25 March 2002
Cliff notes...
Lady crosses centerline hits me head-on.
I get pushed into other lane and get hit head-on by a 66000 lb. grain truck.
Two paramedics live right at the scene and put a collar on my neck which saves my life.
After a helicopter ride to the hospital I find out C2 & C3 in my neck are broken, I have a massive concusion and various other violent damage from head to toe.
I don't remember anything from the accident!
I am lucky to be alive and mobile.(After much physical therepy)
Apparently most people don't survive neck fractures like that.
My number was not up that day.
One year later I purchased my Evolution.
What a difference a year makes.

 

my first totally restored VW 62', cherry all over. was driving back from visiting my friends at the age of 15 in city of industry, going down the 605 south, in the lane 1 over from the slow lane. I see this White car coming up like a bat out of hell right behind me. Automatically i tense up because of inexpierience. he goes around me on the left hand side and almost rear ended me then as he goes to get back in front of me, he hits the front left corner, and forces me into the slow lane "partially" i saw a car there so i swearved back into my lane, but the car kept going left when i tried to correct. Like i said no expierience. I was hydroing across dry surface. Smacked into the center divider at about 55 and from what a whitness said i bounced off the divider 3 lanes back across the freeway and up a hill. Funny thing was it was the exit right before the pico riviera hospital. When i opened my eyes my leg was stuck on my door handle , if any of you know the old fashion pointy handles. Went to see the car 2 days after the hospital, and just Picture this... I had a 4 point formula 1 racing steering wheel that hit my face and broke in half, could spin it aroung the steering column, front left corner of the bumper was touching the windshield, right front axel was almost 2 feet out the right side and i had enough room in the car to reach my leg around the stick and barely touch the gas peddal with my toe. Worst part x2 is 9 whitnesses , no license plate, and my friend in the car at the time left hit nose impression in the winshield and his 2 front teeth in the medal dash. Hows that rank up ?? later

 

OCT 6 1999
FROM WHAT THE POLICE TOLD ME:
GOING IN EXCESS OF 90MPH
CROSSED THE LANE OF TRAFFIC
HIT A TREE THAT HAD BENT OVER SO I RAMPED OVER THE BRIDGE HIT ANOTHER TREE IN THE AIR AND THEN HIT THE BANK OF THE RIVER .
I DONT KNOW WHO WAS DRIVING (ME OR MY FRIEND)
I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF ANYTHING ON THAT DAY OR PRIOR TO
MY CAR WAS TOTALED TO SAY THE VERY LEAST
SKULL WAS FRACTURED FROM MY HAIR LINE DOWN THROUGH MY NASAL CAVITY
GLUED MY CHIN TOGETHER
AND OVER 10 HOURS AND 200 STITCHES IN SURGERY
LATER ON OVER 24 HRS OF PLASTIC SURGERY
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ARE NOT A GOOD THING!!!!! WHEN MIXED!LOL. BUT SERIOUSLY DONT DRINK AND DRIVE. O BY THE WAY IT WAS A 1990 GEO PRIZM
SRY ABOUT THE CAPS

 

I had an 86 GTI, which had about 8 grand and hundreds of hours into. It was my baby. I was on my way to an WaterFest and my girl had to say don't go. WHEN A GIRL SAYS DON'T GO LISTEN, THEY JUST JINXED YOU. anyway crossing the Tappen Zee Bridge I just so happen to be the 2nd to last car in a 12 car pile up, right in the middle of the bridge. The funny part is about 10 minutes before I was racing someone on the highway and told myself to stop because something might happen. then doing 50 in a 55 I see brake lights for a split second and the back of the lexus in front of me up in the air. It kind of landed on my front bumper and a lowerd(2") car doesn't meet up with an SUV to well. I then go to hop out to kill the ******* in front of me and get rammed from behind. Wanna know the worst part, I sold the rims, motor, suspension, and interior and bought a $3000 ring. I can say one thing I listen to my wife!

 

I just ****ed up my car yesterday, made a hard as turn and ended up hitting the curb, which broke my axels and other crap under my car. Hopefully I can get some pictures pretty soon.

 

Going South on Hwy 400 in Toronto on the day of a Snow Storm. Roads were plowed, but not salted. 1999 Chevy Cavalier Z24

Going about 60 mph, get cut off by a merging Ford Pick-up, spin the car and put it into the barrier at probably 50ish. Bent the frame, speared the radiator and A/C condensor, hood, fenders, headlights, fog lights, turnsignals, both airbags, dash pad, airbag sensors, seat belt, ummmm steer column, axle, front differential, flexpipe.......oh and repainted 4 times to get the paint right! Slit my neck open from the seatbelt right ****in good. Belts are placed too high on the pillars.

When I say $14000 in labour and damages, believe that playa....

They had the thing for 2 weeks, came back, still ****ed....alignment done 5 times total, went back to be repainted because the paint flaked and bubbled. Finally 1 month ago the insurance company finally gave in and allowed me to take it to a better bodyshop....she's perfect now.

Oh, and I'm now on Facility Insurance, because the ****s didn't investigate and find the guy that cut me off....so it was "my fault". I paid 7500 for the first year after the accident.....i'm down to just over 6000 now......I pay 400 a month for a 120hp lancer.....

Insurance Companies Suck Hard ****

Knowing that I'd probably slit my throat again if I was any accident I put Sparco 3 point harnesses in my car. Now every tom dick and harry figures it's a race car. People don't understand how safe these things are, no chest injuries, no broken jaws or noses from airbags and no slit necks.

I have the same Sparco's in my Lancer....I swear by them, and will never have another seatbelt in my car. I could give a ****-less about what the law says about them and how "illegal they are" i'll never change them out. Slitting my neck was the most painful thing in my life......just sitting there in a car stupified from a 50 mph impact...bleeding on myself and wondering what happened.


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