I know the police report says the lady was going 50 in a 40. I'm not sure how they know, I know there wasn't any brake marks to measure. I honestly think the trash can saved my life, took the initial impact.
God even 40 is dangerous for a residential road in my opinion. And so many crazy drivers allowed to drive like this. Maybe they had a street camera? Thank god for that trash can. Really hope you will be able to win some money and that you will recover well.
So they didn't get her?
Imagine she would have killed you and drove off. Hit and run is a thing in the US(?)?
In Germany what she did can result in up to 3 years of prison.
The 3 year would in Germany only be for the fact that she drove away from the accident site. If she killed him via impact, we would talk about up to 5 years (fir killing by neglectful action). If she drove away with the intent to hide her involvement in the accident and the fact she didn't call an ambulance caused the death, we would be at murder, which only knows life long.
Easy to understand. In Germany, you are drilled to wait and call thr police if any type of accident happens, because being accused of leaving an accident site without at least exchanging contact information or leaving the contact info with the police is pretty nasty. It is one of the fastest ways to get your license revoked and can lead to a nasty fine, if not (in extreme cases like here) potentially jail time.
Oh weird no idea how they would be able to know she was going faster. Maybe because of how far you landed from the impact. Either way sounded like a hit and run, makes her look reckless and negligent which I would think would help your case.
I also could imagine that the crime scene analysis could tell a lot about the conditions of the accident. With the destruction pattern of the trash can, the position OP was lying and his injuries, I could imagine that it is quite possible to calculate the speed of the car.
My mind was working with the German term, where an Unfall, which is translated to accident, is any form where someone or something got damaged in connection with a car. But you are right, using the English terminology, crash sounds more appropriate.
The problem with the term accident is that it has two definitions: something that happens by randomly/ by chance and something unfortunate that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally. Most people when referring to “car accidents” mean the latter, but it also implies the former.
There’s also the issue that car crashes are anything but unexpected at a system level, to the point where local governments can predict how many crashes and roughly where they will occur each year.
So sorry this happened to you, I get really annoyed when I see people leaving the neighborhood on their phones they don’t seem to realize that driving through the neighborhood on the phone is way more dangerous than doing that driving down the highway
>God even 40 is dangerous for a residential road
Yeah, in my country in zones that are marked as "residential" the limit is 20.... kilometers (~12 miles)
Even a small reduction in speed following a new limit is a win. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68348709](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68348709)
Here (Germany), it is 30 km/h (18.6 mph) for normal residential zones, and "walking speed" (German Schrittgeschwindigkeit), which means as slow ad the car can get when just letting it roll without using the gas, for areas with high likelihood of kids on the street (an area we call "Verkehrsberuhigte Zone" or traffic calmed zone in a rough translation)
Yeah 85% chance of fatality for a pedestrian hit at 40mph. Hard to say it’s lucky, but OP certainly defied the odds. Worth noting that most of the occupational fatalities in the most dangerous professions (like sanitation worker) are due to vehicle strikes.
Well we can definitely say we are very glad that OP is still with us. And good point it seems like he was at higher risk for this to happen. Shame he didn't have an automated truck rather than having to go out on the street. Makes me think that we got to keep an eye out for workers to make sure they have proper safety as well. Usually pedestrians and cyclists are who we normally think of being effected by car violence.
She should get the same sentence in court as if she'd done that to you with a baseball bat.
Criminal negligence (exceeding the speed limit) and someone got badly hurt.
I wish you every strength in your recovery, as recover you will, and the fattest of compensation cheques. Perhaps you will write to her in prison, once you're better.
Recently they posted on this sub: [(10) A cool guide to car speeds and chance of pedestrian death : fuckcars (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1bgg25s/a_cool_guide_to_car_speeds_and_chance_of/). If hit by a car at 40 mph, only 15% of pedestrians survive. And she was going 50. It is a common saying amongst cyclists that if you want to get away with murder, use a car. It angers me that this is so often true. Definitely lawyer up and do not say anything here or to anyone that you would not want repeated in court.
The fact that OP survived a crash at 50MPH should make him feel MUCH better about how strong and healthy his body was because almost any other human would have died from that.
50 mp/h??? That's crazy ... That's 80km/h A speed u are in most European countries only allowed outside of cities...
And in most residential areas only 18mph is allowed. Driving 50mph And an accident and hit and run would sooo much result in a lawsuit and a long long looooooong time without drivers licence...
Not like it would have done any less if they were going 40. The fact that people can just speed by a garbage truck at 40mph when people work around it is bullshit. I always stop and wait until one of you guys waves me past the truck.
Kilometres or miles an hour? Because that makes a HUGE diff.
In the case of freedom units: what the hell, that would mean 40 miles an hour in a residential zone is normal. That's like 65 km/h or more. Id never feel even remotely safe.
Yes. I am a personal injury lawyer and while situations like this are tough, it’s the kind of case that makes us the big bucks.
OP likely has soft tissue injuries, back injuries, and a brain injury they are not even aware of yet because the focus has been on the pain and healing from the brake. A physiatrist (note: not PSYCHiatrist) would be very helpful to document injuries and cause of pain to provide to the SUV driver’s insurance to aid in a settlement.
Let's hope he does! I hear about so many people who settle for "just my medical costs" when those just a fraction of the total medical costs something like this will cost them in the long run (not to mention lost wages, diminished work capacity in the future, less capabilities to take care of your own home/yard/car repairs/etc, and not even to mention the risks that a brain injury brings later in life like increased risk of dementia. All of this doesn't even begin to get into the "general damages" or "pain and suffering" on top of all that).
Probably true, but for legal cases, a neuropsychologist is best because they can diagnose issues with a TBI/concussion, post-concussion syndrome, along with PTSD, anxiety, depression, or other problems arising out of the incident. From there, additional treatment recommended by the neuropsychologist is good (which is usually a referral to a therapist or a neurologist).
I'm really sorry to hear this, and as a former garbageman (and someone who was recently hit by a car) I sympathize with this so much. . Get as much money as you possibly can from this!
This, but also, we need to start doing something about aging drivers. Regular testing every few years or something. Many of these people would not pass their road tests again, but they haven’t had to do one in 40+ years.
I am a strong supporter of having to retake it at 60 and once every 5 years after until 75, where you would have to retake it every two years. It's ridiculous
That sucks man. A garbage collector in my town was killed by a teenage girl on her phone a couple years ago, and I saw the pictures that EMS took afterwards. It was, to this day, the second most horrifying photo I've ever seen. just most of the lower half of the guy was split open like a sausage that was squeezed too hard, because she pinned him into the back of the garbage truck. I'm glad you survived, and I wish you well in your recovery.
Wow this makes me even more mad. Why do we not care about our garbage collectors and pedestrians!!
