Totalled My Truck...Flipped 2x

[dogboy]

That;s a pretty bad roll over...

If it was his fault, then his insurance comapny should be paying for your truck.


If it were me, I'd say tube buggy time!!!

 

[fordktpjoe]

Get a lawyer. Ask him what to do. Unless you're in a "No fault" state, you have rights.

You ain't gonna get what you got in it...but at least get SOMETHING!

 

[Greg5567]

They said it was my fault for "Not Yielding To The Right of Way" which....is kinda BS cause I did....I actually stopped in the middle, I looked down to see if traffic was coming and I saw a bunch of cars, but far enough to where I could make it and I didnt have a clue about this car until like right before it happend so I stomped the gas, and almost....but not really...made it...

I talked to the kid too, the one who hit me, hes my age, goes to my school, said he didnt hit his brakes cause he didnt see me until he hit me...Which I find kinda hard to miss my abnormally big ranger...crossing right in front of him

 

[07rangerfx4]

glad ur ok and sorry about the truck

 

[94 lifted ranger]

glad your ok man....sorry bout the truck

 

[aaron_ariens]

Oh. I'm sorry. =[

 

[rangerbum]

Goddammit, thats bull shat. A big ass white ranger like yours is impossible to "not see." Either way, his NEGLIGENCE caused the wreck. It could have been avoided if he would have been paying attention.

 

[Chris.S.]

That was a sweet truck, guess it's time to get building now....

Good luck with insurance and stuff, I hope you get something back for it. Glag no-one was hurt.

 

[ranger_mclaren]

sorry 'bout the rig. but if i'm not mistaken you bought the truck with the lift and tires already on it. its not your fault the truck was "too tall" you just had good taste. insur. companys suck so even if you had full coverage you'll never get what you have invested, good luck with'em sorry again.

 

[03Shadowbob]

Goddammit, thats bull shat. A big ass white ranger like yours is impossible to "not see." Either way, his NEGLIGENCE caused the wreck. It could have been avoided if he would have been paying attention.

So he pulls in front of someone, gets hit and it's the other guy's fault? Think about it. How long does it take to cross 2, 3 or even 4 lanes of traffic if cars are coming and you are diligent about getting across quickly. A few seconds right? Therefore if the kid took his eyes off the road for even 1 second, he would have hit him, which he did. Taking your eyes off the road for 1 second or even two is not negligence. Trying to beat traffic and causing an accident is.

 

[Zachalanche]

he who has the biggest tires has the right of way. lol.

 

[rangerbum]

So he pulls in front of someone, gets hit and it's the other guy's fault? Think about it. How long does it take to cross 2, 3 or even 4 lanes of traffic if cars are coming and you are diligent about getting across quickly. A few seconds right? Therefore if the kid took his eyes off the road for even 1 second, he would have hit him, which he did. Taking your eyes off the road for 1 second or even two is not negligence. Trying to beat traffic and causing an accident is.

I'm not saying it was the other guy's fault that it happened, But I am saying that it could have been avoided. Everybody involved in an accident has to be able to take some of the blame. If he got out and stated "I didnt see you" That statement could be used as what is practically confessing to being at fault.

I'm not saying to ring the guy and his insurance, but I believe that a poor choice on the road can be saved by people paying better attention. I believe both are at fault, the OP didnt look long enough, while the other guy wasnt paying enough attention to react. I know that everyone thinks that when the situation rises that they will be able to avoid a wreck. But when it does arise, you dont hardly have any time to react.

 

[Shran]

If you're obeying all the laws and someone pulls out in front of you and you hit them, it is their fault.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

So it was your fault. You thought you had enough room to make it but you didn't. Lucky you didn't kill someone with what seems like, your impatience.

I have had close calls like that too. There is one bad intersection in my hometown, it is a curve going up a straight hill. If the cars coming up the hill are going the speedlimit you can see them with plenty of time, if they are speeding they are on top of you as you get into the intersection, a few close calls and you learn quick to drop the hammer and cross the intersection ASAP. There isn't much of a window to see what is coming.

I almost got clipped by a one ton dually with my Ranger after I had it a week, it was all clear when I pulled out.

 

[Greg5567]

So he pulls in front of someone, gets hit and it's the other guy's fault? Think about it. How long does it take to cross 2, 3 or even 4 lanes of traffic if cars are coming and you are diligent about getting across quickly. A few seconds right? Therefore if the kid took his eyes off the road for even 1 second, he would have hit him, which he did. Taking your eyes off the road for 1 second or even two is not negligence. Trying to beat traffic and causing an accident is.

First off, to clear things up.

-I stopped at the stop sign leaving the neighborhood
-Looked
-Crossed into the median
-Stopped
-Looked again, saw traffic a ways down the road, (its a 35 MPH zone btw) failed to see this vehicle (im human...just like everyone else and we make mistakes)
-I then proceeded to cross the 2 lanes into the shopping center, the kid hit the rear passenger tire on my truck. So that being said, you know that maybe I did pull out to soon and shouldve waited, but you also know that I clearly had enough time to get THAT far across the street without punching the gas pedal, now if that kid were going the speed limit there is no way in hell that he wouldve hit me if he put his foot on the brake.


I cant judge speed or when the car is going to get to me, but when I saw that car, there was no way in hell that kid was going 35, I was looking right at him the whole time (AFTER I LEFT and crossed 1 lane) until....I was of course, flipped over.

I admit it was my fault, and couldve been avoided if I had seen him or looked harder, but he couldve also avoided it by putting his foot on the brake. He said that he saw me and didnt see me until he was basically hitting my truck, but then 10min later he says that he say me and assumed that I was going to wait in the median.