Thanks for the well wishes, Pat. Honestly though my attitude goes from "Kill
The SOB!" to "I could make the same stupid mistake he made (but I really
doubt that's true because I don't speed or run red lights)" to "KILL HIM
NOW!"...at some point it seems that actually stopping at red lights in
Houston became somehow optional.

The driver who hit me was an inexperienced 21 year old male who I WISH had
been intoxicated because then he would have at least been arrested as they
were flying me to surgery. He just got a ticket for running the light. THAT
IS ALL. He was sober. He was driving a pick-up truck, and it turned over on
top of my Miata after it hit me. He had some scratches on his leg from
kicking out his windshield so he could crawl out.

"pws" > wrote in message
...
> Carol wrote:
>> It was not only a Miata, it was my first - the car I had wanted for years
>> and years and it was less than 6 months old. VERY sad. But happy for me
>> because in spite of what the doctors first thought, I did live to type
>> about it later. And in a few more months from now they will probably even
>> take the steel bolts out of my leg! Woo hoo! You can see a picture of the
>> dearly departed here... http://tinyurl.com/d4yhl
>
> Holy crap, you are lucky to still be here. Red light runners should be
> shot, along with people who tailgate (slightly kidding). In 20+ years of
> driving, I have seen one car pulled over for running a red light, and none
> that was obviously pulled over for tailgating.
>
> For some reason, the police in my area and the other places in America
> that I have driven find it more important to give people tickets for doing
> 10 mph over the speed limit on the highway than to enforce safety
> violations that are far more likely to cause the type of injuries that you
> have suffered.
>
> Glad to see that your attitude is still good. I am not sure that I would
> be able to manage the same after getting hit by the POS.
>
> By the way, what was the age of the driver and what vehicle did the driver
> hit you with, and was the driver intoxicated, if you don't mind me asking?
>
> Best wishes on your recovery!
>
> pat