Witnessed a car crash today.

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 03/10/2014 at 20:47 • Filed to: None

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I was walking along a street just outside my dorm, when an orange 350Z followed a white Highlander out of a parking lot in front of me. The girl driving the Highlander slowed down for a traffic jam in front of her, and the guy driving the Z apparently didn't notice and just slammed right into her. Pretty significant damage on both cars, too: the Highlander's rear bumper tore off as she pulled forward to get down from the Z, which was sitting in a cloud of steam and, as far as what I could see, it will need every single front body panel replaced, but the hood got the worst of it. The radiator was obviously toast, and it needed to be towed directly from the street, so I'd assume there was more engine damage I couldn't see. I'm really surprised that neither airbag went off, since it must have been at least a 20mph impact while accelerating. No skidmarks or anything. I would have stuck around to give my take as a witness, but the lack of tire marks should make it apparent to anyone that the 350Z made no effort to stop and the driver was distracted. Also, out of five or so witnesses, I was the only one to actually ask if everyone was okay. One girl whipped out her phone to take a picture and then walked away.

Anyway, the girl in the Highlander was very shaken up and the guy in the Z looked overwhelmed with worry, which is totally understandable since he may have lost both his car and his license, and on top of that there's the initial "oh my god what if I just killed somebody" feeling. But other than that, both were out and walking within seconds, so hopefully things turned out okay.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Rainbow 03/10/2014 at 20:56

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That time I rear ended a VW Fox with my Tipo (Still hurts to think about that), I think I was pulling 50 kph and he was stopped. The Fox came out without a single scratch and all the damage I got were bent panels and a busted radiator, but I still managed to drive home (Overheating is not a word in the Tipo's dictionary) and get it repaired without replacing any panels.

Weird that a slower collision would do that much damage to two newer, theorically more resilient cars.

Anyways, I think the worst accident I ever witnessed was a multiple rollover on the way from Carazinho to Porto Alegre. The car must have rolled 7 or 8 times I think, and the two women inside walked out with only a broken nose between them. And brown underwear, obviously.

awe46m3zcp > Rainbow 03/10/2014 at 20:57

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Random useless fact. The 350Z was the car with the highest number of fatalities a couple years ago.

Casper > Rainbow 03/10/2014 at 21:00

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That's like the lady that rear ended my wife and I a few weeks ago. The line of traffic started moving, then stopped. She started moving, then looked at her radio. It was probably 5MPH or less, but $1050 in damage to our car and who knows what to hers (I doubt she claimed it and didn't seem to know enough to look behind the fascia for damage).

Rainbow > awe46m3zcp 03/10/2014 at 21:11

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Yeah, I was actually talking about that with a friend a couple hours before the crash. Considering how much damage the car took and that the airbags somehow didn't trigger, I can certainly see why.

strangeorange98 > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 03/11/2014 at 17:08

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was it a wagon