2nd accident 100% my fault in every way in almost 1.3 million miles of driving

[bronsin]

What rotten luck sorry to hear about the accident! Glad it wasnt the new Yaris!

Yeah a mistake I made when I was 18 and have seen several times since then. Typically the person in front has a MILE before the next car, they act like theyre going...then they dont!

Its a trap and I blame the person in front too!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

What rotten luck sorry to hear about the accident! Glad it wasnt the new Yaris!

Yeah a mistake I made when I was 18 and have seen several times since then. Typically the person in front has a MILE before the next car, they act like theyre going...then they dont!

Its a trap and I blame the person in front too!

Thanks. A more experienced driver in front of me probably wouldn't have 'launched' and then abruptly stopped.....but I still unconsciously assumed the other driver's behavior would be that of an experienced driver. He's in high school...everyone has to start somewhere.

I've been in one 'similar' accident in my life, in the late 1980s..in the San Francisco Bay Area. Re that accident, I took a freeway exit and came down to the surface street via (at the end) a right turn only lane. The surface street = 2 lanes in each direction + a center turn lane in an affluent town. One car was ahead of me as we waited for that one car to clear (no other cars for a 'country mile'). After that one car passed, the car in front of me pulled out into thee slow lane, and I followed. The driver of that car then slammed on her brakes to avoid running over a squirrel , and I had no time to respond. She did get some percentage of the blame, but not much.

When I was 18.......I had a Bilstein sport kit on my car. I took a sharp corner at a speed greater than I should have. Totaled the car.