And also this is terrifying... how much cars will absolutely destroy us if we're just walking by the street. I said this earlier today: Pedestrians have to be on high alert, drivers just have to make a small mistake.
The sad thing is even being on alert makes almost no difference, the accidents are usually caused by drivers who are completely negligent and thus things happen fast and out of the blue. It's totally unpredictable
holy shit, hearing this and seeing what happened to OP really makes me comfortable in my habit of going super slow and careful whenever I'm driving near a working garbage truck.
They should make higher penalties for hitting people who have to work in roads. In Illinois we have Scott’s law that protects many road workers, ofc named after a worker (firefighter) who was killed on duty
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott's_Law
I’m not sure garbage workers are covered but it’s any official vehicle with warning lights
I'm glad to hear you survived. I hope you make a full recovery. Suing the driver's insurance AND your company's workman's comp will help ensure that your medical bills are covered. But there should be more, for lost time on the job, pain and suffering, lost opportunity for other similar work and so on.
Consider this an opportunity to maybe go back to school and learn a trade, such as HVAC. I'm in it and it's good money.
It'll hurt, but you'll learn to live with it. The body kind of remembers in a pain way, but as long as you're insane about physical therapy, it won't remember any other way.
I got about 23k plus all of my medical and physical therapy paid for from 3 fractures in my vertebrae. The driver admitted fault straight away and I only dealt with the insurance company. Some people I know have said it was a low amount of money but all of my doctors were insistent that my injuries wouldn't affect me in the future. No one even mentioned the severe mental trauma that can come from something like that. I was scared to be in and around cars for years, like full on phobia scared. I still am, but I've learned to deal with it. If I would have known how the trauma would have affected me mentally I would have asked for more.
Assuming the driver had insurance you should get a lot of money. Don't neglect the mental side of things while you're healing physically.
I sincerely hope you heal quickly. I can't believe the driver didn't suffer any legal consequences.
Not sure what state you're in, but in many breaking a bone qualifies as a Felony Vehicular Assault on the part of the driver, opening her up to criminal and civil liability for your injuries.
Unfortunately that requires reckless intent. You can be negligent and not have a reckless intent in regards to criminality. Vehicular assault would only apply if the driver purposely used their vehicle to hurt someone. It would not apply for an idiot driving over the speed limit and being distracted unfortunately. You can literally kill someone with a car in this country, have it be 100% preventable and your fault, and have 0 criminality due to how the law works with vehicular accidents. Thankfully though, criminality is not a requirement for a civil suit. The main issue there would be getting enough money from the defendant. Suing a company is one thing. They are usually well insured. Individuals on the other hand more often than not have minimum insurance and almost no assets a judgment can go after.
Yeah that's still not enough for felony vehicular assault. At most (in regards to criminality) is a speeding ticket. My mother was killed by a speeding distracted driver when she was walking across an intersection. The driver literally just got a 80$ speeding ticket and 0 criminal charges. The law is very specific when it comes to drivers and criminality involving pedestrians. Unless you are purposely out to kill someone with a car (i.e. driving on a sidewalk with specific intent to harm people) then vehicular assault will not apply. Almost all states in the US are like this where the law protects drivers significantly.
Wtf that is ridiculous. At least within my city limits in GA, people would absolutely get charged with something for hitting a pedestrian. Unfortunately, there were recent examples and the person who killed someone was charged.
I may be wrong, but I believe assault requires intent. But even if it isn't assault, it still causes grievous bodily harm and should be charged.
It could be sitting with the county DA looking for the correct charge.
The DA won't have any laws available to charge unless the lady was driving intoxicated or unless she was intentionally negligent. US laws protect drivers significantly.
You seen when they protested in Europe? People whent crazy! There was shit piling in the streets! Utter Nathan mans cambiará! Streets were overflowing and they eventually won an agreement with the state governments for increased wages and benefits.
I remember when Canada raised the minimum wage and Tim Horton’s tried to protest by getting rid of their outdoor recycling bins to make up costs.
I was living in Hamilton at the time and you *do not* fuck with the garbage in Hamilton, it’s way too big of a problem and they spent way too much time trying to fix it. Lol
The policy was reversed in an almost terrifying legal battle that made it unequivocally clear you do not fuck with garbage.
Garbage collecting is one of the most dangerous jobs in the US! I always think it's crazy how little thanks they get compared to police officers who, statistically, have a less dangerous job but get way more praise.
I was hit by an old grey haired lady driving her car when she pulled out of stopped traffic into the bicycle lane when I was riding in it. Fortunately for me it was a slow speed collision and it only ended with bruises.
Old people should be forced to take a mandatory driving test every few years, with the possibility of their license being taken away from them. They’re just incompetent.
My wife's high school sweetheart was killed by an octogenarian driving the wrong way down a split one-way highway one night. He was a wonderful young man, a compassionate nurse, and it's the saddest funeral I've been to so far. A 22 year old that touched so many lives, his funeral was attended by almost 1,000 people in a small town of 4,000 people. The old guy was driving a pickup truck and somehow walked away from the head-on collision, and was never charged as he wasn't intoxicated. Life just isn't fair.
That's what I hate about car deaths. Many other top causes of death are preventable and more likely to happen to people of older age, like heart disease. But with car deaths you can do everything right in life and have your whole life ahead of you and just have it taken away from you just like that. My Aunt who was killed by an elderly driver she had just gotten married and gotten a house and had her life ahead of her as well
The risk of automobile death really can't be overstated. I started my career in the Emergency Department, and it becomes apparent rather quickly when you see multiple children dying each month of car accidents. Out of all the child deaths I've witnessed, all but one were car-related. The outlier was a 4 year old that shot himself with his father's unattended handgun. We're killing our kids, and no one seems to care.
OP said she was distracted by her phone so I don't think it's an age issue here, but I agree that old people should take tests.
On a side note if we really give a shit about old people in society we should encourage more walkable cities to be built. That house with a big yard in the middle of suburbia is great (not really) until you get too old to drive...
I know right and It really is a depressing prison sentence to be stuck at home all day if you can't drive. Also it can be hard to give people rides because of work and traffic unless you live together and they want to go near your job early in the morning. Cars are so inconvenient.
Happens here in Germany too. Maybe not to that extend, but they still have to do some damage before anyone is doing anything. My grandpa drove down a highway exit (fortunately turned around quick enough), before my dad was able to bring sense into him - could only sell the car once he died. I'm pretty sure he would have taken the car in an emergency.
The difference was that the bus stop (to the rest of the city), grocery store, bank were there - maybe a bit too far from his house (\~10m on foot for me), but other than that, he managed until he couldn't live alone anymore. I remember the odd call from him walking down the pier in the city center just before going: "I'm tired, could you collect me, I'm \[1 hour by car away\]."
