# I almost died today... =( **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [July 6, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-almost-died-today/107464 "2007-07-06T22:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Kick\_Ass\_Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac8455/32.png) [@Kick\_Ass\_Matt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kick_Ass_Matt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-almost-died-today/107464/4 "2007-07-07T01:32:01Z")
> [@FS: 1988 Conquest TSi 2.6 Turbo FL car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1988-conquest-tsi-2-6-turbo-fl-car/12504/18): > > Today around 9:40 a.m I was making a left turn at an intersection, I was in the left lane PERFECTLY straight to go to a gas station, and then the light turned yellow then red…then some asswhole in an suv decides to be a hero and attempts to try and make a left turn, the minivan infront of him stopped, so he then swirves around it doing 130+ and drives straight smack dab into me plowing in my drivers side of my car with his drivers side crumpling my car completely, the drivers side of my car had parts of the engine coming in through my dash crushing my leg… the driver of the SUV drove 200 metres before being able to stop because of how fast he was going…I almost died, if he had gone any faster he would have killed me… I got out of the car struggling and began to cry due to whiplash and pain all over… the cop at the scene who was 4 cars behind took me into his car asked me if i was ok… then an ambulance came and they rushed me to the hospital… he then came to my hospital room and gave me a fucking $110 ticket and an accident report with no demerit points for no safe left turn… and leaves…the cop definitely fucked up, 1) he didn’t even take a statement from me about what happiend on my part of the accident before making a judgment, two he refused to take the statement of a tow truck driver who witnessed the whole thing…3) he took the statement from two people who were in the opposite lane of my 5 cars behind. If you still have this S13 id greatly appreciate it if I could purchase it from you…im not sure of whats going to happen, i have to wait for an investigation to take place on Monday… > > I took the ticket to court and faught it, I notified my insurance company, i got a witness, but what can i do now?the cop even wrote on the accident report that I was driving at 40km/h and the suv dude was driving at 70 km/h, but how can he know how fast i was going if he 1) didn’t see the accident, 2) didnt EVEN ASK ME for my statement of what happiend in the first place. > > Id greatly appreciate any adivce anyone has regarding the above noted matter… > > Thanx in advanced… 1. Be glad that you’re ok, is your leg, arm, lung, kidney worth 110 dollars? 2. The no safe left turn ticket is PERFECTLY merited. In the eyes of the law if you were turning safely, then you wouldn’t have had been smashed up, being the smasher or the smashee which in the case you were. 3. Ok maybe I am not smart enough but I don’t understand your story, you said you were making a left turn turning in to a gas station. Following that point you mentioned that the light turned from yellow to red. That gas station is controlled by a set of traffic signals? Fast forward a bit and then some how a minivan stopped in front of an SUV at the said light to not run the red light, to avoid the van + SUV collision the SUV steared out of the way and hit you. So by the above chronological sequence of events that means the SUV ran the red and hit you while you were making a left? BUT heres the kicker; if you were making a left and the SUV was going straight HTF can the SUV hit you from the driver side? 4. Following up from point #2 you’re making a left and you were hit simple as that. Traffic on-coming can be going in reverse, it can be a horse, it can be doing whatever, it can be a vehicle doing back flips. The logic is that you should’ve seen it coming, if you said “it happened too quick” then the law’s excuse would’ve been “well then you should’ve been going slower than you were”. I know it’s stupid but it’s the way things are when it comes to the law. Buddy’s civic got crunched by a red-light runner. The first officer on scene wrote “no witness” and deemed it 50/50 at fault. “no witness” even though someone; a Sikah came up on scene and gave his info, and the 50/50 part, the cop’s excuse was “I didn’t see him run the red”. What can you do? 1. Take DETAILED notes, not I was goin straight, into gas station, he was doing this, then he did this so the other did that, then i had to do that to avoid him from doing this. Here’s a good example. I was heading NORTH BOUND on Happy Drive. I approach the intersection of Rainbow Ave at the speed of XXX. I slowed down and then stopped to wait for a clear in SOUTH BOUND traffic on Happy Drive to make a left turn leading WEST BOUND into a Petro USA gas station. As I was making my left turn…etc etc…you get the drift Why detailed notes? Depending on which region wrote you up you can go to their according division and fill out a Professional Mis-Conduct form. That form will ask for DETAILED information of the incident you want to report, in your case being the fact that he didn’t take your statement and such. The key is you have to detaily describe the events that follow up to the officer’s unprofessional conduct. I can already see where the investigation is going. The other guy ran the red, but couldn’t be proved, and he hit you while you were making a left. You 100%, him non. Another reason why I want to install a real time hard drive video camera in my cars. Having video evidence doesn’t wash your hands clean from the law of making that unsafe left turn though you’ll still be at fault, but it allows you to SUE the other party for running the red, hitting you, causing you all that pain and suffering, fines, insurance costs, etc etc etc. The best thing about video evidence is w/the evidence you can go after the cops for not writing him a red light ticket and you don’t even need to hire a lawyer because all you need is press the “play” button in front of the Justice of Peace. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-almost-died-today/107464)._