"I was in a ridiculous bus accident. Ask me anything." (rbnyc)

[Tess Anderson]

 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9839344

This supposedly happened in Chicago, not NYC, and he's the only one that thinks an accident actually occurred. He hit his knee and has "bad insurance". :

rbnyc  (1000+ posts)        Mon Dec-05-11 08:35 PM
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I was in a ridiculous bus accident. Ask me anything.
 Edited on Mon Dec-05-11 08:39 PM by rbnyc
First, I'm fine.

I take the city bus almost everyday to and from work. On the way home tonight, there was a horrible crashing sound. I've been in my share of car accidents and it definitely sounded like we hit a car, but I couldn't see. The bus stopped abruptly upon the sound and I went flying into the seat in front of me, banging my knee and my wrist. "****!" exclaimed I.

To my amazement, the next thing that happened was not the bus stopping and the bus driver making sure everyone was okay. The bus just continued on its merry way and the bus driver said nothing. I was a little disoriented and in a bit of pain, but I knew I was basically okay. I looked at my fellow passengers. A man said to me, "Fill out a report with the bus driver." I nodded. I was still somewhat perplexed that we were continuing on the route so I said, "Did we actually hit something?" A woman said, "Yes, we hit a car." The bus driver remained silent.

Finally I asked, "Is there some kind of incident report I should fill out?" He gave me a form and I wrote down what happened. It was a single form - no copy. I took out my notebook, made note of the time and the number of the bus. When I gave the form to the bus driver I asked if I could take down his name. He said, "You don't need my name."

Then it was my stop so I got out.

I had to go immediately to a Cub Scout meeting.

The office for the city bus is closed and there is no way to leave a message so I will call them tomorrow. I called my precinct and they are sending a car around so I can file a report.

Immediately upon leaving the bus, I was limping just because of pain. But now, it's just a little red and doesn't hurt very much.

I just want to document the incident in case I do end up needing some medical attention. I don't want to be out of pocket on this.

But also, regarding the bus driver, what a dick. And is there some law that exempts city bus drivers from stopping at the scene of an accident?

I know it's vindictive, especially as I'm pretty sure I'm not badly injured, but I kind of hope he loses his job.

EDIT: for clarity I removed the word impacting to describe how I hit my wrist because I think that's actually a medical term and I really just mean I banged it.
 

A Cub Scout meeting???

[DefiantSix]

 

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[JohnnyReb]

If the bus driver had stopped, 42 people would have gotten on the bus. All of them would have been claiming to have "whiplash".

[GOBUCKS]

This DUmmy is one of those deadbeats who runs to climb aboard a wrecked bus.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I'm guessing: the drivers are unionized and if this driver can just get the bus back to the motorpool the whole thing can be buried and he won't have any culpability.

[BattleHymn]

I'll award two bongs.  The first bong for there being a twist with the cop, who this time would have been wanted by the DUmmie if he jumped out of a nearby bush.   Secondly, another bong to the DUmmie for being stupid enough to expect the Chicago Transit Authority to obey any traffic laws.  I'm pretty sure if the bus driver swerved to a car, it was because it had a 'generic republican 2012' sticker on the back of it, so it was fair game.    

[Tucker]

A Cub Scout meeting???

That jumped out at me too.

Probable a homo Pedophile.