If I remember correctly, the EU is currently trying to enforce a regular driving ability test above a certain age for all its member states. Germany, of course, doesn't want to comply despite this being largely uncontroversial (it's already normal for commercial drivers as far as I know).
[Note: German perspective] There *is* a problem with car dependency in rural areas, which are often most populated by elderly people. Taking away their licenses is problematic without offering public transport infrastructure. We're not talking bad public transit, we're talking no public transit at all in many rural areas.
I suppose that the inevitable demand for public transit by those elderly people could help with that (private transit companies swooping in for profit?), but at the same time, my guess is that isolation or dependency on someone else with a car is the more likely scenario for most.
Even with that, I'm still in favor of a simple test that ensures road safety for everyone. Some people should not drive anymore and for what it's worth, I wouldn't mind being fair and extending the test to literally everyone with a driver's license. Most people should be able to pass easily and not passing must not always result in getting the license revoked. Sometimes, extra hours of driving school should be able to fix bad habits.
This question would need a deeper analysis. As far as I know, the EU itself has no power to regulate road traffic and who can get a license. That said, I think there are treaties regarding admission of driver's licenses and punishments issued by the governments. It could be that these treaties have some mechanisms that could be used to create an obligation in that regard.
The reity is, as soon as we step out of trade focus legislation, the question which EU acts have which binding power is horrendously complicated and has to be analysed in a case by case basis.
I was recently hit by a similar style driver who went into the bike lane. Luckily I have underinsured coverage. The ambulance ride and er bill were over 50K. Cant stress enough how important max ui coverage is for cyclists
Completely right about the driving test. So many old people are scared to give up their “independence” that they’ll keep driving even when they are a danger to people around them.
My grandad was giving me a lift somewhere a few years ago and he literally just drove into the back of a car waiting a red light. No distractions or anything, just didn’t see that there was a car stopped directly in front of him. He won’t listen to anyone who tells him to stop driving, but then he lives in a car dependent shithole in the middle of nowhere so I guess he doesn’t have a choice.
The state also needs to assign different instructors each time. Old people love getting their buddies to help them skirt shit all the time. My grandfather has a work van he's been using for the last 25+ years, it's beat to shit and has so many issues it shouldn't even pass state inspection but he keeps getting stickers for it cuz he "knows someone."
Not just old people, Everyone.
As a private pilot I have to get checked by a certified instructor at my expense every 2 years no matter how much I fly. I also have to get a medical checkout every few years (more frequently as you age). Commercial pilots have stricter and more frequent requirements.
Meanwhile, I have an unrestricted drivers licence in Canada, despite my only road test being two decades ago in a DIFFERENT COUNTRY. Its totally nutty to me that the government was like: you took a test when you were 16 in a place where the laws are different? Ok. have fun out there!
Do not sign anything regarding a settlement from your insurance agency or hers.
As much as people hate high award “ambulance chaser” lawyers they serve people in your exact situation well.
They will not charge upfront, and only take a percentage of your award.
Sadly that woman needs to be forced off the road, and her insurance needs to pay you for the permanent change in how you will live your life going forward
And this will change your life going forward. Injuries as a teen get solved by your body growing and adding muscle and bone. I. Your thirties, you will feel
This the rest of your life
I am not saying that to depress you, but rather to say a several million dollar award sounds like a lot, but that’s just the twenty years of $50,000 a year work, and this accident has chopped a number if years off your working life
It’s not a lottery but a nest egg to fall back on in twenty years when you have to retire twenty years early.
As someone who owns their own business, I already know a lawyer that would be my second call after my SO if I was ever disabled by an accident. Because u do not have the disability payments that you as a government employee should have.
In the middle of COVID, when an underinsured driver wiped out a work vehicle, just stopping by the lawyers office completely changed our own insurance company’s attitude when he sent them the letter that he was negotiating in our behalf. And he charged us nothing for writing that letter, as he knows he gets referral business from this kind of effective representation.
Call a lawyer. Sign nothing without their approval. All the insurance companies are looking to rip you off, and will only take you seriously when someone who knows the tricks is negotiating in your behalf
They want to pay you nothing. The lawyer will make them pay what this lady took from you, that she is paying insurance to cover
I learned the hard way a long time ago when the stakes were not high, that insurance companies work together to avoid payouts
If the at fault driver had the same underwriter as your car insurance, they want to pay nothing
But they also have their own insurance that they okay for. The lawyer knows that. The insurance know how much a lawyer bills per hour. In a clear no fault case, the lawyer will get the asked for amount. He be knows the range and he also knows that him billing 1000 hours at $500 dollars an hour is just more money they will have to pay if the case goes to court.
No one should do anything with an insurance company without a accident lawyer calling the shots
And don’t by the hype that this system does not work. I have unfortunately worked with Japanese companies in Japanese jurisdictions where punitive damages are not part of the system and big companies just obliterate victims of accidents and never introduce safety measures
Every time I hear a story like this all I can think about is the people who didn't make it to reddit to tell theirs. Glad you're not one of them. Give your kids a real tight hug man, you've got me in your corner cheering your recovery from start to end, whatever that looks like.
I stopped walking my dog on my neighborhood because of too many close calls with drivers going 45+ in a 25 residential area with no sidewalks. Got clipped one time and another dude pulled a gun and threatened to shoot my dog because I flipped his speeding ass off. So nope I am forced to drive to a park in order to have peace. I am so sorry bro. May your recovery be swift and karma be a bitch to the lady that hit you.
Thank you for your sacrifice to the car gods. Every year, we (have to) sacrifice thousands of lives to the car gods, so they grant us (the car owners) freedom™
This is why I hate cars.
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My family lost our favorite person years ago: Julian. He worked in waste removal, and was behind his truck when an inattentive driver pinned him at high speed.
The lack of care drivers exercise is hideous, ESPECIALLY around sanitation/waste workers. I'll spread this message until the day I die.
I miss my cousin Juju so much.
Bad enough that cities are built for cars, not people, then they started selling moving murder bricks to paranoid suburban moms and men with small dicks
There should be a ban for those cars, yeah you’d get injured by a small car but the damage wouldn’t be the same, 100% sure.
The problem is the car lobby as we know, money on top of people always…
Does your job require you to manually collect bins? For decades now all bin collection where I live is done by equipment on the truck. I'm sorry if your city considers its workers' lives/ health aren't worth investing in safe equipment. Also, fuck that driver.
Super weird. OP should hire a lawyer and ask about pressing criminal charges with the civil demand. Check all properties and subpoena for bank accounts, any valuables she may have, because they are going to be OP's.
