A teenage driver....

shack
shack Posts: 11,154
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
along with the help of a sudden downpour, a puddle, an off-camber decreasing radius curve, a telephone pole and a creek can turn this.....
"Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2005
    into this....
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited July 2005
    ouch.... is s/he alright?
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited July 2005
    Ouch......hope everyone's ok......
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2005
    Not a scratch. She did have a small seat belt burn on her neck and she was a little sore from the airbag. I've made my kids wear their seat belts...always....every time....no excuses. This happend less than a hundred yards after she pulled out of her boyfriend's driveway. Speed was less than 35.

    Seatbelts....there is no substitute!
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited July 2005
    Little ZX3 handled it pretty well. Looks like both airbags deployed, as long as passive restraints were the order of the day, everyone should be fine.

    It appears the front passenger window got hit, presumably not an occupant I hope.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited July 2005
    Good to know... just make sure if she starts feeling any pain or discomfort to get checked out.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    It appears the front passenger window got hit, presumably not an occupant I hope.
    Passenger side airbag. Its on top of the dash and took out the window. No passenger.

    Talked to the repair shop. It's a total primarily because both airbags deployed. The cost of both of those is almost as much as repairing the rest of the damage. Airbags are worth every penny IMO.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by michael_w
    Good to know... just make sure if she starts feeling any pain or discomfort to get checked out.
    Thanks. We took her to the emergency room...just as a precaution.

    The kid had a really bad day. An hour before this happened she ran out of gas on the interstate going from work to her BFs house. AAA and a friend helped with that. Then the wreck. And on top of all of this. She had her wisdom teeth removed the next morning. Now she looks like a chipmunk....not because of the wreck...but because of the surgery.

    All I know is that I wouldn't want to go throught a 18 hour span like that!
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited July 2005
    good to read she is alright.

    Ling?
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    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited July 2005
    No, Ding-a-ling.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited July 2005
    Wow... that looks a lot worse than my accident. I tell ya... nothing worse than getting in an accident, and then realising it's NOT YOUR CAR :eek:

    The van I was driving at the time-

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    Damage to the middle-

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    Damage to the driver's side front-

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    Got caught up in a heavy snowstorm on I-80 in the Poconos. There was an accident ahead of us, and traffic was stopping. While trying to stop, I slid over in the left lane and somebody who was also sliding to a stop smacked me in the front wheel, which spun me around and I caught the back end of his car with the middle of the van. I ended up doing a 180, tapping another car (cosmetic damage only to that car) and facing back into traffic. You haven't lived until you've seen an 18wheeler coming at you in full slide taking over both lanes. There were cars, trucks, and vans sliding all over the place.

    When the staties showed up to check things out, they actually slid past me and had to back up and come back... that's how slick it was. Nevertheless, they ruled it my fault since I started sliding first, and I was fined $130 or something, along w/ 2 points on my license (points should be gone by now... it was a while ago).

    Oh well... live and learn! Unless you're a really bad driver, every hairy experience you get in teaches you another thing about driving. In my case, I should have steered the van over into the right side ditch and rode it out over there. Probably wouldn't have damaged anything, and if I had, it wouldn't have involved anyone else.

    Oh, and you know the real kicker? I had actually missed my exit and should've never been where I was at the time!
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited July 2005
    glad to hear everything is o.k.

    i could have had a bad one yesterday... just glad my supercharger belt snapped in my drive way... accidents are no fun... i don't know how i've stayed accident//ticket free for 3 years.
    cats.vans.bag...
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited July 2005
    Speaking of accidents-I was pulling into my drive way and cut a little to sharp-Right Rear door is banged up-price for new door, $750
    God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by nadams
    I tell ya... nothing worse than getting in an accident,B]
    Yea... I've seen probably 10 accidents in the last year and been there to run out and see how the people are doing and help them. It really messes with people's minds for a while.
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