Video of my accident on 264, on Monday.
01-21-2007, 12:45 AM
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Thank you very much guys for your comments, After reading them and thinking over and over, what I did wrong, and what I should off done in the first place. I realize I am in the wrong, **** happens, I have learned from it. So hopefully will be able to get through it. Thanks everyone.
And I did not hit the guy that cut me off. I started to slide before I got to close to him, it was another car driving the same direction as us. Just unlucky..
Lane
And I did not hit the guy that cut me off. I started to slide before I got to close to him, it was another car driving the same direction as us. Just unlucky..
Lane
01-21-2007, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyGXP
ask your brother to read this and watch the vid again...
**** happens, thankfully no one got hurt but... driving like that in that that traffic and not possessing the SKILL (you should be at least ONE move ahead when driving at all times, esp. that traffic) to avoid that crash is the culprit here.. I watched the vid 7X already and paused it over and over (Guess what I do for a Living) Had I saw that crash from the side of the road or going the other way even, I would've cited you for Careless Driving, and if the driver of the ford said they didn't see you until the crash as opposed to having seen you but thought they had "room", I wouldn't fault them 1%..
you could get a Reckless summons if you were doing (best guess from the Vid) 80-85 right before the crash (definition of Careless and reckless are vastly different, if you admitted to what you posted here, to me at the scene, it would be reckless), due to the fact you were trying to catch up to that other car, which in and of itself in NJ is considered a Speed Contest (you don't have to be racing someone else for that summons).. to the other driver's defense, you had just kamikaz'd the left lane, the lane they probably saw as clear, because it was until you "flew up their ***" and you Hit that vehicle from behind (from what i could tell, the camera guy, who isn't exactly goin to Iraq for any "action shots"
, dropped down )... we all do stupid things, and in your mind the other driver was at fault, but just sit back for a second and ask yourself "if someone flew up out of nowhere and it was clear when I changed lanes, then I got slammed going 65mph?" can you see who's "really" at fault here?
it's happened to all of us, and I am sure I've done it to others as well.. lesson learned and I am sure the vid will keep others on their toes, remember it's rare to crash from speed alone.. most of the time it's the "unforeseen X Factors" (people, animal, object, surface condition), that make it happen, in this case an F150, but it's speed & your inability to slow in time, that caused this crash...
opinions will vary, just one from me, as I handled plenty of horrific crashes before i resigned my Traffic Safety position (more for the oncall than the stress, but I am glad to be out) and you see how my investigation would have resulted.. Good Luck, drive safe..
**** happens, thankfully no one got hurt but... driving like that in that that traffic and not possessing the SKILL (you should be at least ONE move ahead when driving at all times, esp. that traffic) to avoid that crash is the culprit here.. I watched the vid 7X already and paused it over and over (Guess what I do for a Living) Had I saw that crash from the side of the road or going the other way even, I would've cited you for Careless Driving, and if the driver of the ford said they didn't see you until the crash as opposed to having seen you but thought they had "room", I wouldn't fault them 1%..
you could get a Reckless summons if you were doing (best guess from the Vid) 80-85 right before the crash (definition of Careless and reckless are vastly different, if you admitted to what you posted here, to me at the scene, it would be reckless), due to the fact you were trying to catch up to that other car, which in and of itself in NJ is considered a Speed Contest (you don't have to be racing someone else for that summons).. to the other driver's defense, you had just kamikaz'd the left lane, the lane they probably saw as clear, because it was until you "flew up their ***" and you Hit that vehicle from behind (from what i could tell, the camera guy, who isn't exactly goin to Iraq for any "action shots"
, dropped down )... we all do stupid things, and in your mind the other driver was at fault, but just sit back for a second and ask yourself "if someone flew up out of nowhere and it was clear when I changed lanes, then I got slammed going 65mph?" can you see who's "really" at fault here? it's happened to all of us, and I am sure I've done it to others as well.. lesson learned and I am sure the vid will keep others on their toes, remember it's rare to crash from speed alone.. most of the time it's the "unforeseen X Factors" (people, animal, object, surface condition), that make it happen, in this case an F150, but it's speed & your inability to slow in time, that caused this crash...
opinions will vary, just one from me, as I handled plenty of horrific crashes before i resigned my Traffic Safety position (more for the oncall than the stress, but I am glad to be out) and you see how my investigation would have resulted.. Good Luck, drive safe..
