This year: driving rainstorm, I see the cars ahead of me all suddenly stopped, managed to avoid hitting the car in front of me, then the guy behind me plows in and pushes me into the girl in front. She lies and says I hit her first…
Several years ago: going out of a gas station, I turn left to get back on the road, and this clown sails through a red light, smashing into the back of the van. There was no question of his guilt, lots of witnesses, but it totalled the van.
ABout 14 years ago, at about 11 PM, a drunk driver slammed into the front passenger side of my car at an intersection. The traffic lights were blinking red, which means you’re supposed to treat it as a 4-way stop. I stopped completely, then proceeded through the intersection The drunk never stopped at all.
About 20 years ago in a small Ohio town, broad daylight. My wife and I were stopped in the turn lane at a very busy intersection, about to turn left, turn signal on. An elderly driver coming from the other direction lost control, veered across the line and sideswiped us, rocking our car violently and scraping up the entire left side of our car. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and insurance paid for all repairs without too much hassle.
My first car and my first venture out into the big city by myself going to a Frank Zappa concert. Almost home, turning into the church parking lot that I cut through to get home and some drunk tries to pass me from three cars back and hits me broadside. The car was an old junker that my father bought for about $50 and it promptly dissolved into an explosion of rust.
Home from college for the summer, on my way to my Park District job - the roads were a little slick from a storm that had just passed through. I made a left turn, thinking I could beat the car coming up the road - I turned too hard, skidded, and T-boned her back seat. It looked worse than it was, even though it was bad, neither engine was damaged, neither driver was badly hurt. But oh!, the glass flying everywhere in slow motion stays with me to this day.
101 freeway, heading toward Palo Alto. Traffic slowed down, I didn’t (not in time, anyway). Hit the truck in front of me. Truck went on without stopping. After trying to figure out whether I should, so did I. Minimal damage to my bumper. Never heard any more about it.
On a bus, Friday evening, rush hour. The bus is stopped at the bus stop, picking up passengers. A woman tries to go around the bus and misses. A loud THUMP in the bus. The driver goes out and looks at the bus. No damage, but the passenger’s side of the car is totally bashed in. Driver calls 911, it takes 20 minutes for the cops to show up. The woman waits in the car and rolls down her window, telling the cops “The bus was moving.” Uh, lady, you got a busload of people really pissed at you. I suggest you stop lying.
This year: driving rainstorm, I see the cars ahead of me all suddenly stopped, managed to avoid hitting the car in front of me, then the guy behind me plows in and pushes me into the girl in front. She lies and says I hit her first…
Several years ago: going out of a gas station, I turn left to get back on the road, and this clown sails through a red light, smashing into the back of the van. There was no question of his guilt, lots of witnesses, but it totalled the van.
ABout 14 years ago, at about 11 PM, a drunk driver slammed into the front passenger side of my car at an intersection. The traffic lights were blinking red, which means you’re supposed to treat it as a 4-way stop. I stopped completely, then proceeded through the intersection The drunk never stopped at all.
About 20 years ago in a small Ohio town, broad daylight. My wife and I were stopped in the turn lane at a very busy intersection, about to turn left, turn signal on. An elderly driver coming from the other direction lost control, veered across the line and sideswiped us, rocking our car violently and scraping up the entire left side of our car. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and insurance paid for all repairs without too much hassle.
My first car and my first venture out into the big city by myself going to a Frank Zappa concert. Almost home, turning into the church parking lot that I cut through to get home and some drunk tries to pass me from three cars back and hits me broadside. The car was an old junker that my father bought for about $50 and it promptly dissolved into an explosion of rust.
Home from college for the summer, on my way to my Park District job - the roads were a little slick from a storm that had just passed through. I made a left turn, thinking I could beat the car coming up the road - I turned too hard, skidded, and T-boned her back seat. It looked worse than it was, even though it was bad, neither engine was damaged, neither driver was badly hurt. But oh!, the glass flying everywhere in slow motion stays with me to this day.
101 freeway, heading toward Palo Alto. Traffic slowed down, I didn’t (not in time, anyway). Hit the truck in front of me. Truck went on without stopping. After trying to figure out whether I should, so did I. Minimal damage to my bumper. Never heard any more about it.
