Accidents with no insurance
Moose are proving to be the bane of the open road roadway. Before they were just 
Imagine cruising in your brand new, 2007 BMW 320D Touring at 230 kph (~143 mph) along the pristine asphalt of the Autobahn, listening to the finest in German techno. All of a sudden from the roadside, a flash of fur streaks across the road and you feel a mild thump, accompanied by a spray of rouge across the bottom of the passenger side windscreen. All of the warning lights explode across your instrument panel. If you are the fellow who drives this particular BMW, you don't have to imagine anything, because this scenario played itself out recently and the fox who did the streaking did not live to tell his tale. Excuse our discretion, but the gallery for this one is below the fold...
We're betting that from the outside, it only looks like the bimmers' signature kidney shaped grill insert and bumper cover are damaged. Opening that hood reveals that the fox managed to plough through the grill opening, then simultaneously destroy the radiator mount, and pass through the radiator and destroy the intake system. Messy. We're betting the insurance company doesn't total this one, so we feel bad for the garage that gets the work. Hopefully they have a carnage seperator in the bottom of their work pit. If you have a weak stomach, viewing these in high resolution is less than advisable.
If you live in Virginia and accidentally put a dent in your parent's new Bimmer we've got a great excuse for you: a truck carrying poultry fat left a trail of greasy, smelly lard 20 miles along northbound Route 13 in eastern Virginia, causing at least four accidents and creating a massive stink. It all started when a driver for Perdue somehow sprung a leak while carting the waste product to a disposal facility. Despite leaving a "greasy film" and broken fenders in his wake, it wasn't until he made it to a weigh-station that the cops caught up to him.Perdue has contracted with a cleaning company to help clean up the spill, which is apparently an environmental and driving hazard. We fell in love with the Perdue Wonder Chicken thanks to the Chicken Hut in Chicago, so we're glad our noses weren't anywhere in the proximity of this greasy disaster. [
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Pop quiz, hotshot -- you see Keanu Reeves backing his Porsche out of a parking space south of Los Angeles and he hits you with his sports car... do you sue? If you're a member of the paparazzi, the answer is probably yes. Alison Silva is suing Reeves, claiming he suffered shock and serious injuries when the car "grazed" him. An attorney for Reeves claimed that Silva was blocking the Porsche's way and if he'd been hit it wasn't hard enough to injure Bea Arthur. That being said, Reeves and Jennifer Connelly are slated to do a remake of 
Though we'd probably let her do awful, terrible things to our own personal automobiles, actress Eva Mendes seems content to isolate the damage to her cars and any cars that might be in her way. It's one of those stories that's just too embarrassing to be promotional at all. The first car was a Lexus Hybrid she had just purchased that day, and the second was the rental car she had while her Lexus was in the shop. There is also more than one moving truck involved, which makes us think that her neighbors are moving away to avoid getting run over. Her sordid tale after the jump...
"I bought a Lexus Hybrid, so I felt very environmentally responsible. When I got it, I drove it home and I was all excited but I just didn't pull in to my garage enough, so the garage door hit the back of the car as it
