State of Nebraska Motorist Assist mini van.
To those outside of Nebraska, the State supplies a bunch of Motorist Assist mini vans, manned by retired volunteers, to cruise the Interstate and assist anyone who needs help.
From what others said at the scene, and from replaying it in my mind today, here's what I think happened.
A car was stalled against the right hand railing on the bridge. The driver of the Motorist Assist van stopped the van in the right hand driving lane, got out, and attempted to wave all the traffic over to the passing lane. It's a wonder someone didn't nail him. There was just too much traffic, moving too fast, to instantly funnel into one lane.
When I came sailing into the mess with my ABS locked up, a Wisconsin car that had just passed me and a 2011 Prius were in front of me and stopped with about a five foot gap between them. I couldn't stop, so I aimed for the gap between them rather then make a solid hit on either one. I took the Prius on the left rear corner with my right front, and the passenger mirror on the Wisconsin car got my left side mirror.
The only damage to the Wisconsin car was paint scratched on the side mirror. The Prius got mostly the rear bumper cover torn up and the left rear tire flattened.
On my car, the RF fender is bent, RF tire and wheel busted, the RF wheel pushed back an inch or two, and the drivers side mirror busted. I put the donut spare on and drove it home.
Don't know yet how the insurance companies will sort it out. I thought it was kind of a boneheaded decision for the driver of the Motoist Assist van to stop in a traffic lane on a 75 mph Interstate. Maybe the state will get stuck for the whole bill.
Then, a Nebraska State Trooper told the driver of the Prius and I that if we got our spare tires and jacks out, someone would change the tires. Nobody showed up, so I started changing the tire myself. About then, a member of the Malcolm rescue unit walked up and said he'd change my tire for $40. He was lucky he didn't get belted with the jack handle.
Anyhow, no one was injured, and cars can be fixed and replaced. It will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.
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