I'm fine, but my car isn't. I'll get the pictures from my cellphone later.
It happened at a roundabout. She (and a witness that she shared testimonies with before the cops arrived) are lying about what happened, saying i entered the roundabout after her. The damage to our cars (she hit the side of my car with the front of hers) show otherwise. The cops didn't give a fuck about the evidence, just what this lying bitch had to say. So yeah, i've gotta pay damage to her car, write mine off (get maybe $200 from a wreckers for the back half of my car), front court for a traffic offence which i didn't commit, and buy a new car.
The road rules in this country are a fucking joke.
I've only ever seen one roundabout in the US and I have to go through it everytime I go out to the beach. It's retarded and scares the shit out of me. Not that I found it complicated or anything, but if you've ever been to Florida, then you'd know 99.9% of the drivers on the road are fucking stupid insane and they're hurling at you in circles at high speeds just as confused and scared as you are.. It's terrifying. :|
Note to all Americans that the damage is on the opposite side because we drive on the opposite side.
Now. that certainly looks like i entered the roundabout too late!
I can't fucking believe it. if i entered the roundabout late, i'd have hit the side of her car, or probably spun her around. I was fucked over completely.
She was in a huge 4WD with a bullbar, too. No fucking wonder it mangled my car so badly. Worst thing is, i clearly did nothing wrong, and i've got no chance of winning this at an appeals court. The response i got was seriously something along the lines of 'your stories don't match up, so we're just going to take her story on record. Don't even bother appealing, you're fucked, mate.'
The innocent always get screwed. It's the way of the world.
but DAMN that's unfair!
Yeah, i'm furious. I've been up the last few hours trying to determine if her story is possible. I think it defies physics, and i'm going to prove it if it kills me. Winning this court case is about more than money.
well, good luck. Hope you win the case.
You're going to need a montage if you want to gather enough evidence to prove that bitch wong. There's no way any mortal would be able to handle a feat like that with out one.
It's the final countdown... /montage
Well i'm fucking broke either way, so i need to take a shot at it.
That cop who said you have no chance in court is lying to you. He just doesn't want to show up to a trial because he's lazy so he's trying to convince you not to get one.
God damn it, I hope she gets what she deserves. That's fucking ridiculous.
That's exactly why there's a mess in the first place, because the cop was too lazy to turn his fucking head and look at the damage to my car.
Do you have pictures of her car as well?
Good luck sweetheart. Remember... keep your cool through *all* of this and just tell your story to the best of your ability with every bit of evidence that you can provide and take lots and lots of pictures of both cars (hopefully you can get some of hers).
<hug>
take her to court, but before the appeal/hearing, track down the cop and kill him. better yet, take him to the home of the witness and kill them both, then set it up to look like a homicide/suicide. remember to shave all the hair off your body, wear gloves, and wear a pair of shoes that are 3 sizes too big during the murder. goodluck mate'.
Didn't you just get your car fixed from another accident?
Fucking people. Someone backed into my car in April and drove away. Thankfully my neighbor got their tag number and I called the police and got their asses back to my place. They wound up paying for it all through their insurance, around $1600 or so (which included my rental car), and the damage was no where near as bad as that.
Seriously, I'd fight it.
Fight it and hope for the best. I wish thee good luck.
Go talk to a lawyer. As much as I don't like them, this is something too serious to leave to chance.
That sucks. The worst thing you have going for you too is that you are young and therefore assumed to be naive. That's probably why the cop gave you attitude. Hopefully the evidence you are collecting will be enough to clear it up. Good luck.
Never bothered to take pictures of her car, because her car has a tiny dent/scratch on the front of the bullbar, hardly any damage at all.
goKi wrote:Never bothered to take pictures of her car, because her car has a tiny dent/scratch on the front of the bullbar, hardly any damage at all.
The car with the least damages is usually at fault.
I think.
Anyhow, fight that cunt face. Good luck babers.
I will lose this in court. But fuck this, i'm going to have a criminal record for something i clearly didn't do, of course i'm going to fight it.
Masamune wrote:i think ur car broke. 😞
/me :whap: s Masamune.
No kidding it's broke!
Come on! Did you even, you know, bother to READ the topic?
Or is that just REALLY badly disguised sarcasm?
Goki wrote:Note to all Americans that the damage is on the opposite side because we drive on the opposite side.
Well there's your problem right there! If you crazy Aussies would just drive on the right side of the street, then you wouldn't have this problem! It's called the right side because it's not the wrong side!
Eckels wrote:Well there's your problem right there! If you crazy Aussies would just drive on the right side of the street, then you wouldn't have this problem! It's called the right side because it's not the wrong side!
Amen. Gotta love the US.
Anyway, go for it. If she was in the wrong take it to her. Gotta get something from it. Either way accidents completely suck. I have a pending suit against me but it's not about injuries or anything. Just a jackass that wants what he doesn't deserve, since he won't get workman's comp from it. Not that I'm calling YOU a jackass.
Tough one.
I've got an appointment with my lawyer coming up. Lets hope he thinks we can build a case.
Masamune wrote:i think ur car broke. 😞
Don't fuck with me. Not today, dude.
Consider yourself warned.
I'm sorry to her that happened to you, goKi. I've been in a few accidents myself - car hit from behind - but nothing that bad, and I wasn't driving at the time thank God. To get your car hit and to get into a legal mess over it sounds even worse, at least you didn't get hurt but it sucks anyway.
I'm not a legal expert but I'd say if you had entered after her, your "bump" would be more to the front than on the side of the car. In any case I hope they can reconstruct what happened and prove you right, I'll join everyone else in whishing you good luck there. Personally I think the cop just said that because it's a lot less work for him if you just accept it than go to court. Don't get your hopes down.
Finally, if you think your road laws suck then don't ever go to France. They have two types of roundabout there, one where the cars in the roundabout have priority and another where those entering have priority. If that's not wierd I don't know what is.
I took an AP Physics class in high school, and we had TONS of word problems based on car accidents. Needless to say, I aced the class. Give me a call and give me some details, and I might be able to help out.
ctrl-alt-delete wrote:I took an AP Physics class in high school, and we had TONS of word problems based on car accidents. Needless to say, I aced the class. Give me a call and give me some details, and I might be able to help out.
Whoa there. Forget the guys at the police station who know about bullet ballistics and probably something about car wrecks. CAD here took a physics class in high school. Step the fuck off, professional law enforcement.
Masamune wrote:Whoa there. Forget the guys at the police station who know about bullet ballistics and probably something about car wrecks. CAD here took a physics class in high school. Step the fuck off, professional law enforcement.
He is trying to offer some help. You don't have to be a dick about it.
biggiy05 wrote:He is trying to offer some help. You don't have to be a dick about it.
Exactly. And from what goki is telling us the "professional law enforcement" there has fucked it up already. Screw them.