I was involved in my first car accident as a driver today (and it was NOT my fault. )

I stopped at a red traffic light on my way home from school and some girl who wasn't paying attention to the road (she was texting ) rammed my rear bumper at about 35-40mph.

I forgot to take a pic of the girl's car, but this photo is pretty much identical:



My vehicle sustained absolutely no damage whatsoever:


Now I now why my parents insist on me only driving "The Brick". The thing is built like a tank! (And it drives like one too..)



-Christian (Suffering from whiplash...get me some ibuprofen)

Irony is my brother was in a 3 car accident the other day.  Only difference is his car was the one that took all the damage and the other 2 had no damage either.  He was texting aswell...

He suffered a confusion and whiplash.

Ibuprofen is about the best cure for the aches and pains.

That's an all to common thing around here lately, construction going on everywhere and people just don't pay attention to stopped traffic.  My brother-in-law became the meat in a 3 car sandwich a few weeks ago, he was in the rear of a line stopped for construction on the highway, some girl in a van wasn't paying any attention, they think she too was texting and slammed him at about 60mph having never hit her brakes, pushed him into the next car.  He ended up cut out and on a stretcher, luckily no severe injury but he still finds the occasional piece of glass in his back.   Seen the car afterwords, the only thing left was the drivers seat...it was an old boat that's now a super compact   The girl that caused it was not only uninsured but a suspended license and had just totaled her own car out in a similar accident 2 days before. Took daddy's van out while he was sleeping, he didn't have insurance on it either.

Can't beat those old 80s-90s Suburbans, Silverados, etc...They really are tanks.  The newer body styles starting in about 99-2000 started getting cheaper and are not built to take a beating so well.  I was rear ended a couple nights ago in my 97 3/4 ton Silverado, though I had a ball hitch in the receiver that helped a lot...just a tiny scratch on the bumper, but the front of the sheriffs cruiser had a couple thousand worth of damage   I thought he had turned off somewhere, but found out he was just following so close I couldn't see his headlights over the tailgate, had to lay into the brakes pretty hard when some idiot pulled out in front of me, and BANG   That made for an interesting night, here in Indiana 99% of rear end collisions the person in the back gets the blame no matter how it happened...sure someone had some explaining to do back at the station   That's the second or third time I've been rear ended by cars, and so far no noticeable damage to the truck   Every time its been someone following to close or just not paying attention

Texting and driving, should be an instant ban, a HUGE fine and a slowly rotating pineapple inserted where the sun does not shine ...................At least a drunk driver is looking at the road


Matt

Happened to me too. I was stopped in my '93 Ford Bronco, and a guy in a newer Toyota crossover rear ended me at about 40 mph. He couldn't drive away, while my tank just got a bent bumper.

patchz wrote on Aug 27^th, 2010 at 11:13am:

The Involuntary Darwin Award Initiative perhaps? 

Best cure for whiplash:  a good attorney.  No kidding, whiplash could last a long time in the form of aches and pains, esp in cold weather or air conditioning.  Be there, had that long ago when I got rear ended (she pushed car 4 into car 3, etc, I was #2 and still got hit hard, but no serious injuries for anyone), with pain that lasted months and months.  There's no excuse for rear-enders.  Eyes front, both hands on the wheel.