Accidents

So this past weekend a dear friend of mine wrecked her new car while I was a passenger. It was due to snow and ice. I did NOT want my body parts in Indiana, so luckily only the car took the damage. Unfortunately, the damage was all on the passenger side.

However, my friend freaked out because it was on the morning of her wedding day. And I'm still sore from the wreck. :\ohwell: Damn soft tissue injury, I'm sure.

Anyone have a car crash or accident to tell me about, so I can have some humor during my road to recovery?

Cheers, Emma

dunno how funny this will be as i'm still feeling like shit after something that was done to me yesterday.

there was this time the car in front of my ran right up the arse of a police car, as they were both slowing down to negotiate a roundabout. it must have been nerves.

speaking of roundabouts, canberra being the city of roundabouts, there is one where every time it rains, at least one car ends up in the pond in its center.

Once upon a time I worked in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso in West Africa, where we had an office right in the centre of the city. One day I was driving the 4x4/ute into town and was stopped at a red light on one of the big dual carriageway intersections (Avenue de la Revolution or something like that). Most traffic in BF is these little two stroke scooters and 1970's era Peugeots and the lights hold you at red for quite a long time so eventually there was a huge queue of this sort of traffic, all jostling for front of the grid. All of a sudden out of left field this wheel, tyre and rim, comes bouncing into view, straight down the centre of the road we were all going to turn on to, at quite a rate of knots and just carries on down the road bouncing away in between all the food stalls lining the road until it went out of sight. I was like but nobody else even batted an eyelid! Where it came from, or where it ended up I never found out...

I was once at a dual carraige way junction waiting for the lights to turn green when a lad on a bmx jumped the lights got hit by a car coming the other way and went flying for 200 yards. all at 30 or so mph. that was scary to watch. hope he was ok.

but touch plastic keys (and wood), i've never had an accident.

I crashed my dad's car on southport beach

Driving to work one morning after i had got out of bed the wrong side i was enraged when a car pulled out on me.I attempted to over take him but didnt get back in the lane in time to prevent my wing mirror clipping a car coming the other way.I lost control and spun round god know how many time and ended up in the hedge.Nobody was hurt and i made a decision to always get out of bed the right side after that

Jack_H wrote: I crashed my dad's car on southport beach

Be sure one of his bass guitars doesn't meet a similar fate ,yeah?

Once I had to pass a big bus and I turned my wheel to the left. On my left there was a nice, little ford escort going quite fast, about 100km/h. I did not give the driver of ford any chance, he beat me direct to my left door, fortunately there was additional secure system in my doors. I had not even a scratch.

Cheeers Emma, it happens

Jack_H wrote: I crashed my dad's car on southport beach

Nice one!

Emma, you'll get through this. Be strong. :)

I really don't want to talk about my crash with my wifes bicycle a year ago. But if you do a search, I bet you find that old thread.

Rian wrote: I really don't want to talk about my crash with my wifes bicycle a year ago. But if you do a search, I bet you find that old thread.

as I remember youve lost some tooth or teeth, am I right?

Had a few scrapes over the years, the two that stand out are:

-Lost my van on black ice one morning on a bend and ploughed into a police car.

-Driving along the motorway in a company car it had taken me ages to blag and a lorry coming the other way lost a wheel which cleared the central reservation and went under my car. I was doing 70 and you dont appreciate how big a lorry wheel is until you meet it in such circumstances. Weird though, it was more like a pop than a bang, the airbags went off and the car skidded to a halt where the wheels had locked (something to do with the engine being ripped out i think) The car looked fine from 3 or 4 feet away but up close there were dents in the roof and the panels were all a bit too close together so it got scrapped.

arek p. wrote:

Rian wrote: I really don't want to talk about my crash with my wifes bicycle a year ago. But if you do a search, I bet you find that old thread.

as I remember youve lost some tooth or teeth, am I right?

Yep. 2 teeth, broken nose and a wound trough my upper lip. Etc....

Emma Peel wrote: So this past weekend a dear friend of mine wrecked her new car while I was a passenger. It was due to snow and ice. I did NOT want my body parts in Indiana, so luckily only the car took the damage. Unfortunately, the damage was all on the passenger side.

