I witnessed a car accident today...who do you think was at fault?

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  • curious
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    • 07-20-07
    • 9093

    #1
    I witnessed a car accident today...who do you think was at fault?
    Hello Friends,
    I was at the laundromat picking up my laundry, thank gawd for wash and fold. Takes 4 minutes to do the laundry, 2 minutes to drop it off, 2 minutes to pick it up.

    Anyway, as I was going to my car I saw a car sitting in the blind spot of a car which was backing up. The car which was in the blind spot of the other car was furiously beeping the horn. I'm guessing for a minute. The other car was backing up. The first car made no attempt to get out of the way even though they had plenty of time.

    The driver of the car which was backing up was an old dude.

    The driver of the other car was a gangbanger woman of a different ethnicity than the old dude.

    The "accident" was a very light bump. No damage. The old dude got confused and was having a difficult time parking the car. The gang banger's friends (more gang bangers) crowded around the old dudes car and started banging on it yelling at him that he was a "hit and run" driver. I went to the driver's door of the car and told the gang bangers to back off. I also dialed 911 while they listened. The police station is right around the corner and there is a donut shop across the street so the police where there in about two minutes.

    I had to warn the gang bangers that they were going to throw down with me if they did not stop harassing the old dude.

    I told the police that the accident was the fault of the horn honker because she easily could have moved out of the way when she saw that it was obvious the old dude did not see her car. Since she was in his blind spot, he could not have seen her car.

    The police for some reason took my statement with the gang bangers standing all around. The gang bangers started trying to harass me. Threatening to "get me". I said "crack heads, there is NO DAMAGE TO EITHER CAR" Well, I imagine that everyone on this forum knows how that turned out for them. If you have ever seen my reaction to a crack head on SBR harassing me. LOL. The police got in between me and the crack heads and I said "no officer, if they want to make a move, let them, I can handle it". The police laughed and said they didn't want the paperwork.

    So, who was at fault, the old dude or the horn honker who refused to move even though she had plenty of time and was in the old dude's blind spot?

    Oh, I go to this little shopping center every day and the gang bangers promised to "get me" next time I go there. I looked at one of the better looking gang banger girls leeringly and said "gawd I hope so, I would love for you to 'get me'".
  • Arnold
    SBR Wise Guy
    • 12-17-07
    • 906

    #2
    I think both were at fault. The old dude for not checking his blind spot and being deaf (must be too old to drive), and the crack heads for being jerks.

    Don't worry about the crack heads. They are pussies and won't do a thing.
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    • 2Pac
      SBR MVP
      • 12-12-07
      • 1474

      #3
      it was your fault
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      • curious
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        • 07-20-07
        • 9093

        #4
        Originally posted by Arnold
        I think both were at fault. The old dude for not checking his blind spot and being deaf (must be too old to drive), and the crack heads for being jerks.

        Don't worry about the crack heads. They are pussies and won't do a thing.
        I'm not worried. I'm a disabled war veteran in a wheel chair. The armed forces recruiting office is in this shopping center and I know most everyone there. I have a bigger gang than the crack heads do. LOL
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        • curious
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          • 07-20-07
          • 9093

          #5
          Originally posted by 2Pac
          it was your fault
          Reckless clothes washing?

          Driving a wheelchair without a license?
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          • mathdotcom
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 03-24-08
            • 11689

            #6
            "The driver of the other car was a gangbanger woman of a different ethnicity than the old dude."

            Thanks for that helpful tidbit.

            curious, you are tough. i've bet you've been shot at, and hit, but just dug out the bullet and kept going.
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            • mathdotcom
              SBR Posting Legend
              • 03-24-08
              • 11689

              #7
              You're in a wheelchair and challenged them to a fight? No wonder the police laughed.

              Catch you later, wheels.
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              • curious
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                • 07-20-07
                • 9093

                #8
                Originally posted by mathdotcom
                "The driver of the other car was a gangbanger woman of a different ethnicity than the old dude."

                Thanks for that helpful tidbit.

                curious, you are tough. i've bet you've been shot at, and hit, but just dug out the bullet and kept going.
                Well, the gang banger woman made it an issue. That is why I mentioned it.

                Yes, I have been shot. The medic dug the bullet out and then cauterized the wound with a heated knife. No anesthesia.
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                • curious
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                  • 07-20-07
                  • 9093

                  #9
                  Originally posted by mathdotcom
                  You're in a wheelchair and challenged them to a fight? No wonder the police laughed.

