People Suck (At Driving)

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
10/12/2019 at 19:37 • Filed to: None

We were in La Conner today with PNW Oppo and had just finished lunch and were heading back to the parking lot when my Dad, who attended the Oppo drive today in his Corvette and had beaten me to the lot told me someone had hit my Fiesta.

Naturally, I feared the worst. Then, as I approached the parking lot, I could see the vehicle in question was a gold Toyota sienna with handicapped plates, which in terms of bad drivers is like a hat trick.

Naturally, given the other vehicle involved, I assumed my car was a total write off.

In reality, they had hit my lights. So far, I can’t see any damage. Baja Designs really builds these to take a beating.

Idiots.

DISCUSSION (22)

pip bip - choose Corrour > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 19:39

look on the bright side, it could’ve been worse.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > pip bip - choose Corrour
10/12/2019 at 19:40

Oh my God. So much worse. Not to mention the complication of being in a different country

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 19:41

Oof, well, that's not so bad. Worse than it not happening, but still.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 19:50

Ain't that America

wafflesnfalafel > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 20:05

“park by braille”

I completely amazes me they actually just left their car smushed into yours - didn’t even bother to run and park elsewhere.

RPM esq. > wafflesnfalafel
10/12/2019 at 20:07

I was there and this was not the only indication that the van driver was not at their most attentive today.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 20:07

He/she parked nose to nose against your lights and just left it there?!? Did the other driver contact you or did you take pictures for posterity and just leave? Where’s the rest of the story?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > TheRealBicycleBuck
10/12/2019 at 20:08

They appear to have just p arked and split. Literally just left it like that.

I took photos, left a note (RPM offered to leave a card as well) and left back to Canada.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 20:13

I guess they didn’t even realize they made contact.

atfsgeoff > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 20:17

The Sienna was just giving your Fiesta a kiss!

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > TheRealBicycleBuck
10/12/2019 at 20:29

Even if they didn’t they SHOULD have, and if they genuinely did not notice they genuinely shouldn’t e driving. Either way they are douchebag

vicali > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 21:24

Send a post to BD, they might stick it in your file if anything comes up with them in the future.

Lights still work? Lenses clear? You can swap out the glass if not..

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 21:52

Just a light peck on the corner of the lips!

shop-teacher > TheRealBicycleBuck
10/12/2019 at 22:47

I’m guessing they didn't. I have had my truck hit twice in parking lots, while I was sitting in it. Both times the driver's didn't realize they had done it.

TheRealBicycleBuck > shop-teacher
10/12/2019 at 22:53

The strangest parking lot encounter I’ve had was while I was waiting for a mid-day conference to start. A fellow parked next to me and used my truck as a place to put his stuff as he unloaded it from his car. The look on his face was priceless when he realized I was sitting in the truck.

It was even better when he stepped up to the podium and realized I was staring at him from the third row....

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > RPM esq.
10/12/2019 at 23:03

Heh. Doors.

shop-teacher > TheRealBicycleBuck
10/12/2019 at 23:06

Wow, that is weird!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > vicali
10/12/2019 at 23:27

Everything still works and is clear. You think I should email BD?

vicali > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/12/2019 at 23:32

Worst case they would have you send them in to take a look at. Best case you have an email record of asking them.. they do lifetime warranty so it wouldn’t hurt to give them a heads up and see what they think.

Grindintosecond > TheRealBicycleBuck
10/13/2019 at 00:30

How did his talk go?...

TheRealBicycleBuck > Grindintosecond
10/13/2019 at 01:16

Swimmingly. This was after Hurricane Katrina and he was a Dutch fellow who was brought in to tell the State of Louisiana how to do levees the “right” way. Ten minutes in and I knew that the Dutch levee system was very different from Louisiana’s and their approach wouldn’t work here. The biggest differences are population and density . They have hundreds of miles of levees, but their population is so concentrated that they have plenty people to watch over every inch. They also have a very strong tax base, so there’s no shortage of funding . In contrast, o ne of the levee districts here has 128 miles of mostly rural levee with an annual budget of less than $30,000. That’s barely enough to keep the levees mowed - the minimum level of maintenance required by federal regulation.

ST80MND > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/13/2019 at 11:26

This may be a unpopular oppinion, I don’t want to deny the pleasure of driving, but being handicapped is NOT an excuse for shitty driving. If it is the excuse, then in no way shape or form should said person have a driver lic. A number of occasions I have witnessed folks with a handicap placard get away with damaging property Scott free because the victim, property owner and police all think “it’s ok, their handicapped “. It’s not ok. The same consequence given to a ‘normal’ driver should be the status quo for all.