Was rear ended today by a guy doing over 50mph and not paying attention

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: sjwaste
Funboy, I have 3 words for you and I hope you listen to me: Get a lawyer.

Personal injury lawsuits and their bad rep aside, this guy deserves to be cleaned out if he hit you doing 50. Make sure you're taken care of, this guy deserves to pay for it.

Glad you're (relatively) ok, get well.

cleaned out for an 'accident?'

First if the speed limit was 45-55 there then the guy was not in the wrong for speed.

If the OP had stopped somewhere where stopping is not warranted (no stop sign) then the driver may not have known...esp with there was no brake lights ...(not saying this is what happened).

We just had a major road change here due to a popular drop off place having tons of rear end accidents due to no one really is supposed to be stopping yet everyone was to drop off or pick someone up.

An accident is not the basis to 'clean someone out'...if they were hyped up on meth, driving insanely fast or doing something else that made them a hazard then it would be warranted.

All these lawsuits are causing those with money big time.

I rearended a guy...I was totally deemed not at fault. He entered the traffic lanes and then immediately stopped hard and off to the side of a blind spot.

I hit him. He was in the process of being evicted, has two credit card cases on file and on a payment plan for no valid license/insurance the month prior to this. His last check bounced to the city.

He is trying to sue and want's a $25000 settlement to avoid court. They will probably pay it if he signs off...so far he has not agreed to hold the company harmless if paid.

Speed limit is 45mph, it was in front of the nursing home here in my town. Ontop that he was driving the work truck where he works the next building over past the nursing home, so he knows of the area VERY well. Where we turn in at is a legit place where anyone, including ambulances, have to pull in to get people out. The place where you turn at can be seen for well over a half mile before getting to the nursing home.

I have over 20 people who saw him hit me for there was the admistrator of the nursing home, and some employees, and people working for the boring crew who were out at the side of the road laying pipe under the nursing homes driveway, that saw him come flying up doing well over 50, hit my car, pop us up in the air 5 feet, still didnt hit his brakes when his truck went under my explorer and took out his front end of his truck to his windshield, when I hit the car in front of me we came back down with suck force I broke my wifes set in half, and was laying on my sons lap who was sitting behind me.

Not saying I will clean this guy and the company out, Im not that heartless in the least for I have had the world shit on me in a hand basket and I took it with a smile, but it is beyond any reason of doubt, he was not paying attention, or was drunk when he hit us to have that much distance pass, and we sat for a good half a minute waiting for on coming traffic to pass, that he had MORE then enough time to see us, and stop, had he not been doing ????????? to hit us and NEVER touch his brakes till AFTER he hit me.

Anywho, my ride is here and I got to split, getting pics of the site, video of what can be seen as you come to the site, and pics of his truck for my suv took the most hit under it, which I couldnt get a shot of other then the crease in front of the left rear tires frame, have no idea how bad under it is, and a shot of their truck and what was done to him showing it was much faster then the posted speed.

And most important the rest of my scans for Im feeling like I have to puke now, and cannot think straight at all, so be back later to reply and post more.

All I can say is I and my son is very lucky. He had his seat belt in, and because im so damn tall, 6'4" had the seat back as far as it would go that his head was not tucked up under mine when we came back down for I could of killed him splitting him in two when I broke the seat. I am still crying on how close I was to having my son die who is the light of my life, for if it really was not for him, my oldest, with all the shit and pain im in day in and day out would of looked down the barrel of a shot gun years ago. had he died yesterday so would I of shortly after.

 

[Greenman]

50 mph impact and you drove the car home.
Child in car is unharmed (thank God).
Hospital sends you home after incomplete tests.
Attorney involved the day after accident.

Things that make you go hmmmmm.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: sjwaste
Funboy, I have 3 words for you and I hope you listen to me: Get a lawyer.

Personal injury lawsuits and their bad rep aside, this guy deserves to be cleaned out if he hit you doing 50. Make sure you're taken care of, this guy deserves to pay for it.

Glad you're (relatively) ok, get well.

cleaned out for an 'accident?'

First if the speed limit was 45-55 there then the guy was not in the wrong for speed.

If the OP had stopped somewhere where stopping is not warranted (no stop sign) then the driver may not have known...esp with there was no brake lights ...(not saying this is what happened).

We just had a major road change here due to a popular drop off place having tons of rear end accidents due to no one really is supposed to be stopping yet everyone was to drop off or pick someone up.

An accident is not the basis to 'clean someone out'...if they were hyped up on meth, driving insanely fast or doing something else that made them a hazard then it would be warranted.

All these lawsuits are causing those with money big time.