                  Catch you later, wheels.
                  No, I didn't challenge them to a fight. I just told them that if they wanted to harass the old dude they had to take it up with me first. They must have thought I was crazy (they are right) because they couldn't decide whether to make their move or not.
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                  • mathdotcom
                    SBR Posting Legend
                    • 03-24-08
                    • 11689

                    #10
                    Ouch. Does that hurt as much as eating salty food when you have a cut in your mouth?
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                    • curious
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                      • 07-20-07
                      • 9093

                      #11
                      Originally posted by mathdotcom
                      Ouch. Does that hurt as much as eating salty food when you have a cut in your mouth?
                      No, not that much. The impact of the bullet numbs the pain. Then the tracer rounds screaming past your head kind of take your mind off the pain of the bullet wound. and the guys in your squad telling you to stop screaming or the enemy will know where you are. But since they shot me I kind of figured they already knew where we were. And how did they know to put these tracer rounds right next to my head if they didn't know where we were?

                      I did tell the guys a funny joke. I said, "hey fellars, you know all that fear about gays in the military...well I hope all you crack heads are gay because you'll be like 'GIRLFRIEND they shot our comm expert, GET THEM....bring in tanks, artillery, bombers...GET THEM'"

                      They laughed and laughed.
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                      • mathdotcom
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                        • 03-24-08
                        • 11689

                        #12
                        Were you in Platoon?
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                        • curious
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                          • 07-20-07
                          • 9093

                          #13
                          Originally posted by mathdotcom
                          Were you in Platoon?
                          No. First Gulf War
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                          • TexansFan
                            SBR MVP
                            • 09-06-06
                            • 3367

                            #14
                            The guy backing up is entirely at fault. "Backing up not in safety" is the violation. You are responsible for knowing what's behind you when backing up.
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                            • curious
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                              • 07-20-07
                              • 9093

                              #15
                              Originally posted by TexansFan
                              The guy backing up is entirely at fault. "Backing up not in safety" is the violation. You are responsible for knowing what's behind you when backing up.
                              All I know is if I had been driving the other car I would have moved out of the way, the lady had plenty of time.

                              Personally, I think the old dude was too old to be driving.
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                              • purecarnagge
                                SBR MVP
                                • 10-05-07
                                • 4843

                                #16
                                Its prob the old guys fault, but people don't have to be bitchez about everything.

                                Obviously nobody has seen what men with shot legs can do in combat at close quarters...just give them a knife and tell them to watch the end of Rambo 5.

                                As much as people want to laugh at that comment, you give some guy whose crazy and not really giving a shit they'll do some crazy stuff.

                                Btw I'm no longer up to snub, I can't hit 4/5 at 2800 ft
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                                • pavyracer
                                  SBR Aristocracy
                                  • 04-12-07
                                  • 82847

                                  #17
                                  Why didn't you call a missile attack against the gang bangers? An ex war hero should be carrying a GPS device with him to call the Pentagon directly for a missile attack with a drone against gang bangers of different ethnicity. I did not know it was a crime in the US to be a gang banger of different ethnicity (whatever this term means).
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                                  • TexansFan
                                    SBR MVP
                                    • 09-06-06
                                    • 3367

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by curious
                                    All I know is if I had been driving the other car I would have moved out of the way, the lady had plenty of time.

                                    Personally, I think the old dude was too old to be driving.
                                    The same as if you hit somebody from behind. Doesn't matter if they slam on the brakes. You will be ticketed for following too closely. You also can't avoid a wreck and cause another one without it being your fault. Truth is, it's almost better to just get hit than avoiding the accident and then causing one.
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                                    • Shark79
                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                      • 11-19-07
                                      • 11211

                                      #19
                                      I say its ur fault ... for interrupting the gang bang.
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                                      • frostno98
                                        SBR Hall of Famer
                                        • 09-11-07
                                        • 9769

                                        #20
                                        Old dudes fault if you favor the young bucks, or the street hoodlums if you favor the elderly. I'd say the old dude is at least 70% at fault, it doesn't take much for me to react once I hear a horn going off. The horn is their for a reason.
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                                        • purecarnagge
                                          SBR MVP
                                          • 10-05-07
                                          • 4843

                                          #21
                                          you don't want to bang the gangbang ho's...
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                                          • Shark79
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                                            • 11-19-07
                                            • 11211

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by purecarnagge
                                            you don't want to bang the gangbang ho's...
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                                            • curious
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                                              • 07-20-07
                                              • 9093

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by pavyracer
                                              Why didn't you call a missile attack against the gang bangers? An ex war hero should be carrying a GPS device with him to call the Pentagon directly for a missile attack with a drone against gang bangers of different ethnicity. I did not know it was a crime in the US to be a gang banger of different ethnicity (whatever this term means).
                                              The gang bangers made the ethnicity difference a problem by making racial slurs, which is the only reason I mentioned it.

