I always wondered...

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It is getting a new bumper, new ground effects, and the two side panels banged back into place and painted. When its done, I will post after fixing pics!
 
Originally posted by Cobraboy
My dad told me once, that his workmate was sitting at an intersection. I can't remember what happened, but the third person in front of him was hit. He looked alright and when asked he said, 'Yeah, I'm fine, just let me go lie down' He went and sat down, and never got up again. MASSIVE shock, and he was just gone. The workmate was so traumatised, if only he had passed those last three cars on the way to the traffic lights, if only he felt a need to hurry, he would've been gone, just like that guy was.
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Two lessons from that:
- people in shock from accidents need close attention, and often the worse thing they can do is lie down and go to sleep (it's actually really bad if you have serious concussion) before they receive medical attention
- never be in a hurry to get to work
 
Originally posted by RVDNuT374
Last summer, I was in a go kart accident in Myrtle Beach, SC at some track behind the Nascar Cafe.:p Some clownshoe was riding the back of my cart the whole first turn. As we came off, he spun me out causing my cart to be broadside to traffic. Then some other guy rams me right in the side at full speed. I wasn't hurt though.:)
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People from South Carolina cannot drive, can they? :p (P.S.: I'm from NY so I can say that, even though we live here :D)
 
Originally posted by milefile
Magic - You can't be too careful with that neck-ache. Get it looked at.

One of my accidents looked a lot worse than it was, too. I was crossing an intersection going about 45-50 mph, traveling in the right lane. There was a big white van waiting to turn left in the left lane so my view of the oncoming traffic was obstructed momentarily. As soon as I entered the intersection a Honda Accord made a left right in front of me. I never even had time to touch the brakes. I hit the Accord broadside. It moved like fifteen feet. My vehicle was totaled. Oil and antifeeze all over the road. And I had to climb out the window. The doors wouldn't open. I just went and sat on the curb and stared at the ground. I think it was the only time I have ever been in shock. Miraculously, nobody was seriously hurt. My legs were bruised from hitting the dash but that was it. Even the passenger in the car I hit was fine and all that separated him from my vehicle was the Honda's door.
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wow...what you just described was an almost exact account of what happened to my Accord (RIP) while my Mom and brother were in it. more damage to the Honda, less damage to the (in this case) Nissan Frontier. of course, my Mom isn't a man...but she now has a degenerative spinal-neck disorder as well as chronic whiplash.
 
New update:

Looked at the truck on Saturday, and she did hit me as hard as I remember. Turns out the bed of the truck hit the cab, and dented that as well. Now they are going to have to remove the bed, and pull the dent and repaint the back of the cab. Damage estimate is climbing, about 5000 dollars now.
 

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