Maxima Bangs out due to Idiot driver

While driving the gf home, i was sitting @ the red light chillin. I am going straight up the street and am facing a small intersection with one way on-coming traffic. When my light turns green, I proceed....but the black ford mustang (trying to gun it @ 55 in 30mph zone) make a failed attempt at catching the yellow light. I brake and turn away from him to avoid hitting him, but i end up clipping his tail and send him into 2 parked cars. He runs the red light and i avoided killing his dumb ass. But who's fault would it be? Although i hit him, i was merely trying to steer away...

im looking at 4 G's to fix and an aching lower back. If i do win, should i go ahead and go for the skyline body kit or go back to orginal?

thanx for the tips.

it should be his fault
is there any witnesses besides your gf?

u mean during the time this whole thing happened? just my gf. he had nobody in his car. the ppl who owned the parked cars that were hit came out and saw damage to both cars....i had a banged out bumper (main damage to the left side of bumper). it was moderate. His axle was broken into half...scratched and chipped up. dont know if thats repairable for him. I dont have any witnesses, but by the way his car looked, all the ppl gawking at the accident knew it was his fault. but i dont know whether or not the decision would be mine.

that sucks

i hope it works out for you

ok take a good look at the mustang then a good hard look at the maxima. which car would be most likely of driving wrecklessly? Man this is a tough one. Hope it works out for you.

well, i got some pics.

check them out. u be the judge.

http://www.xanga.com/madtir3d

there are also some pics there of the Import Show @ convention center in phila. pa on march 23rd



he was going hella fast. if he was going 30, damage wouldn't be so bad.

did you file a report?

yea, i called the cops asap. unfortunately, philly cops can be lazy. they took almost an hour to get there.

Originally posted by 99maximagxe
ok take a good look at the mustang then a good hard look at the maxima. which car would be most likely of driving wrecklessly? Man this is a tough one. Hope it works out for you.

OK..first things first: WRECKless driving means driving without getting into any WRECKS...obviously NOT what the Mustang was doing. RECKless driving means careless, irresponsible driving.

Now that that's out of the way...

Why are you bothering to ask whose fault it was? It's obvious. We have 2 drivers here:

Driver N(issan) and Driver F(ord)

DriverN was driving under the speed limit, entering an intersection with a green light, as required by law.

DriverF was accellerating way, way over the limit (almost double) through a red light, where, technically, it's illegal to enter an intersection on yellow, let alone red.

Because DriverN was not anticipating cross-traffic at a lighted intersection, he did not see DriverF's car illegally proceeding through the intersection, and as such, DriverN was unable to avoid hitting the speeding DriverF, and redirecting his inertia in such a manner that he impacted some parked cars.



It is completely, totally obvious who is at fault here. Don't think for one SECOND that hitting him makes YOU at fault. That is NOT the case.

13 months ago I was in an accident in my Sentra. I was driving downhill when an 85-yr old man in a Chrysler Big-ass car made an illegal left turn in front of me, abruptly stopping in my lane. There was a car next to me, and because I was in the inside lane I had no choice but to hit him. I braked and honked, and hit him in the rear driver's wheel/trunk area.

I received no ticket. He got a ticket for failure to yield right-of-way and for turning left across a double-yellow.


What I want to know, is did the police write any tickets at the scene, or is this matter going to court? Have they already made any determinations of fault?


Oh, and FYI....this is why I ALWAYS look both ways for idiot light-runners before entering an intersection. If you had been further out in the intersection, and he had broadsided YOU, you would've been killed.

Sorry to hear abt. the Max. :(

u'll win in court for that one. damn man, he tore the bumper all to hell. im sure hes gonna be gettin sued by thoes ppl who owned the parked cars too. he should jus hope hes got reallly good insurance:D

your insurance company won't see it like that. you're supposed to be in control of your car at all times. the fact that you hit him, might put you somewhat at fault. you obviously weren't the cause of the accident but they might not see it as 100% his fault.

there were no tickets written at the scene. Only the police report will determine who's fault it was. I went to consult w/my lawyer and he said he would take care of it. I was already stopped at the light and just proceeded to go...although i hit him i dont think i should be at fault. Honestly, i just want my shit fixed. boingo82 makes a lot of sense. U actually sound like a lawyer =o)

Of course, in Boingo's part of the desert, you have to deal with really stoopid people daily.

Sucks about the car...

definatly double check from now on, because as someone said, next time you could die... this time it could have been your girl..

Hope you get all the money he owes you, that was a sweet max you had...

did anything aftermarket on the car get ruined?

nothing really big. I had Tenzo 400 series hyper white fogs (80bucks), a bunch of hyper white bulbs, clear bumper corner turn signals and side turn signals....but the main damage was to the hood and to the bumper. I'm pretty sure a nissan hood would cost and arm, and a nissan bumper would cost a leg. I'd probably go w/ the skyline bumper and maybe aftermarket bumper. any suggestions???

