If you get into a car accident (a fender bender) how do you react?
966756
My insurance is going up.
786214
I was a passenger in my car going down the interstate. My husband was driving bad and I complained a few times. Finally I asked "why is it that just because you are the man, you always drive us? Why don't you just pull over and let me drive." \n\nHe agreed and pulled off at an exit and we changed at the gas station. I had only been driving a few minutes when I got this voice in my head that said "pull over and let Charley drive." I excused it as my own weird thinking and kept going. I then heard it again "Pull over and let Charley DRIVE" . \n\nBy then, I knew God (or his angels) were telling me this. I became upset about it because I thought I was being taught a lesson of submission which I didn't want to learn. I argued with God in my head. A third time, I heard "PULL OVER AND LET CHARLEY DRIVE." \n\nAt that point, I asked my husband "where should I pull over because I don't know why, but God is telling me to let you drive?"\n\nCharley said to just pull to the top of the ramp and we would switch out there. We did so and he pulled back onto the ramp. but no sooner than we got up to speed, we had to stop in the middle of the interstate. There had been a major collision. We sat for about 3 hours and watched news hellicopters, life line, and all kinds of emergency vehicles ahead of us by like a mile. When we finally got through we saw a 3 car collision had happened and they were mangled. There had been deaths. \n\nI knew right away it hadn't been about submitting to my husband at all, but about God or his angels letting me know of the danger ahead. I ws sure glad that I had been prayed up and reading the bible or I may have missed his voice.
127261
Don't just tell them "this is how it is because mommy says" make sure they know why. If they know the consequences of their actions they are more likely to act safely. EX: Don't cross the street with out me (but mom look at that dog, it will be gone before you cross!) ........why? because you can really get hurt that way if a car is comeing. Look how fast those cars are driving by, it would hurt terribly to be hit by one.
90588
why would you need to feel any responsibility for an accident that happened to you. it was an accident and you fell down, hurt yourself, and others saw and reacted. Don't feel bad or worried about some kind of backlash is coming down on you. I think you will get a lot of positive support from everyone including the people who fainted and cried.
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I WAS hit by a car once, when I was crossing a sidestreet on my bike.\n\nIt was a Dodge Ram 250 too, but I was miraculously saved, as the bumper only hit the handlebar and even though I went flying off the bike to the ground, I only received minor bumps and bruises and a short stay in the local hospital.\n\nEven more amazing (or at least for me), I went to work a few hours after that at the catering business I worked at.\n\nI actually have had 4 such experiences that I can remember, and maybe even more that I don't remember, but I agree with you that they have truly changed me, by making me much more cautious and appreciative of all the small things in life, and now I take almost nothing for granted.
687672
The changes in him will depend on the area of damage & severity of it. I am a victim of such an accident & it changed me totally, but I survived it. As soon as possible u need to get counselling to prepare for the changes as it will place great strain on yr relationship with him. There are a lot of things that wont be obvious until he recovers some & the extent of injury is known. He will have amnesia but again how bad depends on the area of damage. If you want more info please email me privately as some things are private & shouldnt be public. I am happy to hook up on msn or yahoo with you
463720
First of all, I would confirm if it was an accident or if they did it on purpose and if it was an accident just ignore the embarrassment and go on and if the friend that embarrassed me did it on purpose I would get reveeeenge.
501341
i'm not sure how this will help you drive again...\n\nit wasn't the car accident i was in that was the worst. it was my friend's accident. well, her friend really. she was driving the car and my friend was in the passenger seat. a semi hit them and half their car split and went under the semi...which started on fire...and burnt the girls to death. \n\nshe was my BEST friend in the world. that happened in march.
