crashed
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crashed.... (pics added 56k no)
just crashed my truck...doing about 35 down a road on my way home from work. i hit a patch of ice and went off the road into a tree. its my first accident so i freaked out..the fender on my drivers side was pushed up into the door so i couldn't get out. i just sat there in the dark for 5 minutes then some people that lived at a house across the street came out. the guy pulled on the door so i could slide out, the whole family was really nice to me. it was on a pretty steep hill so getting out of the passenger side wasn't an option. i called my parents and the police and both showed up at about the same time (i was less than a mile away from my house).. then the tow truck came and i watched them take my truck away. it looked pretty bad...i hope its not totaled.. i took a bunch of pics with my cell phone but i dont know how to get those on the computer. i'm so depressed, this sucks.
Last edited by DKM; 02-04-2006 at 09:17 AM.
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I hope you are ok. You know the saying your most likely to have an accindent near home and you really never believe it until it happens. As for the airbags did you hit the sensor to set them off. I mine never went off and the sensor was pushed back. Just be glad they didnt because they are expensive.
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#10
There is no airbag sensor as you would expect in say the bumper.
Its an inertia based sensor . If you Stop hard/fast enough they go off
but only if its a forward collision. if its sideways etc they wont go off usually.
That sucks. I expect you to be REALLY sore tomorrow and maybe worse in 2 days. You dont realize how much you hurt yourself because it happens so fast.
Its an inertia based sensor . If you Stop hard/fast enough they go off
but only if its a forward collision. if its sideways etc they wont go off usually.
That sucks. I expect you to be REALLY sore tomorrow and maybe worse in 2 days. You dont realize how much you hurt yourself because it happens so fast.
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#15
Originally Posted by Rand
There is no airbag sensor as you would expect in say the bumper.
Its an inertia based sensor . If you Stop hard/fast enough they go off
but only if its a forward collision. if its sideways etc they wont go off usually.
That sucks. I expect you to be REALLY sore tomorrow and maybe worse in 2 days. You dont realize how much you hurt yourself because it happens so fast.
Its an inertia based sensor . If you Stop hard/fast enough they go off
but only if its a forward collision. if its sideways etc they wont go off usually.
That sucks. I expect you to be REALLY sore tomorrow and maybe worse in 2 days. You dont realize how much you hurt yourself because it happens so fast.
I was told when mine was getting repaired that was one on pass side was damaged and need to be replaced. I know something was odd when they told me that owell its a little too late now.
#17
Glad you o.k
Be glad those bags didn't go off....sure they save your face from the steering wheel, but there's nothing to stop your face from the airbag dust.....talk about chemical burns. And they cost a few bucks to be reinstalled.
I was in a front end collision last spring and my airbags didn't deploy......thankfully. But it was weird.....the collision was around 35mph as well.
Be glad those bags didn't go off....sure they save your face from the steering wheel, but there's nothing to stop your face from the airbag dust.....talk about chemical burns. And they cost a few bucks to be reinstalled.
I was in a front end collision last spring and my airbags didn't deploy......thankfully. But it was weird.....the collision was around 35mph as well.
#19
like everyone else on here man, i'm really glad you're ok...hey, the airbags not going off is a good thing....most insurance companies consider that being a total loss if the bags pop...and they usually don't even have to do an appraisal...some of them just have to hear you say they popped!!!
#22
thanks for all the support guys. i went to the place i hit and the shop it was towed to so i could take pictures. the truck didnt look as bad in the dark...
the tree:
and the truck:
new emblems:
so what do you guys think...is she going to be totaled?
the tree:
and the truck:
new emblems:
so what do you guys think...is she going to be totaled?
Last edited by DKM; 02-04-2006 at 09:24 AM.
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