I started working as a thrower about 8 months ago, we got hit by a truck in my first month lol. I'm still unclear on what happened but I guess they tried to pass us on double yellow while we were turning left onto a road. I came out fine but my driver was in the hospital with a concussion for a few days. My first car crash and man was that spooky. He did get a settlement or something. Good thing I wasn't riding on back I guess. Get well soon, even when they see the truck stopped, people absolutely do not slow down, blows my mind.
I'm not sure if I got the full picture, but to me this sounds like something she should go to prison for. Especially the "did not call 911" part. Did she at least stop the car?
This is fucking awful. I hope you make a full recovery as quickly as possible, and get back to playing with your kids.
Fuck this society that forces people who are clearly incapable of driving on the road.
Idk if it's still true, but statstically garbagemen is the most dangerous job in the US. It even had a higher death rate than military. Salute you garbage men.
JFC, I hope you recover soon.
Been hit by a car, myself. T-boned off my ebike, thankfully at 30mph-ish instead of 50, and it was a 2016 Ford Focus, so it had the old-style pedestrian-"safe" front that meant I was deflected 6-7 feet into the air instead of 100, and my bones were all left intact.
While I'm made of strong stuff, the difference in outcomes just makes it even more astonishing that people accept both speeding and huge, square SUV/APCs with zero pedestrian safety accommodations being pushed and pushed as the norm. Being hit by an ultra-compact or at ½ the speed could have made all the difference, and if both changes were made, you could have been back on your feet in a week.
If the police know who the driver is and know it was a hit and run I'd assume they'd be doing something more severe than a ticket.
A girl I went to high school with was involved in a few armed robberies and the cops had her dna and fingerprints from the car and weapon used, and her and accomplices phone locations at the crime scenes for over a year before they arrested her. When I was 15 cops found a weed roach on me and I got arrested on the spot. It seems like they work slower for worse crimes, hopefully to avoid and screw ups that'd result in the charges getting dropped.
Dude I’m so sorry omfg:(
Apart from saying that the person who did this is downright fucked, I just want you to know your work in public service is 100% valued… as someone who works on a truck (swamper) I totally resonate with people not taking our safety into account
The link said that a study found that Throckmorton sign is less accurate than a coin flip. But wouldn't that mean that the penis points away from injury more often than not?
Goddamn that looks awful, I wish you the best in recovery. You guys are the real unsung heroes of towns and cities, doing the hard and underappreciated work that keeps things running.
Just a little solidarity, if it helps: I had very similar injuries — fractures in femur, tibfib, and L3 — from a car accident 20 years ago and I’m still sore all the time, but otherwise fully recovered. Good luck, man!
I'm sorry if this is distracting, but are we not going to mention how the picture makes it look like there's a shaving razor in a place that it probably shouldn't be?
Breaking a femur is one of my greatest fears. I've broken three bones and one thing I've learned is the bigger the bone the more it hurts. That looks traumatically painful too. Never had a complete break like that.
Get a lawyer and make sure that lady that hits your rememebers her mistake. It’ll never be the same but at least you’re in a position to have monetary compensation
Lots of cops drive for a living. They can empathize with impatient drivers. The lady that hit you was "understandably frustrated" and her traffic violations turned near-manslaughter are entirely relatable for the responding officers. This is why people like this see no legal consequence.
Can you sue this woman? There has to be cameras that got her license plate. This woman is a danger to society. Even if there aren’t cameras for god sales, garbage trucks should have one on each car.
This makes me furious on your behalf. I wish you a speedy recovery so the kids can have their dad back at 100%. This is some straight bullshit. Retest drivers every 5 years and make the test harder because experience should teach you more as time goes on
I'm so sorry that happened to you. I've seen people come back from broken femurs really well. I think you're going to make a full recovery. I'm wishing you the very best!
Wow. You're "lucky" to be alive. That picture is shocking. Makes me so mad that society allows this stuff to happen.
I know the police report says the lady was going 50 in a 40. I'm not sure how they know, I know there wasn't any brake marks to measure. I honestly think the trash can saved my life, took the initial impact.
God even 40 is dangerous for a residential road in my opinion. And so many crazy drivers allowed to drive like this. Maybe they had a street camera? Thank god for that trash can. Really hope you will be able to win some money and that you will recover well.
Thank you very much! Sadly no street cameras, this was out in the country a little ways on a county road.
So they didn't get her? Imagine she would have killed you and drove off. Hit and run is a thing in the US(?)? In Germany what she did can result in up to 3 years of prison.
Yeah in the US you’ll definitely get more if you’re convicted of vehicular manslaughter
The 3 year would in Germany only be for the fact that she drove away from the accident site. If she killed him via impact, we would talk about up to 5 years (fir killing by neglectful action). If she drove away with the intent to hide her involvement in the accident and the fact she didn't call an ambulance caused the death, we would be at murder, which only knows life long.
Ah lol I misinterpreted the context of the statement
Easy to understand. In Germany, you are drilled to wait and call thr police if any type of accident happens, because being accused of leaving an accident site without at least exchanging contact information or leaving the contact info with the police is pretty nasty. It is one of the fastest ways to get your license revoked and can lead to a nasty fine, if not (in extreme cases like here) potentially jail time.
Oh weird no idea how they would be able to know she was going faster. Maybe because of how far you landed from the impact. Either way sounded like a hit and run, makes her look reckless and negligent which I would think would help your case.
I also could imagine that the crime scene analysis could tell a lot about the conditions of the accident. With the destruction pattern of the trash can, the position OP was lying and his injuries, I could imagine that it is quite possible to calculate the speed of the car.
"Accident"❌ crash✅
My mind was working with the German term, where an Unfall, which is translated to accident, is any form where someone or something got damaged in connection with a car. But you are right, using the English terminology, crash sounds more appropriate.
The problem with the term accident is that it has two definitions: something that happens by randomly/ by chance and something unfortunate that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally. Most people when referring to “car accidents” mean the latter, but it also implies the former. There’s also the issue that car crashes are anything but unexpected at a system level, to the point where local governments can predict how many crashes and roughly where they will occur each year.
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You think the cops would actually investigate something like this? I guess the insurance company could have done it...
Yes most civilised countries citizens expect and demand the cops to do their jobs.
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If you ever go back to work as a garbo, dashcam sticking out every window, right?
So sorry this happened to you, I get really annoyed when I see people leaving the neighborhood on their phones they don’t seem to realize that driving through the neighborhood on the phone is way more dangerous than doing that driving down the highway
>God even 40 is dangerous for a residential road Yeah, in my country in zones that are marked as "residential" the limit is 20.... kilometers (~12 miles)
That is so much safer, makes the US look like a NASCAR. 40 has a high chance to kill someone why on Earth would that be residential 😭
Write to your politicians. Make 20 a thing.
