so there I am

Leon · #1 05-11-2011, 01:31 PM

So there I am ....sitting at a red light going to get me some lunch today, minding my own business and all of the sudden....KAPOW....a big SUV hits me from behind. I am in my 2008 Accord, so no big deal. I get out, the lady (of course

) gets out....she is really nice and we both pull over. She openly admits she just wasn't paying attention. It only made 3 little marks on my bumper and I am sure it would have cost about 2k to get it fixed....so I just told her it was no big deal and I didn't want to do anything. We both drove off. That was the 3rd time in about 8 yrs I have been hit from behind. What is it with people not paying attention while driving and rear ending people? Hopefully someone would be that kind to me in that sort of situation...but who knows. Just thought I would rant a little. Man, it hit fairly hard for no damage...which was a testament to those bumpers I guess.

barrysloate · #2 05-11-2011, 01:54 PM

Was she texting or using a cellphone?...and sorry to hear about your mishap.

Leon · #3 05-13-2011, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by barrysloate

Was she texting or using a cellphone?...and sorry to hear about your mishap.

I don't think she was on any device at the same time. Right where it happened they had opened an In and Out Burger the same day. There was a huge frenzy so that might have had her distracted.

And Mark..... I thought the same thing about latent back pain but alas, none of it. However, the impression of a license plate and a little hole is on my bumper. Not that big of a deal. When it happened it did scare me a tiny bit as it was a fairly big jolt.

Jay Wolt · #4 05-14-2011, 09:09 AM

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they had opened an In and Out Burger

Leon glad you weren't hurt but at least she had a good excuse.
Had an In & Out in Vegas a few years back, great chain.
Would love for them to come East

D. Broughman · #5 05-14-2011, 03:38 PM

I worked for a Road Commission for 28 years the last 9 was supervisor. I had a crew replacing a culvert that was bad. A lady in a van went past two men working signs, around a road closed ahead sign, the road closed sign, past two trucks with flashing lights and by a Gradal that was digging out the old culvert and ended up in the hole that was dug. Luck was with us knowone got hurt. A couple years later my boss called me and wanted to know why my crew wasn't at the job site. I was ready for him to give me a hard time when I told him we had a problem and wouldn't be there tell the next day. He said good and I should come over to the site. When I got there a Semi had went through several road closed signs with flashing lights and jumped the bridge we were going to replace knocking all his axels off the truck and landing on the other side. I ask where the driver was and they told me he was on his way to jail but was so high they didn't think he knew what was going on. Thank God we were a day behind. My crew would have been in his path

39special · #6 05-14-2011, 04:03 PM

Being an autobody tech for the last 25+ years,I would say 50% of our business is front and rear bumper repair.Unfortunate for the customer,it costs anywhere from $700 to $1800 depending on the extent of the damage.Fortunately for me,more money for cardboard!

D. Bergin · #7 05-11-2011, 02:17 PM

Just last year my wife and I were sitting in our car after a concert, waiting for all the traffic to clear out, and we got rear ended while we were parked.

Young girl/woman with a bunch of her friends in the car tried to pass somebody else where there was no room to pass, and just grinded the side of her car across our back bumper. Nearly picked our small SUV off the ground.

We're like "What The Hell"..........and she just kept driving. Because of the traffic I was able to jump out of the car and chase her car down on foot, banging on the back of her trunk, trying to get her to stop. Her friends were waving her on to keep on driving (what are friends for, right?).

I got her license plate and called a report in to the cops.

We got a new bumper and some time lost out of the deal, from her Insurance company, once they tracked her down.

The Young Lady for her troubles, got a rude middle of the night visit from the cops at her parents house, a charge of hit & run, points against her license, and I imagine (though I'm no insurance adjuster) a huge increase in her Insurance premiums.

All she had to do was stop and it would have been a minor traffic incident the Insurance companies could have easily taken care of.

k-dog · #8 05-12-2011, 07:43 AM

Same thing happened to my mother back in 2007. She was hit twice in a 6 week period. People just need to pay more attention. Glad no one was hurt.

ChiefBenderForever · #9 05-12-2011, 08:07 AM

She was probably shy and this was her way of hitting on you. She was probably devastated when you didn't get her number or giver her yours !

dstraate · #10 05-12-2011, 08:17 AM

After three collisions in a year, my wife has taken to being chauffered by me. Strangest thing is, I was in the passenger seat for all three, and though there were mitigating circumstances for each, (being cut off, tire blowout, elk). I just can't believe that we would have wrecked with me doing my best Richard Petty impression. Oh well.

Sorry Leon, that's no fun

carrigansghost · #11 05-12-2011, 08:30 AM

5 years ago, I got hit twice in the span of two months. Once while pumping gas into my truck, it had a heavy duty bumper, no damage. Then while unloading returnable cans out of the back seat of my car. Parked both times. Now the good part...........both times by the same person. He no longer drives.

Rawn