Wrecked my car tonight

[Sheep]

Yes, we can all be quick to judge. Every one of your kids, huh?

But in the instant case there may be an explanation (other than too fast for conditions). It could have been one of those decorative mailboxes...you know, with the antlers and dewlap, that caused jagxtype to mistake it for a moose.

Driver training teaches you to speed up if you're going to hit an animal. I'm not joking. Slamming on the brakes will lower the nose of the vehicle, and increase the chance of the animal going through the front window.

Either way, he reacted poorly. There is no such thing as bad luck, just bad decisions. And I'm not jaded with age, I'm only 20.

SheepStar

 

[mike c]

sorry to hear jag. but like I always say, better the car or money lost than life or limb.

-this coming from the accident magnet ... me!

you think slo-mo only happens in the movies? try looking at a car accident from the first POV. heehee all the shattered glass and stuff go flying in slo-mo.

 

[Davemcc]

Each of my kids (2 kids) had one accident. The boy had somebody make a left turn in front of him, not his fault. The girl rear-ended somebody, definitely her fault. She paid for the repairs to both cars out of pocket.

If you actually hit a deer, that's certainly a substantive change in circumstance from getting spooked by a mailbox as first reported. See, now we're starting to get through the "but..., if only..., I just..." type of excuses and down to what really happened.

 

[emorphien]

Learning to handle AWD properly in extreme situations takes time. But the rewards are great!

Never drive beyond your means though. Even when you drive safely, freak accidents can happen and unexpected and unpredictable conditions can lead to unavoidable accidents. My one accident was such a situation. Regardless of how it happens though, you always learn something.

 

[jagxtype]

The AWD is certainly not something for amatuers. I am an experienced driver with lots of reaction and skill beings i have had a lot of experience for being so young. If you were to see the course of the crash, you would be absolutly amazed as were the cops and everyone else. The culvert was really close to the road is the reason i hit it with the left side of my car. I know as well as anyone that in a AWD vehicle it is better to accelerate when the back end comes out to pull the momentum forward do to the drag from the front wheels it will create a oscillation that will send you spinning. Unfortantly, with a 5 spd in 5th gear, the torque or reaction time is not there. I was to the floor through the manuever and had it lined out, I only hit the brakes when i went backwards to correct it back forwards and keep the driveline from spinning in reverse. I reacted as i should, the road was S-curved and i was primarily following the path of the road. i only left the road at the end after being rerouted by an abrupt change of path due to a culvert. I reacted as i should have. Most that are replying saying that i reacted wrong and such most likely have no reaction driving experience at all. One mishap and your headed where the car takes you... If i had let the car take me where it wanted, i wouldnt be hear talking to you right now. The choice not to swerve was indeed heading for a telephone pole directly ahead if i had locked the brakes up. It is ignorant responding in such a way when you do not know the details or myself. I will leave it at that.

 

[jagxtype]

Each of my kids (2 kids) had one accident. The boy had somebody make a left turn in front of him, not his fault. The girl rear-ended somebody, definitely her fault. She paid for the repairs to both cars out of pocket.

If you actually hit a deer, that's certainly a substantive change in circumstance from getting spooked by a mailbox as first reported. See, now we're starting to get through the "but..., if only..., I just..." type of excuses and down to what really happened.

I was just making assumptions just like you were.

 

[mazersteven]

If not for bad luck, i would have no luck at all.

It had nothing to do with luck.

"So now at 19"
"Headed out to a friends house doing around 50-60 on a backroad"

Sorry to hear about your car.

 

[jagxtype]

yep i guess because i am 19 you can make any assumption you want.

50-60 is slow for that road. police said the norm was 75 and numerous tickets have been written for 95+. It was an unfortunate bout of luck. Upon investigation i did hit a deer. Have the fur in the fender to prove it. Unfortunatly i was over on my side of the road unlike many and there were rocks. It was an accident either way it goes. The police measured off my skids and everyting else and i got no ticket for too fast for conditions or anything like that. So put that in your pipe and smoke it eh LOL

But thanks for your guy's concerns in my interests and well being.

