How many at fault accidents have you caused?
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Anonymous
| So many good drivers in the DMV, apparently. |
Anonymous
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0.
When I was 16 I pulled into a parking spot quickly after someone parked in the next spot, and they opened their door and I drove into it (not quickly but still bent the frame). That's honestly the last time I can recall being clearly to blame for a traffic incident. Since then I've been rear ended at a red light, side-swiped off of a highway by a driver who didn't check before changing lanes (that caused a 7 car pileup!), and had about a dozen near-misses. |
Anonymous
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3 total accidents in my life (have been driving for 29 years).
2 - completely not my fault. 1 - both at fault (I was 22). In the last 10 years? No accidents at all. My last accident was 18 years ago (not at fault). |
Anonymous
A lot of accidents are easily preventable, even if it's someone else's error. Just pay attention. Stop spacing out. Stop relying on your vehicle's safety mechanisms and learn to be a defensive driver - you need to pay attention to your surroundings, check your mirrors constantly. |
Anonymous
I mean of all the posts that are going to draw a self-selecting bunch of replies, this one is up there — do you think anyone who got into an accident they were at fault for last week is going to come on here and be admitting it? |
Anonymous
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Driving for 34 years |
Anonymous
| Did this thread get started because of the bicyclist thread? |
Anonymous
| None. I had my first (one car) accident at 18 where I wasn't driving slow enough on an exit, and spun out on wet leaves and hit a guard rail. I have only been in one other car accident that was my fault and I rear ended someone. Just wasn't paying enough attention and the cars in front of me suddenly slowed drastically. That was 16 years ago. I have been hit by other cars multiple times. |
Anonymous
| 0 in last ten years. 1 total in 41 years. In my 20s I was coming up on a red light that turned green, and I was slowing down but not expecting to stop. Vehicle at light was towing a car. I had just gotten fast food and looking at my sandwich when I looked up, the car in front had not started to move forward as quickly as I had anticipated they would and I hit the towed car. It was a jaguar. I paid them $800 (in the 1990s!) and didn't put in on insurance. So in terms of my driving record with insurance, it's 0 in 41 years. |
Anonymous
I wonder about the number of accidents people have because I see so many drivers speeding and driving aggressively everyday. They must have a lot of wrecks. |
Anonymous
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0 at faults in 25 years. Worst mistake i made wad 2 weeks after I got my license and running a stop sign and nearly getting hit in the intersection.
Been rear ended 3 times and someone clipped my front making a left turn while I was going straight through an intersection. No damage on that one somehow. |
Anonymous
| 1 ever. Red light turned green. Car in front of me started rolling and then stopped short. I rear ended them. |
Anonymous
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One, right about ten years ago. Rear ended the car in front of me in stop and go traffic. It was dark and I misjudged how quickly they were stopping. 100% my fault.
Two others in the same time that were not my fault. Rear ended at a red light (not even hitting my brakes, I was at a full stop for at least a minute before the other guy came up behind and didn't stop), and another car turned left into me. |
Anonymous
| There must be someone here who rear ended all of you guys like ten times. Confess! |