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

[buck]

Originally posted by: Amused

So he NEVER hit the brakes? There are absolutely no skid marks?

If the flow of traffic is 50, just as it was on the road I was hit on, and the rear ender hits the brakes, but does so too late, the speed at which he hits you will be no where near the speed at which he was traveling.

So show us the skid marks.

I stick by my assertion that the damage caused to both cars looks to be an accident in the 20-30 mph range. Both cars look exactly like my car and the old man's that hit me this past winter, and he hit me in that exact speed range.

Hell, look at the crash tests done at 35 on those vehicles by the insurance companies and auto makers. The 35 MPH crash test does MORE damage than has happened to the truck that hit you.

This is a pic of a LARGER Silverado doing the standard 35 MPH crash test. Note the intrusion into the wheel wells? Note the much further crumpling of the crumple zones?

http://wikicars.org/en/Image:07Silverado4-f.jpg

And a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlrFQBNYHn4

The truck that hit you had NO intrusion into the wheel wells whatsoever.

It's easy to see the difference in damage between the 35 mph crash tests and your vehicles, which means your crash was no where near 50 mph.

There you have it.

 

[Amused]

Okay, if I have accused you or anyone with dishonesty, I appologize.

That said, let me explain something...

Most people will have absolutely NO idea what speed they are traveling when they hit something. They will only know what the speedo said the last time they looked at it.

But as soon as they slam on the brakes and initiate a panic stop, they will not see the speedo, but will be fixated on the object they are about to hit.

We cannot know what speed he was going except by the amount of damage to the cars, the speed he was traveling BEFORE he braked, and the length of the skid marks. If the truck had anti-lock breaks, there may very well be less or no skid marks at all.

The damage to your trucks do not suggest even a 35 mph impact, as the crash test vehicles sustained far more damage than either of yours.

This is why I said it looks like somewhere between 20 and 30 mph.

 

[Baked]

I'm sorry, but if that truck really hit you at 50 mph, you would've been thrown through the windshield, and your car would've been totalled

Just 'cause the witness claims he's a truck driver w/ 10 years experience don't mean a thing. A lot of people claim they're experts in a certain field, but are nothing more than talking heads reciting the same crap day in and day out.

Be glad you and your child didn't get any major injuries or die and count your blessings.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: funboy6942
And as far as everyone who watched it, they said exactly what I saw and felt when I looked in the mirror, he come flying up the street, did not stop, we went in the air, caught his hood and all under mine, he stoped, we landed, I broke my seat, and almost killed my son had his head just been a few more inches foward when I took the seat down. Had his head got caught up under the head rest, and because he was wearing his seat belt, I would of removed his head.

Sorry for trying to be honest with every one here, AS I WAS with my back injury that all of you had tried so had to discret me of as well when that all was happening to my life. Fuck I try to tell the truth, be honest, and all the ones who just got to try and show hard lard of a dick they can be by trying so hard to prove me wrong come out of the wood work, and make assumptions by looking at the pics of my suv, which I stated took the brunt of the hit under it for we were popped into the air, and said wait till you see pics of the truck, and video of the street leading up to where I got hit, and you will see why all of us are going WTF was wrong with his guy to hit us so fast, and never got to see us stopped from so far away.

So he NEVER hit the brakes? There are absolutely no skid marks?

If the flow of traffic is 50, just as it was on the road I was hit on, and the rear ender hits the brakes, but does so too late, the speed at which he hits you will be no where near the speed at which he was traveling.

So show us the skid marks.

I stick by my assertion that the damage caused to both cars looks to be an accident in the 20-30 mph range. Both cars look exactly like my car and the old man's that hit me this past winter, and he hit me in that exact speed range.

Hell, look at the crash tests done at 35 on those vehicles by the insurance companies and auto makers. The 35 MPH crash test does MORE damage than has happened to the truck that hit you.

This is a pic of a LARGER Silverado doing the standard 35 MPH crash test. Note the intrusion into the wheel wells? Note the much further crumpling of the crumple zones?

http://wikicars.org/en/Image:07Silverado4-f.jpg

And a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlrFQBNYHn4

The truck that hit you had NO intrusion into the wheel wells whatsoever.

It's easy to see the difference in damage between the 35 mph crash tests and your vehicles, which means your crash was no where near 50 mph.