I rearended a guy...I was totally deemed not at fault. He entered the traffic lanes and then immediately stopped hard and off to the side of a blind spot.

I hit him. He was in the process of being evicted, has two credit card cases on file and on a payment plan for no valid license/insurance the month prior to this. His last check bounced to the city.

He is trying to sue and want's a $25000 settlement to avoid court. They will probably pay it if he signs off...so far he has not agreed to hold the company harmless if paid.

Get over it you idiot. You rear-ended someone. Regardless of what you think is correct, you were cited. Trust me if there was ANY hope of avoiding/mitigating a payout your insurance company would find a way. Anyway you aren't being cleaned out, your insurance is making a paltry payment relative to the amount of income they make.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Funboy, I'm glad to hear your son is OK! It's scary as hell to think that you were so close to crushing him with your seat splitting like that, but he's OK. So try not to think about it. I'm glad to see you're still posting and typing. I guess TN has it's share of bad drivers just like everywhere else

I hope the ass that hit you is well insured, and that they get you fixed up quick.

Good luck!

 

[Capt Caveman]

After seeing the pics, I would have expected your explorer to be totaled.

Did the police check the other guy out for intoxication/being high?

 

[Mxylplyx]

Based on the pictures, I'm going to have to call bullshit on him hitting you at 50mph. Hell, even the back window is intact. I would expect more damage at even 20mph.

 

[Ramma2]

Yeah, first thing I said when seeing those pics was no way that was 50mph... I was witness to an SUV getting rear ended on the highway at about 40 mph, buy a small pickup (S10 I think). Neither vehicle was drivable.

 

[tk149]

Sorry to hear about your accident, and I hope you feel better soon. Glad your son's ok.

I'm no expert, but that damage doesn't look like the result of a 50 MPH impact, unless the other guy was driving a motorcycle or something really puny. A quick Google search didn't yield any pictures of a high speed rear-impact. Did a cop estimate the other guy's speed? Regardless, it's a good thing he wasn't going any faster or you could be in worse shape.

 

[Renob]

Wow that sucks, I did notice there was very little damage to your car you sure he was going over 50mph. My guess is he was doing about 20 max.

Now I could see that type of damage is he was doing 50mph and you were doing 30 or 40mph but no way were you stoped and he was doing over 50

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
After seeing the pics, I would have expected your explorer to be totaled.

It looks like it was a lower-speed hit than estimated by the OP. I'm thinking a work truck going 50MPH,even 25mph, would have crushed that explorer, imo, but I'm not an expert.

That said, doesn't mean he's not hurting more now than before and/or doesn't deserve to be compensated. I know OP's been down on his luck for a while, so perhaps there's some extra incentive to lawyer up, but still, no matter what the reason, it's his right. I have no issue with it.

In any event, glad it wasn't worse and I hope you recover soon Funboy.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
Based on the pictures, I'm going to have to call bullshit on him hitting you at 50mph. Hell, even the back window is intact. I would expect more damage at even 20mph.

QFT...while it could be possible, I am thinking it was a bit of an exaggeration.

 

[HN]

holy damn dude! was once nudged by a guy coming to a stop and even that was pretty jolting. can't imagine getting slammed @50mph :shocked:

hope things turn out well for you and your family :beer:

 

[MrWizzard]

Any pity I had for you left me as I kept reading your posts man.

1. Don't always get a lawyer that is some of the worst advice I have ever heard, you get a lawyer after you find out what the other company might be able to get you not right away. Otherwise you usually get LESS than you would have.

2. You have unreal expectations of Nationwide. I could go on and on but I don't think it's worth the effort.

3. There is no way you were hit by someone going 50 unless they were running on foot at 50 mph and hit the back of your car. There is way too little damage.

4. As soon as part of your story seems fake I don't know what parts of what you say is real or what is exaggerated.

Like I said I started out feeling real sorry for you but lost it as your posts went on.

Hope whatever injuries you did get heal fast.

 

[DVad3r]

That fuckin sucks big time man, good thing you came out of it alive and your son is fine. I am paranoid when it comes to people behind me, I probably spend half the time looking in the mirror to see who is coming up fast. Whenever Im on the highway and someone breaks in front of me, I break slowly just so the guy behind me has enough time to react, even though the car in front of me is breaking hard.

In Canada we have retarded laws surrounding looking back and worrying about vehicals behind you. Funny story one of my moms friends told me was that she was driving in the city and the light turned yellow. She was about to stop but saw a guy trailing behind her full blast close by, and decided to run it becuase clearly he would smash into her. Cop was there nabbing people and pulled her over. She explained to him that she was looking back and ran it to make sure the car behind her did not hit her.

