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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: Natalia Evans on November 12, 2007, 05:39:39 PM
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Today I was in my very first car accident. I was going to my aunt's and uncle's again for the internet and to download some photos from my card since I couldn't do it on the HP computer. It was real rainy out and then this car pulls right out in front of me and I slam on my breaks and I stop but the wet road takes place because my wheels slid into him and my hood got bent up a little. I open my car door but it won't open all the way so I squeeze myself out and I look at the damage on my car and his. The hood was bent, and so was my bumper and I just had it replaced in June. I looked under my car for radiator fluid and see if anything else is leaking out and I saw none. The guy couldn't get out of his car so he had to go out through the passenger side and I say to him "I'm so sorry, what do I do, is this my fault?" and he said his car is the government. car not his and there was a blind spot so he didn't see me. That damn white mini van was parked right next to the driveway so he didn't see my car so he pulls out right in front of me and I didn't have enough room to stop. Maybe if the roads were dry I would have made it, but because it was wet out, I didn't make it so I slid.
None of us were hurt, I wasn't going very fast and I did slow down when I saw him. If I would have kept going, the wreck could have been worse and we both would have been hurt.
The guy called his work and told him and he called his friends telling him he will be late. Then he called 911 and then he gave me his phone and I called my insurance company and gave them all the information I knew. Then we had to stand and wait till the officer got here.
He wasn't upset and neither was I. Maybe he wasn't upset because it wasn't his car and it's the Gov's and they cover it and me, maybe because I wasn’t hurt and I saw I could still drive my car and all the lights still work and so do the signals. But except for this corner light because the bulb got busted but at least the light next to it still works. I even opened the hood and saw nothing inside was damaged. I will just keep an eye on my car as I drive it.
The guy and I pulled into the driveway but his wheel rubs because my car bent it and I can still drive mine. Nothing rubs but I am still taking the bus to see my shrink tomorrow and then head downtown to the DMV to file out an accident report.
I'm happy I handled this real well, I didn't turn into Joon, no anxiety, no breakdowns or meltdowns just because I crashed my car and then had to wait and my day was being interrupted from shit happening. Heck I have my savings and that’s what its for but I found out I don't have to pay for it because the officer said it was the guy's fault so I had the right of way. My parents knew about the wreck already and my BF because the insurance called my Dad since the car is under his name and told him I was in a car wreck and then he tried calling me but couldn't get a hold of me because I left my phone at home and had it turned off. So he got real worried thinking I got hurt and had to go to a hospital. He called my BF and told him and then he called my aunt and uncle and told them.
My BF told his boss what happened and told him to get out of there meaning he can leave work early so he left.
Instead of going to my aunts and uncles, I go back to my apartment and saw I had a message on my answering machine so I listened to it. It was my dad telling me the insurance called him and told him what happened. So I called him back on my cell phone and told him all about it, then I called my BF and told him and said he doesn't need to come home but too late he was halfway home. He was worried about me.
I can't believe this all happened and to me it was all a nightmare. I wished I could rewind the whole thing going back to when I am driving and I stop where the white van is because I know there is a guy coming out. Worst of all for the guy, he was heading up into Washington passed Seattle for a business thing and had to be there at a certain time but now he can't because of the car wreck and the car had to be towed somewhere while I got to drive home and he had to stay and wait for the tow truck and for his friend to come and get him to give him a ride.
There ought to be a rule about parking so close to the driveways, then cars can't see. There already is a rule about parking close to stop signs and bus stops. You can't park next to them at all.
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yeah wow, very first car accident. are you expecting more?
do be careful, Spokes. :-*
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I would. They're pretty likely.
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i havent had one since i was a kid and some stupid bitch drove out in front of a van.
i'm glad you're ok anyway.
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Children shouldn't be allowed to drive.
I've only hit INANIMATE objects. :-\
Turns out, I'm pretty good at dodging
moving ones.
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yeah wow, very first car accident. are you expecting more?
do be careful, Spokes. :-*
No way. I could have totaled my car and lost it but I didn't. It's fixable. Who would want to be in a car wreck? No one likes to be in one. Who would?
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I haven't been in a car wreck that I remember, (I think I was in one, but I was too young) but my grandma isn't too good at driving on ice and she's lost control a lot of times driving on it, she should let my grandpa or uncle drive, they understand how you maintain traction on ice.
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I've changed a tire roadside too. And I don't even drive.
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Children shouldn't be allowed to drive.