No kidding because when he hit us we went in the air 5 feet, and the damage done above HIS BUMPER was caused by him going under us. Now tell me one time at 25 the bumper stays put, and most the damage is done above it? Which if you look at mine it would be reversed because when his pumper hit me I was jolted up into the air, evident by where a tow ball would be installed on my bumper had I had one, while the under side of my suv took everything from the top of his bumper back.

So How at 25mph was he able to hit me with such force at such a slow speed and never touched his brakes one, got me high enough in the air, I caused all the damage above his pumper. Think at 25 or less my suv would of stayed put, and his bumper would of be pushed in a HELL of a lot more then it is now wouldnt it? Not to mention then I would of gotten more damage and my back window would of shattered because I didnt go up in the air and over his bumper. Hence why I keep telling you that he hit me doing 45+ because the force of the hit was so hard my rear end jumped off the road, and tore his truck up from above the bumper back, taking out half his motor which is made of steel and aluminum. Tell me how anything less then doing 25, with both of our vehicles are about the same height, I didnt take as much damge in the back but UNDER MY CAR, and hit took the most damage above HIS BUMPER if doing 25mph.

And not only that, I may actually be a little bit higher then his truck, which, OMG would mean he would do the damage he did to my truck, and I did to his because, wait for it, he went up under my car, which again is WHY his bumper is hardly touched, and everything else is smashed to hell, including half his motor.

And if that was not enough for you, how about if he was doing 25 as you all seem to think he was doing did as much road go by when he made the bend he could of seen me stopped, with my brake lights and turn signal on, that he could of changed his radio station, made a phone call, fixed his hair, if he in fact was doing as you all like to think 25pmh or less. Fact is that much road ahead to see me, means he was fling his ass off, looked off for a second coming around the corner, had his eyes off the road the entire time he come around the bend till the time he hit me, because, wait for it, he never touched his brakes, and left no skid mark, so for a good 15 seconds or so at 45+, come around the bend, took his eyes off the road for what ever reason before he was able to see me, and you guessed it, plowed into me with enough force,, because at 25 MPH you not going to have enough force to lift half of 4000LBS into the air, over your bumper, take out your grill, hood, radiator, and half a motor.

And here is the video to show you how much room, and time he had, that he could see me pain as day, for it was sunny, 62 out, no fog, no semi behind me that would of turned off, for there is no other way in, other then a spot 300+ feet away, that you couldnt put a truck into and is the residents who dont need help living and have their own apartments, was he at any time, blinded by any thing, any one, or GOD, which means at over 45 mph, he took his eyes off the road coming to the bend, and KEPT THEM OFF THE ROAD till he hit me, which, wait for it again, is why there are no skid marks, and no one there or me heard them, or was any left by him.

Here you go, video of what he would of seen, and why had he been doing 25mph or less, he would NEVER of hit me.

Would you all feel better iff I now went and measured how high his bumper is, and where mine is, that would make mine slightly higher then his that would of caused me to again, skip up off his bumper, got 5 feet in the air, and to everything then from his grill back. Again at 35, 25, what ever I would of stayed put, nd more damage would of been done to both, mostly his bumper, which really is not too damaged as compared to all above it.

Are we happy and satisfied now.

And again I ask you all, what am I going to gain from making ANY of this up? Am I asking for help, am I asking for money, am I asking for ANYTHING AT ALL, that I would benefit from by making this up one bit?? Im 37 years old, with 2 kids and a wife of almost 10 years, Im way past being a child and looking for attention from a stupid site from people I dont know at all, that Im not asking for anyting from

Well, tell, what am I getting?? Other then the fact I put this up for the people I am dealing with atm, and thought since I been a member here, or good standing I thought, who has yet to post one negative thing in the past, thread crap or lie about anything at all, you all would be interested in what happened to me and my son, and how we are living to talk about it. Been here for 6 years, over 11,000 post, with 200+ all pos heat, so please, tell me what the heck am I going to gain by making any of this up??

For christ sakes while doing the video we were passed by a guy in a pick up truck, crossing a double yellow line, on a blind hill, and almost got his by farm equipment the moment he made it back into our lane. How is this all hard to belive, when you can plainly see what kind of people I have living in my town do do something like that, that you all cant fathom this guy took his eyes off the road for such a long enough distance, for we were stopped there, waiting on cross traffic, so brake light, a blazing, and turn signal on once he come around the bend, that he would be doing anything but OVER 45mph to never of seen me, to hit me without even touching his brakes. Do look hard, that video is untouched, and up till the motor fluids, you wont see skid mark one there. How the hell did he go so far, going so slow, to not seen me coming around the bend doing 35 or less in a 45mph posted speed limint, and NOT have the time to stop and not hit me at all.

