Two pics of the car that crashed into my store last week

[flamingyouth]

Thanks, Mr. Multiple DUI offender. Great work. :banghead:

[Fenris]

1. That was one tough Mazda.

[flamingyouth]

2. Didn't even break his windshield, amazingly

They don't build them like those '88 626s anymore, apparently.

[Fenris]

5. It's no 323

[flamingyouth]

13. Why oh why couldn't it have been a Fiero?

:cry:

[Fenris]

19. Or a Pinto.

[flamingyouth]

22. That might have been worse...

:hide:

[name not needed]

29. Only if he rear-ended the store

[XboxWarrior]

72. Why?....................

did you build a store in the middle of the road?

I mean, right in that poor guys way?

[CO Liberal]

3. Was He Jailed For This???

Or is he still driving around? :shrug:

[flamingyouth]

6. He was arrested and released

Amazingly, it's a misdemeanor.

Yes, you read it here, folks, it's a misdemeanor!

[Darth_Kitten]

20. That's pathetic.

:mad:

[BrklynLiberal]

23. A misemeanor!!?? After previous DUIs?! OH, they wait until he kills

someone to put him in jail...just wonderful!! He needs to be reported to MADD or some other group that will publicize this guy BEFORE he kills someone. That is a disgrace.

[flamingyouth]

30. I agree with you totally

He could have easily killed someone - easily. It's frightening.:(

[AlienGirl]

50. Yes, a misdemeanor

Most of the cases I work with in the municipal probations office are DUIs. If they're already on probation for DUI and they get a new DUI charge, they will usually spend some time in jail. (I just had a case like that where the person got sent to jail for 30 days on a second DUI.)

Tucker

[Zomby Woof]

31. I have no doubt it is one!

When I was hit by a drunk driver downtown Seattle back in '98, she had a BAC of .23, according to the police report.

She was able to pick up her wrecked car the next day at the pound. Her name was Karen Bush, by the way... must be related.

I do not understand why WA state is so soft on drunk drivers. It is one area I subscribe to mandatory sentencing, for a long, long time. The legal limit when she hit me and my friend (his vehicle) was .10. :wtf:

I am so sorry about this Lisa. I feel like I broke my promise to you that 2005 will be better. I hope this is the worst thing that happens this year. :hug:

[flamingyouth]

38. Thanks, ZW

You know, we're doing okay. It's started to sink in now. Glad I've been paying for so much insurance all these years.

The drunk-driving threshhold now is .08 - this guy was WASTED according to the police and witnesses. He should go to jail for this - if only to teach him a lesson and get him into treatment before he kills someone... :hug:

[Zomby Woof]

45. Yep!

The lowered it to .08 just 6 weeks after I was hit. I don't think it made much of a difference.

Some people never learn their lessons. It seems there is an inversely proportionate relationship between the shamefulness of one's actions and the level of shame they feel from them.

Uncle Zomby

[Sugar Smack]

52. It seems almost impossible to me he could get away with this-

and no jail time!!!!!!!! That's obscene.

[AlienGirl]

55. He may serve time after sentencing

If this *just* happened, it will take a while to come to trial.

Tucker

[Telly Savalas]

66. Glad you've been paying insurance all these years?

You mean that Captain Asshole isn't paying for 100% of the damages? How can you be held liable for the incident? That fucker should be paying for all of it, even if he has to sell one of his kidneys to raise the money.

[AlienGirl]

51. The limit now is .08

I think Washington State is too soft on DUIs as well. Some of the police reports I've read are about people who can hardly stand up, much less drive...I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands when I'm on the road now, especially just after bar time. :scared:

Tucker

[Zomby Woof]

71. See post #45

I already knew when I was hit, that the legal limit wouldn't go up until New Year's 1999. But her BAC was .23, so I guess it was moot.

She got off easy, as all people named Bush do.

[Zuni]

63. Does he have to kill someone before they do anything?

Sometimes I wonder how many people have to die or suffer before they take certain people off the streets

[Rabrrrrrr]

73. They should have executed him on the spot

[ewagner]

4. Damn!

That's my MAZDA PROTEGE'.

Sorry that happened to you....hope they throw the book at the driver....

[flamingyouth]

8. I'd like to throw something at him

Something heavy and sharp. :grr:

[bigwillq]

7. Good grief!

Hope insurance is going to pay for all your damages.

[flamingyouth]

10. The adjuster was in today

So far, things are going okay. Looks like we'll have a new window and storefront this week. :hi:

[bigwillq]

14. That's good news anyway!

Good luck with this situation!

[RevolutionaryActs]

9. Shit! That's insane.

:o

[flamingyouth]

11. Yes. Insane is a good word for it.

:banghead:

[bigwillq]

18. There's no swearing on DU!

Shame on you!:P :spank:

[Jilly Beans]

12. Whoa! After seeing this, reall lucky no one was killed.

Have you heard anything else from his insurance? I hope it pays up. Looks like you have (had?) a really nice shop.

