HEY!! I WAS in the car. I think if I wasn't in the car, I would be dead. The impact sent the car with parking brakes on, ten feet. Not in the car means I would have gone 50+ feet and be broken instead of the car being broken.

But I get your point though. Thanks for your comments. I AM thankful that we both walked away from it. And especially thankful I had no kids in the car and a pedestrian didn't get hit.

I was just remembering back a couple of days ago when an elderly lady standing next to me at a cross walk just passed out and fell into the street and into traffic. For a split second, I thought it was a staged thing, then I grabbed her and got her back on the sidewalk, got someone to call 911, and fortunately, a police car rolled around the corner. He was near and saw the whole thing and had already called for an ambulance. Poor lady fell right on her face and was bloodied up and spit out a bunch of teeth when she came to. And that was just from a fall from the standing position. It seems to me that when people get hit by cars traveling at speed, they seem to die most of the time. So for what it is worth, I am happy I was inside the car when it happened!

And thanks to you too, Susan. I just spent an hour with my kids getting them ready for bed and other than a few little aches, I feel ok. I think I will keep until the morning. I am not ready to go yet and want to watch my kids grow up and see my grandkids, and travel with my wife as old farts before I will be ready to go. Keep your fingers crossed for me!