HUH, how, like to know how the fuck the world and time, and newtons law didnt apply to him and all that damage done to me, MOSTLY UNDER ME, and his above his bumper, was done at anything less then 45mph

Please end this shit or I wont share with no one here anymore.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Glad you're OK. That generation of Explorer seems to have been pretty sturdy. My father had a '98 XLT that got sandwiched between a semi and a motor home (semi panic stopped, dad stopped in time several feet back, motor home didn't brake and ploughed into dad at about 45 mph) and both my father and his passenger walked away from the accident.

I hope that you are able to recover quickly and fully.

ZV

 

[PlasmaBomb]

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.

WTF? I'm tempted to sue you for wasting my time. Are you high or drunk? That is utter incomprehensible unabridged shite.

 

[DVad3r]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: 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

Yes Im sure Ohio has the same laws. Cop = wrong.

lol, please point out laws in any state/province that state that a driver is required to constantlycheck their rear-view mirror for potential accidents. until then I'll assume you and your momma should stay off the road.

btw: I find your lack of common sense disturbing...

Not sure what you are talking about, you seem to have lost yourself in the conversation. No law requires you to check behind you for potential accidents, thus being the problem, thus making the legal system terrible, thus making the cop wrong.

Pay attention you dumb bastard! And you get tickets for yellow like no tomorow here.

Also let's compare driving educational systems. Full license in North America 200 bucks. Full license in a country like Germany, couple of thousand Euro's and the testing is actually hard...


Anyways to the OP, get a lawyer and sue, sue for everything, especially pain and suffering and loss of income. I got hit by a car while riding my bicycle a few years ago, my court case is still active, it takes about 5-6 years before you see any settlement.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: 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.

pffffffffffff.... that will buff right out.

 

[JasonSix78]

Hey Funboy, I wish you the best on your recovery. Things could have been a lot worse than they were. Don't spend too much time and effort trying to prove anything to some of the members here:
Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

 

[Legendary]

Way to live through that. :thumbsup:
Now release the hounds.

 

[CrazyLazy]

I didn't read all the walls of text about the speed here, but while I may not think you were going 50 mpg, it doesn't really matter what I think. It matters what your lawyers think, and what the court thinks. Posting detailed information about the accident on a public forum probably isn't the best plan if you plan to take legal action.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: PlasmaBomb

Originally posted by: 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.

pffffffffffff.... that will buff right out.

OMG watch out, thats less damage then I took that can be seen for the guy went under my suv and not through it. No one here is going to believe you and say that you was hit no where near 50, the angle of the hit, in correlation to the moons diameter and gravitational pull restricted the force of the blow through the earths core, and made a Asian kid spill his wantons at school on the other side of the Erth had you really been hit at 50mph, so you were obviously hit at no more then 32.6765666666666666666 mph which is the same as being hit by a nun in a Ford Festiva at max velocity.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
I didn't read all the walls of text about the speed here, but while I may not think you were going 50 mpg, it doesn't really matter what I think. It matters what your lawyers think, and what the court thinks. Posting detailed information about the accident on a public forum probably isn't the best plan if you plan to take legal action.

50 MPG eh? 😉

 

[DanTMWTMP]

lol this is like trying to debunk 9/11 conspiracy whackjobs...

His bumper is intact. There's no brake marks.
Here's a video that prove funboyis right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f95iO6fuF6s Now imagine that car as a Ford Exploder. Instead of pushing it all the way across, it'll lift it due to clearance differences. You can see the damage doesn't "look that bad..." and it also seems very possible for the car that got hit to drive away. Also notice the Jeep doesn't hit the brakes until after the collision. This probably isn't as fast as 50 mph, but you get the idea.


another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...R8ly_U&feature=related Not exactly rearend and direct, but both cars could definitely drive away. Also, I don't feel the effects of an accident (i've been in two) until the next day. Then it really sets in. Otherwise, I am completely physically functional until then.

another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...dZMxM0&feature=related

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...R8ly_U&feature=related

Wtf was that guy thinking??????

