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Car collisions and why they are bullshit

VoranthVoranth MI NOMBRE, POR CIERTOES DONTÉ!Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Social Entropy++
So I got into a car accident the other day. All and all it wasn't that serious, but it still sucked. My friend was giving me a ride and we chilling at a red light when all of a sudden SMASH right into the back of our car, with enough force to cause us to smash into the back of the car in front of us.

After a bit of commotion we find out what the deal is: This van was driving up to the light when it's transmission broke and it's breaks stop working. It rammed the back of an old lady's car at a decent speed, causing it to crash into us, causing us to crash into the car in front of us.

Needless to say we're pretty shaken up and the whiplash is already setting in. We step out and the white van is leaking red break fluid all over the place. There's bits of plastic and glass from headlights all over the place. Police are on the scene pretty quick and everything gets sorted out with relative ease.

Reasons why this is bullshit:
1) If my neck isn't fine by thursday I won't be able to play in my high school's upcoming alumni rugby game, the greatest event of all time.
2) My friends car has a ton of physical body damage; the trunk no longer opens, and the airbag didn't deploy despite the dashboard incessantly blinking about how the airbag is deployed and the car "must be returned to a dealer immediately." She's only owned the car for a couple months, and had been in another accident which was also not her fault about a month ago.

In the long run, this obviously could have been a lot worse. I've seen worse first-hand. But it's still pretty lame.

So tell us, SE++, what kind of car-related incidents have you been involved in, and why were they bullshit?

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    When I was 13 I drove a car for the very first time.

    Within 30 seconds I had hit a tree and a fence.

    Once we were recovering from the crash (it was low speed, but still the shock) someone pointed out that the fence was electrified.

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  • CptKemzikCptKemzik Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Sorry about hitting your friend's car bro.

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Thread derails onto drunk driving in 3...2...1...

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  • VoranthVoranth MI NOMBRE, POR CIERTO ES DONTÉ!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    CptKemzik wrote: »
    Sorry about hitting your friend's car bro.
    The firefighters that arrived on scene weren't too pleased with the red poisonous fluid leaking all over the place

    i'd get that checked out

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  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    wait how are car collisions bullshit... matter cannot occupy the same place at the same time

    basic science

    look it up

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I was hit by an early 70's Monte Carlo that was going over double the posted speed limit (in a school zone) when I was three years old. I was in a cast that covered most of my body and was in traction for what seemed like forever.

    They say that it hit me and I flew around twenty or more feet and tumbled for a while. I am also told that I looked like a pretzel and I had blood coming out of everywhere.

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  • Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Today at work the fuel delivery truck was was stuck in two and a half hours of traffic because of a collision on the interstate. A car swiped another car - the word is that the driver of the swiper was perhaps driving under the influence. The car that was swiped was packed full, like six people, none of which were wearing seatbelts. The car lost control and did all sorts of crazy shit and just started ejecting people - two of the passengers were children.

    Parents of the Goddamned year right there.

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  • VoranthVoranth MI NOMBRE, POR CIERTO ES DONTÉ!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    futility wrote: »
    wait how are car collisions bullshit... matter cannot occupy the same place at the same time

    basic science

    look it up

    Science foils me again! I'll get you next time, Gadget!

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I've had more shit happen to me since. It confirms my long held belief that God is trying to kill me but doesn't have the strength to get the job done.

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  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    Voranth wrote: »
    futility wrote: »
    wait how are car collisions bullshit... matter cannot occupy the same place at the same time

    basic science

    look it up

    Science foils me again! I'll get you next time, Gadget!

    you should get that deep raspy voice checked out... dude you may have like throat cancer.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    did you go to the ER? if not you should go to your doctor as soon as you can. it really is true what they say about an injury getting worse a couple of days after an accident, even though you feel pretty much OK in the meantime. that sucks about your friend and her car, but at least nobody got seriously hurt.

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Glad you & your friend are OK. I hope your friend got all the insurance info, etc. from everyone.

    Some dumbass girl hit me just months after I bought my car too. Busy Chicago street, waiting in traffic and she decides to turn right into me. Pushed me forward into a cab.

    It's bulllshit cars are designed essentially to fall apart at the tiniest bump. Goddamn "crumple zones" just means you're replacing your car for what would have been a paint scratch 15 years ago.

