After all these years...It Happened to me!!
I have been driving Class "A" rigs since 1997. Been a Good Sam Member almost that long. Good Sam has saved my bacon on several past breakdowns and this time when I experienced my first real 'accident'...
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Same thing happened to us in 2014. I kid on his cell phone ran into the back of the Jeep we were towing. We were doing the speed limit of 65 mph. He was going a good 10 mph over the limit when he hit us.
There was over $10.000.00 damage to the Jeep, and another $2,000.00 of ruined towing equipment. No damage to the motorhome or trailer hitch. The worst part was that he had just let his insurance laps.
Our insurance company picked up the tab, and after 3 years is still trying to collect from the offender. We may see success in the near future. Apparently even though there were no charges he still lost his license due to lack of financial responsibility. He needed his license for his job so he had to post a $10,000.00+ deposit with the secretary of state's office to get it reinstated. Our insurance company has made a claim against the deposit. We'll see what happens.
There was over $10.000.00 damage to the Jeep, and another $2,000.00 of ruined towing equipment. No damage to the motorhome or trailer hitch. The worst part was that he had just let his insurance laps.
Our insurance company picked up the tab, and after 3 years is still trying to collect from the offender. We may see success in the near future. Apparently even though there were no charges he still lost his license due to lack of financial responsibility. He needed his license for his job so he had to post a $10,000.00+ deposit with the secretary of state's office to get it reinstated. Our insurance company has made a claim against the deposit. We'll see what happens.
