The Story:
Well last saturday around 9:00 p.m. i was in a bad accident. I went out to visit a friend out at bdubs. then i decided to go home to get my show car to take it on one last nightly cruise. Well i called my girlfriend nika to see if i could meet up w/ her. After visiting with her for a few i continued to go to my house to get my car since she was hanging out w/ "the girls" last night.
Well I was in the (LEFT) fast lane and i went to go change lanes. I checked my blind spot over my right shoulder and started to merge into the (RIGHT) Slow lane. And as soon as i looked back at the road to my surprise there was a silver van which i collided with going approx 50 mph. I didnt even have a time to hit the brakes. I dont know if they just turned out in front of me or they were getting ready to turn onto a side street i just dont know.
I hit them so hard my front bumper was underneath my car and my front end was in my engine. I came close to totalling it but the estimate thus far is $9,000 to fix. Amazingly i was wearing my seat belt and just suffered a few back and neck aches. The van had 2 passengers a man and woman. The woman suffered some minor cuts to her head due to no seatbelt along w/ some neck and back pain. The husband was fine b/c immediatly following the crash he was at my window cussing me out accusing me of being drunk!. What a cock! but ne of the ways. The police report did say that i was at fault for the accident which is TOTAL HORSE SHIAT! it also said we were both going the same speed limit and from the pics you can tell if i was traveling the same speed right behind the van the impact would have been minimal.
But with out any further ado here is the pictures
Sincerely,
Derrick alan
BEFORE THE WRECK!:
AFTER THE WRECK!:
ouch man, thing that sucks is it will be labeled your at fault cause you ran into the back of the other vehicle
R.I.P. Brian Klocke, you will never be forgotten
WOW. damn, what year is the bolt? if something happens where your getting rid of it, contact me, i could always use some extra pieces for my ss/sc. but damn man that sucks! i woulda cussed that fat bastard out for falsly accusing me. best of luck to you tho
thanks guys. yeah it sucks that its automatically my fault b/c i hit them from behind. Nothin you can really do about it. My first thought was the cobalt was going to be totalled My plan if that was to happen buy it back and put the motor in my show car. But it didnt total out. The damage is estimated to be $9,000 to fix. Ive had this car for 3 months. I havnt even had my first oil change. Well @!#$ happens thing is it couldnt happen at a worse time. Since im drawing unemployment.
Like i told you derrick.. your lucky man.. good luck with gettin it fixed and all.. itll be hot again. Hope all works out good.
Sorry to hear about that ... but how would it be their fault? You hit the back end of their car. Had you been drinking at bdubs?
dan
well they werent infront of me when i went to change lanes there wasnt ne thing in front of me. Some witness's i heard said they didnt see the van either they dont know where it came from they thought it pulled out of a gas station. But they werent sure. Usually you YIELD to on comming traffic! but ya know i get it in the ass.
TwiZtiD CaVy wrote:The Story:
I checked my blind spot over my right shoulder and started to merge into the (RIGHT) Slow lane. And as soon as i looked back at the road to my surprise there was a silver van which i collided with going approx 50 mph.
Thats the problem. you checked your blind spot and started to merge into the right lane before you had your head back around to see where you were going.
You rear ended a van and call horse @!#$ when you get a ticket.
Fight the ticket.
It's called a swoop and squat. Ask a traffic cop about it.
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KG wrote: You rear ended a van and call horse @!#$ when you get a ticket.
WHAT? im confused... i didnt get a ticket!??! i was just sayin it was horse @!#$ that its my fault b/c they werent there before i decided to change lanes... they had to pull out in front of me... thats all i was saying... but yeah i DIDNT get a ticket
Holy crap , that isnt totalled?
In New Jersey you would have been at fault regardless if they dropped that van from a helicopter, a hit from behind is your fault no matter what.
Good luck with it man , and i know how the pain feels.
x2.....dude i would so total that car........even if it is fixed.... would YOU look a that car the same...thats just me though.
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D@M# D. Glad to see your ok man, if you were driving in Anderson that is where alot of people think they own the road. Hey good luck with the rebuild. ? do you think he might of been drunk ? hummmmm enways keep us updated bro.
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*droOpy* wrote:x2.....dude i would so total that car........even if it is fixed.... would YOU look a that car the same...thats just me though.
werd! Some insurance companies will do anything to not total a car. My guess is they found some body shop that'll halfass fix it.
My Dad (body man) sees it all the time. Insurance companies will come in and try to finagle them into fixing a junked out car. You should see some of the things that they drag in there.
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sucks it happened, but i hope you learned from it. look EVERYWHERE when you're driving, not just in your blind spot.
just imagine what would have happened if that had been someone on a motorcycle...you got lucky, kiddo.
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R.I.P. Brian St.Germain
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Yeah sorry to see that man. Hope it all works out for you.
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Sounds like its all your fault to me.
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total that out! sorry but my friend wants the engine to it
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lash wrote:werd! Some insurance companies will do anything to not total a car. My guess is they found some body shop that'll halfass fix it.
My Dad (body man) sees it all the time. Insurance companies will come in and try to finagle them into fixing a junked out car. You should see some of the things that they drag in there.
See this is where i luck out. The body shop i took it to is called riley and sons. Fortunate thing is that the guy who did the graphics on my hood on my show car and who did the total restoration to my dads 1966 nova is doing all the work. Plus hes one of my best friends. So i know the work is going to be done right. Another plus is im really good friends with his brother who is the estimater. So they are not going to cut any corners. They told me that up front b/c they said they would wrather totall the car than to have it half assed. So i totally trust them and there work. They also are going to supply weekley photo's of the rebuild. GOOD NEWS the engine is good. supercharge just needs refinished b/c it got scratched. So ill be supplying photo's of the build back to stock.
Damn that sucks man.. I hope the car drives exactly like it did before the accident.
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