Your first car accident was...

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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,831
    First and only accident. I was about 12 years ago or so. Just bought Neil Young’s greatest hits CD. Was driving home and the freeway off ramp was forever long. There was 1 car at the bottom and I saw t light turn green as I was coming, so I glance down at the CD to check the name of a song. When I glanced up the car hadn’t moved like I assumed it would. Wasn’t quite able to stop and rear ended him, going rather slow by the time I hit him.
    almost no damage other than a dented bumper on his car, but since I was breaking my front dipped and it missed my number, going through the grill and causing about 5k damage.

    It was a younger guy and his mom. What pissed me off is the mom refused to sign a waiver of no injury, even months later. I had AAA at the time so they said until she signs the waiver they will count it as an injury accident and my rates tripled. I switched insurances and they said that’s dumb, they don’t count it as an injury until they file an injury claim. And my rate actually went down from what it was before. Never going back to AAA again.
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,160
    Yikes! That sounds terrible. 

    So far, my insurance company has been great. They are covering a rental for me for up to a month while they sort everything out with the claim.

    The brand new Dodge Charger in my garage is helping me deal with the hassle of the accident. 

    Still worried about the damage to my insurance rates though.... 
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    dudeman said:
    Mine was the night before last. Another driver decided to come head on into my lane at about 40 mph. 
    Holy crap!  I’m sorry about your vehicle, but glad to hear that you’re okay.  
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    1992 maybe? I was enjoying the view of a delightfully good looking man walking down the sidewalk. Was going slow. Rear ended the old dude in front of me. Didn't even get a ticket. 

    And yes, the guy saw me hit the guy in front of me, knew why and walked away laughing. 
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    I've been in so many car accidents my friends used to joke I should just get a bike.  I truly can not remember the first.  I have been hit from behind 3 times while stopped at a light.  I have been hit head on by a woman who had a seizure and crossed over the median and caused a 5 car accident.  I was struck head on while at a light at an on ramp by someone trying to make an illegal u-turn to get back on the highway.  I was hit broadside by a vehicle who ignored the disabled traffic light during a storm.  This vehicle went through the intersection, ignoring the fact that it was now a four way stop sign situation.  Ignoring the fact that the three lanes to his left were all stopped for traffic.  I was 2/3 of the way through the intersection and he came barreling into me.  Said it was my fault.  Turned out it wasn't his vehicle, he was driving the car that belonged to his passenger's wife.  One after the other.  None of these have been my fault.  I am thankful that thus far the injuries have been minor.  
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Forum mental note for all: Always be the driver when traveling with PureandEasy. :wink:
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    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    deadendp said:
    Forum mental note for all: Always be the driver when traveling with PureandEasy. :wink:
    Seriously, it's ridiculous.  

    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    PureandEasy said:
    deadendp said:
    Forum mental note for all: Always be the driver when traveling with PureandEasy. :wink:
    Seriously, it's ridiculous.  

    Our track record this year has been ridiculous. I get it. None of them were our fault. 
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    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,160
    Shitty drivers abound. 

    Tonight, I had a near miss about a block from where my car was wrecked on Thursday. 

    Jesus, I'm about to give up on this whole driving situation. 
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Some asshole here ran a red light, and had the wheels on my husband's car not spun, he'd have been T-boned (badly, driver's side) instead of the unlucky guy who got hit instead.  Poor dude's beautiful Mercedes AMG was totaled.

    He had one of those "that should have been me" moments that lasted all day.
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    hedonist said:
    Some asshole here ran a red light, and had the wheels on my husband's car not spun, he'd have been T-boned (badly, driver's side) instead of the unlucky guy who got hit instead.  Poor dude's beautiful Mercedes AMG was totaled.

    He had one of those "that should have been me" moments that lasted all day.
    Please give D a big fat Ohio hug, please. 
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    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    deadendp said:
    hedonist said:
    Some asshole here ran a red light, and had the wheels on my husband's car not spun, he'd have been T-boned (badly, driver's side) instead of the unlucky guy who got hit instead.  Poor dude's beautiful Mercedes AMG was totaled.

