Friendly fire... 2IS accident :'(
11-19-11, 06:10 PM
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I don't give a damn what kinda car it was, it could've been a Bugatti Veyron and I still would've been pissed, I care about MY car, not anyone elses.
11-19-11, 08:11 PM
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I just had a look at the video. This could have happened to anyone. Did you guys notice the big SUV just in front of 149 MAX turning right , there was no way for the IS-F owner to surely see who was coming behind the SUV , so she thought of taking the road , then SLAM !!!
Also, I've been there before. Had a 17 year old girl decide to do a U-turn in front of me from the right hand lane as I passed her in the left hand lane. She never looked until I slammed into her back quarter panel. She was bawling by the time she stepped out of the car. I was ready to rage but figured she was already traumatized. Had her call her dad and he took care of the whole thing, better than new (he owned a body shop - lucky for her. It was her 3rd at-fault accident in less than a year according to her dad!)
11-19-11, 08:44 PM
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But if you look closely at the video, you can see that she is looking left just before that SUV turns into the lot, and is looking DIRECTLY at 149MAX. Then the SUV turns into the lot, covering up her vision. When you can see her again, she is looking right. Why?!? Who knows? There are two cars waiting to cross in front of her and traffic coming at her that she JUST looked at from her left. Then you can see she starts to pull out and only looks back to the left as 149MAX lays on his horn. Women drivers, no survivors. (Well, in this case, they both survived but you get the point....)
Also, I've been there before. Had a 17 year old girl decide to do a U-turn in front of me from the right hand lane as I passed her in the left hand lane. She never looked until I slammed into her back quarter panel. She was bawling by the time she stepped out of the car. I was ready to rage but figured she was already traumatized. Had her call her dad and he took care of the whole thing, better than new (he owned a body shop - lucky for her. It was her 3rd at-fault accident in less than a year according to her dad!)
Also, I've been there before. Had a 17 year old girl decide to do a U-turn in front of me from the right hand lane as I passed her in the left hand lane. She never looked until I slammed into her back quarter panel. She was bawling by the time she stepped out of the car. I was ready to rage but figured she was already traumatized. Had her call her dad and he took care of the whole thing, better than new (he owned a body shop - lucky for her. It was her 3rd at-fault accident in less than a year according to her dad!)
Also usually people stop moving when hearing a horn by/near you, she just kept rollin'
11-19-11, 09:05 PM
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I'm gonna agree with all the people saying that the camera seems like a great idea... I might have to get me one of those... I wonder if it will make me a little more self conscious about singing in the car, though... 
About the accident, glad you're both ok. But damn, she had an IS-F but she still didn't have good enough insurance to cover the damages to your car?
Maybe I have have a crappy monitor or some other bottleneck, but I don't know how you can see that much detail. I watched in 720p, and you couldn't see the girl's face in any kind of detail until she was right in front of him.
With that said, I still don't doubt the girl could have/should have been aware of 149, though. But mistakes happen... Hopefully she learned from it (and 149, too).
About the accident, glad you're both ok. But damn, she had an IS-F but she still didn't have good enough insurance to cover the damages to your car?
But if you look closely at the video, you can see that she is looking left just before that SUV turns into the lot, and is looking DIRECTLY at 149MAX. Then the SUV turns into the lot, covering up her vision. When you can see her again, she is looking right. Why?!? Who knows? There are two cars waiting to cross in front of her and traffic coming at her that she JUST looked at from her left. Then you can see she starts to pull out and only looks back to the left as 149MAX lays on his horn. Women drivers, no survivors. (Well, in this case, they both survived but you get the point....)
With that said, I still don't doubt the girl could have/should have been aware of 149, though. But mistakes happen... Hopefully she learned from it (and 149, too).
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11-20-11, 01:08 AM
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Hate to see videos like that. But very glad you didn't get hurt. I think your car came out pretty well from what crunch there was. Also good job on minimizing the impact by paying attention. Could have been worse if you didn't see it coming and/or didn't brake.
Now, for everyone chomping at the bit to get a camera installed... consider this. For every time it may help you (as it did in this case), it can also hurt you. In every accident, there is usually one person at fault, and one person not at fault. So that's a 50% odd you could get into an accident, it be your fault, and now there's a camera inside to prove it. You want the police or insurance seeing that? I wouldn't. Now I know we all think we are the better drivers out there (and we likely may be), but it's still something to think about. A camera can work against you, just as easy as it can help you.
Now, for everyone chomping at the bit to get a camera installed... consider this. For every time it may help you (as it did in this case), it can also hurt you. In every accident, there is usually one person at fault, and one person not at fault. So that's a 50% odd you could get into an accident, it be your fault, and now there's a camera inside to prove it. You want the police or insurance seeing that? I wouldn't. Now I know we all think we are the better drivers out there (and we likely may be), but it's still something to think about. A camera can work against you, just as easy as it can help you.
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11-20-11, 01:38 AM
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That was an unfortunately accident. Little suprirse to me though, this type of mistake, blame on her, happens all the time, fortunately usually one party is able to stop in time. A little careless, a little impatience, on the driver pulling out puts everyone in danger.
Usually when I see someone waiting to pull out and a big *** SUV slows down to pull in there is a 50/50 chance the driver coming out will gun for it. To drive defensively always slow down. You can see the pins lining up waiting to be knocked down.