                                              Why don't you go phuck yourself phucking coward faggot. My offer to let you talk your shit to my face at the sbr bash still stands.
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                                              • curious
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                                                • 07-20-07
                                                • 9093

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by frostno98
                                                Old dudes fault if you favor the young bucks, or the street hoodlums if you favor the elderly. I'd say the old dude is at least 70% at fault, it doesn't take much for me to react once I hear a horn going off. The horn is their for a reason.
                                                I don't think he heard them. But this little shopping center is the busiest place on the planet so maybe he didn't associate the noise with him.
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                                                • curious
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                                                  • 07-20-07
                                                  • 9093

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Shark79
                                                  I say its ur fault ... for interrupting the gang bang.
                                                  I was trying to get the cutest girl in the gang to let me give her a gang bang.
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                                                  • Shark79
                                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                                    • 11-19-07
                                                    • 11211

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by curious
                                                    I was trying to get the cutest girl in the gang to let me give her a gang bang.
                                                    It makes much more sense now ... but still its ur fault .. for not letting the old guy know the honk was on him
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                                                    • curious
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                                                      • 07-20-07
                                                      • 9093

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Shark79
                                                      It makes much more sense now ... but still its ur fault .. for not letting the old guy know the honk was on him
                                                      I hit on the girl AFTER they started messing with me. LOL That was so funny. The dude gang bangers are trying to be all big and bad and I'm ignoring them trying to get a date with the girl gang banger. LOL

                                                      I tried to warn the old dude, but I was on his passenger side several cars away and I couldn't get his attention.

                                                      What got me was that there was no damage, the dude was going like 2 miles per hour and the gang bangers acted like he had killed someone and was trying to "hit and run". It was ridiculous. So, I rolled my wheel chair and my sawed off shotgun over to the old dude's driver's door and said "you crack heads are pretty brave when it comes to harassing an old man, why don't you try that shit with me"?

                                                      Did I leave out the part about the sawed off shotgun earlier ?
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                                                      • dwaechte
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                                                        • 08-27-07
                                                        • 5481

                                                        #28
                                                        Hate to say it, but the old dude probably shouldnt have a license.
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                                                        • Shark79
                                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                                          • 11-19-07
                                                          • 11211

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by curious
                                                          I hit on the girl AFTER they started messing with me. LOL That was so funny. The dude gang bangers are trying to be all big and bad and I'm ignoring them trying to get a date with the girl gang banger. LOL

                                                          I tried to warn the old dude, but I was on his passenger side several cars away and I couldn't get his attention.

                                                          What got me was that there was no damage, the dude was going like 2 miles per hour and the gang bangers acted like he had killed someone and was trying to "hit and run". It was ridiculous. So, I rolled my wheel chair and my sawed off shotgun over to the old dude's driver's door and said "you crack heads are pretty brave when it comes to harassing an old man, why don't you try that shit with me"?

                                                          Did I leave out the part about the sawed off shotgun earlier ?

                                                          U sure did ... btw ... did u get her number?
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                                                          • curious
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                                                            • 07-20-07
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                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by dwaechte
                                                            Hate to say it, but the old dude probably shouldnt have a license.
                                                            That is my feeling too.
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                                                            • curious
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                                                              • 07-20-07
                                                              • 9093

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by Shark79
                                                              U sure did ... btw ... did u get her number?
                                                              No, she said something about her husband not liking it or something. Excuses, excuses. LOL
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                                                              • Shark79
                                                                SBR Posting Legend
                                                                • 11-19-07
                                                                • 11211

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by curious
                                                                No, she said something about her husband not liking it or something. Excuses, excuses. LOL
                                                                Husband? LOL


                                                                U sure did pick a winner
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                                                                • imgv94
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                                                                  • 11-16-05
                                                                  • 17192

                                                                  #33
                                                                  It was Patrick Batemans fault.
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                                                                  • Shark79
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                                                                    • 11-19-07
                                                                    • 11211

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by imgv94
                                                                    It was Patrick Batemans fault.
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                                                                    • thegreatdiatchi
                                                                      SBR MVP
                                                                      • 03-07-08
                                                                      • 1154

                                                                      #35
                                                                      By legal definition the old man is at fault because he hit her. While the gangbanger girl was ignorant she is not at fault because she didn't do anything wrong. If the old guy can't hear he probably shouldn't be driving.
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