On a bus, Friday evening, rush hour. The bus is stopped at the bus stop, picking up passengers. A woman tries to go around the bus and misses. A loud THUMP in the bus. The driver goes out and looks at the bus. No damage, but the passenger’s side of the car is totally bashed in. Driver calls 911, it takes 20 minutes for the cops to show up. The woman waits in the car and rolls down her window, telling the cops “The bus was moving.” Uh, lady, you got a busload of people really pissed at you. I suggest you stop lying.
I hope this counts as a traffic accident. Way back when I was 19yo (circa early/mid 70s) I drove a friend home from a Christmas party. When we were parked, things started to heat up between us, so he invited me in for…whatever. And just as we got about half way up the walkway to the front door, a '67 Buick Wildcat hit the rear end my Vdub at about 70mph. The engine was in the back seat. The back window popped out, but didn’t break. The front seats broke loose and hit the windshield. We just looked at each other; speechless. It could have been so very much worse. The driver was OK, but was on his way to jail for DUI.
This year: driving rainstorm, I see the cars ahead of me all suddenly stopped, managed to avoid hitting the car in front of me, then the guy behind me plows in and pushes me into the girl in front. She lies and says I hit her first…
Several years ago: going out of a gas station, I turn left to get back on the road, and this clown sails through a red light, smashing into the back of the van. There was no question of his guilt, lots of witnesses, but it totalled the van.
ABout 14 years ago, at about 11 PM, a drunk driver slammed into the front passenger side of my car at an intersection. The traffic lights were blinking red, which means you’re supposed to treat it as a 4-way stop. I stopped completely, then proceeded through the intersection The drunk never stopped at all.
About 20 years ago in a small Ohio town, broad daylight. My wife and I were stopped in the turn lane at a very busy intersection, about to turn left, turn signal on. An elderly driver coming from the other direction lost control, veered across the line and sideswiped us, rocking our car violently and scraping up the entire left side of our car. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and insurance paid for all repairs without too much hassle.
My first car and my first venture out into the big city by myself going to a Frank Zappa concert. Almost home, turning into the church parking lot that I cut through to get home and some drunk tries to pass me from three cars back and hits me broadside. The car was an old junker that my father bought for about $50 and it promptly dissolved into an explosion of rust.
Home from college for the summer, on my way to my Park District job - the roads were a little slick from a storm that had just passed through. I made a left turn, thinking I could beat the car coming up the road - I turned too hard, skidded, and T-boned her back seat. It looked worse than it was, even though it was bad, neither engine was damaged, neither driver was badly hurt. But oh!, the glass flying everywhere in slow motion stays with me to this day.
101 freeway, heading toward Palo Alto. Traffic slowed down, I didn’t (not in time, anyway). Hit the truck in front of me. Truck went on without stopping. After trying to figure out whether I should, so did I. Minimal damage to my bumper. Never heard any more about it.
On a bus, Friday evening, rush hour. The bus is stopped at the bus stop, picking up passengers. A woman tries to go around the bus and misses. A loud THUMP in the bus. The driver goes out and looks at the bus. No damage, but the passenger’s side of the car is totally bashed in. Driver calls 911, it takes 20 minutes for the cops to show up. The woman waits in the car and rolls down her window, telling the cops “The bus was moving.” Uh, lady, you got a busload of people really pissed at you. I suggest you stop lying.
I hope this counts as a traffic accident. Way back when I was 19yo (circa early/mid 70s) I drove a friend home from a Christmas party. When we were parked, things started to heat up between us, so he invited me in for…whatever. And just as we got about half way up the walkway to the front door, a '67 Buick Wildcat hit the rear end my Vdub at about 70mph. The engine was in the back seat. The back window popped out, but didn’t break. The front seats broke loose and hit the windshield. We just looked at each other; speechless. It could have been so very much worse. The driver was OK, but was on his way to jail for DUI.
Two months ago, in a restaurant parking lot, late afternoon. Was backing up and didn’t see a big concrete pole off to one side. Hit it with my rear bumper and got a few scratches on the car, but nothing serious.