 

[mtrycrafts]

There is no such thing as a "No Fault" accident. And it isn't called an Accident. From now on use Collision. Accident implies there is no where to place blame.

What is the speed limit on that road, and what were the weather conditions like?

Claiming this would be a bad idea. I would sell it to a scrap yard.

SheepStar

Yep, life is full of surprises and this one was one such lesson. It certainly could have been a lot worse for him.

I hope this is an accelerated learning lesson in life in driving for him. Wish kids would learn this not from first hand experience but from examples of others but that just is not the case.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Moose....LOL We dont have moose down here in the US. It was a deer!

You see how quickly even the written account gets re-written?
Driving is serious business. Hopefully this will be a lifelong remembered lesson.
My first and only small accident as a youngster was assuming that the car in front, signaled to turn into a driveway, would in fact do so. No. She had to stop for the mail, car sticking out unto the road, no way to go around her and sure enough, bang.

 

[Davemcc]

I was just making assumptions just like you were.

I based my comments on the information you provided. Since you have updated your information, I have updated my comments appropriately. Since you actually hit a deer, there's no question it was an unavoidable accident.

 

[jagxtype]

You see how quickly even the written account gets re-written?
Driving is serious business. Hopefully this will be a lifelong remembered lesson.
My first and only small accident as a youngster was assuming that the car in front, signaled to turn into a driveway, would in fact do so. No. She had to stop for the mail, car sticking out unto the road, no way to go around her and sure enough, bang.

Well i hit a deer not but a couple weeks ago in the CITY of all places!!! Had to take it out on the highway. Slam on the brakes and your getting rear ended, swerve and your hitting either oncoming or traffic beside you. Didnt hurt it at all though b/c it fell down right before i ramped over it. My car is a deer magnet Before this car, i had 150,000 miles of accident/incident free driving. This car i cant go a week between it being in the body shop.

I am most likely selling it when i get it back to buy another sports car such as a Supercharged Cobra, Vette, or Trans Am. They are more fun and easier to handle and whatnot.

 

[jagxtype]

I based my comments on the information you provided. Since you have updated your information, I have updated my comments appropriately. Since you actually hit a deer, there's no question it was an unavoidable accident.

even i was unsure if i had even hit it. It happened so fast. The fur is all i have as proof i hit it along with a fist sized dent.

 

[emorphien]

There is no such thing as a "No Fault" accident. And it isn't called an Accident. From now on use Collision. Accident implies there is no where to place blame.

When "No Fault" is directed at the driver of the car being damaged in the collision, I'd disagree and say there are potential circumstances where it is not the driver's fault. Whether you want to call it an accident or collision, some things just happen.

 

[jagxtype]

well put...i dont have an ACCIDENT report for anything Nothing is unavoidable in essence to relativity. You could have always stayed home

 

[Johnd]

You see how quickly even the written account gets re-written?

Hmmm. More comments from the peanut gallery.

Does it matter what animal he mistook for the mailbox? Is it remotely material? Is it a necessary item to complete the story? Call it artistic license. I mean, how often does one get to use the term dewlap?

 

[jagxtype]

in all honesty it was a polar bear...

 

[Johnd]

Yeah. But that's not as fun...cuz they don't have DEWLAPS.

 

[jagxtype]

Yeah. But that's not as fun...cuz they don't have DEWLAPS.

WTF is a DEWLAP?!?!?! LMAO

 

[Johnd]

WTF is a DEWLAP?!?!?! LMAO

A dewlap is that fuzzy little piece of flesh that hangs under an animals lower jaw. With homosapiens, in the extreme sense, we call them a double-chin. Otherwise, they too can be properly called a dewlap. They're just not as adorable on humans as they are on other animals, particularly the moose. It's just not every day I get to use that term, and I thought it was about time, albeit with some artistic license. Dewlap. Dooooolap.