What is worse then shooting yourself in the leg, and getting more or less kicked off the best team in football because of your own stupidity?  Wrecking your uninsured $140,000 Mercedes, that’s what.  This is the dilemma that New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress finds himself in these days.  You may remember that Plaxico recently went clubbing with another member of the team.  While inside he fumbled (no pun intended) with a handgun in his waist band that went off, shooting him in the leg.  After that he made an attempt to hid the evidence and seek medical treatment under a false name.

Now the new drama iin Burress’ life is rear ending a woman in Florida.  According to the New York Daily News Burress hit the woman while driving uninsured:

“Alise Smith, 27, of Miamisaid she suffered neck and back injuries in May when a tailgating Burress rear-ended her 1997 Ford Probe with his $140,000 Mercedes-Benz.

Compounding Burress’ problems was that he failed to make his insurance payments and his Allstate coverage was terminated three days before the crash. “

So there you have it.  There are so many lessons to be learned from Burress.  1) Don’t shoot yourself in the leg (pretty obvious if you ask me) 2) Don’t get benched by the best team in football due to your own foolish decisions 3) If you are going to rear end people in your $140,000 car…get it insured!

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