My Accident
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My Accident
So the other day I was driving home, and some guy stops in front of me to turn into a bank (not using the turning lane).... so then I stopped real fast, checked if anyone was going to hit me from behind (traffic was going about 40-45) and the car behind me had stopped also 
... or so I thought. Then about five seconds later ..... WHAM... she nailed my car because some truck nailed her, pushing her into me. So finally after I got the courage to get out and look at the damage, I noticed that my car was the ONLY CAR THAT WAS DAMAGED 
....I thought it was pretty wierd that my rear end was damaged without any damage done to the other cars at all.... the truck that hit the car behind me had to be going at least 20-25mph for my car to have as much damage as it does, but the the grand am bumper had only scratches (on the front and back bumpers)
Ill post pics when I get on later today...
... or so I thought. Then about five seconds later ..... WHAM... she nailed my car because some truck nailed her, pushing her into me. So finally after I got the courage to get out and look at the damage, I noticed that my car was the ONLY CAR THAT WAS DAMAGED ....I thought it was pretty wierd that my rear end was damaged without any damage done to the other cars at all.... the truck that hit the car behind me had to be going at least 20-25mph for my car to have as much damage as it does, but the the grand am bumper had only scratches (on the front and back bumpers)
Ill post pics when I get on later today...
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eep,. sorry to hear that... I would say that you are lucky that your vehicle will get damaged, it means that the impact buffers are working... if you had a solid vehicle that when hit didn't do anything, then yu would be in trouble when a real accident would happen. So with safety there are definately trade-offs...
I used to work at a dealership, and you would hear people come in and say "my 198x blablabla was the most safe car in the world, I could drive through a house and not get any damage"... then I pointed out the fact that vehicles like that killed people.... might not hurt the person inside, but the other people....bad.... and what happens when you get 2 'tanks' that hit eachother?... ya... bad news.
I used to work at a dealership, and you would hear people come in and say "my 198x blablabla was the most safe car in the world, I could drive through a house and not get any damage"... then I pointed out the fact that vehicles like that killed people.... might not hurt the person inside, but the other people....bad.... and what happens when you get 2 'tanks' that hit eachother?... ya... bad news.
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Originally Posted by tkx
I used to work at a dealership, and you would hear people come in and say "my 198x blablabla was the most safe car in the world, I could drive through a house and not get any damage"... then I pointed out the fact that vehicles like that killed people.... might not hurt the person inside, but the other people....bad.... and what happens when you get 2 'tanks' that hit eachother?... ya... bad news.
sorry to hear about your accidents !
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
Hey, join the club. I wrecked my car two nights ago and it's disabled. I'm looking at about 2,000+ dollars' worth of damages.
but now it looks new~
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Originally Posted by tkx
eep,. sorry to hear that... I would say that you are lucky that your vehicle will get damaged, it means that the impact buffers are working... if you had a solid vehicle that when hit didn't do anything, then yu would be in trouble when a real accident would happen. So with safety there are definately trade-offs...
I used to work at a dealership, and you would hear people come in and say "my 198x blablabla was the most safe car in the world, I could drive through a house and not get any damage"... then I pointed out the fact that vehicles like that killed people.... might not hurt the person inside, but the other people....bad.... and what happens when you get 2 'tanks' that hit eachother?... ya... bad news.
I used to work at a dealership, and you would hear people come in and say "my 198x blablabla was the most safe car in the world, I could drive through a house and not get any damage"... then I pointed out the fact that vehicles like that killed people.... might not hurt the person inside, but the other people....bad.... and what happens when you get 2 'tanks' that hit eachother?... ya... bad news.
I guess the grand am and the truck were a low speed version of the 2 'tanks' hitting each other.
Also, speaking of absorbing the impact.... If my bumper didnt take most of the impact then I might have end up being a 4 car wreck, instead of 3 on account of me being catapulted into the guy who stopped in front of me. Luckily that was not the case
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Originally Posted by samkws
ur car is not too bad compare with mine
totally fixable
totally fixable
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Originally Posted by scottt
Just curious, who did they fault for the accident?
His Insurance company has not called me back a second time to confirm this, but the insurance agent said that he did believe that it was his fault after I spoke with him the first time.
I had believed before this accident that the person who hits you from behind during a situation such as this, was at fault during a collision because "the car behind you had stopped to close" or something
but as I had said before, I believe that the driver of the truck will be at fault for the damages on all 3 cars (including his)
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Originally Posted by csilano
did you keep you foot on the brake when you were hit. Remember if it look like your gettin smacked take you foot off the brake.
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