Well, the memories will last forever...or untill I get a new car

[Goosemaster]

Yeild area merging onto a highway. First guys is about to go, then brakes, second guy brakes, and my brakes were no match.

My puny 95 escort went under and suv and pushed the suv into a pickup

Total loss on the car (collision was not worth it on such an old hunk of junk)

What really irks me is I was cited for reckless driving. Officer said he will drop it to improper no doubt, but still had to charge me with something and that was it; getting charged like that after losing so much sucks


pics:

the car I hit

what's left of the ole' gal

 

[ElFenix]

what kind was it?

 

[OMoT]

pics

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: OMoT
pics

they should be up..let me check

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Who was the fault placed on?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Who was the fault placed on?

It was all mine. No use in arguing possibilities.

Point is traffic slows down really fast as it merges, they braked too hard for me.

pics:



pics:

the car I hit

what's left of the ole' gal

 

[HybridSquirrel]

honda crv ftl

 

[PowerEngineer]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Who was the fault placed on?

Sad to say it, but if you hit someone stopped from behind it's all yours...

Losing a '95 Escort shouldn't be too painful though, I hope you find something nicer.

Since no injuries are mentioned, I assume you and the others involved were not injured. That's something to be thankful for.

Good luck!

 

[mattocs]

I can see how you got charged. You failed to control your vehicle. You should have kept a distance so you were able to stop in time.

I am not saying anything bad about you or your driving...but that is how it usually works.

 

[allisolm]

Reckless driving seems excessive for that kind of accident.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: PowerEngineer

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Who was the fault placed on?

Sad to say it, but if you hit someone stopped from behind it's all yours...

Losing a '95 Escort shouldn't be too painful though, I hope you find something nicer.

Since no injuries are mentioned, I assume you and the others involved were not injured. That's something to be thankful for.

Good luck!

Agreed.

I guess the ticket is what is really messing with me. I've had to fight reckless off twice before due to incompetent drivers and this time, since it's my fault, I feel like crap.

Improper is still like 2 points

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Who was the fault placed on?

It must have been the OP's. That's the whole point of braking and driving distances between cars.

I had the same happen to my car when some bloke driving a van was talking on his mobile phone, I broke at a red light as you do, it wasn?t particularly hard but he couldn't stop in time due to how close he was driving to my car and hit me

My car was pretty much brand new (3 months old), so when I got out of the car to have a look at the damage I had a little fit at the same time.

The van driver tried to say that I broke to hard :disgust:. I made it quite clear that he shouldn?t have been so close to my car, I was so pissed I could have hit him.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

what exactlly happened, foot slip off the break? did the crv(probably a chick) slam her breaks causing you to hit her? honestly id charge the person in front because they should be accelerating to get onto the freeway not breaking and starting from 0-65 or whatever the speed limit was. its just stupid to stop on a yield lane and any drivers ed instructor will agree.

 

[jimbob200521]

Damn dude, I'm sorry...some almost the exact same happened to me about a month ago lol

Link

Thankfully I was able to get a replacement light and bend the hood back...ish. Oh well, good luck with whatever ends up happening, man

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Reckless driving seems excessive for that kind of accident.

srsly

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: mattocs
I can see how you got charged. You failed to control your vehicle. You should have kept a distance so you were able to stop in time.

I am not saying anything bad about you or your driving...but that is how it usually works.

of course.

they key is it's a sort-of-downhill-merge and I got merge-fvked if you know what I mean.


It's really excessive, and even though it will turn into improper i'm still really bummed out

 

[xSauronx]

that sucks

 

[Goosemaster]

that said, I did save money by switching to geico.

they took the car off the plan and added my dad's truck and I save $164.

 

[Goosemaster]

Worst of all, I had just topped off the the radiator reservoir, and as you can see, that was money wasted:|

 

[Goosemaster]

of yeah, actually something worse too.


I was on my way to cancel a grooming appointment for my dog....


AND I was then going to buy a core2duo laptop, 1GB ram, 120GB, vista, 15.4inch screen, dvd burner for $499

Obviously that isn't happening any more

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
of yeah, actually something worse too.


I was on my way to cancel a grooming appointment for my dog....


AND I was then going to buy a core2duo laptop, 1GB ram, 120GB, vista, 15.4inch screen, dvd burner for $499

Obviously that isn't happening any more

better than the laptop i was eyeing in hot deals....do tell?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
of yeah, actually something worse too.


I was on my way to cancel a grooming appointment for my dog....


AND I was then going to buy a core2duo laptop, 1GB ram, 120GB, vista, 15.4inch screen, dvd burner for $499

Obviously that isn't happening any more

better than the laptop i was eyeing in hot deals....do tell?

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/18/702302/

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
of yeah, actually something worse too.


I was on my way to cancel a grooming appointment for my dog....


AND I was then going to buy a core2duo laptop, 1GB ram, 120GB, vista, 15.4inch screen, dvd burner for $499

Obviously that isn't happening any more

better than the laptop i was eyeing in hot deals....do tell?

it's probably sold out by now

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
of yeah, actually something worse too.


I was on my way to cancel a grooming appointment for my dog....


AND I was then going to buy a core2duo laptop, 1GB ram, 120GB, vista, 15.4inch screen, dvd burner for $499

Obviously that isn't happening any more

better than the laptop i was eyeing in hot deals....do tell?

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/18/702302/

Gee, thanks Rossman - you could have said http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=2005140&enterthread=y
although the OD one has only an 80GB drive not 120GB.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: allisolm

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
of yeah, actually something worse too.


I was on my way to cancel a grooming appointment for my dog....


AND I was then going to buy a core2duo laptop, 1GB ram, 120GB, vista, 15.4inch screen, dvd burner for $499

Obviously that isn't happening any more

better than the laptop i was eyeing in hot deals....do tell?

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/18/702302/

Gee, thanks Rossman - you could have said http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=2005140&enterthread=y
although the OD one has only an 80GB drive not 120GB.

Forgive me?