However, my friend freaked out because it was on the morning of her wedding day. And I'm still sore from the wreck. :\ohwell: Damn soft tissue injury, I'm sure.

Anyone have a car crash or accident to tell me about, so I can have some humor during my road to recovery?

Cheers, Emma

Wow! Lucky her that her wedding wasn't ruined, and lucky you that you still have all your parts!

OK, here's my last accident:

I was on my way to work, driving my beautiful little Alfa Romeo Spider, and stopped at a red light. I was behind a line of cars, all waiting for the light to change. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a large SUV approaching me at a very high rate of speed. It was obvious that the driver was going too fast, and wouldn't have time to stop. Then she slammed into me. My head whiplashed back onto my roll bar, which rang my head like a bell. I felt my head, and it was covered in blood. I got out of my car, she got out of her car, and the first thing she said was "Oh my God, you're bleeding, are you OK?" The second thing she said was "I'm such a lousy driver, this is the second time I've done this in a year and a half."

Glad to hear it, dear.

My car was totalled. I went to work, despite being banged up. After work, I called a friend to come get me. When I went to where I had left my car, it had been towed. Apparently, the Portland Police Dept (Always give credit where credit is due) was too busy eating donuts to come investigate an accident, but they weren't too busy to tow and impound my car. Donut-munching mofos. So my friend drove me home, where we cracked a couple beers, then, as she was leaving, I decided to walk myself over to emergency to get checked out. Nothing wrong, thankfully.

So, this 17 year old girl in her daddy's SUV destoyed my car, didn't put a scratch in daddy's car, and then I couldn't get her father to even return my calls about his insurance (she didn't have the info in her car) until I threatened a lawsuit (I am a law student, after all). I left a message on their answering machine with said threat, left for work, and by the time I got to work, there was a message for me asking me to call them. :D

Now, the downsides are that I didn't have insurance on my car, so I lost my driver's license for a year. Nothing happened to little miss princess, though, because daddy was insured. So I lost my license (In Oregon only, because I have a California license), little miss princess didn't lose her license, her insurance company paid for my car, but not my medical, because I wouldn't sign off on a release that said all my expense had been paid (I was concerned about whiplash showing up later).

And sure enough, three years later, my neck is sore all the time. Didn't start happening until this last year, and there's nothing I can do about it now.

Lost my car, lost my license, and now have recurring neck pain.

Anyway, I'm glad you survived, Mrs. Peel, and glad your friend was able to go forward with her wedding (I presume), and wish you a speedy recovery. Glad to have you back safe, and soon, sound.

Not that amusing i guess, but its NOOL related.

I'd just passed my test, and bought 'Still' around the same time, and had realised what a great song 'The Only Mistake' is to drive to, when pumped up very loud.

I was taking my friends for a spin, and driving too fast in wet conditions, had the choice of piling into the back of a van, hitting an oncoming bus, or mounting the kerb and taking out a couple of single mothers with laden prams.

I chose the parked van, crumpling my bonnet in an arc, with 'The Only Mistake' still belting out of the stereo at full volume. The funniest thing was is that it was British Telecom van, and the poor chap was eating his peanut butter sandwiches in the front. He got out, face covered in bread and peanut butter, spluttering indiscernable obscenities, to realise that five 18 year old fake goths had piled into the back of him.

Those were the days... ahhh...

Burt Reynolds wrote: He got out, face covered in bread and peanut butter, spluttering indiscernable obscenities,

Wait, that could've been me...

wait...

Ronald Kirsch wrote: dunno how funny this will be as i'm still feeling like shit after something that was done to me yesterday.

there was this time the car in front of my ran right up the arse of a police car, as they were both slowing down to negotiate a roundabout. it must have been nerves.

speaking of roundabouts, canberra being the city of roundabouts, there is one where every time it rains, at least one car ends up in the pond in its center.

There are not many roundabouts in America, except in residential neighborhoods, and then everyone gets caught in the inner loop!