01-21-2007, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by crazylane
Thank you very much guys for your comments, After reading them and thinking over and over, what I did wrong, and what I should off done in the first place. I realize I am in the wrong, **** happens, I have learned from it. So hopefully will be able to get through it. Thanks everyone.
And I did not hit the guy that cut me off. I started to slide before I got to close to him, it was another car driving the same direction as us. Just unlucky..
Lane
And I did not hit the guy that cut me off. I started to slide before I got to close to him, it was another car driving the same direction as us. Just unlucky..
Lane
One other quick note that I haven't seen mentioned...The F-150 had its turn signal on (though I can't tell how early it was turned on). That's like a red flag of danger when overtaking.
Good luck to you, and glad noone got hurt.
01-21-2007, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by crazylane
Thank you very much guys for your comments, After reading them and thinking over and over, what I did wrong, and what I should off done in the first place. I realize I am in the wrong, **** happens, I have learned from it. So hopefully will be able to get through it. Thanks everyone.
And I did not hit the guy that cut me off. I started to slide before I got to close to him, it was another car driving the same direction as us. Just unlucky..
Lane
And I did not hit the guy that cut me off. I started to slide before I got to close to him, it was another car driving the same direction as us. Just unlucky..
Lane
01-21-2007, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by L67toLS1
Respect..
Thanks man, Always own up for what you do wrong, If I don't then what kinda man would I be??
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01-21-2007, 11:16 PM
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My friend had a similar accident. He was switching lanes, and he had enough room but the car in the lane he was changing to was driving way too fast. By the time he started switching lanes he side swiped the other vehicle. Cop said my friend was at fault because no matter how fast they are going he has to make a "safe" lane change. I thought it was BS but thats what happened to him.
We've all been there man.. don't sweat it!
01-22-2007, 01:44 PM
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Dam that sucks, just last week me and 2 of my friends got cut off to. We were just finishing up putting the new 347 in his foxbody and needed the fuel pressure gauge from my house. So we jumped in his little beater escort and took the dirt roads we where doing like 45-50 pulled out of there driveway right in front of use we had to swerve, got sideways fought it for a few hundred feet then lost it went hit a ditch and went aireborne and barreled rolled 3-4 times. Me(I was in the back) and the driver walked away with out a single scratch. the front passenger's hand went out the window and the car rolled over on it a time or two. He got nine stitches and they removed 2 of his finger nails. We were very lucky. Just thought it was weird that we both had an spinout accident caused by somebody pulling/cutting us off, in such a close period of time. Glad you guys made it out okay to.
01-22-2007, 02:53 PM
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im not taking sides to who was at fault but i cant attest, the back of those f150s are BLIND i have an 04 supercrew and you can not see any sports car/econo car unless theyre 20 feet behind you
man that put me in check btw is your abs Diss. that sucker just spun 
01-24-2007, 10:55 AM
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that sucks. If you would have had a manual, you probably wouldn't have spun out since you could have used the gears to slow you down along with the brakes.
Looks like you were doing about 80-85.
Looks like Lynnhaven parkway onramp.
Looks like you were doing about 80-85.
Looks like Lynnhaven parkway onramp.
01-24-2007, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Zepher
that sucks. If you would have had a manual, you probably wouldn't have spun out since you could have used the gears to slow you down along with the brakes.
Looks like you were doing about 80-85.
Looks like Lynnhaven parkway onramp.
Looks like you were doing about 80-85.
Looks like Lynnhaven parkway onramp.
01-30-2007, 09:36 AM
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VA roadways suck, as do most of the drivers here. My manager at work had an idea of what causes it. He thinks that since this is a military area, there are people from all over the country with different driving styles...makes some sense to me. And yes, in Va nobody follows the 55 speed limit.
