First car crash *Why Old People Shouldn't Drive*

[F1N3ST]

Was just driving along, 50mph in a 55mph 4 lane road, and this blue escape decides to cut me off. I slammed my brakes, and tried swerving off to that road to the right, but it was in vane, probably doing about 30 at the time of collision. Needless to say, here's an explanation. Paint.



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Guy driving the Escape was about 75.

My airbags went off. I had it towed to my dad's house because he fixes wrecked cars.

Here's my car before this accident .

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=283591

 

[Slew Foot]

Well, at least he got the worst of it

 

[Kaervak]

"Do a barrel roll!"

 

[kyrax12]

What was the dude driving 75+?

I don't think any roads in the U.S allow speeds faster than 70 MPH.

 

[Quiksilver]

Picture embedding fail and explanation of thread title fail.

Edit.

And my Reading comprehension fail.

 

[Bignate603]

What was the dude driving 75+?

I don't think any roads in the U.S allow speeds faster than 70 MPH.

Reading comprehension fail. The guy was 75, he wasn't going 75.

 

[Engineer]

What was the dude driving 75+?

I don't think any roads in the U.S allow speeds faster than 70 MPH.

Not driving 75, was 75 years old.

 

[Soccerman06]

What was the dude driving 75+?

I don't think any roads in the U.S allow speeds faster than 70 MPH.

ugh, Texas has 80mph speed zones, and the guy that he hit was 75, not how fast he was going.

blast i was beaten twice

 

[Quiksilver]

Reading comprehension fail. The guy was 75, he wasn't going 75.

x2

I read that as him doing 75 as well >_>

 

[F1N3ST]

"Do a barrel roll!"

:awe:

 

[Balt]

I don't think your dad is going to be fixing it, I would be surprised if it's not totaled. Try to take it easy for a few days b/c you're probably going to be pretty sore tomorrow.

Who did the police cite?

 

[Ruptga]

There's no way the police won't side with him on this one. If *nothing* else the other guy failed to yield to the traffic on the larger road.

 

[Sukhoi]

What was the dude driving 75+?

I don't think any roads in the U.S allow speeds faster than 70 MPH.

Have you ever been anywhere west of the Mississippi River and east of California?

 

[Fingolfin269]

OP that sucks man.

 

[alfa147x]

Damn that sucks! How hurt are you?

 

[Vette73]

I don't think your dad is going to be fixing it, I would be surprised if it's not totaled. Try to take it easy for a few days b/c you're probably going to be pretty sore tomorrow.

Who did the police cite?

Its already a salvage car fixed once. Best bet is he gets as much as possible and does a buy back and fixs it up again. Might come out ahead if his dad is fixing it. But will have almost no real value in my book. 1 Salvage is enough, let alone 2.

 

[lupi]

I don't think any roads in the U.S allow speeds faster than 70 MPH.

lolololol

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

question is who hit who?

people cut people off, but honestly if i get cut off and i get in an accident, that sounds like i got cut off and i rear-ended him.

even if the driver sucks and didn't judge speeds coming on, itll be an uphill battle for me because i was behind him....

 

[Bignate603]

Its already a salvage car fixed once. Best bet is he gets as much as possible and does a buy back and fixs it up again. Might come out ahead if his dad is fixing it. But will have almost no real value in my book. 1 Salvage is enough, let alone 2.

If it works well enough I'd just drive it into the ground.

 

[Adrenaline]

Who got the ticket?

 

[F1N3ST]

Who got the ticket?

Not me.

 

[1sikbITCH]

question is who hit who?

people cut people off, but honestly if i get cut off and i get in an accident, that sounds like i got cut off and i rear-ended him.

even if the driver sucks and didn't judge speeds coming on, itll be an uphill battle for me because i was behind him....

Depends on where the OP struck the Escape. For the Escape to roll like that I think it was still on an angle and probably got struck on the passenger side rear causing it to flip. If it was a straight "front to rear" collision, the OP's vehicle would be evenly damaged all the way across and the Escape would have just been bumped from behind, not tipped over as if from the side.

Or maybe after the accident the OP kirked out and flipped over the old man's car but couldn't get the match lit before the cops came. I guess we'll never know.

 

[Wyndru]

Damn, hope you are ok.

Was the guy in the escape alright? That doesn't look like a comfortable position to be in after an accident.

 

[Imp]

I'm surprised how easy it is to flip a car over.

 

[F1N3ST]

Oh, can I do anything to recover any money, I'm in MI and have basic no-fault..

Especially cause he's at fault.