Had my first car crash as a Driver today.

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It was a pretty big shock tbh. I was driving to get some parts so I could service my car and was headed down a relatively busy street with 2 lanes each direction and a nature strip in the middle. I was slightly behind (like, my front wheel was alongside his rear one) the car next to me and without warning he flashed his indicator once, merged into my lane and braked hard. There was no time to even react and I slammed straight into him and it was a meaty fucking hit. It was only a 60 zone (38 for you Burgers/Bongs) but I think I jarred my shoulder in the impact, and because of how small my car was the left side wheels became airborne for what felt like 5 minutes. Luckily I was launched no further than the turn lane and not into oncoming traffic, and we were both in reasonably good positions to find a place to pull in safely without impeding the traffic behind us.

Fortunately we're both (seemingly) ok, he got out of his car to ask if I was ok and we then had a quick chat that was really laid back given we'd been involved in an accident. We exchanged contact info and went on our way (I called the number first to make sure it was legit, but it was all good). I'd only brought the car a couple of weeks ago too. I'm pretty shaken up, I can't really think straight and I'm contemplating contacting the hospital to make sure I didn't hit my head or something.

Honestly I was expecting the left front wheel to have been bent out of line and the entire front left quarter of the car to have been destroyed because of how solid the hit was and how deeply I gouged his car (mid 00's Corolla). I guess mine is either too old for crumple zones or the Metal/Steel/whatever panels are just so much more durable than plastic/fibreglass because the Wheel seems to still be on straight and there only seems to be superficial damage. The Passenger side door is stuck shut because of the panel interference and a left light housings along with the grill mesh are completely buggered. It doesn't even look remotely severe but I guess AE82 Corollas are built tougher than they look. Still gets around town too but I'll talk to the guy's insurance about where they want me to get the panels looked at, and I'll see if the chassis is bent out of shape too.

It happened a few hours ago and I'm still in shock but I think I'm ok.


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Even though I've been driving for more than 4 and a half years and I'm smack bang in the middle of the age bracket that's statistically most likely to be in an accident, it was so unexpected. You really do have to act like you're driving the 20 cars around you as well as your own.


 
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Did writing all that help you feel better? Not being a smartass. It's good to express what you're feeling.


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Did writing all that help you feel better? Not being a smartass. It's good to express what you're feeling.
Yeah it feels like it's settled me down a little. I'm still a little confused but I can think slightly more clearly now.


 
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Did writing all that help you feel better? Not being a smartass. It's good to express what you're feeling.
Yeah it feels like it's settled me down a little. I'm still a little confused but I can think slightly more clearly now.
Read it back to yourself. Review. Breathe and make tea. I'm glad you're in one piece.

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If you've got pain get it checked, if anything comes of it later and you dint have documentation then you can't prove it was from the impact.
Also, get a few quotes from shops on repairs even if you don't want to bother with it. Taking or denying his insurance payout doesn't affect whatever his insurance company will do to his bill and record.


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Thanks guys, getting a friend to take me to the hospital.


 
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Your car, is it manual? Glad you're ok.


 
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This thread shows a lot of what our tight knit group on Sep7agon is like.

We may be assholes to eachother almost everyday, but if something happens we can be nice and helpful. Even if for a fraction of the time.

Hope you feel okay Zonda


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Thanks again guys, it means a lot to me. Hospital gave me the green light to go home with a GP checkup on the cards tomorrow. Headache was just general fatigue and all I seem to have is a bit of minor whiplash. Should be fine soon.

Your car, is it manual? Glad you're ok.
Yeah man, old school.

I'm a bit miffed as to what to do. The guy has informed me via text that he is uninsured. I'll see what the go is tomorrow but for now I'm getting some much needed sleep.


 
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Of course the slippery bastard is going to be all friendly when it was his fucking fault. If you were a different person you'd have torn him a new asshole. Maybe he still might have a new asshole torn for him. Metaphorically....

Sorry kiddo. Uninsured. Wink. Nudge. On ya way.


 
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I'm a bit miffed as to what to do. The guy has informed me via text that he is uninsured. I'll see what the go is tomorrow but for now I'm getting some much needed sleep.
ouch man. That dude is in for some real big shit from the state and you're pretty out of luck unless you've got some uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage on your policy.


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1. "I didn't do anything wrong"
2. "The other driver is at fault"
3. "Talk to my insurance company"

Your script for the next few weeks. In general you should call the cops when this happens, even if you hit the other car, so there's a record of exactly what damage was done. For all you know this guy's scamming you, went home and decided to charge your insurance out the ass for something you didn't cause.


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Feeling better after my rest. I'll report the accident to TAC in the morning.

