Car accident (family car gone) lots of PIX

Well my dad got in to an accident yesterday...he was on the 401(highway)...more details after pix. Btw its a 1993 Camry with only 125k on it. :(
First lets get started with pics:
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http://img234.echo.cx/img234/7901/10002765yn.th.jpg
http://img234.echo.cx/img234/8491/10002757ge.th.jpg
http://img196.echo.cx/img196/1073/10002796ih.th.jpg


Here's how it happened....
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Hopefully its easy to understand...dont mind my crap artisitic skills...but thats the highway and my dad was on the fast lane (far left) driving the same speed as the PICKUP truck(it wasn't a 18wheeler) in front which was 120km/h but then all of a sudden the truck halted...(crashed).

My dad was about 2-3 car distance away from the Chevy Truck he applied the brakes as hard as he could the car skidded and when he realized that he won't be able to stop so he tried to change lanes but he still hit the Pickup truck at about 60-80km/h. :(

Luckily there was a off duty cop behind my dad and he pulled over and sat in the car with him. The off duty cop saw everything and my dad wasn't given a ticket or charged. The insurance will let him go and his insurance is not going to increase.

My dad luckily wasn't injured he was taken to the hospital for xrays but everything was good just minor bruises. :)

So here we are missing our great Camry. We will probably buy another camry and proabably the same model 1993-1996 but it is going to be hard to find a low milage one like ours. The car was truly perfect. And now we miss it even more because the insurancec people gave us the worst possible car for rental (04' Cavalier). Which is sh*t compared to our 1993 Camry. :cry:

btw the camry was loaded sunroof,powerlocks,windows,automatic seat ajustments etc. etc.

http://img170.echo.cx/img170/4056/10002814ps.th.jpg
the intresting thing about this pic is that imagine the guy who was riding that yellow bike in the background...wonder where he is now...

btw dont mind the spelling mistakes i may have made.

Man that really sucks. atleast he wasnt injured though!

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btw the camry was loaded sunroof,powerlocks,windows,automatic seat ajustments etc. etc.

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ooh, windows, wickid, i once saw a car with some of those things on it.
:lol:

at least your dad's ok that's the most important thing :)

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Originally Posted by Samurai

at least your dad's ok that's the most important thing :)

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lol tru...but the car was just perfect...like a part of our family...and it hadn't even been a year since we had it... :dry: we got it last year on the May 20th :cry:

btw ros i meant power windows :ermm: :P

Cool pics :01:

Shame about the car ... but it's only nuts and bolts, a crash at that speed with other vehicles around must have been pretty scary so it's a good thing no-one was hurt.


What's wrong with the Cavalier, I just googled and it looks okay, in a cuboid N. American typical motor kindofway :unsure:

Like everyone else, sorry about you car. I'm glad your father is ok though, the car can be replaced, your father can't :(

@Manker i used to think the same thing about cavaliers...but now that i have been in one...boy do they suck.

now thinking of getting another camry or a 1995-1996 maxima... :01:

lol i was searching around and check this out:
http://www.swegyptian.com/images/GSRsedan-907326737.jpg

one day when i get my own camry ill make it look like that ^

im not a fan of toyota camrys :unsure: . But its good to see your dad is alright.

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Originally Posted by Formula1

im not a fan of toyota camrys :unsure:

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nobody asked you :P

glad to hear yer dad's ok, j :)

but ffs, 125k on a '93? I have an '84 Camry with only 160k :lol:
(my lil jalopy work car) :D

The car looks great LOL. Pwnt.

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Originally Posted by FKDUP74

nobody asked you :P

glad to hear yer dad's ok, j :)

but ffs, 125k on a '93? I have an '84 Camry with only 160k :lol:
(my lil jalopy work car) :D

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Is that in canadian dollars ? or us dollars? :unsure:


Edit: I see you're reffering to mileage, not price :blushing:

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Originally Posted by Formula1

I see you're reffering to mileage, not price :blushing:

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oh yeah....miles.....I coulda typed that and saved some confusion I guess :cool:
anyone who would pay 125k USD for a Toyota Camry.... :ph34r:
for that kinda money you get......teh CORVETTE! :01: (with money left to burn)
or......teh ACURA NSX!!!! :01: (with not so much money left to burn) :lol:

Ouch. Poor Toymota. :pinch:

Glad to hear your Dad's alright. Maybe he should buy a lottery ticket.

On a side note, did the fuel guage in your Dad's Camry ever give false readings? There was a lot of complaints from Camry owners in Australia because they were always running out of fuel when the guage still read a quarter full.

Glad your dad is OK.

Sorry the car is fecked.