If I were the guy, I'd be embarassed as hell, and I'd tell my insurance to hurry up and settle, which they should, as they look back and thank the gods that no people were hurt.

:(

[flamingyouth]

21. The restaurant next door (this side of the tree) was packed

They were having a special wine dinner. It's a miracle of miracles that he hit our closed-for-the-night store and not the restaurant. He could have killed a lot of people.

He didn't do any major structural damage, other than put holes in the wall, destroy our storefront, etc. All of that is fixable, and our landlord has been great about it. They're trying to get it done this week. No business interruption yet.

[Darth_Kitten]

28. What can be done to stop a jerk like that?

Thank God nobody WAS hurt now, but what about later? I shudder to think. :(

He should never be allowed out on the road ever again. :( JMO

[AlienGirl]

53. Revoke his license and seize the car?

:shrug: I'm afraid I don't have any good ideas. Maybe if we had better public transportation idiots like this one would take the bus home after last call?

Tucker

[barb162]

61. revoking doesn't do a lot of good; I know of some alcoholics that

drive without their (revoked) licenses and they just hope they don't get caught. I know of a kid who is about 21 and he has 33 tickets

[sleipnir]

75. 33? That's nearly psychopath level.

And they lock those people up for life.

I think the same should be true with pathologic Drunk Drivers.

After your 4th DUI, you go to prison with a life sentence, no parole.

Same for psychopaths, whom science is convinced there is no cure for, as there might be for repeat DUI offenders.

These multiple offenders should be taken off the street and placed in a minimal security facility for the rest of their lives. I'm sorry, but after your third time, it's not a thing you are willing to change and those people don't belong in society any more, no matter what their sob story might be.

[barb162]

81. the kid with all the tickets...his father is a lawyer...so I suspect the

number of tickets I mentioned is heavily understated. I think the kid is a psychopath. I have personally watched him lie through his teeth every time I have ever talked to him.

I think I agree on locking people up for long terms or putting one of the ankle bracelets on them so parole people know where they are.

[Scout]

62. blind him

sounds extreme yes, but some people just will NOT stop driving drunk no matter how they are punished.

[Bok_Tukalo]

15. Well ... look on the bright side

he missed the tree.

[Darth_Kitten]

16. That's terrible on so many levels!

Thank God no one was hurt? :(

What a jerk! :mad:

Your store, what happens now? :(

[flamingyouth]

24. We fix everything and move on

We've already got the replacement fixtures on order. We carefully went through all of our inventory and have a comprehensive list. Our insurance has told us they'd cover our inventory loss, loss of business and any loss of wages.

It's been an incredible project.

This guy seriously needs to get help so he doesn't ever drive drunk again. :(

[Darth_Kitten]

33. You are handling it really well.

I'd be nuts if it happened near me. :(

So angry about drunk drivers, how SELFISH! :(

[flamingyouth]

44. I learned a while ago that flipping out doesn't really help

I can at least remain semi-calm in a crisis (emphasis on "semi" there). :hug: :)

[barb162]

58. your insurer will go after this drunk's auto carrier, right?

why should it go up on your loss record? ASk them if that is what they intend to do and try to force it if they don't want to.

[BrklynLiberal]

17. OMIGOD. Talk about a bull in a China shop!!

All that Lladro survived! That was good. Hope no one was hurt, and you had good insurance!!

[flamingyouth]

27. Yeah, we've had lots of jokes about that

Most of the Lladro survived (FWIW). Sadly, we lost some really cool art glass, one-of-a-kind stuff that was near the window. :(

[Cooley Hurd]

25. Thank heavens no one was hurt!

Hopefully, the ins companies will settle your claims soon.

Glad to hear you're okay, Lisa.:grouphug:

[flamingyouth]

32. Yeah, it was very lucky

We're all just hanging in there, working to clean it up as quickly as possible. :hug:

[Lisa]

26. evidently someone doesn't understand that a "drive-through window"

... is something totally different!

Yikes. I hope that you won't have to pay for the repairs!

(A couple down the street from me, on a T-junction, had some moron forgettig to turn and crashing into their daughter's bedroom. Luckily she was out at the time ... they later joked that from now on they won't ground her from being out too late with friends ... but it was a close one.)

[flamingyouth]

34. That is a scary story about your neighbors...

We share the roads with lunatics, truly...

[WinterStorm]

35. It looks like he hit your Swarovski Crystal n/t

[flamingyouth]

39. Pretty much most of it, yes

:(

[WinterStorm]

48. "Some of the crystal must have been limited editions"

Did the LLadro figurines fall over from the jolt? I hate drunk drivers! Sorry about the destruction that was done to your shop. :hug:

[AlienGirl]

56. Oh no!

:cry: (I love Swarovski crystal and would own some if I could.)

