Stupid car accidents

So yesterday, my friends and I drove to the small city an hour away and were sitting at a stoplight on an access road off the interstate and this truck that was stopped right next to us just jerked over into our lane and knocked the sideview mirror off the driver's side of my friend's car and damaged the front door pretty badly. We were all fine, though baffled that he went from a complete stop to into the side of our car, so we turned into the parking lot we were right next to, and the guy who hit us just kept going!

Thank god my friend had full-coverage insurance, but jeezus methusala, it took an hour before a cop even stopped to make a report, and we saw 3 pass by on patrol half an hour before he showed up. I think next time I get in an accident, I'll fake an injury until they get there just to speed up the service. Haha. Last time I got into an accident was in the same city and I was hurt (not badly) and the cops were there within like 5 minutes of the accident. Anyway, they called it a hit and run, didn't even bother looking for the dude, and went on their way.

Also- Cops apparently don't carry duct tape. What the hell is that about? You'd figure the people who brag about serving and protecting would at least have a roll of duct tape in the trunk. We were in front of a furniture store, so we borrowed their packing tape to mount her sideview mirror again.

Anyway, the rest of my day went fantastic. But wtf...hit and runs...

 

Thankfully no one was hurt. That is unfortunate that it is a hit and run as it does mean a claim against her policy to repair it.

 

It was the lightest crash I've ever been in for sure. It was so weird, too, because we had just come off the interstate and gotten past a place where you can't see traffic coming your way and I had just let out my breath and relaxed. I've been on that particular road a million times and always tense up right there, but he got us after I let my guard down! Gah. And his truck is probably fine while her pretty little car's all smushed on one side.

 

your friend shouldnt have been driving while shooting heroin.....o h wait....did i just mix 2 threads again...damn:mickey:

 

gotta get the plate next time

 

We got 4 out of 7 numbers, all he did was run what we got through his system to see if he had any previous offenses from the same guy. Nothing.

 

That sucks.

One thing I like about owning a pick up truck is that they can absorb hits. My old truck got rear ended 4 times and showed no visible damage. They were low speed hits and hit the bumper dead on, but a mid sized car would have been fucked up.

 

they should have handcuffed the mirror back on.

 

You should have explained to the cops how they could generate revenue for the County by going after the guy. Probably would've worked better than expecting "public service" out of them.

 

That's what my boyfriend said. He asked, "Did you say you thought he was drunk?" But it had been an hour by the time they got there to make a report and he was gone before we even pulled over to assess the damage. I figured he was long gone by the time they could've done anything.

 

fuck that I would have chased his ass or followed him to where he was going cuz he deserves an ass whoopin

 

Yeah, we were two pansy girls and a timid gay guy...had I been driving, that's probably how shit would've gone done, but it wasn't me or my car.

 

very understandable..

 

I hate people who hit and run....it seems, though, I always end up seeing them after the fact I guess karma wants me to smash their windows

 

only last week i bumped a car and drove off

it was there fault. i was in a tiny car park and they parked so close to my car i had to get in through the passenger door. because of there literally being only a couple inches between ours cars i couldn't reverse out without touching their car

not my problem. my car was fine, hope theirs was but it was a lesson learned otherwise.

i was furious because i drive a nice car, unlike there shit heap.

 

Glad no one was hurt, but the hit & run guy is lower than whale shit....:-/

 

Haha, see, situations like this I understand. I accidentally backed into a car that parked a little too far back in their space at the dollar store and I did get out and assess the damage and there was pretty much none at all, so I went inside, took a brief look around for the owner and only found a bunch of nice ladies at the counter who said it would have been fine if it was their car, and then a family who didn't speak a word of English, and then a crotchety old man. I only had a little bit before work, so I didn't have time to argue with an old man or speak broken Spanish/broken English with the family. I decided since I didn't leave any dents or paint, just a slight bit of a smudge (plastic bumper bumping into another plastic bumper), I just left well enough alone, let the employees know if they got a complaint regarding such an incident to get the person's information. I go there all the time and no one's said anything of it since, so I guess it was all good.

 

I almost died driving through Chicago about two weeks ago. I almost got sandwiched between two 18 wheelers. Scary as shit.

 

ya one time i was going like 60 mph and this dumb ass lady ran into the back side of the left side of my car, she followed me for a while and turned out she had a baby in the car, she made me give her my phone number and shit even tho it was 100% her fault god some people need a reality check lol.

 

I open my doors extra wide when someone parks too close