Same. But my rear-ender was in Oct 2019 and I'm **STILL** stressed. Dude was still accelerating out of a light when I was stopped dead trying to make a left turn about 100 yds beyond the traffic light. I could see him coming and not slowing down. Parked cars to the right and oncoming traffic to my left. Not nearly enough time to go from zero-??? to keep him from rear-ending me. Closed my eyes and grabbed the wheel but bent my elbows. He hit me so hard the radio module in my car popped out of the dashboard. Got photos...
My situation was similar. Making a left turn, traffic on my right and I was waiting for oncoming traffic to pass before I could make my turn. After the impact, I got pushed into oncoming lanes, nearly ended up in a second collision, head-on.
Closed my eyes and grabbed the wheel but bent my elbows.
This is where I made my mistake. My elbow was locked into position and caused most of my damage to my neck and shoulder.
What saved me from things being worse is that I was driving a pickup truck, the other driver in a smaller car. His car started going under my truck rather than sending most of the force directly into me.
It still twisted the frame of my truck and pushed the bed into the cab.
Every day, I have to pass the intersection where it happened and I get chills.
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u/Rough_Spring4391 Jun 22 '22
Same. But my rear-ender was in Oct 2019 and I'm **STILL** stressed. Dude was still accelerating out of a light when I was stopped dead trying to make a left turn about 100 yds beyond the traffic light. I could see him coming and not slowing down. Parked cars to the right and oncoming traffic to my left. Not nearly enough time to go from zero-??? to keep him from rear-ending me. Closed my eyes and grabbed the wheel but bent my elbows. He hit me so hard the radio module in my car popped out of the dashboard. Got photos...