 

[funboy6942]

The guy that hit me called me. Asking how I was doing, I told him I was very sorry but was not able to talk to him about anything. He said he was very sorry for what happened, which I believe him full heartedly. But I had to ask him what was he doing that he didnt see me at all from the trailer place till he hit me not to of seen me till after he hit me. I had my brother onn my skpe phone when he called and held the mic to my headset up to my phones ear piece and he said

I dont know, I guess I took my eyes off the road. I told him thank you for being honest and hung up with him telling him I wish I could say more to him, which I do, not to bitch him out, but I heard in his voice, as well as my brother, that he seemed genuinely concerned, and Im not the type to not ease a persons feeling when they are down. Never been in a accident before, and it was hard for me not to talk to him and acept his appology.

Anyway, my wife tomorrow is going to get actual pictures of the road out front before the puddle of fluid showing no skid marks so I can have, and she is going to get writen statements from the guys that work there that was outside and witnessed it all, again one of them being the administrator of the nursing home so I can have that as well incase some else happens to me since I can no longer see any one for my injuries because my insurance would only pay for 1K of the bills upfront, which Im not 6K in the hole for, and my new doctor I been asigned to due to insurance change with tn care, wont see me without paying up front, which we dont have, nor can we get, so till monday when I get the report and give it to my lawyer I hope what ever is wrong with my gut is not life threatening, and going to cause me to die till my lawyer can set up some way to get the rest of my injuries looked at the on call doctor last night just happen to leave off the list of things they were to look at today when I went there.

If it was not for bad luck, I wouldnt have any at all. Sure wish I would get some good news, or good things happen for once.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: 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

Yes Im sure Ohio has the same laws. Cop = wrong.

lol, please point out laws in any state/province that state that a driver is required to constantlycheck their rear-view mirror for potential accidents. until then I'll assume you and your momma should stay off the road.

btw: I find your lack of common sense disturbing...

Not sure what you are talking about, you seem to have lost yourself in the conversation. No law requires you to check behind you for potential accidents, thus being the problem, thus making the legal system terrible, thus making the cop wrong.

Pay attention you dumb bastard! And you get tickets for yellow like no tomorow here.

Also let's compare driving educational systems. Full license in North America 200 bucks. Full license in a country like Germany, couple of thousand Euro's and the testing is actually hard...


Anyways to the OP, get a lawyer and sue, sue for everything, especially pain and suffering and loss of income. I got hit by a car while riding my bicycle a few years ago, my court case is still active, it takes about 5-6 years before you see any settlement.

I think you are the dumb bastard in this thread. I deal with this shit quite a bit. Common US traffic laws allow a person to clear an intersection if there are there by the time the light turns red, so if it is yellow you are allowed to proceed through the intersection. just because you and your dumbass mother want to discuss/compare laws from Europe doesn't change that fact.

and absolute shens on a MVA being in court for 5 to 6 years before settlement/payment.

to the OP you need to check a few things: policy limits for the person who hit you and check your insurance for med pay coverage, rental coverage, and if you have under/uninsured motorist coverage.

the police report should have an estimate of the speed of each involved vehicle.

 

[funboy6942]

as for insurance, nationwide is NOT on my side, im getting fucked by them too, and I pay them every month to have them pack it up my ass too.

 

[Eli]

Jesus.

The truck that hit you is gnarly, but I was expecting much more damage to your rear end. That's crazy.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: Eli
Jesus.

The truck that hit you is gnarly, but I was expecting much more damage to your rear end. That's crazy.

tahts because when he hit me, he went right up under me which is why everyone who saw the accident from the side of the road said they saw me 5 feet in the air. Had he been going slower, it would of been bumper to bumper, and my back end parts you can see would of been a ton worse, it was luck he was going fast enough to go under me cause most the damage under my car is under it then out side it. Any slower an I and my son may not have pulled through it all. And hence why his front bumper looks good as all above it is torn to shit as under my suv tore into it like butter.

 

[funboy6942]

OH and Im sorry everyone for the typos. Since yesterday I talk just as bad as I tyoe, and can think straght, or talk straight, or get the right words out I know I want to say, but comes out wrong having to correct myself more then what all you see that I have written. I also cannot get my right eye to stop twitchin and is really starting to piss me off to no end.

 

[Eli]

Yeah sorry, I replied without reading through the thread.

I personally apologize for all the idiots telling you what happened. FWIW, I believe you. It's not fair to compare crash test results with a stationary concrete wall. Hitting another car changes everything, and I believe that most of the energy was dissipated by knocking you up in the air. He also may have hit his brakes just before hitting you. While it probably didn't slow him down very much, this also changes the dynamics of the crash. Hard braking will bring the front end down, and would have contributed to him going under you.