Tell him he was driving too close to the car in front. This is not open to debate, if you ever hit another vehicle from behind you were too close for the speed you were doing. You should have enough distance to stop if he hammers his brakes on.

i hope he learned his lesson about tailgating :waglyfingerone:

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Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley

Glad your dad is OK.

Sorry the car is fecked.

Tell him he was driving too close to the car in front. This is not open to debate, if you ever hit another vehicle from behind you were too close for the speed you were doing. You should have enough distance to stop if he hammers his brakes on.

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He was 3 car distance away from the truck and he was fully aware of the truck in front of him and he was going the same speed as him. He slammed on the brakes he skidded all the way in to the truck....

And no we had no fuel guage problems

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Originally Posted by jaigandhi5

He was 3 car distance away from the truck and he was fully aware of the truck in front of him and he was going the same speed as him. He slammed on the brakes he skidded all the way in to the truck....

And no we had no fuel guage problems

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you should be two seconds behind the car in front. i don't even need to engage my brain to realise thats more than about 2 car lengths at 120kph

del.

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Originally Posted by FKDUP74

nobody asked you :P

glad to hear yer dad's ok, j :)

but ffs, 125k on a '93? I have an '84 Camry with only 160k :lol:
(my lil jalopy work car) :D

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my dad's old '88 mazda 626 (it's gone now) had almost 400k. :happy:

A 3 car length distance at 120 km/h is way too close. There should be at least 3 seconds between you and the car in front.

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Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

A 3 car length distance at 120 km/h is way too close. There should be at least 3 seconds between you and the car in front.

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it was rush hour...Traffic...

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Originally Posted by rossco

my dad's old '88 mazda 626 (it's gone now) had almost 400k. :happy:

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:ohmy: damn you guys abuse cars :P

my little league team laughed at me camry today :cry:
truck was outta gas, so I took the ole toyota, and they just loved it
one kid looks at it....says "WHAT IS THAT?!?!?" :lol: :dry: :lol:

but.....WE WON! WOOHOO! think I'll drive it to more games now :happy:
(tis much more sanitary than not changin socks for the ole superstition in me) :P

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Originally Posted by jaigandhi5

it was rush hour...Traffic...

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rush hour at 120 kph?



whatever you say the accident could have been avoided had he followed the guidelines

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Originally Posted by jaigandhi5

it was rush hour...Traffic...

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I don't care if it was the Monaco Grand Prix, he was too close.

The fact that other people drive too close as well changes nothing. In fact it's even more reason for driving properly. It gives you time to slow more gradually and prevent the arsewhole whose tailgating you from causing an unnecessary crash ( I delierately avoid using the word accident here).

it's still an accident if it's due to carelessness

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

it's still an accident if it's due to carelessness

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Not on the road, it's now an incident (in the UK). Ask the people who have to go clear up the mess. They don't attend an RTA now, they attend an RTI.

There are no accidents anymore coz there is always at least someone or something at fault. If it's something at fault, then it's someone's fault that the thing went wrong.

that means there's no such thing as an accident then, as i've never heard an "act of god" referred to as an accident. :blink:


what if theres a wild animal involved?




there is = there's or theres?

Depends just how wild it is.

What annoyed it.

"there's" coz you dropped the "i". Same as "wasn't", didn't" etc.

However you have a problem with tense, assuming the incident is not currently taking place.

the event is hypothetical so it's niether past, present or future :unsure:

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

the event is hypothetical so it's niether past, present or future :unsure:

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So how can you use "is" in that sentence, indicating present tense.

because it's easier to type than "were to be" :ermm:

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

because it's easier to type than "were to be" :ermm:

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That's the question.

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Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley

Not on the road, it's now an incident (in the UK). Ask the people who have to go clear up the mess. They don't attend an RTA now, they attend an RTI.

There are no accidents anymore coz there is always at least someone or something at fault. If it's something at fault, then it's someone's fault that the thing went wrong.

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What if there were to be a wild animal that caused the incident?

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

What if there were to be a wild animal that caused the incident?

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How wild there were to be the animal

like a fox or something

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

like a fox or something

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Nah, it's crazy like a fox.

Do you mean " What if there were to be a crazy animal that caused the incident?"

Or sly like a fox, I suppose.

Do you mean " What if there were to be a sly animal that caused the incident?"

what if there were to be a blind deaf stupid fox who ran into the road, damaging a car so the driver had absolutely no control causing it to cross into the wrong lane and strike another vehicle?

is that an accident?

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

what if there were to be a blind deaf stupid fox who ran into the road, damaging a car so the driver had absolutely no control causing it to cross into the wrong lane and strike another vehicle?

is that an accident?

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No. A driver should be prepared for all types of events that could happen on the road. If there is an incident then he wasn't being a defensive (enough) driver. :shutup:

the fox would be invisible