Tucker

[SmileyBoy]

36. Is that a fragrance store you own??

Sucks that the guy did that to you...

[flamingyouth]

41. No - it's china and crystal, mostly

Thanks. :hi:

[Ellen Forradalom]

69. Of course! The most breakable stuff on the block!

What else would he hit?

Thank God he didn't hit that restaurant next door! I shudder to think!

[babylonsister]

37. OMG! I read about this from you this a.m. (?) but pictures speak

louder! Lladro? Ouch! I hope your insurance covers this and hope the DWI gets what's coming to him. :grr: How are you, other than pissed off?

[flamingyouth]

42. Our insurance is doing a good job for us

They are actually bringing in a forensic accountant (cue CSI theme...) to sort of the loss. Ai yi yi...

[Ellen Forradalom]

70. Forensic accountant?

There's a SNL skit in there somewhere.

[ET Awful]

40. Aren't you glad he wasn't driving a Hummer?

:) You have to look at it from the proper point of view. I mean. . . he could've been driving a semi.

This looks like mostly replacing some glass and some internal fixtures. How bad was the damage after you looked at it in the light of day?

[flamingyouth]

43. YES! We were so glad he wasn't driving a Hummer

In fact, that's one of the first things we said when it was all said and done.

All in all, with damage to 10 fixtures, merchandise and the front window, it can pretty easily be replaced and/or fixed. It just will take a while. As soon as we can get our window back in, that will be really helpful, obviously...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

46. Holy shite!

:wow:

I can't believe this is only a misdemeanor, considering the guy has priors. You are so lucky you weren't in the store at the time. :hug:

[flamingyouth]

47. Yeah, we are - thanks

I expect that he'll have some kind of upcoming court appearance. I really wanted to see him, but by the time I got there, they'd carted his stupid ass off to jail... :grr:

:hug:

[AlienGirl]

49. OMG...

How awful! :-( Are you OK? And where is your store?

Tucker

[GOPisEvil]

54. Holy crap!

How that guy isn't in prison is beyond me. Sigh...he's going to kill someone...

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

57. Never mind prison, how the hell does he get to KEEP DRIVING? (nt)

[tjdee]

59. And it was Lladro! Fucker!

I'm saving me pennies for a Lladro one day...so beautiful.

I'm not sure how you jump the curb and drive into the glass window of a store (haven't read the whole thread, missed the other one, if there was one)...but dang.

[roguevalley]

60. hardly a dent. But I hear when you're drunk, you're spared.

Sorry, honey. I am sorry for your mess. DUI dorks need flogged.

[icymist]

64. I'm glad you're alright and nobody was hurt.

This state is way overdue in toughing lax DUI laws. Do you remember that flap last week on 710KIRO about that woman who went to jail for three days because her(gentile lab)dog ran through the neighborhood while that supreme court justice (WA state) got absolutely no jail time for DUI? It seems that our 'blind' system of justice has it's scale tipped. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not excusing the dog running through the neighborhood, but, which would you like seeing coming to wards you? A dog caring a stick that wants to play 'fetch' or a SUV being driven by a drunkard?

[Dancing_Dave]

65. Definately put this on HIS insurance not yours!

There's no reason for YOUR insurance premiums to go up after this...but that could easily happen unless you go after his Liability insurance for all it's worth. Your insurance agent can try to be cool and understanding...unfortunately, your insurance agent doesn't make up the formulas that can be used to determine your insurance rates in the future.

We're all going to be facing some pretty harsh economic conditions in the next few years, and I sure don't want any thing else added on to your burden. :pals:

[flamingyouth]

77. Oh, it's on his insurance all right

He's barely covered, as mandated by state law. So our insurance co. will have to sue his insurance, and around and around. Oh, the fun. :crazy:

[Ellen Forradalom]

67. Holy mother fuck!

That's just crazy!

[DS1]

68. *shudder*

:hug:

[WMliberal]

74. any chance you can sweep up, bag, and empty the glass in his yard?

:evilgrin:

Or maybe print up a flyer and slip in in all of his neighbors' mailboxes and warm them that he's a repeat drunk driver and to be careful to not let their kids out at night, etc.
Remember, it's only libel if it ain't true.

[Pithlet]

76. Oh, man.

I'm glad no one was hurt, but that sucks. I also can't believe he's not in jail. :hug:

My step mother would be horrified at these pics. She collects Lladro. After the initial shock and sympathy for you, I thought of her.

[LoZoccolo]

78. Wow.

I wonder how the light on the overhang, the one on the left, ended up getting cracked. You know?

[fudge stripe cookays]

79. Gah!

This is the first I heard!

So sorry honey! Glad the insurance will take care of the heavy stuff. Sorry for all the nightmarish round and round.

And thank GOODNESS he didn't hit the restaurant!

FSC

[shesemsmom]

80. It's amazing

how stupid people can be