    He had one of those "that should have been me" moments that lasted all day.
    Please give D a big fat Ohio hug, please. 
    :kiss:
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    PureandEasy said:
    I've been in so many car accidents my friends used to joke I should just get a bike.  I truly can not remember the first.  I have been hit from behind 3 times while stopped at a light.  I have been hit head on by a woman who had a seizure and crossed over the median and caused a 5 car accident.  I was struck head on while at a light at an on ramp by someone trying to make an illegal u-turn to get back on the highway.  I was hit broadside by a vehicle who ignored the disabled traffic light during a storm.  This vehicle went through the intersection, ignoring the fact that it was now a four way stop sign situation.  Ignoring the fact that the three lanes to his left were all stopped for traffic.  I was 2/3 of the way through the intersection and he came barreling into me.  Said it was my fault.  Turned out it wasn't his vehicle, he was driving the car that belonged to his passenger's wife.  One after the other.  None of these have been my fault.  I am thankful that thus far the injuries have been minor.  
    How many of these happened in Massachusetts? I'd guess all.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,288
    maybe not my first...maybe the 2nd or 3rd....it was a real shitshow...

    I had come from my college in athens, ohio to visit some buddies at ohio state, in my hometown of columbus....I didn’t tell my parents I was in town...we were all doing drugs....them, acid; me, quaaludes....we decided to go somewhere and I was voted designated driver....I was driving some dude’s I didn’t know parent’s camaro....I rear ended a parked car on high street, the main drag thru columbus....that car was pushed into another car and that car into another...it was a saturday night....a crowd gathered....the cops put me in the back of their car...I was kicking at the window...they took me to the hospital....my teeth had gone thru my chin....they let me out of the hospital in the middle of the night, bandaged like the mummy....I wandered around, trying to find my friend’s dorm and asking random people for help...they all gave mei wide berth. my parents had been called and told their son had been in a wreck while under the influence of “hallucinogens” but I didn’t face the music until the next day. the insurance fight involving me, in a stranger’s parent’s car took a while to sort out.

    ah, youth!
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,831
    Wobbie said:
    maybe not my first...maybe the 2nd or 3rd....it was a real shitshow...

    I had come from my college in athens, ohio to visit some buddies at ohio state, in my hometown of columbus....I didn’t tell my parents I was in town...we were all doing drugs....them, acid; me, quaaludes....we decided to go somewhere and I was voted designated driver....I was driving some dude’s I didn’t know parent’s camaro....I rear ended a parked car on high street, the main drag thru columbus....that car was pushed into another car and that car into another...it was a saturday night....a crowd gathered....the cops put me in the back of their car...I was kicking at the window...they took me to the hospital....my teeth had gone thru my chin....they let me out of the hospital in the middle of the night, bandaged like the mummy....I wandered around, trying to find my friend’s dorm and asking random people for help...they all gave mei wide berth. my parents had been called and told their son had been in a wreck while under the influence of “hallucinogens” but I didn’t face the music until the next day. the insurance fight involving me, in a stranger’s parent’s car took a while to sort out.

    ah, youth!
    Was there any insurance to sort out? I thought if you're under the influence the insurance just says "good luck" and walks away from it.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,893
    Insurance was a little more lenient in the 1930's.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,288
    mace1229 said:
    Wobbie said:
    maybe not my first...maybe the 2nd or 3rd....it was a real shitshow...

    I had come from my college in athens, ohio to visit some buddies at ohio state, in my hometown of columbus....I didn’t tell my parents I was in town...we were all doing drugs....them, acid; me, quaaludes....we decided to go somewhere and I was voted designated driver....I was driving some dude’s I didn’t know parent’s camaro....I rear ended a parked car on high street, the main drag thru columbus....that car was pushed into another car and that car into another...it was a saturday night....a crowd gathered....the cops put me in the back of their car...I was kicking at the window...they took me to the hospital....my teeth had gone thru my chin....they let me out of the hospital in the middle of the night, bandaged like the mummy....I wandered around, trying to find my friend’s dorm and asking random people for help...they all gave mei wide berth. my parents had been called and told their son had been in a wreck while under the influence of “hallucinogens” but I didn’t face the music until the next day. the insurance fight involving me, in a stranger’s parent’s car took a while to sort out.

    ah, youth!
    Was there any insurance to sort out? I thought if you're under the influence the insurance just says "good luck" and walks away from it.
    yeah, there was insurance to sort out....someone had to pay for the bitchin' camaro. and car #1...and car #2.

