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Not me, my car. Just as I was about to get in the miles long line to go into the campground, the car ahead of me stopped quickly and I slammed on my brakes to avoid a collision with them. Unfortunately, a couple seconds later I got rear-ended by the next person.
The patrolman who was right there asked me a couple times why I stopped, then asked if I was on anything, of course I was not and said "No." After that he asked if I was telling the truth (in a semi-accusing tone), so I reiterated that I was not on anything and wouldn't lie to him.
When I asked the driver of the other car if he was still going into the festival he said he just wanted to go home, but his friends wanted to go in. I told him there were no hard feelings there (they call them accidents for a reason) and wished him well. I may call him in a couple days to ask how things turned out for him.
The tow truck driver was helpful and took me to Enterprise to get a rental car, but they were out of cars and I couldn't drive one of theirs home anyway. A couple ladies came in, heard the conversation, and told us Budget had cars (they had just canceled a rental there) The driver then took me there, waited as I took care of getting the vehicle, and partly unloaded my car so I could transfer my belongings to the rental.
I still made it in, but it put a damper on the weekend, my wife kept fretting about it even though I told her each time we'd take care of things Monday. The other guy's insurance company was supposed to look at the car today to see if it is repairable and what the estimate is. I think it is totaled, and when I showed my dad's friend (who does body work) pictures of the car he agreed. If that's the case, the amount the insurance company is going to offer will likely be less than what I still owe on it. In addition to that, my back started hurting Monday and the pain has not stopped.
I'm so sorry this happened to you guys. The pictures look pretty bad, but I'm glad you guys were able to make it to the farm and enjoy your weekend. I hope it all works out okay.
wow. that sucks. sorry to hear that. same thing happened to me a couple weeks before roo. couple cars were parked on highway on line waiting to get into gas station in right lane where i was driving and slowed down and thought this is not good and looked in the rear view to see car barreling down. sucks. they totaled my car which was only year and a half old.
Just listened to a message from the adjuster and they said it looks like a total loss. Now I'll probably be out at least $1000 (not to mention not having a car) to cover what's left to pay on the loan after what I get from the insurance company.
Also, I went to Enterprise today to pick up a rental car, and of course they had none. It seems that all the insurance companies just want to work with Enterprise. I guess they prefer Enterprise because they often have no cars to rent out so that's less money the insurance has to pay out.
If I ever go to another Bonnaroo, I'm just going VIP and giving my money directly to Superfly instead of someone else.
Awww, dude sorry that happened to you We had some near-misses on the line on the highway, can totally imagine this happening to lots of peeps. thank goodness for the ladies telling you about Budget, and make sure you see a doc ASAP about your back - car accident injuries are slow in arriving but can cause some major damage and insurance should cover treatment. my mom was in an accident in October and ended up getting the other person's insurance to cover things you wouldn't expect - talk to your agent and if s/he isn't helpful go above his/her head. A few calls may be worth it. Good luck to you!
I saw a rear ended car a few miles off of exit 127 near an intersection Thursday morning. I wonder if this was your car. It was around 10:30 or 11 am. Not a good way to start the weekend. Sounded like it could have been worse.
Post by easymorningrebel on Jun 20, 2007 16:19:12 GMT -5
sorry bout your car, but is it really undrivable? I've seen a lot of cars on the road that looked worse than yours! Guess if it isn't worth repairing and you can't drive it that's the end of the car, but maybe check some body shops and see what they say. Glad you decided to stay and didn't miss out on roo!
sorry bout your car, but is it really undrivable? I've seen a lot of cars on the road that looked worse than yours! Guess if it isn't worth repairing and you can't drive it that's the end of the car, but maybe check some body shops and see what they say. Glad you decided to stay and didn't miss out on roo!
The police wouldn't let me drive the car away (muffler was dragging and the wheel was rubbing the fender) so it is still in Tennessee. I don't even have the option to take it around locally to see about getting it fixed as I am back home now in West Virginia.
I would think it is fixable, but apparently it would cost more to fix than it would for them to give me the book value of my car.
I would think that your insurance company would be of help to you in getting at least what you owe on the car since you were not at fault or that they would have to get you a car exactly like the one that is being totaled. Don't settle until you are sure and watch how you answer questions. I know that there is a block that needs to be checked on your form to cover pay off value.
Sorry to hear about your accident ...I hope things work out alright!
Tennessee is just a horrible place to drive! Everyday I'm trying to avoid an accident - just yesterday a guy in my class got rear-ended which ended up pushing his car into the one in front of him...I think it's totaled (I think rear-endings are especially common here, just by looking at damage of other cars on the road) I make an effort to constantly check my rear-view, especially at quick unexpected stops and if needed, prepare to pull to the left or right if it's possible.
for all - between the cops and the risk for accidents here, just be really careful driving in or through TN
I'm thinking more along the lines of pulling up and to the left or right into the hazard lane just a bit so you can give the person behind you more space to stop if it looks like they might hit you.
(kind of hard to explain with out a demonstration )
most of the roads here have medians between the two opposing directions of traffic and they also have hazard lanes ...they probably don't have this everywhere but this method works well here. I definitely wouldn't advise doing this if pulling to one of the sides meant entering on-comming traffic.
Post by urbanhippie on Jun 21, 2007 16:41:33 GMT -5
when i was driving back into bonnaroo (we had to go back into get our deposits back) I saw a car accident right by the main exit from the farm and traffic was backed up all the way up to centeroo... was that because of ur accident lol?
when i was driving back into bonnaroo (we had to go back into get our deposits back) I saw a car accident right by the main exit from the farm and traffic was backed up all the way up to centeroo... was that because of ur accident lol?
My accident occurred going in on Thursday, not leaving.
Post by urbanhippie on Jun 21, 2007 19:27:57 GMT -5
branham said:
I saw a 7 car pile up waiting in line for exit 127 it looked bad
yeah that's what i was talking about! everyone appeared to be frustrated because they didn't know what was going on so we screamed out of the car BAD ACCIDENT half the way down to centeroo, then we had to do some off road van-ing and somehow make it into centeroo with all that traffic heading out lol
We had some near-misses on the line on the highway, can totally imagine this happening to lots of peeps. thank goodness for the ladies telling you about Budget, and make sure you see a doc ASAP about your back - car accident injuries are slow in arriving but can cause some major damage and insurance should cover treatment. my mom was in an accident in October and ended up getting the other person's insurance to cover things you wouldn't expect - talk to your agent and if s/he isn't helpful go above his/her head. A few calls may be worth it. Good luck to you!
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