i've been in a car accident....

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doesn't look as bad as i remember.

(continued wellwishes from SW London, btw)

Looks pretty friggin bad to me.

I was just rear-ended by a large pickup truck, maybe 5-10mph. No apparent damage to my car, but it's possible I may have a sore back tomorrow. I figured I didn't need to get the cops involved, since it was so minor, so I just took his license, phone #, name, and address. Right thing to do or wrong?

sorry, but RONG.

Should maybe have exchanged insurance info, but yeah if it's a fender-bender no need to do much more than that. Get a heating pad, if you don't already have one, to help with the potential aches.

No fenders were even bent, tho. Yeah, I should have gotten more info. I wasn't really thinking clearly at the time.

i saw i gigantic refrigeration truck stop in the middle of the road and then back into some poor woman in a crappy little chevy. totally destroying the front end. it was classic. the lady was fine - if not kind of insane with anger/adrenaline - so much so that a squeegee kid had to console her and then park her car for her!

is a 5mph prang any worse than say a ride on a rollercoaster when it comes to aches sprains & whiplash?

is the bingo ever here?

fucking fuck

I'm alright, as is the guy whose truck I crashed into, as is his truck. My car I just bought half a year ago is totalled, though. No collision insurance. : (

This really couldn't happen at a worse time considering not only am I flat broke, but I'm supposed to be moving this weekend.

damn dude what put you in the karma hole

that really sucks, is what I meant to say

(I can't bring myself to post to RIP threads or even birthday threads but somebody totals an automobile I'm all over it. Nice going)

sorry to hear this rev

It's cool, Tombot. No offense taken.

this is so sad!

Metro Transit's website tells me the fastest bus trip to and from work is about an hour and forty minutes, which will be but down to an hour and ten minutes after I move.

cut down

well that's a little better

must have been terrifying

That totally sucks, sorry to hear it.

Damn. Sorry Rev, that sounds awful.

Oh man, Rev. You have my condolences. When my car got totalled I felt like I'd killed one of my best friends.

My car-totaling was both a thrilling near-near-death experience and in a weird way a relief at not having to deal with all the crap that was wrong with my car.

aw sorry rev :( if it makes you feel any better (and i know it won't but i'm trying) i just spent 10 months doing hour and 15 to two hour trips to work (depending on transit situations)

Gave up driving for 5 years after car-total. Prob not an option for most.

how rotten. sorry about that.

Thanks for the condolences everyone.

I wish I could give up driving (and part of my reason for moving was that it would allow me to cut down on driving), but giving up driving altogether isn't really feasible for me at this time. I work in kind of a weird place where there really isn't any viable point A to point B connector via public transit, even though it isn't really that far away in the grand scheme of things.

Is carpooling an option, Rev? I've never tried it before myself with Metro, so I can't say...what about their Flexcar program?

My friend who I work for said he'll give me rides home (but not to) for the time being, but I'm way out of his way. The Flexcar thing is a good idea, I'll look into that. Thanks.

sorry rev, but glad you are okay.

Rev, I am sorry and suprised to hear this. And you are a good driver! (And I do not say that often!) Was this a driving into/under monster truck situation? That'll total any car.

ay, under

oh man Rev, so sorry to see this thread! I'm glad you're okay.

Flexcar got bought out by Zipcar - I use them occasionally.

wait, rev = The Reverend? that's some sub-tomboto shit

yeahyeahyeah, "rev" = images-off account

I just witnessed a church van try to beat a red light very late, clip a fairly clean hi-riser caddy, do a 180 and damn near roll over.

was it full of nuns?

Drove over a piece of metal (piece of a truck or container or something) that looked like cardboard but wasn't. Loud banging noises, two right tires shredded, front wheel blocked (brake, probabaly, damage on the underside of the car. I'm fine, but damn you, anonymous truck driver. I expect my insurance will go up because in principle you have to be able to avoid or stop for everything that's on the road and stuff. :-/

:( sympathies that's a horrible feeling

thx