Crash

time for the duck tape. and outch, sorry about the crash.

 

Ouch...sorry to hear !

 

Been there, had that done, except in my case the driver was in an 18-wheeler who "didn't see me." Hope you weren't hurt, and that the other driver is insured so that it doesn't cost you out-of-pocket.

 

Oh man, sorry to hear about this. How fast was the impact?

 

In New Jersey? Inattentive? I shudder to think...

Seriously, sorry to hear of the incident. Hopefully, once fixed, you'll never know it ever happened.

 

TWD my father has been rear ended three times in the last couple years, all by women TWD. they think it's safe because you're stuck intraffic. you can see them looking down in your rear view mirror. too bad they can't match the time of accident to the phone record.

 

They do exactly that here in California, at least for serious accidents. I think they have to get a court order for phone company records, but if you allow a police officer to look at your phone at the scene, that may be all it takes. There was an incident here a few years ago where a teenaged girl ran a red light and killed two college students. Even with the records, the police weren't able to prove she had been texting at the exact moment of the accident, although she had been moments before. Three young lives impacted tragically forever, just for most likely trivial conversation.
The local Toyota dealer has an off-premises service facility a couple of blocks from the main store, so they have porters drive customers' cars in between. The other day I noticed one behind me with the service tag hanging from the mirror and the driver looking down in his lap. Not only was he doing this while stopped at a light, but continued as we drove down the street. I immediately called the service department to report it (got them on my hands free speed dial). The service manager was appreciative of my call and said he would be able to tell from the tag number and cameras they have who was driving the vehicle. Some may say it was chickensh** of me to do that, but he could have easily hit me or someone else, even a pedestrian or cyclist, due to his inattention to driving.

 

A cellphone is a normal accessory for the end of a hand when you exit a vehicle for those of us that are still young-ish. Just because he got out with it, doesn't mean he was on it. I never leave the car without getting my phone out of the cupholder, and if it was an accident I would want to photograph it, phone the police/insurance/mom/whoever so the phone is coming with me in my hand.

Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions about this "kid".

 

Good of the kid to accept responsibility, but in the situation you described, it's awfully hard to fix blame anywhere else. If you rear-end another vehicle, you didn't have yours under control.

 

In the US, it is 100% his fault. Other countries the blame could be parted out in some rear end situations but not this one. It's good he is taking blame.
A phone is not uncommon. We aren't in the days of horse buggies anymore. I was just pointing out that in today's society it is perfectly normal for a phone to be in a hand outside the vehicle without it causing the accident or even being a part in it.

 

El Dobro sorry to see that, where and when did this happen on the GSP?

Any time you hit somebody from behind it's your fault, not big deal to admit it!

 

You don't own a cell phone?, you must be old?