My wife, my son and I were on our way to a restaurant to celebrate a combination
Valentine's Day / 51st wedding anniversary when we got rear-ended in traffic. Both his
vehicle and ours had to be towed, but no one was injured.

I mention this because I just got the car back from a Ford dealer earlier today for a
transmission repair. Our plan was to drive the motorhome with the vehicle in tow to Fort
Lauderdale for an annual Police and Fire meeting on Sunday and a Police Retiree
luncheon on Monday.

Those plans are obviously cancelled. Now starts the process of getting a rental car and
doing everything necessary to get the car repaired.

We went from glad to sad in a heartbeat. I wish I could have captured a picture of my
face when I looked into my rear view mirror and saw a pickup truck speeding towards
me, too fast to stop in time.

Mike Dippel

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Mike Dippel wrote to All <=-

My wife, my son and I were on our way to a restaurant to celebrate a combination Valentine's Day / 51st wedding anniversary when we got rear-ended in traffic. Both his vehicle and ours had to be towed, but
no one was injured.

I mention this because I just got the car back from a Ford dealer
earlier today for a transmission repair. Our plan was to drive the motorhome with the vehicle in tow to Fort Lauderdale for an annual
Police and Fire meeting on Sunday and a Police Retiree luncheon on
Monday.

Those plans are obviously cancelled. Now starts the process of getting
a rental car and doing everything necessary to get the car repaired.

We went from glad to sad in a heartbeat. I wish I could have captured
a picture of my face when I looked into my rear view mirror and saw a pickup truck speeding towards me, too fast to stop in time.

Well, that sucks. Glad nobody was hurt, at least.

I'd wager good money that the pickup driver was texting and/or looking
at his phone at the time. Hopefully he got a ticket.

Maybe you could still take the motorhome with a rental car in tow...




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On 2/15/2025 7:37 AM, Gamgee wrote to Mike Dippel:

Mike Dippel wrote to All <=-

We went from glad to sad in a heartbeat. I wish I could have captured a picture of my face when I looked into my rear view mirror and saw a pickup truck speeding towards me, too fast to stop in time.

Well, that sucks. Glad nobody was hurt, at least.

I'd wager good money that the pickup driver was texting and/or looking
at his phone at the time. Hopefully he got a ticket.

Maybe you could still take the motorhome with a rental car in tow...

We had a lot of time to talk to each other. 2-1/2 hours waiting for tow trucks and the
police. The police never showed. There were only 2 troopers working for all of the
County, and they had 13 accidents holding. The driver admitted that he was looking to
the right, anticipating switching lanes. When he looked up, it was too late.

He skated on the ticket, but he was a retired Navy vet and we each thanked each other
for their service before leaving the scene.

Mike Dippel

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On 15 Feb 2025, Mike Dippel exclaimed the following...

He skated on the ticket, but he was a retired Navy vet and we each
thanked each other
for their service before leaving the scene.

Mike Dippel

I'm glad you two took that route. Up here in Canada it would have turned into a shouting/blaming match with fists flying.

Glad no one was hurt, or worse.

Mick Manning
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On 2/16/2025 10:47 AM, Mickey wrote to Mike Dippel:

On 15 Feb 2025, Mike Dippel exclaimed the following...

He skated on the ticket, but he was a retired Navy vet and we each thanked each other
for their service before leaving the scene.

Mike Dippel

I'm glad you two took that route. Up here in Canada it would have turned into a
shouting/blaming match with fists flying.

Glad no one was hurt, or worse.

Mick Manning
@ Mick's Place
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That sounds like the opening of last nights hockey game. I thought I was watching MMA
until the hockey game finally broke out. I have to admit that there were some good
punches thrown.

Mike Dippel

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My wife, my son and I were on our way to a restaurant to celebrate a combination
Valentine's Day / 51st wedding anniversary when we got rear-ended in traffic. Both his
vehicle and ours had to be towed, but no one was injured.

I mention this because I just got the car back from a Ford dealer earlier today for a
transmission repair. Our plan was to drive the motorhome with the vehicle in tow to Fort
Lauderdale for an annual Police and Fire meeting on Sunday and a Police Retiree
luncheon on Monday.

Those plans are obviously cancelled. Now starts the process of getting a rental car and
doing everything necessary to get the car repaired.

We went from glad to sad in a heartbeat. I wish I could have captured a picture of my
face when I looked into my rear view mirror and saw a pickup truck speeding towards
me, too fast to stop in time.

Mike Dippel

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Sorry to hear about the trouble. I am glad you are all ok.


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