Johnny wrote: Driving to work one morning after i had got out of bed the wrong side i was enraged when a car pulled out on me.I attempted to over take him but didnt get back in the lane in time to prevent my wing mirror clipping a car coming the other way.I lost control and spun round god know how many time and ended up in the hedge.Nobody was hurt and i made a decision to always get out of bed the right side after that

I'm unfortunately always getting out of bed the WRONG side because the traffic here is outrageous, it's enough to make you visit road rage every freaking day!

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

Emma Peel wrote: So this past weekend a dear friend of mine wrecked her new car while I was a passenger. It was due to snow and ice. I did NOT want my body parts in Indiana, so luckily only the car took the damage. Unfortunately, the damage was all on the passenger side.

However, my friend freaked out because it was on the morning of her wedding day. And I'm still sore from the wreck. :\ohwell: Damn soft tissue injury, I'm sure.

Anyone have a car crash or accident to tell me about, so I can have some humor during my road to recovery?

Cheers, Emma

Wow! Lucky her that her wedding wasn't ruined, and lucky you that you still have all your parts!

OK, here's my last accident:

I was on my way to work, driving my beautiful little Alfa Romeo Spider, and stopped at a red light. I was behind a line of cars, all waiting for the light to change. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a large SUV approaching me at a very high rate of speed. It was obvious that the driver was going too fast, and wouldn't have time to stop. Then she slammed into me. My head whiplashed back onto my roll bar, which rang my head like a bell. I felt my head, and it was covered in blood. I got out of my car, she got out of her car, and the first thing she said was "Oh my God, you're bleeding, are you OK?" The second thing she said was "I'm such a lousy driver, this is the second time I've done this in a year and a half."

Glad to hear it, dear.

My car was totalled. I went to work, despite being banged up. After work, I called a friend to come get me. When I went to where I had left my car, it had been towed. Apparently, the Portland Police Dept (Always give credit where credit is due) was too busy eating donuts to come investigate an accident, but they weren't too busy to tow and impound my car. Donut-munching mofos. So my friend drove me home, where we cracked a couple beers, then, as she was leaving, I decided to walk myself over to emergency to get checked out. Nothing wrong, thankfully.

So, this 17 year old girl in her daddy's SUV destoyed my car, didn't put a scratch in daddy's car, and then I couldn't get her father to even return my calls about his insurance (she didn't have the info in her car) until I threatened a lawsuit (I am a law student, after all). I left a message on their answering machine with said threat, left for work, and by the time I got to work, there was a message for me asking me to call them. :D

Now, the downsides are that I didn't have insurance on my car, so I lost my driver's license for a year. Nothing happened to little miss princess, though, because daddy was insured. So I lost my license (In Oregon only, because I have a California license), little miss princess didn't lose her license, her insurance company paid for my car, but not my medical, because I wouldn't sign off on a release that said all my expense had been paid (I was concerned about whiplash showing up later).

And sure enough, three years later, my neck is sore all the time. Didn't start happening until this last year, and there's nothing I can do about it now.

Lost my car, lost my license, and now have recurring neck pain.

Anyway, I'm glad you survived, Mrs. Peel, and glad your friend was able to go forward with her wedding (I presume), and wish you a speedy recovery. Glad to have you back safe, and soon, sound.

Thanks Comrade! Yes, I'm recovering and my friend was able to move forward with her wedding, although she did ask me on a number of occasions that morning whether the accident was a sign that she shouldn't get married.

She even confessed this to her fiance right before the wedding! I told her to calm down and realize that it could hvae been worse -- we could have had a collision with a car or a tree or something even worse, like a huge bus!

Sorry to hear about your accident and neck pain. Sounds like you got the short end of the stick, unfortunately. :\ohwell:

I was at a red light, looked in the mirror and saw a T-Bird approaching at ramming speed. The typical old lady without a clue. Exchanged info, got a cop report and heard nothing about it for months. In the meantime I had 3 estimates done because my bumper was cracked. Right before vacation I got a call from her insurance company asking me about it. I faxed the police report and the estimates and recieved a $800 check within a week. Never did fix that bumper.