I'm Pissed. Wanna see why?

[Lafiro]

Court can rule that case both ways.

Both head on collision means both of you did not pay attention. Which means both are at fault.

And since there is a lot of damage, it almost seemed like someone or both were speeding to get into the lane, and bad luck just drove you two together.

And I doubt either one of you saw eachother and just let the crash happen, cause that would be stupid....

[CtrlAltDefeat]

That truly sucks. Glad you are ok...

[Cosmonaut]

Originally Posted by JumpmanYaris

LMAO,

Sue her ass pain and suffering on ur behalf
and the Yaris!

....and on behalf of all YarisWorld.

good luck with all the insurance people.

[Inspector14]

man, glad you are OK. i have had a fear of this exact situation here in ANC. people are such bad drivers here, we seem to attract them like a magnet. i mean, look at the seward highway this summer.

i have entered the suicide lane several times and nearly head-on'd several people who enter after i do. sound like this person who hit you really is a moron.

[goku87]

Yeah I was in the middle first. I got witnesses w/ contact info too just in case this female wants to get dumber. I told my insurance company, but since it's her fault, I don't plan on paying anything. I hope my baby isn't totaled...

I went to the ER, spent the entire afternoon/evening there. X-Rays, CT scans, the works. Thankfully they didn't find anything too severe and just gave me some pain killers and muscle relaxers. Only had to wear the neck brace for a few hours.

BTW, CT contrast gives you a warm feeling all over. And then it feels like you wet the bed. It's phukin weird.

[goku87]

Originally Posted by Inspector14

man, glad you are OK. i have had a fear of this exact situation here in ANC. people are such bad drivers here, we seem to attract them like a magnet. i mean, look at the seward highway this summer.

i have entered the suicide lane several times and nearly head-on'd several people who enter after i do. sound like this person who hit you really is a moron.

Yeah. And this really pisses me off because my Yaris was my vehicle to go snowboarding. I don't trust the cavalier down the Seward. Yaris has higher head-on ratings.

And yeah, people here suck at driving. I've been to a lot of places, and the only worse places I've been to are cali down town la and kansas. What makes it so bad here is that it's not just a select few. It's EVERYONE.

[goku87]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

...So two people wanted to turn left in the same center merging lane.

Were you stopped in said merge lane facing the direction of traffic you wanted to merge with? Either way, the other driver needs to be alert as to what's going on around her. A lot of people don't care to even look around before they change lanes.

We weren't in the center lane. See story to follow.

Originally Posted by Lafiro

Court can rule that case both ways.

Both head on collision means both of you did not pay attention. Which means both are at fault.

And since there is a lot of damage, it almost seemed like someone or both were speeding to get into the lane, and bad luck just drove you two together.

And I doubt either one of you saw eachother and just let the crash happen, cause that would be stupid....

The center lane (A.K.A. turn lane) really has only one purpose in this entire story: to show where my car was relative to her truck. If you look at the pictures closely, you will see the blood of my car has spilled on what is the east side of the turning lane. I was turning left (north-bound) onto the street, and made it almost all the way (as in, i was beyond the center turning lane) before she turned out of an opposing parking lot, also turning left, and hit me head on. The reason I didn't see it was because I was watching another possible hazard, as described below:

1. Before I turned out, I looked left: no cars.
2. I looked to the right: one car, far outside lane.
3. Looked left again, still no cars.
4. Started out while turning back to the right.

I was watching the approaching car heading north-bound on the far right lane to ensure it wasn't going to change lanes while I was going to enter the left lane. Once I felt safe that they were not going to change lanes, I looked ahead to see the giant grill of a chevy silverado staring right at me in the face.

[Kioshi]

sorry to hear that dude. And you just got better from the swine flue too.

You should pull money out of her insurance, all her fault on that. How can you not see this car, I mean, REALLY?

[1NZYaris1]

Originally Posted by goku87

Yeah I was in the middle first. I got witnesses w/ contact info too just in case this female wants to get dumber. I told my insurance company, but since it's her fault, I don't plan on paying anything. I hope my baby isn't totaled...

I went to the ER, spent the entire afternoon/evening there. X-Rays, CT scans, the works. Thankfully they didn't find anything too severe and just gave me some pain killers and muscle relaxers. Only had to wear the neck brace for a few hours.

BTW, CT contrast gives you a warm feeling all over. And then it feels like you wet the bed. It's phukin weird.

Those things are so uncomfortable aren't they , i was put in one of those
and then onto a backboard last weekend and raced off to hospital in an ambalance , not fun at all ,
and it wasn't even in car crash , i got charged down and stomped on
by a chunk of beef ,or atleast it is know anyway .

[nemelek]

Sorry about your loss. Accidents happen. My goal in life is if I am involved in a accident make sure it is not my fault.

[Bob Dog]

Hope it is totaled, otherwise you'll be driving junk underneath

[sex]

ouch. your sketch reminded me of this site:

http://draw.accidentsketch.com/

[bobselectric]

glad you're ok- that's all that matters

[ryota]

sorry to see/hear about your car man. that's a real bummer! but glad you're ok.

was she going like 90 out of the marking lot or did shr drive over the front end? because that did a real number on the poor Yaris

[Lafiro]

Oh, alright, well sorry to hear that. Good thing you got yourself checked out too, because not doing so could have turned out bad for your muscles... (like one of my dumb cousins)

[jimek]

Originally Posted by goku87

This is what happened.

Before w/ action arrows, and after. I am the black yaris. The black/charcoal truck is in red. because she was evil and didn't know how to drive. She saw me coming, or not.

After the collision, she got out of her truck, which was not in park, then proceeded to chase after it across the two remaining lanes (since it wasn't in park, and it was an automatic) to where it came to a wonderful halt in a ditch against a tree.

That's what she gets for killing my yaris.

sorry about that at least your fine.

buttt according to your drawing what you did was illegal, you cant cross over 3 lanes of traffic at the same time, i know because ive been given a ticket for it before


edit: and also she has the right to turn left before you to turn right :-/

[PETERPOOP]

women drivers...

[scape]

Originally Posted by goku87

that's the problem, the entrances aren't lined up, as they should probably be for safety, or atleast farther apart... I am glad you're safe; I myself have been in a similar predicament, especially with roads setup like that, and have been found doing sound very hairy maneuvers to not get hit by the person, and or sit still too long in oncomming traffic. now I just wait, there is never a rush as great as putting my self at risk (I assume all drivers suck haha).
maybe even go as far as to write a letter to DOT, complaining about the precariousness of that section of road; with enough accidents and complaints, they'll probably look into it and fix it.