I've only hit INANIMATE objects. :-\
Turns out, I'm pretty good at dodging
moving ones.
im good at dodging people in them cars you get at arcades and stuff. i dont think id be a good driver sticking to roads and stuff though
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Well SG you live to
scat fight another day.
All's well that bends well
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i love bumper cars!
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yeah wow, very first car accident. are you expecting more?
do be careful, Spokes. :-*
No way. I could have totaled my car and lost it but I didn't. It's fixable. Who would want to be in a car wreck? No one likes to be in one. Who would?
There was a film about a bunch of people who got off on being in car wrecks. I don't remember much about it, but there was a scene where they were all bandaged up from their injuries and were watching car wrecks on the TV and getting horny over it.
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yeah wow, very first car accident. are you expecting more?
do be careful, Spokes. :-*
No way. I could have totaled my car and lost it but I didn't. It's fixable. Who would want to be in a car wreck? No one likes to be in one. Who would?
There was a film about a bunch of people who got off on being in car wrecks. I don't remember much about it, but there was a scene where they were all bandaged up from their injuries and were watching car wrecks on the TV and getting horny over it.
Crash.
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I'm happy that they cleared you of fault. You don't want to have to spend money out of your savings because of a mistake that somebody else made. Something similar happened to me in my work truck over the summer. I was making a right turn at a really scary intersection, right after some kind of long truck, and there was another truck right behind it. Turns out my bumper only clipped his tire, but it was scary as hell.
By this way, meet comma: ,. Comma is your friend and helps people understand you. :laugh:
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I'm glad you're OK, SG!
I have been in several (seven) and two included the death of friends. I have seen many (innumerable) on the highways, some severe and, some, just plain stupid from my days on the road. Driving is extremely dangerous, if you look away. Don't ever look away!
Remember this!
I'm really glad you were'nt hurt!
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Spokane Girl, that accident wasn't your fault and you should not pay for your car to be fixed.
I am glad you weren't hurt. You handled it really well. :plus:
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yeah wow, very first car accident. are you expecting more?
do be careful, Spokes. :-*
No way. I could have totaled my car and lost it but I didn't. It's fixable. Who would want to be in a car wreck? No one likes to be in one. Who would?
I would. I don't even slow down when people are about to cause an accident anymore. Because if I totalled my car I'd get more from the insurance company than I could sell it for. Buying the car I did was a mistake. I'm never going to finance a car again. Only cash from here on out. I hate making payments on stuff.
If your car isn't that bad you can take the insurance money and just drive around in a beat up car. Go out and buy yourself something nice.
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Heh, if I was in that position I would do something to make people tailgate me and then slam on my brakes. I always chicken out and only tap them when someone tailgates.
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I just pitch things out the window.
Like eggs.
Ok, I don't.
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yeah wow, very first car accident. are you expecting more?
do be careful, Spokes. :-*
No way. I could have totaled my car and lost it but I didn't. It's fixable. Who would want to be in a car wreck? No one likes to be in one. Who would?
There was a film about a bunch of people who got off on being in car wrecks. I don't remember much about it, but there was a scene where they were all bandaged up from their injuries and were watching car wrecks on the TV and getting horny over it.
Crash. i love that movie. fucking hot.
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i thought Crash was about the civil rights movement?
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there's more than one.
Cronenberg made a movie about fucking in car crashes, Soderbergh about some other crap.
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Congratulations on surviving your first car crash! Hopefully you won't be having any more.
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yes thank god your alright, that wouldhave SUCKEd if you died
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Heh, if I was in that position I would do something to make people tailgate me and then slam on my brakes. I always chicken out and only tap them when someone tailgates.
If you really want to get them, choose a rainy day and get in front of them, abruptly, covering their windshield, then slam on the brakes. They won't have a chance!
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I only have liability (sp) insurence because the company won't cover anything else because my car is salvaged title. It's been in a wreck before my parents got me the car and this guy fixed it and sold it. He sells busted cars and people buy them and fix them. Very few are fixed.
I just got a call from them today telling me because it was a collision thing, me and my parents are going to have to pay it out of my pocket to have it fixed so there goes xmas shopping but the case is still being worked on so it's not official if I'm going to have to pay for it. My dad said he and Mom will take care of it for me so I wouldn't have to worry. Makes me feel less independant and guilty.
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It wasn't your fault so you shouldn't have to pay. That guy who turned into the street in front of you should have to pay for your car to be fixed because it was his fault the accident occurred in the first place. You did nothing wrong so you shouldn't have to pay for it.