This week I was rear ended at a stop light. I was stopped at a stop light and I was hit by a car going 45-50 MPH.
The driver that hit me was completely unaware of his surrounds, unaware that he was approaching a stop light, and unaware that I was stopped right in front of him, all the way up to the moment of impact.
These kinds of accidents are especially dangerous because the driver doesn't spend any time braking before hitting you and you never see it coming. He hit me at full speed, 45-50 MPH. All because he wasn't even watching where he was going.
There was about 6 feet of distance between my car and the Ford F150 that was also stopped at the stop light right in front of me.
He hit me so hard from the rear that he crushed my car into the Ford F-150 in front me. That truck has a flat bed and it cut into my car like a hot knife through butter.
When my car was crushed into the Ford F-150, it set off the airbags on my vehicle. I was holding onto the steering wheel very tightly and had my hand at the top of the steering wheel which is not where it's supposed to be.
Due to this positioning, when the steering wheel airbag went off it exploded into my right shoulder. Due to the impact from the front, my legs were flung forward with a lot of force and my right foot went up into a little space above the pedals and stopped but my left leg caught the bottom of the dashboard on my keft shin.
the whole accident was just one giant explosion. The car that hit me was totaled, my car was totaled, and the Ford F-150 in front of me also took damage.
Despite all of this, thanks to modern safety features in the cars, and the fact that I was wearing a seatbelt, I was able to walk away from this accident and go to work the same day. I took injuries but nothing severe enough to be in the hospital or need to see a doctor.
It took me 4 days to even realize why my right shoulder was so sore because I know I didn't hit it on anything. A 6 inch bruise appeared on my shoulder and after doing some googling it's pretty typical of an airbag. So I'm going to conclude that was what caused it but I don't remember actually ever getting hit in the shoulder. The shoulder that was in contact with the seat belt was perfectly fine. Not a single bruise on my left shoulder. Make sure you wear your seatbelt. I probably would have been thrown through my front windshield if I didn't have my seatbelt. There was a lot of force in this accident.
In the last 6 months or so I took my car in to get the airbags replaced for the Takata air bag recall. I'm glad I did because the airbags functioned as they were designed to. No problems there.
Lesson learned, even though it's more comfortable and looks badass to rest your hand on top of the steering wheel like the people in movies do. Don't do it! Hold the steering wheel like you're supposed to and hopefully you won't have an airbag explode into your shoulder. I did not get any chance to react to the driver that hit me from behind or even being crushed into the vehicle in front of me.
Also, make sure that if your car needs to be repaired for a recall, make sure you get it done. The accident would have been a lot worse if the airbags didn't function as they were supposed to. I would have ended up in the hospital for sure. Check and double check there are no recalls for your vehicle. Look up your VIN#, call the dealership, or whatever you have to do to be sure you car is as safe as it can be. Recall repairs have always been free for me and just a minor inconvenience to get the work done.
For the days that followed the accident I was pretty depressed because I had a lot of sentimental value in my car. I would have had this car for another 5 years at least. I used to spend time washing and waxing my car myself. I really liked my car. It was a great car. I am going to demand the person that hit me buys me a new car of my choosing. I don't care if their insurance does it or if they do it but it's going to happen or I'm prepared to take them to court over this accident.
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The driver that hit me was completely unaware of his surrounds, unaware that he was approaching a stop light, and unaware that I was stopped right in front of him, all the way up to the moment of impact.
These kinds of accidents are especially dangerous because the driver doesn't spend any time braking before hitting you and you never see it coming. He hit me at full speed, 45-50 MPH. All because he wasn't even watching where he was going.
There was about 6 feet of distance between my car and the Ford F150 that was also stopped at the stop light right in front of me.
He hit me so hard from the rear that he crushed my car into the Ford F-150 in front me. That truck has a flat bed and it cut into my car like a hot knife through butter.
When my car was crushed into the Ford F-150, it set off the airbags on my vehicle. I was holding onto the steering wheel very tightly and had my hand at the top of the steering wheel which is not where it's supposed to be.
Due to this positioning, when the steering wheel airbag went off it exploded into my right shoulder. Due to the impact from the front, my legs were flung forward with a lot of force and my right foot went up into a little space above the pedals and stopped but my left leg caught the bottom of the dashboard on my keft shin.
the whole accident was just one giant explosion. The car that hit me was totaled, my car was totaled, and the Ford F-150 in front of me also took damage.
Despite all of this, thanks to modern safety features in the cars, and the fact that I was wearing a seatbelt, I was able to walk away from this accident and go to work the same day. I took injuries but nothing severe enough to be in the hospital or need to see a doctor.
It took me 4 days to even realize why my right shoulder was so sore because I know I didn't hit it on anything. A 6 inch bruise appeared on my shoulder and after doing some googling it's pretty typical of an airbag. So I'm going to conclude that was what caused it but I don't remember actually ever getting hit in the shoulder. The shoulder that was in contact with the seat belt was perfectly fine. Not a single bruise on my left shoulder. Make sure you wear your seatbelt. I probably would have been thrown through my front windshield if I didn't have my seatbelt. There was a lot of force in this accident.
In the last 6 months or so I took my car in to get the airbags replaced for the Takata air bag recall. I'm glad I did because the airbags functioned as they were designed to. No problems there.
Lesson learned, even though it's more comfortable and looks badass to rest your hand on top of the steering wheel like the people in movies do. Don't do it! Hold the steering wheel like you're supposed to and hopefully you won't have an airbag explode into your shoulder. I did not get any chance to react to the driver that hit me from behind or even being crushed into the vehicle in front of me.
Also, make sure that if your car needs to be repaired for a recall, make sure you get it done. The accident would have been a lot worse if the airbags didn't function as they were supposed to. I would have ended up in the hospital for sure. Check and double check there are no recalls for your vehicle. Look up your VIN#, call the dealership, or whatever you have to do to be sure you car is as safe as it can be. Recall repairs have always been free for me and just a minor inconvenience to get the work done.
For the days that followed the accident I was pretty depressed because I had a lot of sentimental value in my car. I would have had this car for another 5 years at least. I used to spend time washing and waxing my car myself. I really liked my car. It was a great car. I am going to demand the person that hit me buys me a new car of my choosing. I don't care if their insurance does it or if they do it but it's going to happen or I'm prepared to take them to court over this accident.
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