I hope you get better soon.. You don't deserve stuff like this. I hope it all works out for you.

 

[DVad3r]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: 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

Yes Im sure Ohio has the same laws. Cop = wrong.

lol, please point out laws in any state/province that state that a driver is required to constantlycheck their rear-view mirror for potential accidents. until then I'll assume you and your momma should stay off the road.

btw: I find your lack of common sense disturbing...

Not sure what you are talking about, you seem to have lost yourself in the conversation. No law requires you to check behind you for potential accidents, thus being the problem, thus making the legal system terrible, thus making the cop wrong.

Pay attention you dumb bastard! And you get tickets for yellow like no tomorow here.

Also let's compare driving educational systems. Full license in North America 200 bucks. Full license in a country like Germany, couple of thousand Euro's and the testing is actually hard...


Anyways to the OP, get a lawyer and sue, sue for everything, especially pain and suffering and loss of income. I got hit by a car while riding my bicycle a few years ago, my court case is still active, it takes about 5-6 years before you see any settlement.

I think you are the dumb bastard in this thread. I deal with this shit quite a bit. Common US traffic laws allow a person to clear an intersection if there are there by the time the light turns red, so if it is yellow you are allowed to proceed through the intersection. just because you and your dumbass mother want to discuss/compare laws from Europe doesn't change that fact.

and absolute shens on a MVA being in court for 5 to 6 years before settlement/payment.

to the OP you need to check a few things: policy limits for the person who hit you and check your insurance for med pay coverage, rental coverage, and if you have under/uninsured motorist coverage.

the police report should have an estimate of the speed of each involved vehicle.

Honestly you are making yourself sound even dumber, so at this point Id recommend for you to stop responding before lowering your IQ any further.

First off, I have no idea what you are talking about when refering to me and my "mother" as I never mentioned her in this thread, so what are you relating to exactly?

Second, over here you run a yellow and you get nabbed for a ticket if the cop feels you could of stopped. I've known several people to get tickets from running yellows.

Third, shens nothing on my settlement, that's how long regular people wait in Canada for private lawsuit cases to go through. Since you obviously know nothing, Ill educate you a bit, you have to wait a 2 year minimum before you can submit a tort claim. Once the tort claim is submitted it will be another 1-2 years before your mediation sessions begin. There are several mediation sessions and if an agreement cannot be met by the 2 parties then your case goes to trail. I am on my 3rd year since the accident and I am just having my first mediation in December.

Ill be happy if I even get a settlement, seeing as they are trying everything in their power to prove that I am not affected/disabled in anyway, not to mention I have surveillance on me.

Maybe in the states it's different, not here, and from other people I am talking to that have gotten into accidents, my lawyers are actually working pretty quick, my moms friend has been waiting 5 years already from an accident in which her intergra was totalled by someone. In this country th government does everything in its power to make you give up and keep you out of the courtroom.

Also did I mention that if the case goes to trail and you recieve lets say a 100,000 settlement, 30 % of that goes to your lawyer, $ 30,000 is automatically deductable for court fees, and you end up with $ 40,000?

Sounds to make like you need to get your shit straight, and don't assume you know the in's and out's of other peoples situation or laws, because obviously you don't nor have any facts aside from claiming "I deal with this shit quite a bit"

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: funboy6942
The guy that hit me called me. Asking how I was doing, I told him I was very sorry but was not able to talk to him about anything. He said he was very sorry for what happened, which I believe him full heartedly. But I had to ask him what was he doing that he didnt see me at all from the trailer place till he hit me not to of seen me till after he hit me. I had my brother onn my skpe phone when he called and held the mic to my headset up to my phones ear piece and he said

I dont know, I guess I took my eyes off the road. I told him thank you for being honest and hung up with him telling him I wish I could say more to him, which I do, not to bitch him out, but I heard in his voice, as well as my brother, that he seemed genuinely concerned, and Im not the type to not ease a persons feeling when they are down. Never been in a accident before, and it was hard for me not to talk to him and acept his appology.

