Sorry Brothers, Rossina is gone.

The person who hit Jon (Bullfighter) wasn't simply "not paying attention when driving", they're believed to have been driving whilst under the influence of drugs (made worse by the fact that they already had 3 DUI's convictions against them already and so should never have been allowed a licence to drive ever again!).


In the case of John_K_348's incident, being as it was a young girl driving, I would be amazed if it turned out she really was messing with her GPS at the time of the incident.

My monies firmly on her texting/blogging/facebooking her mates on her phone whilst driving, completely oblivious to the entire outside World whilst she did it! (Hopefully the Police will track her phone records to verify the truth!)

 

^GPS or texting, either way, it's distracted driving. I don't see how one is better or worse than another.

 

^^^GPS, texting, or stoned-- it's all still distracted driving, and the possible outcomes are not really any different.

 

There are some very nice 348s in the FS&W section right now, including a Spider that looks very much like yours. Although it sounds as though you have already decided on another model.

 

wow... Sorry to see another 348 in a mess but glad everyone was ok. That's an awful big road for her to be on your side...

Makes me think about checking with my insurance agent about the valuation we have set for mine.

 

Driving whilst stoned out of your brains on drugs or whilst blind drunk on alcohol is not simply "distracted driving", it's driving whilst being deliberately and severely impaired - Hence why a "DUI" will normally carry a stiffer penalty than being caught texting or using a GPS system (at least it does here in the UK. Get caught on you phone whilst driving and it's 3 points on your license [12 points= a ban] and £100 fine. Get caught drink/drug driving and it's an automatic ban ).

That's not to say that texting or using a GPS system whilst driving ("distracted driving") is any less a stupid thing to do, or any less dangerous, as shown with this accident.

The difference is, "Distracted driving" can be the result of a single moments lapse in concentration whilst driving that can cause an accident. It's not the result of being in a completely unfit state to drive the car in the first place.

In the case of John_K_348's incident, up until the moment that the girl in the oncoming car was distracted (resulting in the incident), there was no reason why, based purely on the Law, she shouldn't have been behind the wheel of a car.


What happened in "Bullfighter"'s case though, wasn't simply the result of a single moments lapse in concentration due to being distracted by something such as a phone or GPS, it was the result of the actions of someone who was completely unfit to drive a car from the moment they started to do whatever drugs they were doing.

In this case, the woman who caused the incident should never have got behind the wheel in the first place as she was unsafe from the moment she got in the car (and having three DUI convictions already, shouldn't have been allowed to drive anyway!).


The point I was making was that saying "Bullfighter"'s incident was due to the actions of a distracted driver made it sound as though the driver was perfectly fine to drive until just before they ran into Bullfighter, and that simply wasn't the case!

I'm not trying to make this a competition as to whose incident was worse, and I'm not trying to play down the incident that John_K_348 sadly became involved in through no choice of his own, both incidents should never have happened!

All I'm saying is that a "DUI" driver and a "distracted" driver, whilst both a danger to others, is not the same thing in My book.

This site seems to define "DUI" and "distracted driving" as being separate issues, much as I see it: https://ncadd.org/about-addiction/driving-while-impaired-alcohol-and-drugs

As I can already tell that neither of you are going to grasp the point I was trying to make, I'll leave it at that and not bother with this thread any further.

 

Damn!

 

So sorry to hear about everything you're going through John. Losing a prized possession is bad enough, but it's much harder to part with a loved one. Know that we are thinking of you and your family right now. From one Massachusetts boy to another, I hope all goes well for you all.

Henry

 

Good luck on the new acquisition. Don't forget us once you have your "jelly bean".

 

Major Bummer! I'm glad to here your O.K. and it's not going to be the same not see your 348 at FONE events. Your car always looked great. I'm sure whatever you buy, you will make the same tasteful upgrades you did on the 348.

 

Wow. Glad you are ok.

 

Hi John,

Just for clarification, your VIN was ZFFRG43A0R0097150?

If so, the Spider VIN list shows that 97150 was originally blue, and the Lassen Dolphin 348.

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/141309421-post21.html

Same car?

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excellent news

 

So is that a confirmation of the VIN that wade posted, or are you not wanting to comment?

I've started my own database of 348 VINs and would like to note that it was written off.

 

Sorry for your difficulties. Glad the car is becoming a positive outcome. Enjoy the 360!

I am not sure if it was mentioned, but what was the mileage of the lost 348? Thank you.


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Sorry to see you going through these challenges in recent years, but glad you are enjoying your 360. All the best.