At least it wasnt head-on.
Anyone ever hit a steamroller?
Well, I'm on my way back to campus this morning for class. My parents are out of town, so I have been going home every night to take care of the animals. I'm tooling along and up comes a construction zone where they are resurfacing the road. No biggie. Normal speed limit is 70, work zone was 60. I slowed to around 45-50.
So then this guy in front of me starts slowing down, so I feather the brakes. Then I realize that he's not just slowing down, he's REALLY on the brakes. So I mash on my brakes to not hit him in the ass. Well, I wasn't going to make it, so I swerved to the right. (The slow lane was shut down)
There just happened to be a break in construction equipment and no people standing around, so I chose that route. I didn't QUITE get it stopped before I slid into a steamroller. I bet I was going no more than 10mph on impact. The guy on the steamroller said he thought I was gonna make it... hehe. He didn't even feel the impact. If I would have just lifted my foot a little bit to let the tires un-lock I prolly would have made it.
So then it takes about an hour for the highway patrol to show up. When the cop asks for damage done to the roller, the contractor says "I think it might have a little scratch on it". I end up getting a ticket for "careless and imprudent driving and causing an accident in a construction zone"... WTF? What exactly was I doing carelessly? I wasn't following close, wasn't speeding, was paying attention, and I felt like I chose an evasive maneuver that resulted in the least amount of danger/damage to anyone who may have been involved.
I give up...
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So then this guy in front of me starts slowing down, so I feather the brakes. Then I realize that he's not just slowing down, he's REALLY on the brakes. So I mash on my brakes to not hit him in the ass. Well, I wasn't going to make it, so I swerved to the right. (The slow lane was shut down)
There just happened to be a break in construction equipment and no people standing around, so I chose that route. I didn't QUITE get it stopped before I slid into a steamroller. I bet I was going no more than 10mph on impact. The guy on the steamroller said he thought I was gonna make it... hehe. He didn't even feel the impact. If I would have just lifted my foot a little bit to let the tires un-lock I prolly would have made it.
So then it takes about an hour for the highway patrol to show up. When the cop asks for damage done to the roller, the contractor says "I think it might have a little scratch on it". I end up getting a ticket for "careless and imprudent driving and causing an accident in a construction zone"... WTF? What exactly was I doing carelessly? I wasn't following close, wasn't speeding, was paying attention, and I felt like I chose an evasive maneuver that resulted in the least amount of danger/damage to anyone who may have been involved.
I give up...
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Wow that sucks dude, accidents are never fun especially when your ruled at fault for somthing really silly like that.
Btw "hitting a steamroller" is also a drug reference
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so your topic title may confuse some of the hippies.
Btw "hitting a steamroller" is also a drug reference
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nice fine ahead of you my good pal
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construction z0wn3d !
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Damn, dude, that sucks. How bad is your car? And yes, do go to court, you may very well get out of it....
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Hey! I'm no hippie! Did get me confused though. I figured I'd take a look before it got locked.
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Btw "hitting a steamroller" is also a drug referenceso your topic title may confuse some of the hippies.![]()
Just about anytime there is a single car accident or you rear end someone, that is what they ticket you for...
Try fighting it, maybe you'll win?
WOW sorry to hear this
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Dude, that sucks. I heard this story from Justin this morning. I take it your car is just scratched up a bit? 'Cause you know, the Coswagon is for sale if it's totalled...
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Not true. Mine was "failure to yield".
because the long and short of it is that you were following too closely. that's what caused the accident. had you left a fair amount of distance between you and the guy in front of you and/or hit the brakes harder when the guy in front of you did, the accident would've never happened.I end up getting a ticket for "careless and imprudent driving and causing an accident in a construction zone"... WTF? What exactly was I doing carelessly? I wasn't following close, wasn't speeding, was paying attention, and I felt like I chose an evasive maneuver that resulted in the least amount of danger/damage to anyone who may have been involved.
I give up...![]()
i'm not pointing fingers or anything, bc i know how much this sucks overall. i'm just saying that you shouldn't go blaming the system. you were in the wrong, and you just gotta fess up to it. being in the construction zone is just adding insult to injury, though. that's gonna sting.
Mike
Its procedure for the construction workers to call in any happenings. I didn't have a choice.
Had I decided to skip class the accident would have never happened either...
My question was asking what did I do carelessly/imprudently? I don't agree that a mistake qualifies. And no, I was not following too closely. I ususally make it a point to stay the hell off of people's asses. I hate being tailgated. Misjudgement on braking force? Yes. But does misjudgement qualify as careless?
I answered this once already...
Just about anytime there is a single car accident or you rear end someone, that is what they ticket you for...
Try fighting it, maybe you'll win?![]()
I hit an actual car and I didnt get a ticket at all, I think the cop relaized it was an actuall accident and not a wreck sence the dude I hit was making up damage to areas I couldnt have even effected. Id fight it.I answered this once already...
Just about anytime there is a single car accident or you rear end someone, that is what they ticket you for...
Try fighting it, maybe you'll win?![]()
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