This year: driving rainstorm, I see the cars ahead of me all suddenly stopped, managed to avoid hitting the car in front of me, then the guy behind me plows in and pushes me into the girl in front. She lies and says I hit her first…
Several years ago: going out of a gas station, I turn left to get back on the road, and this clown sails through a red light, smashing into the back of the van. There was no question of his guilt, lots of witnesses, but it totalled the van.
ABout 14 years ago, at about 11 PM, a drunk driver slammed into the front passenger side of my car at an intersection. The traffic lights were blinking red, which means you’re supposed to treat it as a 4-way stop. I stopped completely, then proceeded through the intersection The drunk never stopped at all.
About 20 years ago in a small Ohio town, broad daylight. My wife and I were stopped in the turn lane at a very busy intersection, about to turn left, turn signal on. An elderly driver coming from the other direction lost control, veered across the line and sideswiped us, rocking our car violently and scraping up the entire left side of our car. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and insurance paid for all repairs without too much hassle.
My first car and my first venture out into the big city by myself going to a Frank Zappa concert. Almost home, turning into the church parking lot that I cut through to get home and some drunk tries to pass me from three cars back and hits me broadside. The car was an old junker that my father bought for about $50 and it promptly dissolved into an explosion of rust.
Home from college for the summer, on my way to my Park District job - the roads were a little slick from a storm that had just passed through. I made a left turn, thinking I could beat the car coming up the road - I turned too hard, skidded, and T-boned her back seat. It looked worse than it was, even though it was bad, neither engine was damaged, neither driver was badly hurt. But oh!, the glass flying everywhere in slow motion stays with me to this day.
101 freeway, heading toward Palo Alto. Traffic slowed down, I didn’t (not in time, anyway). Hit the truck in front of me. Truck went on without stopping. After trying to figure out whether I should, so did I. Minimal damage to my bumper. Never heard any more about it.
On a bus, Friday evening, rush hour. The bus is stopped at the bus stop, picking up passengers. A woman tries to go around the bus and misses. A loud THUMP in the bus. The driver goes out and looks at the bus. No damage, but the passenger’s side of the car is totally bashed in. Driver calls 911, it takes 20 minutes for the cops to show up. The woman waits in the car and rolls down her window, telling the cops “The bus was moving.” Uh, lady, you got a busload of people really pissed at you. I suggest you stop lying.
I hope this counts as a traffic accident. Way back when I was 19yo (circa early/mid 70s) I drove a friend home from a Christmas party. When we were parked, things started to heat up between us, so he invited me in for…whatever. And just as we got about half way up the walkway to the front door, a '67 Buick Wildcat hit the rear end my Vdub at about 70mph. The engine was in the back seat. The back window popped out, but didn’t break. The front seats broke loose and hit the windshield. We just looked at each other; speechless. It could have been so very much worse. The driver was OK, but was on his way to jail for DUI.
Two months ago, in a restaurant parking lot, late afternoon. Was backing up and didn’t see a big concrete pole off to one side. Hit it with my rear bumper and got a few scratches on the car, but nothing serious.
A funny one. I was driving through town on the way to work and I stopped at a light. The car behind me wasn’t paying attention and ran into the rear of my car. It was traveling at a low speed and there were no damage or injuries. But when I got out the other driver was having a near breakdown. She was a sixteen year old, she had just got her license, and it was literally the first time she had been allowed to drive her parent’s car by herself. And she ran into another car. And remember I was on my way to work so after running into my car, she saw me getting out in full uniform. I told her it was no big deal, nobody was hurt, and the cars weren’t damaged other than some scratches. I told her to pull into the parking lot for a few minutes until she was calmed down and then drive carefully.
This year: driving rainstorm, I see the cars ahead of me all suddenly stopped, managed to avoid hitting the car in front of me, then the guy behind me plows in and pushes me into the girl in front. She lies and says I hit her first…
Several years ago: going out of a gas station, I turn left to get back on the road, and this clown sails through a red light, smashing into the back of the van. There was no question of his guilt, lots of witnesses, but it totalled the van.