717656
ALL Praise to God and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\nI believe that happened.\nI seen almost the same thing on a show called Miracles. A young girl was struck by a car and the dad picked her up out of the street and put her in the front yard. Then all these people, about 20 or so came around the girl and started praying. There was an indentation on her fore head from where the girl hit the road. While they were praying the indentation came out, right in front of their eyes. The girl was taken to the hospital and the x-rays showed no damage at all. She is still doing fine and they interviewed her on the show.\nOnce again praise God in ALL His Glory.\nGreat question.\nAll of God's Blessings, Guidance and Love to you and your loving family
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Depends on the state that you're in, how that state considers (if it does) issues like fault and relative negligence, what limits on liability the other driver has, how aggressive your lawyer is, how strongly your medical case will correlate the condition to the accident, etc.\n\nToo many factors to guess.
380212
When I was three years old, I was hit by a car. It crushed the left side of my skull, and I died on the operating table. The doctors were able to revive me, and I didn't have any brain damage from the accident.\n\nWhen I was five years old, I was hit by a car again. The whole right side of my face looked like ground hamburger, and I was lying in a huge pool of blood when my mother got down to the street. I wasn't breathing or moving, and when the paramedics got there, they pronounced me dead. About two minutes after that, I suddenly took a huge breath, and started coughing up blood. They took me to the hospital, and "patched" me up. People were praying for me, and one week later I was completely healed with no scarring on my face. In both cases, doctors were saying it was a miracle I survived and that I didn't have any brain damage.\n\nAs an adult the trend of not mixing with cars continued. I have been in a dozen car accidents as an adult, (almost all of them from other drivers not paying attention, by the way), and walked away from all of them with minimal damage. \n\nI believe in God and that He does heal people.
921637
It depends on the situation.  If a person was going too fast and couldn't stop, it's their fault.  If it was truly an accident on both sides then they should exchange insurance information and move on.
882927
Yes, I was running accross the street in a pouring rain. When a black car came out from behind a stationary object. They were about 30 feet away going 35 mph (that's what they told the police since that was the speed limit). I was right in front of the driver when I tried to stop and he tried to pull over to the curb as much as he could. As the car got closer, I thought about a lot of things. I was in my first year of marriage, my wife was 5 months pregnant. I finally just surrendered to the Lord's will. The car hit me with the front fender in my right leg. I flipped up in the air and landed in a 3-point stance, facing almost the opposite direction.\nNot only did I suirvive, but my leg wasn't broken either. It truly was the hand of God.Oh yes, by the time I landed, it had stopped raining! Now all of this happened in a fraction of a second!
1036277
Wouldn't worry too much about it. If you ran over a person there would be one hell of a dent in your car, so, if there isn't too much of a dent or blood, then I suppose you can sleep better. We ran over a guy once and even though we didn't drive fast (and it wasn't intentional!!!!), our car was totally f-ed up.
343202
My husband amd I are truck drivers, and we were taking the split from I-380 to I-84 in PA and it was snowing lightly, it was a sharp curve and an SUV speeded up in the curve, there was black ice under a bridge and the SUV started skidding, it went from the right lane to the left and was going around and around. Then it hit the shoulder and bounced back hitting our trailer tires on the left side.\nWe stop in the  right shoulder and I quickly called 911, we didn't know if the person was ok.\n\nWe start walking toward the SUV and pick up also skids right in front of us, I froze but my husband reacted quickly by pushing me and jumping away from the pick up, because it was coming in our direction. It missed us by 2-3 feet.\nI've never been so scared, right then and there I had one of my panic attacks. The guy from the SUV was ok, thankfully. \nWe had climb up a mountain, and in the next half our 6 more cars had crashed with each other due to black ice under the bridge.
1105120
You are on the hook because it was your car. Now you are in legal trouble for leaving the scene of an accident and your boyfriend is hanging you out to dry.  I would turn him in if he doesn't do it himself.  I would also call my insurance company and at least let them know what is going on.
821788
I wouldn't worry too much about it, maybe request to have a copy of what her injuries were and maybe consult some professionals about the likely hood those injuries occured as a result of your crash.  Shes probably trying to milk you for money now and the injury is probably superficial or non existant.  Check for a statute of limitations , or lawyer up.