1. Give yourself "mad props", as they say, for having the where-with-all to ride that one out somehow. fortunately, you were not fully stopped or it could have been much worse (at least you had some forward inertia). It's exactly these stories that prompt me to always take a look behind me, leaving it in low gear, when slowing up for a red light.
2. Go to church and pray/thank God you and your daughter (not there fortunately) were not killed or seriously injured.
3. Don't sign any kind of settlement w/ insurance or defendant until you get a lawyer.
4. Get thoroughly checked out by a doctor/specialist again, especially if you start to feel some pain coming out over the next few months or longer. Pain/mobility limitations stemming from these injuries may take a very long time.
Although the idiot deserves to pay for his mistakes, don't claim any BS lawsuits. There's enough scumbags doing that these days.
5. Let us know how things progress in regards to getting a new ride...07' or otherwise.