ABout 14 years ago, at about 11 PM, a drunk driver slammed into the front passenger side of my car at an intersection. The traffic lights were blinking red, which means you’re supposed to treat it as a 4-way stop. I stopped completely, then proceeded through the intersection The drunk never stopped at all.
About 20 years ago in a small Ohio town, broad daylight. My wife and I were stopped in the turn lane at a very busy intersection, about to turn left, turn signal on. An elderly driver coming from the other direction lost control, veered across the line and sideswiped us, rocking our car violently and scraping up the entire left side of our car. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and insurance paid for all repairs without too much hassle.
My first car and my first venture out into the big city by myself going to a Frank Zappa concert. Almost home, turning into the church parking lot that I cut through to get home and some drunk tries to pass me from three cars back and hits me broadside. The car was an old junker that my father bought for about $50 and it promptly dissolved into an explosion of rust.
Home from college for the summer, on my way to my Park District job - the roads were a little slick from a storm that had just passed through. I made a left turn, thinking I could beat the car coming up the road - I turned too hard, skidded, and T-boned her back seat. It looked worse than it was, even though it was bad, neither engine was damaged, neither driver was badly hurt. But oh!, the glass flying everywhere in slow motion stays with me to this day.
101 freeway, heading toward Palo Alto. Traffic slowed down, I didn’t (not in time, anyway). Hit the truck in front of me. Truck went on without stopping. After trying to figure out whether I should, so did I. Minimal damage to my bumper. Never heard any more about it.
On a bus, Friday evening, rush hour. The bus is stopped at the bus stop, picking up passengers. A woman tries to go around the bus and misses. A loud THUMP in the bus. The driver goes out and looks at the bus. No damage, but the passenger’s side of the car is totally bashed in. Driver calls 911, it takes 20 minutes for the cops to show up. The woman waits in the car and rolls down her window, telling the cops “The bus was moving.” Uh, lady, you got a busload of people really pissed at you. I suggest you stop lying.
I hope this counts as a traffic accident. Way back when I was 19yo (circa early/mid 70s) I drove a friend home from a Christmas party. When we were parked, things started to heat up between us, so he invited me in for…whatever. And just as we got about half way up the walkway to the front door, a '67 Buick Wildcat hit the rear end my Vdub at about 70mph. The engine was in the back seat. The back window popped out, but didn’t break. The front seats broke loose and hit the windshield. We just looked at each other; speechless. It could have been so very much worse. The driver was OK, but was on his way to jail for DUI.
Two months ago, in a restaurant parking lot, late afternoon. Was backing up and didn’t see a big concrete pole off to one side. Hit it with my rear bumper and got a few scratches on the car, but nothing serious.
A funny one. I was driving through town on the way to work and I stopped at a light. The car behind me wasn’t paying attention and ran into the rear of my car. It was traveling at a low speed and there were no damage or injuries. But when I got out the other driver was having a near breakdown. She was a sixteen year old, she had just got her license, and it was literally the first time she had been allowed to drive her parent’s car by herself. And she ran into another car. And remember I was on my way to work so after running into my car, she saw me getting out in full uniform. I told her it was no big deal, nobody was hurt, and the cars weren’t damaged other than some scratches. I told her to pull into the parking lot for a few minutes until she was calmed down and then drive carefully.
2005: a simple and boring one; I was approaching an intersection in a residential area and there was one car in front of me and stopped at the Stop sign. There were no other cars at the intersection. That car proceeds into the intersection as I’m still approaching from behind it - I hadn’t yet arrived and stopped. As i come to a full stop I briefly look down to spot something on the seat on my right , and in the less than 1 second I had my eyes off the road the other driver had changed their mind and stopped short of fully entering the still empty intersection. Looking up too late to stop in time, I bu-fu’d the car at about 2mph. Minimal damage to her rear end, and a few $hundred to my front end. Totally my fault.
This year: driving rainstorm, I see the cars ahead of me all suddenly stopped, managed to avoid hitting the car in front of me, then the guy behind me plows in and pushes me into the girl in front. She lies and says I hit her first…
Several years ago: going out of a gas station, I turn left to get back on the road, and this clown sails through a red light, smashing into the back of the van. There was no question of his guilt, lots of witnesses, but it totalled the van.