Another commonly avoidable accident is pulling up to an interesction in a multilane street and for some reason someone in the other lane, in same direction, is stopped on a green. Most of the time that driver isn't paying attention but in rare occassions a pedestrian is crossing on a red and view of person is blocked by stopped vehicle; or a left turn car in opposite direction is running a red. Seen so many impatient drivers guns it and ran dead smack (t-boning) the person running the red. Haven't seen a pedestrian being hit yet, close calls, yes, and hopefully never.
Usually when I see someone waiting to pull out and a big *** SUV slows down to pull in there is a 50/50 chance the driver coming out will gun for it. To drive defensively always slow down. You can see the pins lining up waiting to be knocked down.
Another commonly avoidable accident is pulling up to an interesction in a multilane street and for some reason someone in the other lane, in same direction, is stopped on a green. Most of the time that driver isn't paying attention but in rare occassions a pedestrian is crossing on a red and view of person is blocked by stopped vehicle; or a left turn car in opposite direction is running a red. Seen so many impatient drivers guns it and ran dead smack (t-boning) the person running the red. Haven't seen a pedestrian being hit yet, close calls, yes, and hopefully never.
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11-20-11, 02:01 AM
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That was an unfortunately accident. Little suprirse to me though, this type of mistake, blame on her, happens all the time, fortunately usually one party is able to stop in time. A little careless, a little impatience, on the driver pulling out puts everyone in danger.
Usually when I see someone waiting to pull out and a big *** SUV slows down to pull in there is a 50/50 chance the driver coming out will gun for it. To drive defensively always slow down. You can see the pins lining up waiting to be knocked down.
Another commonly avoidable accident is pulling up to an interesction in a multilane street and for some reason someone in the other lane, in same direction, is stopped on a green. Most of the time that driver isn't paying attention but in rare occassions a pedestrian is crossing on a red and view of person is blocked by stopped vehicle; or a left turn car in opposite direction is running a red. Seen so many impatient drivers guns it and ran dead smack (t-boning) the person running the red. Haven't seen a pedestrian being hit yet, close calls, yes, and hopefully never.
Usually when I see someone waiting to pull out and a big *** SUV slows down to pull in there is a 50/50 chance the driver coming out will gun for it. To drive defensively always slow down. You can see the pins lining up waiting to be knocked down.
Another commonly avoidable accident is pulling up to an interesction in a multilane street and for some reason someone in the other lane, in same direction, is stopped on a green. Most of the time that driver isn't paying attention but in rare occassions a pedestrian is crossing on a red and view of person is blocked by stopped vehicle; or a left turn car in opposite direction is running a red. Seen so many impatient drivers guns it and ran dead smack (t-boning) the person running the red. Haven't seen a pedestrian being hit yet, close calls, yes, and hopefully never.
After watching the video a second time...I couldn't stop laughing when I saw you come out. You look and act like Peter Chao.
11-20-11, 08:03 AM
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That was an unfortunately accident. Little suprirse to me though, this type of mistake, blame on her, happens all the time, fortunately usually one party is able to stop in time. A little careless, a little impatience, on the driver pulling out puts everyone in danger.
Usually when I see someone waiting to pull out and a big *** SUV slows down to pull in there is a 50/50 chance the driver coming out will gun for it. To drive defensively always slow down. You can see the pins lining up waiting to be knocked down.
Another commonly avoidable accident is pulling up to an interesction in a multilane street and for some reason someone in the other lane, in same direction, is stopped on a green. Most of the time that driver isn't paying attention but in rare occassions a pedestrian is crossing on a red and view of person is blocked by stopped vehicle; or a left turn car in opposite direction is running a red. Seen so many impatient drivers guns it and ran dead smack (t-boning) the person running the red. Haven't seen a pedestrian being hit yet, close calls, yes, and hopefully never.
Usually when I see someone waiting to pull out and a big *** SUV slows down to pull in there is a 50/50 chance the driver coming out will gun for it. To drive defensively always slow down. You can see the pins lining up waiting to be knocked down.
Another commonly avoidable accident is pulling up to an interesction in a multilane street and for some reason someone in the other lane, in same direction, is stopped on a green. Most of the time that driver isn't paying attention but in rare occassions a pedestrian is crossing on a red and view of person is blocked by stopped vehicle; or a left turn car in opposite direction is running a red. Seen so many impatient drivers guns it and ran dead smack (t-boning) the person running the red. Haven't seen a pedestrian being hit yet, close calls, yes, and hopefully never.
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11-20-11, 10:06 AM
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Seen so many impatient drivers guns it and ran dead smack (t-boning) the person running the red. Haven't seen a pedestrian being hit yet, close calls, yes, and hopefully never.
11-21-11, 07:28 AM
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nearly happened to me aswell
i was behind a firetruck, coming up to an intersection, the fire truck turned right and i went straight, then a woman on the other side of the road decided to turn in front of my car, i slammed the brakes and JUST missed her,and i mean JUST, if my DC2R was 10mm longer we would have hit
funny thing is, she just casually shrugged it off and drove away... i was just like wtf...
haha
funny now, but wasnt so funny when it happened, lol
oh, and my first reaction when i saw you was "OMFG peter chao drives a Lexus" hahahaha
and wats the song? i like
i was behind a firetruck, coming up to an intersection, the fire truck turned right and i went straight, then a woman on the other side of the road decided to turn in front of my car, i slammed the brakes and JUST missed her,and i mean JUST, if my DC2R was 10mm longer we would have hit
funny thing is, she just casually shrugged it off and drove away... i was just like wtf...
haha
funny now, but wasnt so funny when it happened, lol
oh, and my first reaction when i saw you was "OMFG peter chao drives a Lexus" hahahaha
and wats the song? i like
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