Automobile Accidents

General Lee 01 · January 5, 2002

So, have you guys ever been in an accident before.

I had one back in the spring. It was just a parking lot Fender-Bender, actually more of a tail-light breaker.

How about you guys?

January 5, 2002

One pretty good one. I was a passenger in the front seat of a Chevette (now there's a safe car-NOT) and we rear-ended a Camaro. Destroyed the front of the Chevette, I broke my nose, the windshield and my knees tore the dash out.

A couple of fender scrapes (dang trees) other than that big one.

Jpshostr · January 5, 2002

Now that I said I've never had one I most likely just screwed myself over.

pacodiablo · January 5, 2002

i had a pretty bad wreck in the older burb in georgia, i was rear ended at 40+ mph, and my older f-150 (1986 model) was in a bad wreck in 1995. i was able to walk away from both with only minor injuries. one accident that was not my fault, but involved one of my vehicles was in 1998, my month old f-150 was stolen and wrecked at 70-80mph by a drunk driver, he only had minor scrapes and bruises, but the truck was destroyed

Torque Junkie · January 5, 2002

Never been in one when I was driving, but I was in a friends truck in High school and we got rearended pretty hard.

-Mike

NeXuS1 · January 5, 2002

accidents where i was driving or just involved?

General Lee 01 · January 5, 2002

I meant with you driving, but Oh well, if you want to say it, say it.

Who am I to stop you?

Kansas Kid · January 6, 2002

I got hit by a guy one time about 4 years ago in a parking lot at the mall. He came around the corner into the lane too quick and rammed into me. Messed his car up pretty good, but just put a minor scratch in the metal rear bumper of the Buick I was driving at the time. And then some lady hit my truck while it was parked outside of my house. :angry: She was going to park in front of it, and cut too close. Hit my brush gaurd and made a big crease down the rear door of her car. Left a white mark on my brush guard, but nothing else.

HiG4s · January 6, 2002

I checked I've been in 1 or 2 big ones, but you might not think they count because they have been on dirtbikes not cars. In 4 wheeled vehicles I have scraped the occasional tree or parked semi-truck and ravaged one poor unsupecting parked VW.

Of course anyone here that remembers the first week I got my truck, I tried to run down one of those stupid yellow cement filled poles at the gas station. I had been driving a small car for years and misjudged the corner. Put a 6in deep gash in the passenger side of my truck. The Irony is my old car is 10in narrower than the truck. My judgement was perfect if I had still been in the car.

Just last year my sister lost control of her truck on the ice (back in Michigan) slid into the on-coming lane and hit head on with a semi. It completely ripped the passenger side of her Ranger off. Fortunatly she was alone and the drivers side stayed intact. Air bag deployed, seat belt held, seat stayed mounted to the floor. After the half of the truck that was left finished rolling and landed on its roof, the EMT crew cut the seat belts and she had a couple of scratches and some bruses. They were amazed she was alive let alone not seriously hurt.

It would have been a completely happy ending except the semi-trailer swung around after they hit and it caught the guy behind her and he didn't survive.

NewbieZ71 · January 6, 2002

2 bigger ones.....one not my fault....the other my fault dispite the fact that no one was ticketed and it was settled as a no-fault by the insurance companies.....still my fault. No major injuries...

mikeb · January 6, 2002

Two big ones, 1st one driving in the fast lane on a 4 lane freeway, lady misses an offramp in the far right lane and stops causes a ford pu behind her to slam on his brakes, gets the truck sideways, shoots across all lanes and slams my side head on spinning me out during rush hour, driving a VW bug at the time. 2nd one stopped at a light drunk driver at 1:30 pm slams into my back, goodby same VW bug, totaled. Only minor back strain both times.

Jpshostr · January 6, 2002

I guess you could count the little deal I had with our trailer last summer. Had it parked at a fair in the back lot, fair board member hunted me down and wanted me to come with him. Supposedly a tractor started up by itself, put itself in gear, and drove straight as an arrow 200 yards right into the back door. Trailer is still usable, but I'm still not buying this whole solo tractor story.

MountaineerTom · January 6, 2002

Put me down for a couple big ones.

chevy4x4trucks · January 6, 2002

I've been in two.

First: My S-10, I was leaving school (senior year of HS) and I stopped at a red light and this chick rear ended me. Just bent the heck out of the bumper, never did get it fixed

Second: With the silverado when it was 4 months old to the day, driving down the street about 25 mph and a guy in a blazer pulled out in front of me. No injury to me but the truck incurred a good 8 grand in damage

NeXuS1 · January 6, 2002

when i was driving i ran down a mazda. the guy was doing 60+ down a 35 mph street. and was well ahead of me when (so much i didnt have him in sight anymore). basicly the idiot in a rush cant merge at all. and at this area he comes to a complete stop when its clear and i'm looking over to see cross traffic exspecting mr hurry to be gone. hes still there.. so i moved his trunk into his back seat.. oh well stuff happens.

the other accidents i was in when i was younger. nothing really bad. i think i hit a windsheild once and shattered in when a call pulled out in front of my mom (only had the lap part of the seat belt on)

then my mom got side swiped, dont remember much about it.

the biggest one was a life changing event. around 7 or 8 years old i was riding with my grand mother coming back from redding cali after thanks giving. a drunk drover enter our lane and hit us nearly head on. i was asleep in the back seat, my brother in the front seat. when i woke up i was bleeding from my head and sitting up in a different car. i didnt find out till a few days later in the redding hospital that my grand mother was killed by that drunk driver who was never tested, and got away with murder. all happened before the drunk driving laws went into place.

sorry for the sad story. it was bound to happen with an accident thread.