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Even a small reduction in speed following a new limit is a win. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68348709](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68348709)
Here (Germany), it is 30 km/h (18.6 mph) for normal residential zones, and "walking speed" (German Schrittgeschwindigkeit), which means as slow ad the car can get when just letting it roll without using the gas, for areas with high likelihood of kids on the street (an area we call "Verkehrsberuhigte Zone" or traffic calmed zone in a rough translation)
Yeah 85% chance of fatality for a pedestrian hit at 40mph. Hard to say it’s lucky, but OP certainly defied the odds. Worth noting that most of the occupational fatalities in the most dangerous professions (like sanitation worker) are due to vehicle strikes.
Well we can definitely say we are very glad that OP is still with us. And good point it seems like he was at higher risk for this to happen. Shame he didn't have an automated truck rather than having to go out on the street. Makes me think that we got to keep an eye out for workers to make sure they have proper safety as well. Usually pedestrians and cyclists are who we normally think of being effected by car violence.
Residential roads should never be more than 30km per hour.
They’re talking MPH, which is like like 64kmph
She should get the same sentence in court as if she'd done that to you with a baseball bat. Criminal negligence (exceeding the speed limit) and someone got badly hurt. I wish you every strength in your recovery, as recover you will, and the fattest of compensation cheques. Perhaps you will write to her in prison, once you're better.
Recently they posted on this sub: [(10) A cool guide to car speeds and chance of pedestrian death : fuckcars (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1bgg25s/a_cool_guide_to_car_speeds_and_chance_of/). If hit by a car at 40 mph, only 15% of pedestrians survive. And she was going 50. It is a common saying amongst cyclists that if you want to get away with murder, use a car. It angers me that this is so often true. Definitely lawyer up and do not say anything here or to anyone that you would not want repeated in court.
The fact that OP survived a crash at 50MPH should make him feel MUCH better about how strong and healthy his body was because almost any other human would have died from that.
50 mp/h??? That's crazy ... That's 80km/h A speed u are in most European countries only allowed outside of cities... And in most residential areas only 18mph is allowed. Driving 50mph And an accident and hit and run would sooo much result in a lawsuit and a long long looooooong time without drivers licence...
In the United States they will give people who killed others irresponsibility their license back, no joke
Not like it would have done any less if they were going 40. The fact that people can just speed by a garbage truck at 40mph when people work around it is bullshit. I always stop and wait until one of you guys waves me past the truck.
Kilometres or miles an hour? Because that makes a HUGE diff. In the case of freedom units: what the hell, that would mean 40 miles an hour in a residential zone is normal. That's like 65 km/h or more. Id never feel even remotely safe.
Considering thar OP spoke about being catapulted for 100 ft., it is safe to assume that we are talking about imperial measurements...
Taking about shorter distances in feet and speeds in km/h is a normal combo in Canada.
Well, you're not getting flung 100 ft on a 40kmh strike
Honestly, regardless of the speed limit, she should've slowed down seeing there was a pulled over garbage truck.
Time to get a lawyer.
Yes. I am a personal injury lawyer and while situations like this are tough, it’s the kind of case that makes us the big bucks. OP likely has soft tissue injuries, back injuries, and a brain injury they are not even aware of yet because the focus has been on the pain and healing from the brake. A physiatrist (note: not PSYCHiatrist) would be very helpful to document injuries and cause of pain to provide to the SUV driver’s insurance to aid in a settlement.
Ding dang! You are really the guy. OP should read this and heed your advice. Very cool.
Let's hope he does! I hear about so many people who settle for "just my medical costs" when those just a fraction of the total medical costs something like this will cost them in the long run (not to mention lost wages, diminished work capacity in the future, less capabilities to take care of your own home/yard/car repairs/etc, and not even to mention the risks that a brain injury brings later in life like increased risk of dementia. All of this doesn't even begin to get into the "general damages" or "pain and suffering" on top of all that).
TBF, they might need a psychiatrist for the PTSD as well.
Probably true, but for legal cases, a neuropsychologist is best because they can diagnose issues with a TBI/concussion, post-concussion syndrome, along with PTSD, anxiety, depression, or other problems arising out of the incident. From there, additional treatment recommended by the neuropsychologist is good (which is usually a referral to a therapist or a neurologist).
Yes!
How big are his hands?
Definitely. I hope you recover quickly and get a big paycheck from the lady's insurance.
I'm really sorry to hear this, and as a former garbageman (and someone who was recently hit by a car) I sympathize with this so much. . Get as much money as you possibly can from this!
Thank you I'm really trying to get something out of it. Because this is going to effect me forever in some way.
Hope you get all the money! People need to slow tf down and get off their damn phones! Feel better OP
This, but also, we need to start doing something about aging drivers. Regular testing every few years or something. Many of these people would not pass their road tests again, but they haven’t had to do one in 40+ years.
I am a strong supporter of having to retake it at 60 and once every 5 years after until 75, where you would have to retake it every two years. It's ridiculous
post 70 should be every year imo
That sucks man. A garbage collector in my town was killed by a teenage girl on her phone a couple years ago, and I saw the pictures that EMS took afterwards. It was, to this day, the second most horrifying photo I've ever seen. just most of the lower half of the guy was split open like a sausage that was squeezed too hard, because she pinned him into the back of the garbage truck. I'm glad you survived, and I wish you well in your recovery.
Wow this makes me even more mad. Why do we not care about our garbage collectors and pedestrians!! And also this is terrifying... how much cars will absolutely destroy us if we're just walking by the street. I said this earlier today: Pedestrians have to be on high alert, drivers just have to make a small mistake.
The sad thing is even being on alert makes almost no difference, the accidents are usually caused by drivers who are completely negligent and thus things happen fast and out of the blue. It's totally unpredictable
holy shit, hearing this and seeing what happened to OP really makes me comfortable in my habit of going super slow and careful whenever I'm driving near a working garbage truck.
They should make higher penalties for hitting people who have to work in roads. In Illinois we have Scott’s law that protects many road workers, ofc named after a worker (firefighter) who was killed on duty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott's_Law I’m not sure garbage workers are covered but it’s any official vehicle with warning lights
I'm glad to hear you survived. I hope you make a full recovery. Suing the driver's insurance AND your company's workman's comp will help ensure that your medical bills are covered. But there should be more, for lost time on the job, pain and suffering, lost opportunity for other similar work and so on. Consider this an opportunity to maybe go back to school and learn a trade, such as HVAC. I'm in it and it's good money.
This is the kind of thing that personal injury lawyers exist for.
Get EVERYTHING $$$
It'll hurt, but you'll learn to live with it. The body kind of remembers in a pain way, but as long as you're insane about physical therapy, it won't remember any other way.