I've messaged the guy to ask him to foot the repair bill. No response. I'll give him a call tomorrow and if he doesn't answer I'll take it to the police.


 
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Hey Zonda, glad to see you made it out of that accident in one piece. It could have been much worse.

And as someone else said in this thread, you should have called the police and told them what happened. The guy could have been drunk or on something else when the accident happened and the cops would have dealt with him. You just never know.

A few months ago a lady hit my sister's truck at a stop sign. My sister called the cops and the lady ended up being drunk at 12 in the afternoon and not wearing her seatbelt. Cops took the lady to jail right after. She ended up having some backwater insurance but my sister still got her bumper fixed.


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Feeling better after my rest. I'll report the accident to TAC in the morning.

I've messaged the guy to ask him to foot the repair bill. No response. I'll give him a call tomorrow and if he doesn't answer I'll take it to the police.
You should have told the police about this the moment it happened. The longer you wait the less credible you sound.


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You should have told the police about this the moment it happened. The longer you wait the less credible you sound.
I know, I was just giving this cunt the benefit of the doubt. Good to know he's pretty much gone underground


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Ouch dude, sorry to hear that. :/
Yeah, definitely get checked out, because you won't really know in some cases if you've injured your head.
For future reference, you should definitely call the cops and have them come to the site, plus take pics of the scene (as dickish as that might look).  It's not uncommon for someone to fake an injury later on and press charges.  You also might be considered at fault for tailgating, even though that's bs, so keep that in mind.


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1. "I didn't do anything wrong"
2. "The other driver is at fault"
3. "Talk to my insurance company"

Your script for the next few weeks. In general you should call the cops when this happens, even if you hit the other car, so there's a record of exactly what damage was done. For all you know this guy's scamming you, went home and decided to charge your insurance out the ass for something you didn't cause.
also get a dashcam next time.


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The first crash is the worst.


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The guy has texted me back and asked for a quote on the repair bill. Could be a real nigga but not sure yet


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The first crash is the worst.
I didn't give a FUCK about my first crash

My friend russell rear ended me last christmas.
I didn't even wanna stop, but he did.

My car was fine, his grill and hood were decimated.
He was fine though.


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The first crash is the worst.
My friend russell rear ended me last christmas.
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Still waiting for mine.

I was actually really hoping that I'd get in a crash the first time I went on the road--just so I could see the faces of all those fucking idiots who said shit like, "You'll be fine" and "Driving is fun, you won't crash" to me. Just lazy bullshit lies that I would be perfectly cool with proving wrong. Just to see how much they care when I actually do get in a crash. Just to see what platitudes they'll say then.

If no one can just look me in the eye and tell me the truth--"You might get in a crash if you're not careful"--that's all anyone has ever had to say to me, but they haven't--if no one can say that, I'd love to see what they'd say then.
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Still waiting for mine.

I was actually really hoping that I'd get in a crash the first time I went on the road--just so I could see the faces of all those fucking idiots who said shit like, "You'll be fine" and "Driving is fun, you won't crash" to me. Just lazy bullshit lies that I would be perfectly cool with proving wrong. Just to see how much they care when I actually do get in a crash. Just to see what platitudes they'll say then.

If no one can just look me in the eye and tell me the truth--"You might get in a crash if you're not careful"--that's all anyone has ever had to say to me, but they haven't--if no one can say that, I'd love to see what they'd say then.
You do realize they're trying to calm your anxieties about driving? Good god dude.


 
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You do realize they're trying to calm your anxieties about driving? Good god dude.
No, they're not "trying" anything. They're exerting the minimum effort to say, "You don't matter enough to me to tell you the straight-up truth, so I'm going to engage in meaningless niceties that society has deemed 'polite' so I can convince myself that I'm a good, honest, helpful, and thoughtful person."

It just communicates to me that they don't give a fuck about me or my feelings.

Which, no one has to. I just wish people were more honest about it.


 
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You do realize they're trying to calm your anxieties about driving? Good god dude.
No, they're not "trying" anything. They're exerting the minimum effort to say, "You don't matter enough to me to tell you the straight-up truth, so I'm going to engage in meaningless niceties that society has deemed 'polite' so I can convince myself that I'm a good, honest, helpful, and thoughtful person."

It just communicates to me that they don't give a fuck about me or my feelings.

Which, no one has to. I just wish people were more honest about it.
Well personally when I was anxious about driving it made me a worse driver. The more comfortable you are (to a degree) the better you are.

So if anyone were to come to me with the issues you're having over driving I would try and calm their anxieties in an effort to make driving less stressful.
That's not minimum effort.
That's not me trying to get you away from me as soon as possible.
 It's a conscious effort to try and make it seem more manageable.