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So, I was on my way to a concert tonight. I was driving on the I-15 here in Utah. Two cars came to a stop in front of me. I ...
  1. 03-27-2008 #1
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    Car Accident -- Totalled!

    So, I was on my way to a concert tonight. I was driving on the I-15 here in Utah. Two cars came to a stop in front of me. I stopped behind them, with a lady behind me. We were chilling at the tail end of a bunch of stop-and-go traffic. A girl in a red car did not notice we were all stopped and slammed into the woman behind me, which crushed my tail end and forced me into the car in front of me, forcing that car into another. After the accident was "over," a 6th car slammed into the back of the girl in the red car that initially caused the accident.

    c = stopped cars
    1 = first car to hit
    2 = second car to hit
    X = me

    2 ---> 1---> c X c c

    Car is totalled. Second one in 7 months. The last one wasn't my fault either. I have got to get out of Utah!!
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    Do you think you'll make it?
    Obviously not with that car. Sorry to hear about the bad luck.
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    Thanks guys. I am totally ok! I didn't mean to post this for sympathy. It's more that I am grateful to be ok. That I could even post on here what happened. I'd rather everybody celebrate that I am ok than sympathize over what happened. Not that I don't appreciate that, either.
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    Ouch... tough luck. I must give you props for your illustration technique, though. ^,^
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    Glad to hear your OK ... bad luck about the cars but at least they can be replaced.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ryokimball View Post
    Ouch... tough luck. I must give you props for your illustration technique, though. ^,^
    haha.... I appreciate the props.

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    Glad to hear your OK ... bad luck about the cars but at least they can be replaced.
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    Skittle...
    I'm glad to hear you're OK. Being in any accident sucks. Being in one involving injury or damage sucks worse. Funny how that chain-reaction stuff works. Makes you wonder what those drivers are thinking/doing in the seconds prior to impact. (Certainly not paying attention to the road.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by questio verum View Post
    Skittle...
    I'm glad to hear you're OK. Being in any accident sucks. Being in one involving injury or damage sucks worse. Funny how that chain-reaction stuff works. Makes you wonder what those drivers are thinking/doing in the seconds prior to impact. (Certainly not paying attention to the road.)

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    Most of you know I drive for a Worldwide Delivery service. This is the most common type of accident, People follow other People WAY to close. Imagine if you will, the next time you are driving, that the car in front of you slams into a brick wall at 40 MPH. Are you going to have enough time to react? Are you following to close? My company stresses that we should impose an 8-12 second distance from the car in front of you at speeds over 30 MPH. That's a HUGE amount of space, but it just doesn't work when you have other cars, zig zagging like a bat out of hell, in rush hour traffic.
    Sorry for the rant, but I hope you all take extra care to create space in front of your cars when driving. It's just too Dangerous.
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