Anyway, my wife tomorrow is going to get actual pictures of the road out front before the puddle of fluid showing no skid marks so I can have, and she is going to get writen statements from the guys that work there that was outside and witnessed it all, again one of them being the administrator of the nursing home so I can have that as well incase some else happens to me since I can no longer see any one for my injuries because my insurance would only pay for 1K of the bills upfront, which Im not 6K in the hole for, and my new doctor I been asigned to due to insurance change with tn care, wont see me without paying up front, which we dont have, nor can we get, so till monday when I get the report and give it to my lawyer I hope what ever is wrong with my gut is not life threatening, and going to cause me to die till my lawyer can set up some way to get the rest of my injuries looked at the on call doctor last night just happen to leave off the list of things they were to look at today when I went there.

If it was not for bad luck, I wouldnt have any at all. Sure wish I would get some good news, or good things happen for once.

wow, that's unusual. In today's society, most people would A) blame it on you or someone/thing else and B) never apologize. Sounds like the guy has some class.

Also, don't be surprised if your wife doesn't get any statements. That's what the insurance company's accident investigator is supposed to do. Plus, sending your wife out there might not be good from a legal precedent, if this ends up going to court. Your lawyer should be handling that.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: DVad3r

Originally posted by: 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

Yes Im sure Ohio has the same laws. Cop = wrong.

lol, please point out laws in any state/province that state that a driver is required to constantlycheck their rear-view mirror for potential accidents. until then I'll assume you and your momma should stay off the road.

btw: I find your lack of common sense disturbing...

Not sure what you are talking about, you seem to have lost yourself in the conversation. No law requires you to check behind you for potential accidents, thus being the problem, thus making the legal system terrible, thus making the cop wrong.

Pay attention you dumb bastard! And you get tickets for yellow like no tomorow here.

Also let's compare driving educational systems. Full license in North America 200 bucks. Full license in a country like Germany, couple of thousand Euro's and the testing is actually hard...


Anyways to the OP, get a lawyer and sue, sue for everything, especially pain and suffering and loss of income. I got hit by a car while riding my bicycle a few years ago, my court case is still active, it takes about 5-6 years before you see any settlement.

I think you are the dumb bastard in this thread. I deal with this shit quite a bit. Common US traffic laws allow a person to clear an intersection if there are there by the time the light turns red, so if it is yellow you are allowed to proceed through the intersection. just because you and your dumbass mother want to discuss/compare laws from Europe doesn't change that fact.

and absolute shens on a MVA being in court for 5 to 6 years before settlement/payment.

to the OP you need to check a few things: policy limits for the person who hit you and check your insurance for med pay coverage, rental coverage, and if you have under/uninsured motorist coverage.

the police report should have an estimate of the speed of each involved vehicle.

Honestly you are making yourself sound even dumber, so at this point Id recommend for you to stop responding before lowering your IQ any further.

First off, I have no idea what you are talking about when refering to me and my "mother" as I never mentioned her in this thread, so what are you relating to exactly?

Second, over here you run a yellow and you get nabbed for a ticket if the cop feels you could of stopped. I've known several people to get tickets from running yellows.

Third, shens nothing on my settlement, that's how long regular people wait in Canada for private lawsuit cases to go through. Since you obviously know nothing, Ill educate you a bit, you have to wait a 2 year minimum before you can submit a tort claim. Once the tort claim is submitted it will be another 1-2 years before your mediation sessions begin. There are several mediation sessions and if an agreement cannot be met by the 2 parties then your case goes to trail. I am on my 3rd year since the accident and I am just having my first mediation in December.

Ill be happy if I even get a settlement, seeing as they are trying everything in their power to prove that I am not affected/disabled in anyway, not to mention I have surveillance on me.

Maybe in the states it's different, not here, and from other people I am talking to that have gotten into accidents, my lawyers are actually working pretty quick, my moms friend has been waiting 5 years already from an accident in which her intergra was totalled by someone. In this country th government does everything in its power to make you give up and keep you out of the courtroom.

Also did I mention that if the case goes to trail and you recieve lets say a 100,000 settlement, 30 % of that goes to your lawyer, $ 30,000 is automatically deductable for court fees, and you end up with $ 40,000?

Sounds to make like you need to get your shit straight, and don't assume you know the in's and out's of other peoples situation or laws, because obviously you don't nor have any facts aside from claiming "I deal with this shit quite a bit"

hey dipshit that statement alone tells me you don't know much. look up statute of limitations/limitation of action for a tort claim in your province.

anyway you enjoy your ignorance. you are absolutely correct in all of your assertions and I plead stupidity.