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,208
    eeriepadave said:
    first accident, major one?  I think it was in '99 me and my friend were coming out of Veterans stadium from a Dave Matthews Band show and the person in front of me slammed on their brakes and i ran right into them.  Cops came (no one was hurt or anything).  Kinda funny cause when the cop came the exact same thing happened to another vehicle right near us and that person lost their bumper.  I may have had some small fender benders before this but that one sticks out the most. 

    not sure if this was my first one now that I think about it. I do remember one in the mid 90's when i was living at home now. I was at our development at the traffic signal waiting to turn left. Light turned green and I started to turn left when this young dude in a truck went through the red light, side swiping me. Hr admitted it was his fault but he couldn't see the red light cause the sun was in his eyes. My car was damaged pretty bad and they wanted to total it but at the time i liked my car a lot and wanted to keep it (looking back i probably should have gotten another car). Dude took me to court and lost.
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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,831
    Wobbie said:
    mace1229 said:
    Wobbie said:
    maybe not my first...maybe the 2nd or 3rd....it was a real shitshow...

    I had come from my college in athens, ohio to visit some buddies at ohio state, in my hometown of columbus....I didn’t tell my parents I was in town...we were all doing drugs....them, acid; me, quaaludes....we decided to go somewhere and I was voted designated driver....I was driving some dude’s I didn’t know parent’s camaro....I rear ended a parked car on high street, the main drag thru columbus....that car was pushed into another car and that car into another...it was a saturday night....a crowd gathered....the cops put me in the back of their car...I was kicking at the window...they took me to the hospital....my teeth had gone thru my chin....they let me out of the hospital in the middle of the night, bandaged like the mummy....I wandered around, trying to find my friend’s dorm and asking random people for help...they all gave mei wide berth. my parents had been called and told their son had been in a wreck while under the influence of “hallucinogens” but I didn’t face the music until the next day. the insurance fight involving me, in a stranger’s parent’s car took a while to sort out.

    ah, youth!
    Was there any insurance to sort out? I thought if you're under the influence the insurance just says "good luck" and walks away from it.
    yeah, there was insurance to sort out....someone had to pay for the bitchin' camaro. and car #1...and car #2.

    Yeah, but I thought any time drugs or alcohol, or anything illegal, insurance doesn't pay out. Or if they do, they come after you for reimbursement. I worked with a girl who had her wages garnished because of a DUI accident she caused, and while the other party's insurance covered their injuries and damages, they went after her for reimbursement. Or something like that, I just remember she had her wages garnished for like 10 years or something, and all because it was alcohol related.
    Maybe you got lucky.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Wobbie said:
    maybe not my first...maybe the 2nd or 3rd....it was a real shitshow...

    I had come from my college in athens, ohio to visit some buddies at ohio state, in my hometown of columbus....I didn’t tell my parents I was in town...we were all doing drugs....them, acid; me, quaaludes....we decided to go somewhere and I was voted designated driver....I was driving some dude’s I didn’t know parent’s camaro....I rear ended a parked car on high street, the main drag thru columbus....that car was pushed into another car and that car into another...it was a saturday night....a crowd gathered....the cops put me in the back of their car...I was kicking at the window...they took me to the hospital....my teeth had gone thru my chin....they let me out of the hospital in the middle of the night, bandaged like the mummy....I wandered around, trying to find my friend’s dorm and asking random people for help...they all gave mei wide berth. my parents had been called and told their son had been in a wreck while under the influence of “hallucinogens” but I didn’t face the music until the next day. the insurance fight involving me, in a stranger’s parent’s car took a while to sort out.

    ah, youth!

    Ah, now the behavior makes sense.  The only thing worse you could have done was crash into a fire hydrant in your neighborhood with your SUV while your wife was chasing you.

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