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  • VoranthVoranth MI NOMBRE, POR CIERTO ES DONTÉ!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    did you go to the ER? if not you should go to your doctor as soon as you can. it really is true what they say about an injury getting worse a couple of days after an accident, even though you feel pretty much OK in the meantime. that sucks about your friend and her car, but at least nobody got seriously hurt.
    I should be going to the clinic tomorrow. It doesn't feel too bad at the moment, but I've been injured enough over the years to know it's gonna be stiff as hell tomorrow; if not worse. My friend's taking it pretty well all things considered; as I mentioned it easily could have been a lot worse.
    MichaelLC wrote:
    Glad you & your friend are OK. I hope your friend got all the insurance info, etc. from everyone.
    Yeah she did; emergency crews were on scene pretty quick (I guess it was a slow day?) so we got that all sorted out. Everyone was pretty nice about the exchange too; everyone knew it was an accident and no one was placing blame on anyone. So that part was alright.

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    So this one time I flipped a car on the vermont highway median going at like 75 miles per hour

    I'm pretty awesome like that

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  • LockoutLockout I am still searching Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Today a guy passed me on a curve going up a hill where he couldn't see anything coming at all. Barely missed an SUV coming around.

    Fucking scariest shit I've seen since I started driving.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    futility wrote: »
    wait how are car collisions bullshit... matter cannot occupy the same place at the same time

    basic science

    look it up

    Wait wait wait wait

    Explain this slowly

    I don't get it

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    Glad you & your friend are OK. I hope your friend got all the insurance info, etc. from everyone.

    Some dumbass girl hit me just months after I bought my car too. Busy Chicago street, waiting in traffic and she decides to turn right into me. Pushed me forward into a cab.

    It's bulllshit cars are designed essentially to fall apart at the tiniest bump. Goddamn "crumple zones" just means you're replacing your car for what would have been a paint scratch 15 years ago.

    Well, the other solution is to drive around in a 15 year-old car and enjoy dying when the force of the impact is transferred into your soft, squishy body as opposed to being absorbed by your car.

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  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    futility wrote: »
    wait how are car collisions bullshit... matter cannot occupy the same place at the same time

    basic science

    look it up

    Wait wait wait wait

    Explain this slowly

    I don't get it

    I can't doctor up pictures so lets do it with letters:

    If some physical object: >
    is headed towards another object: <

    > <
    > <
    ><


    they will not end up in the same place. But they will fight and try to, but will either break, or displace each other.

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  • Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Seriously guys, buckle the fuck up, and punch your friends if you see them driving without buckling up.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I have actually never been in an automobile accident

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    futility wrote: »
    futility wrote: »
    wait how are car collisions bullshit... matter cannot occupy the same place at the same time

    basic science

    look it up

    Wait wait wait wait

    Explain this slowly

    I don't get it

    I can't doctor up pictures so lets do it with letters:

    If some physical object: >
    is headed towards another object: <

    > <
    > <
    ><


    they will not end up in the same place. But they will fight and try to, but will either break, or displace each other.

    This fight you speak of... is it to the death?

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Seriously guys, buckle the fuck up, and punch your friends if you see them driving without buckling up.

    You (the driver) pretty much lose your license here if 2 or more people are driving without seatbelts.

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  • Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    Glad you & your friend are OK. I hope your friend got all the insurance info, etc. from everyone.

    Some dumbass girl hit me just months after I bought my car too. Busy Chicago street, waiting in traffic and she decides to turn right into me. Pushed me forward into a cab.

    It's bulllshit cars are designed essentially to fall apart at the tiniest bump. Goddamn "crumple zones" just means you're replacing your car for what would have been a paint scratch 15 years ago.

    Well, the other solution is to drive around in a 15 year-old car and enjoy dying when the force of the impact is transferred into your soft, squishy body as opposed to being absorbed by your car.

    Your Torso is nature's crumple zone.

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Straightzi wrote: »
    So this one time I flipped a car on the vermont highway median going at like 75 miles per hour

    I'm pretty awesome like that

    This was like within weeks of getting a good as new Honda Civic. Totaled the sumbitch, although not a scratch on me from it, just a bit of whiplash.

    Insurance ended up paying out more than the car had cost us though, and that's how I got my lovely current car, which is pretty much the best ever, despite not being anywhere near new or I guess worth as much as the Civic.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Seriously guys, buckle the fuck up, and punch your friends if you see them driving without buckling up.

    In Australia it's the law and no one even thinks about driving without a seatbelt, it's really weird to see other adults have to tell other adults to buckle up.

    It's like wearing pants, it's just considered standard behavior.