Cop is like: The law doesn't require you to worry what's behind you, here's your ticket.

Fuckin dumb system...l2 drive

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
Based on the pictures, I'm going to have to call bullshit on him hitting you at 50mph. Hell, even the back window is intact. I would expect more damage at even 20mph.

QFT...while it could be possible, I am thinking it was a bit of an exaggeration.

Same. That damage was caused by a collision at between 20 and 30 MPH.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say he is claiming 50MPH so he can claim injuries and sue for them.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
That fuckin sucks big time man, good thing you came out of it alive and your son is fine. I am paranoid when it comes to people behind me, I probably spend half the time looking in the mirror to see who is coming up fast. Whenever Im on the highway and someone breaks in front of me, I break slowly just so the guy behind me has enough time to react, even though the car in front of me is breaking hard.

In Canada we have retarded laws surrounding looking back and worrying about vehicals behind you. Funny story one of my moms friends told me was that she was driving in the city and the light turned yellow. She was about to stop but saw a guy trailing behind her full blast close by, and decided to run it becuase clearly he would smash into her. Cop was there nabbing people and pulled her over. She explained to him that she was looking back and ran it to make sure the car behind her did not hit her.

Cop is like: The law doesn't require you to worry what's behind you, here's your ticket.

Fuckin dumb system...l2 drive

1. brakes
2. you don't get ticketed for going through a yellow light
3. that's an excuse I'll have to remember
4. you will be injured more if you tense up
5. cop was correct

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
Based on the pictures, I'm going to have to call bullshit on him hitting you at 50mph. Hell, even the back window is intact. I would expect more damage at even 20mph.

QFT...while it could be possible, I am thinking it was a bit of an exaggeration.

Same. That damage was caused by a collision at between 20 and 30 MPH.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say he is claiming 50MPH so he can claim injuries and sue for them.

because you can't sue for injuries if the collision is under 50MPH?

 

[BW86]

wow - glad you're ok.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
Based on the pictures, I'm going to have to call bullshit on him hitting you at 50mph. Hell, even the back window is intact. I would expect more damage at even 20mph.

QFT...while it could be possible, I am thinking it was a bit of an exaggeration.

Same. That damage was caused by a collision at between 20 and 30 MPH.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say he is claiming 50MPH so he can claim injuries and sue for them.

because you can't sue for injuries if the collision is under 50MPH?

No, because real physical injuries are very unlikely in a 20MPH rear end accident.

Look at the damage. The SUV absorbed most of the impact as it is designed and the damage is minimal. I've been rear ended exactly the same way with much the same damage just last winter. The jolt felt in an impact like this is not an injury causing one at all.

 

[DougK62]

That's about a 15mph crash.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
Based on the pictures, I'm going to have to call bullshit on him hitting you at 50mph. Hell, even the back window is intact. I would expect more damage at even 20mph.

QFT...while it could be possible, I am thinking it was a bit of an exaggeration.

Same. That damage was caused by a collision at between 20 and 30 MPH.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say he is claiming 50MPH so he can claim injuries and sue for them.

because you can't sue for injuries if the collision is under 50MPH?

No, because real physical injuries are very unlikely in a 20MPH rear end accident.

Look at the damage. The SUV absorbed most of the impact as it is designed and the damage is minimal. I've been rear ended exactly the same way with much the same damage just last winter. The jolt felt in an impact like this is not an injury causing one at all.

Thanks for the info Dr. Amused

The OP's chair broke and the passenger was jolted pretty well. Sure the crumple zones worked but it looks like some energy was transferred to the occupants.

The insurance will absolutely claim he had prior injuries and that may mitigate the settlement we still have a major aggravation of a pre-existing injury.

 

[CPA]

...was still able to drive the thing home, granted I had to hold the windshield to stay up, but mine still drove home,...

funboy, you've been a longtime poster and respected by most on these boards, I would think. I am not questioning your integrity, per se, but I am curious as to how you were able to hold up the windshield and drive at the same time, all the while you had no use of your left arm. Am I reading what you did wrong?

 

[Ramma2]

So, we going to get some answers OP?

 

[Quiksilver]

Seems that 50 MPH crash is a little exaggerated. Looks more like a 20/25 MPH crash to me just based on the fact the windshield was still intact and you were able to drive it still. It also doesn't take a lot for a chair to split in two; the back of the chair is just being held up by 2 to 3 bolts per side.

In any case glad your kind of okay.

 

[Shawn]

Glad you are ok. Doesn't look like much damage to the vehicle. I have to agree that it doesn't look like a 50MPH collision.

This is what my mom's car looked like getting hit at 50MPH. Side air bags went off and everything.