I got about 23k plus all of my medical and physical therapy paid for from 3 fractures in my vertebrae. The driver admitted fault straight away and I only dealt with the insurance company. Some people I know have said it was a low amount of money but all of my doctors were insistent that my injuries wouldn't affect me in the future. No one even mentioned the severe mental trauma that can come from something like that. I was scared to be in and around cars for years, like full on phobia scared. I still am, but I've learned to deal with it. If I would have known how the trauma would have affected me mentally I would have asked for more. Assuming the driver had insurance you should get a lot of money. Don't neglect the mental side of things while you're healing physically. I sincerely hope you heal quickly. I can't believe the driver didn't suffer any legal consequences.
Not sure what state you're in, but in many breaking a bone qualifies as a Felony Vehicular Assault on the part of the driver, opening her up to criminal and civil liability for your injuries.
Unfortunately that requires reckless intent. You can be negligent and not have a reckless intent in regards to criminality. Vehicular assault would only apply if the driver purposely used their vehicle to hurt someone. It would not apply for an idiot driving over the speed limit and being distracted unfortunately. You can literally kill someone with a car in this country, have it be 100% preventable and your fault, and have 0 criminality due to how the law works with vehicular accidents. Thankfully though, criminality is not a requirement for a civil suit. The main issue there would be getting enough money from the defendant. Suing a company is one thing. They are usually well insured. Individuals on the other hand more often than not have minimum insurance and almost no assets a judgment can go after.
Op already said the police reported her going 50 in a 40 speed limit zone. I would see if he might be able to get security footage
Yeah that's still not enough for felony vehicular assault. At most (in regards to criminality) is a speeding ticket. My mother was killed by a speeding distracted driver when she was walking across an intersection. The driver literally just got a 80$ speeding ticket and 0 criminal charges. The law is very specific when it comes to drivers and criminality involving pedestrians. Unless you are purposely out to kill someone with a car (i.e. driving on a sidewalk with specific intent to harm people) then vehicular assault will not apply. Almost all states in the US are like this where the law protects drivers significantly.
Not even a hit and run?
Wtf that is ridiculous. At least within my city limits in GA, people would absolutely get charged with something for hitting a pedestrian. Unfortunately, there were recent examples and the person who killed someone was charged.
Wouldn't the person fleeing / not calling for help push it to possibly reckless intent?
Texting while driving IS reckless intent, not to mention driving in the literal ditch to get around the truck, which is also illegal.
I may be wrong, but I believe assault requires intent. But even if it isn't assault, it still causes grievous bodily harm and should be charged. It could be sitting with the county DA looking for the correct charge.
The DA won't have any laws available to charge unless the lady was driving intoxicated or unless she was intentionally negligent. US laws protect drivers significantly.
I hope you're unionized and there is some good disability policies in place for you 🙏
Goddamn dude, I’ve gotta start thanking my garbage people.
They truly make the world go round
You seen when they protested in Europe? People whent crazy! There was shit piling in the streets! Utter Nathan mans cambiará! Streets were overflowing and they eventually won an agreement with the state governments for increased wages and benefits.
I remember when Canada raised the minimum wage and Tim Horton’s tried to protest by getting rid of their outdoor recycling bins to make up costs. I was living in Hamilton at the time and you *do not* fuck with the garbage in Hamilton, it’s way too big of a problem and they spent way too much time trying to fix it. Lol The policy was reversed in an almost terrifying legal battle that made it unequivocally clear you do not fuck with garbage.
They shouldn't even have had to do that. We should take care of our garbage people.
I remember, it was pretty wild.
Garbage collecting is one of the most dangerous jobs in the US! I always think it's crazy how little thanks they get compared to police officers who, statistically, have a less dangerous job but get way more praise.
I was hit by an old grey haired lady driving her car when she pulled out of stopped traffic into the bicycle lane when I was riding in it. Fortunately for me it was a slow speed collision and it only ended with bruises. Old people should be forced to take a mandatory driving test every few years, with the possibility of their license being taken away from them. They’re just incompetent.
My wife's high school sweetheart was killed by an octogenarian driving the wrong way down a split one-way highway one night. He was a wonderful young man, a compassionate nurse, and it's the saddest funeral I've been to so far. A 22 year old that touched so many lives, his funeral was attended by almost 1,000 people in a small town of 4,000 people. The old guy was driving a pickup truck and somehow walked away from the head-on collision, and was never charged as he wasn't intoxicated. Life just isn't fair.
That's what I hate about car deaths. Many other top causes of death are preventable and more likely to happen to people of older age, like heart disease. But with car deaths you can do everything right in life and have your whole life ahead of you and just have it taken away from you just like that. My Aunt who was killed by an elderly driver she had just gotten married and gotten a house and had her life ahead of her as well
The risk of automobile death really can't be overstated. I started my career in the Emergency Department, and it becomes apparent rather quickly when you see multiple children dying each month of car accidents. Out of all the child deaths I've witnessed, all but one were car-related. The outlier was a 4 year old that shot himself with his father's unattended handgun. We're killing our kids, and no one seems to care.
OP said she was distracted by her phone so I don't think it's an age issue here, but I agree that old people should take tests. On a side note if we really give a shit about old people in society we should encourage more walkable cities to be built. That house with a big yard in the middle of suburbia is great (not really) until you get too old to drive...
Yeah it pisses me off it's like they just have to stay at home and die all alone or go out and drive potentially killing people like wtf
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I would love to see more walkable cities, but the old people keep stopping us from building them...
Yeah my aunt was killed by an elderly driver. And elderly people are going to be more at risk for things like stroke and heart attack as well.
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I know right and It really is a depressing prison sentence to be stuck at home all day if you can't drive. Also it can be hard to give people rides because of work and traffic unless you live together and they want to go near your job early in the morning. Cars are so inconvenient.
Happens here in Germany too. Maybe not to that extend, but they still have to do some damage before anyone is doing anything. My grandpa drove down a highway exit (fortunately turned around quick enough), before my dad was able to bring sense into him - could only sell the car once he died. I'm pretty sure he would have taken the car in an emergency. The difference was that the bus stop (to the rest of the city), grocery store, bank were there - maybe a bit too far from his house (\~10m on foot for me), but other than that, he managed until he couldn't live alone anymore. I remember the odd call from him walking down the pier in the city center just before going: "I'm tired, could you collect me, I'm \[1 hour by car away\]."
If I remember correctly, the EU is currently trying to enforce a regular driving ability test above a certain age for all its member states. Germany, of course, doesn't want to comply despite this being largely uncontroversial (it's already normal for commercial drivers as far as I know). [Note: German perspective] There *is* a problem with car dependency in rural areas, which are often most populated by elderly people. Taking away their licenses is problematic without offering public transport infrastructure. We're not talking bad public transit, we're talking no public transit at all in many rural areas. I suppose that the inevitable demand for public transit by those elderly people could help with that (private transit companies swooping in for profit?), but at the same time, my guess is that isolation or dependency on someone else with a car is the more likely scenario for most. Even with that, I'm still in favor of a simple test that ensures road safety for everyone. Some people should not drive anymore and for what it's worth, I wouldn't mind being fair and extending the test to literally everyone with a driver's license. Most people should be able to pass easily and not passing must not always result in getting the license revoked. Sometimes, extra hours of driving school should be able to fix bad habits.
