Just Crashed my Yaris

[brickhardmeat]

Go to the Doctor. If I'm ever involved in another accident I'm going to the doctor. I'm not even getting out of the car until the ambulance gets there. I learned my lesson on this. If you want to come out on top go to the Doctor today.

Hope you get a new car. a lot of money and good drugs. Maybe even some time off work.

I almost wiped mine out the other day on slick roads. I had plenty of room but no ABS is certainly different. I kinda prefer it on the dry roads but wet and oily errrr.

By the way if the bag deployed you'd probably just have facial burns from the explosive powder to go with the sore neck. But anyway sue ass. get rich and send some my way.

[bearda]

brickhardmeat is dead on, head to the doctor ASAP. Make sure there's no lingering soft-tissue damage. Until you do if anyone asks DO NOT say you weren't injured, just that your neck hurts and you haven't gotten it checked out yet. If it does come down to a reimbursement claim or lawsuit it could matter.

Hope it doesn't come to that, though, and that you get your car fixed/replaced without a hassle. It really does sound like the county screwed up by not marking the speed bump, especially if someone else did the exact same thing moments before.

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by bearda

It really does sound like the county screwed up by not marking the speed bump, especially if someone else did the exact same thing moments before.

Not only that, but I just heard that six other cars just impacted with each other because of the same thing! Traffic is at a standstill at the moment.

[bearda]

Hopefully the doctor will give a clean bill of health, the insurance company will total your car (you're almost always better off replacing than repairing when it comes to suspension damage, it never seems to go back to the way it was), and they'll settle out of court with the county.

What are you doing for a car in the mean time? Is your insurance company covering a rental?

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by bearda

Hopefully the doctor will give a clean bill of health, the insurance company will total your car (you're almost always better off replacing than repairing when it comes to suspension damage, it never seems to go back to the way it was), and they'll settle out of court with the county.

I hope the Toyota manager plays it cool and just replaces my car. I'm sure he doesn't want things to get to rowdy, since I am planning to get a Camry from them. Plus, I'm sure there's a possibility that the airbag thing can get him into trouble, so I'm sure he'll just take the more convenient route.

What are you doing for a car in the mean time? Is your insurance company covering a rental?

Heh, that's a good one.
I wish we had good insurance companies like in the US. My guy basically arrived an hour after I placed the call, filled out the papers, and left. I mean, he was professional while he was there and everything, but he was pretty much trying to get it over with asap (and I probably don't blame him for it, since I'm pretty sure his job sucks and needs to get to the next wreck of the day).

My point is that he didn't offer too much and I guess I didn't ask for enough either. Such is life down here, I'm afraid.

[bearda]

Originally Posted by tk-421

Heh, that's a good one.
I wish we had good insurance companies like in the US. My guy basically arrived an hour after I placed the call, filled out the papers, and left. I mean, he was professional and everything, but he was pretty much trying to get it over with asap (and I probably don't blame him for it, since I'm pretty sure his job sucks and needs to get to the next wreck of the day).

My point is that he didn't offer too much and I guess I didn't ask for enough either. Such is life down here, I'm afraid.

I didn't realize you weren't in the US, what country are you from?

It might be worth calling up your insurance company and seeing what they can do for you if you're not sure. It can't hurt. With mine the guy who comes out is pretty much just there to access the damage, and just drives from accident from accident. Once I put in an actual claim (and had a claim number) they put me in contact with a claim rep who got me a rental, towed the car to a body shop, etc.

I'm really big on milking the insurance company for all their worth. Mine is willing to do a lot more for me than just pay out when an accident is my fault (which thankfully hasn't happened yet, knock on wood), so if there's a problem or I need something I tend to let them know.

I hope everything works out for you. It's not your fault, which is the #1 thing you can have going for you.

[deebrown]

for legal and financial reasons, you should probably see a doctor asap - my mom was in a minor accident a few years ago and she is about to get a pretty nice junk of change (not huge huge, but enough to do some nice re-modeling of her house)...

[Mead]

Edit your thread, say you're in pain... hurry. When posting pics block out your tags and change your profile too. Insurance cos scour forums, don't wanna IDed or quoted out of context

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by BlazingBlue08HatchBack

OUCH! Good thing your alright. How's the car? Most car's airbags aren't designed to deploy if the impact wasn't severe enough. Post pics when you can.

Believe me: The impact was severe enough. I'm getting my insurance pics on tuesday and I'll post them here.

Originally Posted by redyaris

damn tk that really sucks.

Glad you're ok. Hows the damage to the Yaris?

The jellybean is pretty much wrecked in the front and the front right wheel was pretty much dangling. My heart is broken.

Originally Posted by death is my gift

fucking speed bumps.

Tell me about it.
Thanks for the neck rub offering. It would really help out right now.

Originally Posted by sherryberry

You can probably sue those ppl for putting the speed bumps there.
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I don't know how severe the hit was but sometimes the airbags don't go off if it's not serious enough.

Originally Posted by nqd

glad your okay man....you should talk to the city and have them pay for damages...

I'm definitely suing, since it's clearly stated on transit regulations that you can sue if there's no clear street signs indicating nearby speed bumps.

Originally Posted by brickhardmeat

Go to the Doctor. If I'm ever involved in another accident I'm going to the doctor. I'm not even getting out of the car until the ambulance gets there. I learned my lesson on this. If you want to come out on top go to the Doctor today.

Hope you get a new car. a lot of money and good drugs. Maybe even some time off work.

I almost wiped mine out the other day on slick roads. I had plenty of room but no ABS is certainly different. I kinda prefer it on the dry roads but wet and oily errrr.

By the way if the bag deployed you'd probably just have facial burns from the explosive powder to go with the sore neck. But anyway sue ass. get rich and send some my way.

Yup. Going to the doctor later today. As far as getting time off work, that's not really a problem, since I'm a freelancer.

Thanks everybody for your kind words of support!

[kurokoma-kun]

Brick's right, go to the doc! Make sure that sore neck is not anything serious.

I say this because when I was in a wreck a few years ago, I had a concussion and did not even know it. The ambulance came (for someone else) and the driver saw me sitting by side of the road. He asked me some simple questions (such as who is the president, what day is it) and I could not answer correctly! Had to go to hospital even though I did not feel that bad.

So please go to doc! We'll be thinking about you!