To All,
Saturday morning at 0515 my vehicle hit a patch of black ice in the last tunnel I go through to get to my home resort. I was going about 85. The vehicle went perpendicular to the road, I floored the gas pedal and began the process of spinning around time and again while ping-ponging across the 2 lane tunnel banging off the walls. All ended well. I am without a scratch, the police cleared me of any liability and the tunnel itself was noted to have no determinable damage inflicted by the accident. My vehicle was declared on the scene to be a total. I rang up the guys I was scheduled to go into the back country with and told them I would not make it. They questioned why, I told them and everyone completely abandoned their scheduled day to assist me. They came and got me, helped me get a wrecker to tow the vehicle to a chop shop where the disposition paperwork was accomplished, helped me clear the vehicle, remove the ski rack, rims, stereo and other items of clear value from the vehicle, took me to a cabin to stay the night and drove me the 2.5 hour trip home this morning. No one permitted me to pay for anything beyond meals for them. I've not felt so safe, cared for and loved in years. I spent the day humbled by the incredible selflessness and humanity that surrounded me. I was literally not permitted to go to the bathroom alone in case there was some residual physical effect from the accident despite being cleared by medical personnel as good to go. I'm still in awe.
So, the season is on hold for a few weeks until I find another vehicle and go through the process of getting it together. The vehicle I had was not insured for damage. My insurance was for full, unlimited vehicle occupant injury and full, unlimited coverage of not-to-my vehicle damage and injury. So, there is nothing to recover from the insurance company. All of that is clean. I'm just out the vehicle and paid to have it scrapped.
Life goes on.
Saturday morning at 0515 my vehicle hit a patch of black ice in the last tunnel I go through to get to my home resort. I was going about 85. The vehicle went perpendicular to the road, I floored the gas pedal and began the process of spinning around time and again while ping-ponging across the 2 lane tunnel banging off the walls. All ended well. I am without a scratch, the police cleared me of any liability and the tunnel itself was noted to have no determinable damage inflicted by the accident. My vehicle was declared on the scene to be a total. I rang up the guys I was scheduled to go into the back country with and told them I would not make it. They questioned why, I told them and everyone completely abandoned their scheduled day to assist me. They came and got me, helped me get a wrecker to tow the vehicle to a chop shop where the disposition paperwork was accomplished, helped me clear the vehicle, remove the ski rack, rims, stereo and other items of clear value from the vehicle, took me to a cabin to stay the night and drove me the 2.5 hour trip home this morning. No one permitted me to pay for anything beyond meals for them. I've not felt so safe, cared for and loved in years. I spent the day humbled by the incredible selflessness and humanity that surrounded me. I was literally not permitted to go to the bathroom alone in case there was some residual physical effect from the accident despite being cleared by medical personnel as good to go. I'm still in awe.
So, the season is on hold for a few weeks until I find another vehicle and go through the process of getting it together. The vehicle I had was not insured for damage. My insurance was for full, unlimited vehicle occupant injury and full, unlimited coverage of not-to-my vehicle damage and injury. So, there is nothing to recover from the insurance company. All of that is clean. I'm just out the vehicle and paid to have it scrapped.
Life goes on.
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