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  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I rear ended a Ford Expedition with my little Chevy S10. My truck had an obliterated front end and the Expedition suffered a dinner plate sized dent in the back.

    FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU

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  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2009
    futility wrote: »
    futility wrote: »
    wait how are car collisions bullshit... matter cannot occupy the same place at the same time

    basic science

    look it up

    Wait wait wait wait

    Explain this slowly

    I don't get it

    I can't doctor up pictures so lets do it with letters:

    If some physical object: >
    is headed towards another object: <

    > <
    > <
    ><


    they will not end up in the same place. But they will fight and try to, but will either break, or displace each other.

    This fight you speak of... is it to the death?

    No... To the pain!

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Straightzi wrote: »
    So this one time I flipped a car on the vermont highway median going at like 75 miles per hour

    I'm pretty awesome like that

    how are you still alive

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    i have been in several wrecks

    two were my fault

    the others not so much

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    Seriously guys, buckle the fuck up, and punch your friends if you see them driving without buckling up.

    In Australia it's the law and no one even thinks about driving without a seatbelt, it's really weird to see other adults have to tell other adults to buckle up.

    It's like wearing pants, it's just considered standard behavior.

    It's the law in America too, there are just a lot of people still who just don't care.

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  • VoranthVoranth MI NOMBRE, POR CIERTO ES DONTÉ!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    Seriously guys, buckle the fuck up, and punch your friends if you see them driving without buckling up.

    In Australia it's the law and no one even thinks about driving without a seatbelt, it's really weird to see other adults have to tell other adults to buckle up.

    It's like wearing pants, it's just considered standard behavior.
    I can assume like lacking pants, it's one of those things you're just too embarrassed to talk about.
    "Hey uh, Bob, you're not...there's nothing...we can see...you know what, nevermind."

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Straightzi wrote: »
    So this one time I flipped a car on the vermont highway median going at like 75 miles per hour

    I'm pretty awesome like that

    how are you still alive

    He was drunk. Drunk people always walk away or fly out the window and hit a telephone pole. Which gives them brain damage.

    Happened to a friend of mine.

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  • Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    Seriously guys, buckle the fuck up, and punch your friends if you see them driving without buckling up.

    In Australia it's the law and no one even thinks about driving without a seatbelt, it's really weird to see other adults have to tell other adults to buckle up.

    It's like wearing pants, it's just considered standard behavior.

    It's the law in America too, there are just a lot of people still who just don't care.

    My old roommate, who did nothing but work out and eat health food, and took really good care of himself, never wears a seat belt.

    Government can't tell me what to do its stupid he says.

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I put a tow hitch sized hole in the front of my bumper. Didn't hurt the other car so I was like, here's my number, call me if you have some kind of issues with your....solid metal tow hitch.

    My record is clean.

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    Seriously guys, buckle the fuck up, and punch your friends if you see them driving without buckling up.

    In Australia it's the law and no one even thinks about driving without a seatbelt, it's really weird to see other adults have to tell other adults to buckle up.

    It's like wearing pants, it's just considered standard behavior.

    It's the law in America too, there are just a lot of people still who just don't care.

    My old roommate, who did nothing but work out and eat health food, and took really good care of himself, never wears a seat belt.

    Government can't tell me what to do its stupid he says.

    Ask him if they can rebuild noses from soy these days.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    personally I think it's kind of overreaching for the government to make laws against people doing stupid stuff

    I'd wear a seatbelt even if it wasn't the law

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    People as a whole are stupid and will die from stupid things unless you make some simple laws.

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  • Wrench N RocketsWrench N Rockets Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    personally I think it's kind of overreaching for the government to make laws against people doing stupid stuff

    I'd wear a seatbelt even if it wasn't the law

    It's a liability thing.

    This way you can't sue if you get hurt by not wearing your seat belt.

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  • Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Gafoto wrote: »
    I put a tow hitch sized hole in the front of my bumper. Didn't hurt the other car so I was like, here's my number, call me if you have some kind of issues with your....solid metal tow hitch.

    My record is clean.

    So that was you.

    No seriously this happened to me, except I was the other guy in your story. I drive a 96 pathfinder, the guy rams me from behind, my hit punches a square hole the size of a drink coaster through his license plate and grill, and my car suffered no damage. My back was a little sore for a couple days, but I didn't end up reporting him for it.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    who would you sue if you got hurt not wearing your seat belt?

    that's like suing if you got hurt not wearing your bicycle helmet

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