Hit and Run

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 12/29/2017 at 17:29 • Filed to: None

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My girlfriend was involved in a hit and run this afternoon. The pickup in front of her had no brake lights and came to a very sudden stop, causing her to hit him. She pulled over and he sped off, presumably because he knew his lights were busted and/or he had no insurance. Nobody was hurt, but the car might be totaled, depending on the frame.

I’m just glad it wasn’t my car again.

(But seriously, the important thing is nobody got hurt.)

EL_ULY > Rainbow 12/29/2017 at 17:35

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totally lame! What doucher in the truck >:(

$kaycog > Rainbow 12/29/2017 at 17:48

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That sucks! So glad that your girlfriend is okay though.

Orange Exige > Rainbow 12/29/2017 at 18:11

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Time to invest in a dashcam...?

I say that but don’t actually have one myself...

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Rainbow 12/29/2017 at 18:14

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Glad she’s OK!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rainbow 12/29/2017 at 18:36

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She might be lucky he sped off... Cops would probably not be receptive.

“Why did you hit him?”

“His brake lights didn’t work!”

“So you didn’t see he was stopped? How fast were you going where you couldn’t stop?”

And then the situation worsens from there.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Rainbow 12/29/2017 at 19:15

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She’ll get a ticket if it’s anything like where I live. Always your fault if they catch you...

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/29/2017 at 19:15

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She’ll still get a ticket, I’d bet. They love writing those no matter what the situation.

Rainbow > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 12/29/2017 at 19:28

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Actually, she didn’t!

Rainbow > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 12/29/2017 at 19:29

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She actually didn’t get one!

Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped > Rainbow 12/29/2017 at 20:21

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rearend is ALMOST always the other’s fault. In TX in March we will no longer have safety inspections... no Bueno. I turned into a car with no front indicators many years ago....

They turned infront of me. their fault for not signaling.

I got the ticket.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 12/29/2017 at 20:25

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I don’t want to go TOO much into detail, but my above post and your reply are things I’m intimately familiar with.

boxrocket > Rainbow 12/29/2017 at 20:56

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Good thing you got the police report, though if you hadn’t she could have claimed someone backed into her at a parking lot... Insurance companies don’t seem to like to cover much on the person doing the rear-ending, fault or not, unless there’s dashcam or other outside evidence.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/29/2017 at 21:00

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I had a similar situation a while back...

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Rainbow 12/30/2017 at 13:50

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There are so many people who drive without brake lights (and other lights), that the cop probably found the “But his brake lights were all out” to be plausible.

#ATLThings

Rainbow > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 12/30/2017 at 19:40

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Yeah, he said that the fact the guy ran off was pretty incriminating.