I say just get a stillen kit. I think the skyline bodykit is too aggressive for the maxima. In turn will not make you look like a sleeper anymore and will attract cops. But this is just my opinion hope this helps.

go on ebay they sell the bumper cover for 45 bucks brand new perfect fit , i bought it , nice

wats the diff of the bumper and bumper cover?

sorry about your max! go w/the stillen kit.. looks sweet:D

Originally posted by Paonessa
your insurance company won't see it like that. you're supposed to be in control of your car at all times. the fact that you hit him, might put you somewhat at fault. you obviously weren't the cause of the accident but they might not see it as 100% his fault.

True, you are supposed to be in control of the car at all times, and aware of your surroundings at all times. However, even the ins. companies realize that no matter how "in control" you are, there are certain things that are impossible. One is stopping on a dime to avoid an accident. Another is making a sudden steer to avoid an accident. (Steering abrubtly would probably result in you losing control of the car and involving more cars in the accident anyway.) Under the circumstances you have to make the best judgement possible, such as, if you're going to broadside a car, aim for the trunk or the engine, but not the passenger compartment. It's not always possible to avoid an accident, -sometimes you have nowhere to go- but about minimizing the unavoidable accident.

Maintain your composure in court, try to act as mature as possible etc. This works well at the scene too, if the cops see one guy jumping all around and hollering, and another guy simply stating the facts but obviously shaken, which guy are they going to think is the aggressive driver? It's easy.

Oh, thx for saying I sound like a lawyer, actually I work at a newspaper, but I am fascinated by car accidents and try to get as much info as possible on them...I have been in 2 myself and quite frankly that's enough for me. (For the record I was rear ended while stopped at a stop sign and the other time was mentioned above. Both no fault.)

Emily

I think im going to cut and paste both of your entries and use them as notes when i go to court. LoL

I thank you very much! =o)

and for all of you that gave me your opinions, I am gonna take your advice and go w/the stillen kit.

thank u very much emily.

lol you have some funny shit on your site

Different Ways to realize the younger generation is shit.

You get held up by a 12 yr old holding a standard police issued 9mm.
An 8 yr old asks you for a cigarette.
You are jumped by a bunch of midget 11 yr olds
They fling a million racial slurs towards your way, but can't speak proper english.
Knows how to hot-wire a car, but hasn't gotten around to learning to read.
Girls dress up like employees @ Delilah's.
They can hold down more beer than you
You watch the news and hear whether or not some kid should be trialed as an adult.
You try to approach a kid talking mad shit but they scatter like ants.
Rides their (stolen)Huffy's in a pack like they're Ruff Ryders.

lol great shit. and the skirts with the asses are hella funny too

-GTi-VR6_A3

Originally posted by chillinMax
I think im going to cut and paste both of your entries and use them as notes when i go to court. LoL

I thank you very much! =o)

and for all of you that gave me your opinions, I am gonna take your advice and go w/the stillen kit.

thank u very much emily.

Oh, and while I'm thinking about it, this would be a good time to be really grateful that you drive a '97 Maxima, not a '95 or '96. See, though they're cosmetically VERY similar, Nissan made a whole bunch of structural reinforcements to the '97+ Maximas, which made them much safer for occupants in collisions, as well as minimizing total damage and cost.

1997-1999 Maxima (http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/97024.htm)
1995-1996 Maxima (http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/95012.htm)

Best of luck with that. I am going to court myself next month, to try to get restitution from the guy who threw a 6 inch rock at my hood. ($953.83)

Originally posted by boingo82


Best of luck with that. I am going to court myself next month, to try to get restitution from the guy who threw a 6 inch rock at my hood. ($953.83)

what brought a guy to do that???

-GTi-VR6_A3

Originally posted by GTi-VR6_A3


what brought a guy to do that???

-GTi-VR6_A3

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=55598r

Follow up in Jan. (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=84071)

And I'll be back in court in May.

damn thats a long time for alot of bullshit to be going on. i hope it all works out in your best interest.

-GTi-VR6_A3

Ha ha, thanx GTI for the compliments. Oddly enough, its all true and witness half of them =o)


Emily, good luck w/ your case. Its a good thing you have the control to take him to court. If i had it my way, his car would have been set on fire....mysteriously....

THEN I WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM TO COURT! =o)

Originally posted by chillinMax
Ha ha, thanx GTI for the compliments. Oddly enough, its all true and witness half of them =o)


Emily, good luck w/ your case. Its a good thing you have the control to take him to court. If i had it my way, his car would have been set on fire....mysteriously....

THEN I WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM TO COURT! =o)

:sigh: I would have, but look at the pics. Nothing to set on fire. :bloated:

Hope your case goes well.