blaine123

Have a bad week. I was sitting at red light and got hit by Front Loader CATEPILLAR Constuction Vehicle with a backhoe with a load of sand in the Front Loader. I look up in my rear view mirror and see the thing coming up on me and is not going to stop so I floor it a second too late right when his frontloader went through my rear window. If I wouldn't of saw him coming he would of ran right the Fu** over me.
Luckily I got out of the way and only substained a broken rear window, a cracked trunk, and cracked roof and rear end. No damage to the frame or anything important.

C6this

Jesus Christ You were lucky man. Good to hear you are ok, and good luck on getting the vette fixed. Hopefully you can get a good amount of money out of this from the buisnesses insurance plan and get some upgrades

heavymetals

Glad your ok.

That is scary.

briann510

So who was this a**wipe driving for? I hope the cops were called and he was given a drug/alcohol test.

Id be making sure that idiot never drove a piece of equipment again.

DoubleZ06

OUCH!!! Glad you are OK.

blaine123

He had the front loader up in the air so he said he couldn't see what was in front of him. The cops gave a ticket for not maintaining his field of visions while driving.

Bret01Z06

Time for a new vette. If the roof is crackrf I would not want the car back.

azmusclecar

Dayum, tell the guy to pick on something his own size........he should have been cited for murder cause he sure killed your car and darn near you!
Glad you are okay, that's a story that need some pics.

slong

Wow!

briann510

A ticket from the cops? Geezus, what a moron. He should have his license yanked. You hurt your neck right? RIGHT? RIGHT?.

Alot of people would retire from an accident like that....

striper

Holy cr-p! Did you need new upholstery on the driver seat, too? I know I would have to get rid of the stains. Glad you sustained as little, if you can call it that, damage. And you're okay, too, except for that neck pain mentioned before.

dcam

Good thing you punched it when you did. It sounds as if it could have been much worse.

Hatdude

Glad you're OK. I do agree with some of the others though. There's obviously something wrong with this guy. If it were me I'd get an attorney and make sure he doesn't work again... unless you count standing on the street corner holding a carboard sign working. Then again, I may be full of spite.

ZO6vettepilot

No, make the SOB work for a living to pay you for the damage. No need of the taxpayers supporting another jerk on welfare cause he "can't find a job". Just make sure he is driving a wheel barrow not heavy construction vehicles.

blaine123

Damages were actually very slight. Luckily. As I said I took off full speed right at the exact second he hit me. So he actually just gave me a big push off. So the damage was mainly to my rear window with some deep scatches on the trunk lid. Which the scratch near the window, which is the same body panel as the roof, and the ones on the trunk cracked/got punctured about a centimeter.

A couple pixs:

http://www.pix4ever.com/picture.php?...&image_id=1201

http://www.pix4ever.com/picture.php?...&image_id=1203

http://www.pix4ever.com/picture.php?...&image_id=1202
(Shows the area where the body panel which is also the same body panel of the roof got puntured.)

From the pictures you would of never thought I got hit by a front loader, since I saw it coming and tried to take off. Other wise my car would of been a big pancake.

Still waiting for the damage estimate from the body shop.

Marine

I don't get pics just grabble.
Good thing you punched it. And here I was whinning a few months ago when a pickup back into me.

Pio

Man, that sux. Glad your OK! BTW- Yellow is such a hard color to miss, that guy must've been freakin blind...

ron01z06

glad ur ok. now c6 z06 ........sue and recieve....lol....

slong

Best damn idea all day long!!!

JB666

That sucks!!!!

On a lighter note, those pictures aren't working.