Fun in Miami
Totally shredded the tire on the rental car. I'm
not sure what I hit in the boat I was driving (Crown VIc) but I noticed an
immediate change in power (rear tire, rear wheel drive) and as I attempted to
get off the highway the anti-slip thing started going ape because obviously the
wheel was spinning faster than the tire.
Well I had my first 'incident' in my 6 years of
business travel. I had a blowout on I-95 as I was running to the airport to
come home. Totally shredded the tire on the rental car. I'm not sure what I
hit in the boat I was driving (Crown VIc) but I noticed an immediate change in
power (rear tire, rear wheel drive) and as I attempted to get off the highway
the anti-slip thing started going ape because obviously the wheel was spinning
faster than the tire.
So I manage to get the damn thing off I-95 and onto Florida 112 on the way to the Airport, about 4 miles away. But basically the car won't drive no more. I manage to get it over onto the on ramp (the on side, not the off side) and close to the K-Rail thing. Call Hertz and they send a tow truck to come get me, call the travel agency and they move my flight (weird thing here, left at 7:30 instead of 4:50 and got home 5 min before my original flight, heh)
Which all in all was handled quite well by Hertz. They were really cool about everything and even apologetic. Which to me a blown tire isn't their fault so why should they apologize.
What pissed me off however was Miami's Finest reaction - or should I say lack thereof. I sat on the side of the road in a car not moving and watched 16, yes sixteen police cars of City, County, and HIghway Patrol drive right by me. none of them made any effort to make sure I was OK. While I wasn't concerned for my safety and I had a mobile phone and all, what really pissed me off is that they didn't check.
What if this had been Angi & the kids without someone to call? What if this was some person that was having a medical emergency with no way to call for help? I sat there for 45 minutes waiting for the tow truck (really cool older cuban guy) and no one from the public safety folks stopped.
So I manage to get the damn thing off I-95 and onto Florida 112 on the way to the Airport, about 4 miles away. But basically the car won't drive no more. I manage to get it over onto the on ramp (the on side, not the off side) and close to the K-Rail thing. Call Hertz and they send a tow truck to come get me, call the travel agency and they move my flight (weird thing here, left at 7:30 instead of 4:50 and got home 5 min before my original flight, heh)
Which all in all was handled quite well by Hertz. They were really cool about everything and even apologetic. Which to me a blown tire isn't their fault so why should they apologize.
What pissed me off however was Miami's Finest reaction - or should I say lack thereof. I sat on the side of the road in a car not moving and watched 16, yes sixteen police cars of City, County, and HIghway Patrol drive right by me. none of them made any effort to make sure I was OK. While I wasn't concerned for my safety and I had a mobile phone and all, what really pissed me off is that they didn't check.
What if this had been Angi & the kids without someone to call? What if this was some person that was having a medical emergency with no way to call for help? I sat there for 45 minutes waiting for the tow truck (really cool older cuban guy) and no one from the public safety folks stopped.
Posted: Sat - May 1, 2004 at 10:54 AM |
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