ABout 14 years ago, at about 11 PM, a drunk driver slammed into the front passenger side of my car at an intersection. The traffic lights were blinking red, which means you’re supposed to treat it as a 4-way stop. I stopped completely, then proceeded through the intersection The drunk never stopped at all.
About 20 years ago in a small Ohio town, broad daylight. My wife and I were stopped in the turn lane at a very busy intersection, about to turn left, turn signal on. An elderly driver coming from the other direction lost control, veered across the line and sideswiped us, rocking our car violently and scraping up the entire left side of our car. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and insurance paid for all repairs without too much hassle.
My first car and my first venture out into the big city by myself going to a Frank Zappa concert. Almost home, turning into the church parking lot that I cut through to get home and some drunk tries to pass me from three cars back and hits me broadside. The car was an old junker that my father bought for about $50 and it promptly dissolved into an explosion of rust.
Home from college for the summer, on my way to my Park District job - the roads were a little slick from a storm that had just passed through. I made a left turn, thinking I could beat the car coming up the road - I turned too hard, skidded, and T-boned her back seat. It looked worse than it was, even though it was bad, neither engine was damaged, neither driver was badly hurt. But oh!, the glass flying everywhere in slow motion stays with me to this day.
101 freeway, heading toward Palo Alto. Traffic slowed down, I didn’t (not in time, anyway). Hit the truck in front of me. Truck went on without stopping. After trying to figure out whether I should, so did I. Minimal damage to my bumper. Never heard any more about it.
On a bus, Friday evening, rush hour. The bus is stopped at the bus stop, picking up passengers. A woman tries to go around the bus and misses. A loud THUMP in the bus. The driver goes out and looks at the bus. No damage, but the passenger’s side of the car is totally bashed in. Driver calls 911, it takes 20 minutes for the cops to show up. The woman waits in the car and rolls down her window, telling the cops “The bus was moving.” Uh, lady, you got a busload of people really pissed at you. I suggest you stop lying.
I hope this counts as a traffic accident. Way back when I was 19yo (circa early/mid 70s) I drove a friend home from a Christmas party. When we were parked, things started to heat up between us, so he invited me in for…whatever. And just as we got about half way up the walkway to the front door, a '67 Buick Wildcat hit the rear end my Vdub at about 70mph. The engine was in the back seat. The back window popped out, but didn’t break. The front seats broke loose and hit the windshield. We just looked at each other; speechless. It could have been so very much worse. The driver was OK, but was on his way to jail for DUI.
Two months ago, in a restaurant parking lot, late afternoon. Was backing up and didn’t see a big concrete pole off to one side. Hit it with my rear bumper and got a few scratches on the car, but nothing serious.
A funny one. I was driving through town on the way to work and I stopped at a light. The car behind me wasn’t paying attention and ran into the rear of my car. It was traveling at a low speed and there were no damage or injuries. But when I got out the other driver was having a near breakdown. She was a sixteen year old, she had just got her license, and it was literally the first time she had been allowed to drive her parent’s car by herself. And she ran into another car. And remember I was on my way to work so after running into my car, she saw me getting out in full uniform. I told her it was no big deal, nobody was hurt, and the cars weren’t damaged other than some scratches. I told her to pull into the parking lot for a few minutes until she was calmed down and then drive carefully.
2005: a simple and boring one; I was approaching an intersection in a residential area and there was one car in front of me and stopped at the Stop sign. There were no other cars at the intersection. That car proceeds into the intersection as I’m still approaching from behind it - I hadn’t yet arrived and stopped. As i come to a full stop I briefly look down to spot something on the seat on my right , and in the less than 1 second I had my eyes off the road the other driver had changed their mind and stopped short of fully entering the still empty intersection. Looking up too late to stop in time, I bu-fu’d the car at about 2mph. Minimal damage to her rear end, and a few $hundred to my front end. Totally my fault.
In high school, while my mom was driving my sister and I to school, we were rear-ended by a guy who then drove off. He never got caught. Songs with “Girl” in the title