she lost & almost died

Very lucky for her. Well done Sir.

 

Guess you never heard about the driver that went 4 hours over his 70 to get home and had a drunk driver slam into the back of his trailer while he was asleep in his house with the truck parked at the curb in front of his house. Never mind the fact that he was rear ended while legally parked by a drunk driver, he was found at fault because the truck should not have been there for another 30 hours.

Or the TWT driver that left the truck stop 2 hours before his 10 hour break was up to pull across the street to be first in line to deliver in the morning when a car load of Mexicans ran a red light and hit him in the fuel tank. Didn't matter that they ran the light or that they were not even in the country legally all the mattered was the truck driver was out of hours.

Driving a truck is one of those things where you are guilty until you can prove your innocence.

 

Good job driver. Many haven't thought it out or planned how to minimize death. Instances like that you can't avoid, but you can move 5 feet this way or 5 feet that way to take away the direct hit. Hats off for being a professional driver. Stuff like that seperates the men from the boys. Or woman from the girls!!! (before I get clobbered, lol)

 

Ahh insurance - it really is the oldest scam in the world. think about it...

You Have to have it, so you get it. You pay x amount of dollars a year, IN CASE something happens. If you are so unfortunate that something DOES happen, you have to pay them a deductible, to get them to do something. Then, once they do something, they raise your rate of x amount of dollars for 5 years, to cover the cost of what they just paid out and then some.

sure sounds like a scam, doesn't it?

 

There are people doing that in canada as well. Mostly in the big cities.

 

How bad of shape is your hood? Did it get anything in the engine compartment? Be careful in signing that check until EVERYTHING is fixed on your truck. I went through something similar recently, and ended up having to pay out of pocket for a couple little things that were overlooked by the estimator.

 

Good job Dave! Best of luck to you in getting full payment for repairs.
I hope the insurance company makes everything right for you.
I look at it as you saved a life...Great driving!