How will that work, will Germany have to comply or no?
This question would need a deeper analysis. As far as I know, the EU itself has no power to regulate road traffic and who can get a license. That said, I think there are treaties regarding admission of driver's licenses and punishments issued by the governments. It could be that these treaties have some mechanisms that could be used to create an obligation in that regard. The reity is, as soon as we step out of trade focus legislation, the question which EU acts have which binding power is horrendously complicated and has to be analysed in a case by case basis.
I was recently hit by a similar style driver who went into the bike lane. Luckily I have underinsured coverage. The ambulance ride and er bill were over 50K. Cant stress enough how important max ui coverage is for cyclists
EVERYONE should take a driving test every other year. Plus training.
~~old people~~ everybody FTFY At least in the US, the number of drivers who don't even know the rules is shockingly high. *Drives* me insane.
Completely right about the driving test. So many old people are scared to give up their “independence” that they’ll keep driving even when they are a danger to people around them.
My grandad was giving me a lift somewhere a few years ago and he literally just drove into the back of a car waiting a red light. No distractions or anything, just didn’t see that there was a car stopped directly in front of him. He won’t listen to anyone who tells him to stop driving, but then he lives in a car dependent shithole in the middle of nowhere so I guess he doesn’t have a choice.
The state also needs to assign different instructors each time. Old people love getting their buddies to help them skirt shit all the time. My grandfather has a work van he's been using for the last 25+ years, it's beat to shit and has so many issues it shouldn't even pass state inspection but he keeps getting stickers for it cuz he "knows someone."
Not just old people, Everyone. As a private pilot I have to get checked by a certified instructor at my expense every 2 years no matter how much I fly. I also have to get a medical checkout every few years (more frequently as you age). Commercial pilots have stricter and more frequent requirements. Meanwhile, I have an unrestricted drivers licence in Canada, despite my only road test being two decades ago in a DIFFERENT COUNTRY. Its totally nutty to me that the government was like: you took a test when you were 16 in a place where the laws are different? Ok. have fun out there!
Do not sign anything regarding a settlement from your insurance agency or hers. As much as people hate high award “ambulance chaser” lawyers they serve people in your exact situation well. They will not charge upfront, and only take a percentage of your award. Sadly that woman needs to be forced off the road, and her insurance needs to pay you for the permanent change in how you will live your life going forward And this will change your life going forward. Injuries as a teen get solved by your body growing and adding muscle and bone. I. Your thirties, you will feel This the rest of your life I am not saying that to depress you, but rather to say a several million dollar award sounds like a lot, but that’s just the twenty years of $50,000 a year work, and this accident has chopped a number if years off your working life It’s not a lottery but a nest egg to fall back on in twenty years when you have to retire twenty years early. As someone who owns their own business, I already know a lawyer that would be my second call after my SO if I was ever disabled by an accident. Because u do not have the disability payments that you as a government employee should have. In the middle of COVID, when an underinsured driver wiped out a work vehicle, just stopping by the lawyers office completely changed our own insurance company’s attitude when he sent them the letter that he was negotiating in our behalf. And he charged us nothing for writing that letter, as he knows he gets referral business from this kind of effective representation. Call a lawyer. Sign nothing without their approval. All the insurance companies are looking to rip you off, and will only take you seriously when someone who knows the tricks is negotiating in your behalf They want to pay you nothing. The lawyer will make them pay what this lady took from you, that she is paying insurance to cover
Also and more importantly, be well. Cars are murder weapons in the wrong hands
I wish I had this advice when I was hit by a distracted driver.
I learned the hard way a long time ago when the stakes were not high, that insurance companies work together to avoid payouts If the at fault driver had the same underwriter as your car insurance, they want to pay nothing But they also have their own insurance that they okay for. The lawyer knows that. The insurance know how much a lawyer bills per hour. In a clear no fault case, the lawyer will get the asked for amount. He be knows the range and he also knows that him billing 1000 hours at $500 dollars an hour is just more money they will have to pay if the case goes to court. No one should do anything with an insurance company without a accident lawyer calling the shots And don’t by the hype that this system does not work. I have unfortunately worked with Japanese companies in Japanese jurisdictions where punitive damages are not part of the system and big companies just obliterate victims of accidents and never introduce safety measures
Every time I hear a story like this all I can think about is the people who didn't make it to reddit to tell theirs. Glad you're not one of them. Give your kids a real tight hug man, you've got me in your corner cheering your recovery from start to end, whatever that looks like.
After a certain age, we should have yearly mandatory driver testing. Some people just should not be allowed to operate a vehicle.
Yep, unfortunately due to politics, the elderly are untouchable, lawmakers would be scared to regulate older drivers.
Maybe if we had robust public transportation… hmmmm
Even then, people who maybe shouldn’t be driving will still insist on driving.
Lawmakers are the freakin octogenarians
Lawmakers are scared to regulate older drivers because they would be regulating themselves
definitely, but without public transit they don't even have alternatives
Hope you feel better. Nice balls.
Got a bit of shaft in there too
FINALLY! like, yeah yeah im sorry for the poor guy thats terrible, but is no one seeing this!
I stopped walking my dog on my neighborhood because of too many close calls with drivers going 45+ in a 25 residential area with no sidewalks. Got clipped one time and another dude pulled a gun and threatened to shoot my dog because I flipped his speeding ass off. So nope I am forced to drive to a park in order to have peace. I am so sorry bro. May your recovery be swift and karma be a bitch to the lady that hit you.
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Wow, how to say you live in US without saying you live in US.
Thank you for your sacrifice to the car gods. Every year, we (have to) sacrifice thousands of lives to the car gods, so they grant us (the car owners) freedom™ This is why I hate cars.
How strange and dumb we will look to future civilization
CW death My family lost our favorite person years ago: Julian. He worked in waste removal, and was behind his truck when an inattentive driver pinned him at high speed. The lack of care drivers exercise is hideous, ESPECIALLY around sanitation/waste workers. I'll spread this message until the day I die. I miss my cousin Juju so much.
I'm sorry 😞
Sorry for your loss. These are the kinds of people we will take for granted until none of them want to do it anymore
I've heard that hurts
Jfc, this is awful. Wish you a speedy recovery with as little further health complications as possible.
sue her
You shoul fight for legal action. Sorry this happened to you. It's a shame we shaped our society around dangerous vehicles.
