On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Mark McCulley wrote:

> At 12:35 AM 4/6/98 -0400, EMZ wrote:
> >    On friday on the way home from work I was in
> >a big hurry. I was following alot of fast moving
> >traffic thru a light, when for no reason the old
> >lady in front of me in a Volvo 740 decided to
> >stop. At that time I was looking the change lanes
> >and didn't see this until it was to late. Well I
> >push the cheap little Volve into the intersection
> >about 50  feet. Cruched the car from the bumper to
> >the back window. There was about 30 feet on skid
> >marks from my vanagon before and after the impact!
> >It felt like I hit nothing more than a sand bag.
> >the car had to be towed away. When the police
> >got there they had a hard time believing what had
> >happened, because there was no visible damage to
> >my Vanagon at all. After words at home I found the
> >bumper end to be cracked. Man is this thing a tank!
> >That or Volvos are complete trash. I'm glad I didn't
> >have air bags. I would have set them off.
>
> Volvos are tanks, one of the most solidly built cars on the road. I'd like
> to see some photos of the "crunched" Volvo and your "not visibly damaged"
> Vanagon. What happened to the poor lady in the car? I hope your insurance is
> up to date...
>
     Well most people including the police could not believe the
     accident. The car was rusted off. We have a strange pollicy
     here in Pgh.: the first tow truck to the accident gets the
     job. So they normally bet the ambulance the to accident. This
     was no excception. The police were 5 cars back on the adjacent
     road, and saw the accident happen. There were 3 older ladies
     in the car, in all, one of witch, requested the ambulance. After
     that I got pissed and told the police I'm leaving. The Volvo
     was already gone. I left, and left them standing there with
     the police. There wasn't anything wrong with any of them.
     Maybe sue happy. Now I'm in for it! I had enough of (GD)
     laywers.

                                          Eric