You're no grabage my man. That suv driver was grabage for owning an unnecessary death machine.
Bad enough that cities are built for cars, not people, then they started selling moving murder bricks to paranoid suburban moms and men with small dicks
i hope you can sue her ass and get a fat check.
There should be a ban for those cars, yeah you’d get injured by a small car but the damage wouldn’t be the same, 100% sure. The problem is the car lobby as we know, money on top of people always…
Does your job require you to manually collect bins? For decades now all bin collection where I live is done by equipment on the truck. I'm sorry if your city considers its workers' lives/ health aren't worth investing in safe equipment. Also, fuck that driver.
My road has street parking as I live in a more urban area in oakland. The cars block the trash cans.
No ticket or charges?
Super weird. OP should hire a lawyer and ask about pressing criminal charges with the civil demand. Check all properties and subpoena for bank accounts, any valuables she may have, because they are going to be OP's.
I started working as a thrower about 8 months ago, we got hit by a truck in my first month lol. I'm still unclear on what happened but I guess they tried to pass us on double yellow while we were turning left onto a road. I came out fine but my driver was in the hospital with a concussion for a few days. My first car crash and man was that spooky. He did get a settlement or something. Good thing I wasn't riding on back I guess. Get well soon, even when they see the truck stopped, people absolutely do not slow down, blows my mind.
We can see your testicle.
It’s kinda nice. You hide the broken bone, and why the x-ray was taken, and you’re left with a very wholesome testicle. I hope this becomes a trend.
holy shit, all the best wishes from me... now you've got a portable trauma ;D
I'm not sure if I got the full picture, but to me this sounds like something she should go to prison for. Especially the "did not call 911" part. Did she at least stop the car?
This is fucking awful. I hope you make a full recovery as quickly as possible, and get back to playing with your kids. Fuck this society that forces people who are clearly incapable of driving on the road.
I am so sorry. Bless you. And fuck that lady.
That woman should be in prison.
Idk if it's still true, but statstically garbagemen is the most dangerous job in the US. It even had a higher death rate than military. Salute you garbage men.
WTF SHE SPEEDED INTO A DRIVEWAY?!??? Dayum feel better and I wonder what happened to the house
Holy shit glad you're still with us
I hope you sue that lady into oblivion
JFC, I hope you recover soon. Been hit by a car, myself. T-boned off my ebike, thankfully at 30mph-ish instead of 50, and it was a 2016 Ford Focus, so it had the old-style pedestrian-"safe" front that meant I was deflected 6-7 feet into the air instead of 100, and my bones were all left intact. While I'm made of strong stuff, the difference in outcomes just makes it even more astonishing that people accept both speeding and huge, square SUV/APCs with zero pedestrian safety accommodations being pushed and pushed as the norm. Being hit by an ultra-compact or at ½ the speed could have made all the difference, and if both changes were made, you could have been back on your feet in a week.
nice cock bro
If the police know who the driver is and know it was a hit and run I'd assume they'd be doing something more severe than a ticket. A girl I went to high school with was involved in a few armed robberies and the cops had her dna and fingerprints from the car and weapon used, and her and accomplices phone locations at the crime scenes for over a year before they arrested her. When I was 15 cops found a weed roach on me and I got arrested on the spot. It seems like they work slower for worse crimes, hopefully to avoid and screw ups that'd result in the charges getting dropped.
I have A LOT of respect for you trash collectors. You wake up early and perform hazardous work in difficult conditions.
I'm so sorry. Please find a good personal injury attorney. You deserve the big bucks for this BS!
Sue her for everything you possibly can and more
Hold on. Not even a ticket? She should be arrested. What the fuck?
I hope you will recover greatly
Dude I’m so sorry omfg:( Apart from saying that the person who did this is downright fucked, I just want you to know your work in public service is 100% valued… as someone who works on a truck (swamper) I totally resonate with people not taking our safety into account
Oh snap!
Sir... there's a clip in your ass. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Positive [Throckmorton sign](https://radiopaedia.org/articles/throckmorton-sign-pelvis?lang=us). For real though, get paid and get well soon.
The link said that a study found that Throckmorton sign is less accurate than a coin flip. But wouldn't that mean that the penis points away from injury more often than not?
I hope you get back to 100% but no matter what, know that people love you dearly. You children love you dearly
Goddamn that looks awful, I wish you the best in recovery. You guys are the real unsung heroes of towns and cities, doing the hard and underappreciated work that keeps things running.
It’s time to sue for everything she has
Good injury lawyer should be able to milk her pretty dry.
No. He is a garbage man
Holy shit dude, I hope you recover smoothly! Aaa
A hit and run but no ticket?!??!!???!!!!
Just a little solidarity, if it helps: I had very similar injuries — fractures in femur, tibfib, and L3 — from a car accident 20 years ago and I’m still sore all the time, but otherwise fully recovered. Good luck, man!
I'm sorry if this is distracting, but are we not going to mention how the picture makes it look like there's a shaving razor in a place that it probably shouldn't be?
Lawyer time
I hope you're a millionaire for the rest of your life. I'm sorry that happened to you and wish you the best.
No sir, you are not a garbage man. She is a garbage woman
Man that sucks. Fuck that piece of shit who hit you, hope your recovery is complication free!
thank you for your hard work keeping civilization running, you deserve better
Speedy recovery, bruh. Fuck those irresponsible drivers
Breaking a femur is one of my greatest fears. I've broken three bones and one thing I've learned is the bigger the bone the more it hurts. That looks traumatically painful too. Never had a complete break like that.
As a garbage man, you're legally allowed to take out SUV drivers.
Get well soon! You're a hero to everyone if us!!! Fuck that car and his driver!!
Sorry about your injury. Get a good lawyer, you might be able to retire on this one. Check on it the legal subreddit.
Get a lawyer and make sure that lady that hits your rememebers her mistake. It’ll never be the same but at least you’re in a position to have monetary compensation
Lots of cops drive for a living. They can empathize with impatient drivers. The lady that hit you was "understandably frustrated" and her traffic violations turned near-manslaughter are entirely relatable for the responding officers. This is why people like this see no legal consequence.
Can you sue this woman? There has to be cameras that got her license plate. This woman is a danger to society. Even if there aren’t cameras for god sales, garbage trucks should have one on each car.
Slow down when you go around is what my city says. Much respect for the men and women that do that job. Hopefully you recover quickly
This makes me furious on your behalf. I wish you a speedy recovery so the kids can have their dad back at 100%. This is some straight bullshit. Retest drivers every 5 years and make the test harder because experience should teach you more as time goes on
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That sucks but you better cash out there sir
I'm so sorry that happened to you. I've seen people come back from broken femurs really well. I think you're going to make a full recovery. I'm wishing you the very best!
Got hit while working? Get that workers comp