Another A4 accident :'(

[freaksavior]

So i'm fine, the guy that hit me was in an f250 with a ranch hand front so he hit me when I moved over lanes. I am sure I had enough room to move over but he still managed to hit me. Judging by the pictures, I don't think a lane change would have caused that much damage to my A4. The cops say it was my fault because I failed to maintain a single lane and unsafe lane change when I had my blinker on from barker cypress and Ih-10 to the entrance at highway 6 and IH-10. So So now I get two tickets a $500 deductible, [headbang]

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[B72.0T]

That sucks ass bro, hope you get it all sorted out!

[Dubwars]

Ouch! I can empathize with you on this one. Luckily I had two witnesses give policy reports that were in my favor, and the driver also admitted fault. Good luck on your battle. From what I've heard, if you're the only one with a citation, it's going to be a tough battle to go your way!

[seanj130]

That is a tough situation man. More than likely you will not win this battle (I hate to be the debbie downer) however as the story tells, you were trying to merge on the highway and you didn't have enough room to merge.. See if you can get the insurance company to claim for a "no fault". However, with these 2 tickets the insurance company will really have to be nice. Every time i have seen something like this the police usually side with the older gentlemen, opposed to the kid with the smoked windows, loud exhuast and no front plate.. They just look at young kids with nice/fast cars as reckless (which may not be the case) A war vet usually seems to be well respected in any kind of ranking system.

[clemsongt]

When you go to the court date if the guy in the F-250 is not present, then the only evidence the officer has is your testimony. You can plea not guilty and get off of the charge. NOTE: this is only if the guy in the F-250 (or any other witnesses against you) do not show up to the court date.

As far as damage is concerned, you would need to prove to your insurance and his, that it was his fault. You could probably convince your insurance, but it might be tough to prove to his...

[indyaudis4]

It seems to me it is your fault! You still have your training wheels on your car (pictures 5, 6 and 8)!!

I kid, that sucks!

[mr shickadance]

looking at the pictures it seems like it is going to be a tough fight. much of the damage...or better yet where the damage begins is on the drivers side back bumper just behind the wheel well, which would indicate that you did not have enough room to safely merge into the lane next to you.

i'd say that you would have had a better shot if the damage was initiated from the back of the car only because then you would have been infront of the 250 and he would have been following too closely and then you would have a case but since your cars damage starts from the side (albeit NEAR the back of the car) the court and insurance is going to side with the owner of the 250

sorry man

[Quattro]

yikes! I hate it when people get blamed for something they didnt do..

[Latin Audi]

Sorry to hear man. I drive that way to work every morning and there are some aggressive ass idiots driving all over. I am checkin my mirrors every couple secs.

[Coderedpl]

Damn like everyone said its a tough fight and it depends on his insurance too. I had a sideswipe accident when someone ELSE was trying to merge into my lane at the last second and I tried avoiding, my car in the lane completely and her car at a certain angle that you can see she was merging....these idiots went 50/50 and then tried to blame me for it, saying i was merging into her. To top it all off she was issued a citation for expired insurance....I was in the winners seat, but i dont see how i didnt fuckin get 100% covered

[illegitimus]

when you were merging into the highway from on-ramp did you see a big YIELD sign? hate to break it to you but this likely is your fault: you had to yield to the ongoing traffic and safely merge in...

[Grada89]

Alright... all these A4 accidents are scary. I think we're averaging over two a week for the last month. Taking the city bus starting tomorrow.

OP. Good luck with everything.

[freaksavior]

Well either way, his fault or mine, my car is screwed up. If I fight it, I still have to pay court fee's and then if I lose ticket, and the deductible, also, considering he is a vet like y'all said, I probably won't win since it is his word against mine.


I hate my drive, takes me an hour to get to work when i'm only 12 miles from work but that's Houston traffic for you.

Maybe I can at least get the repair shop to put in my springs :)

[Dubwars]

Maybe I can at least get the repair shop to put in my springs :)

That's about the only thing you can do at this point: look for the good in the bad. When my car was hit, I was pissed, but out of it I picked up a brand new set of 19" summer wheels/tires for $650 after the insurance covered the rest. Hopefully your body shop will work with you like mine did to allow me to use the insurance money on different parts if you'd like.

[Grada89]

I hate my drive, takes me an hour to get to work when i'm only 12 miles from work but that's Houston traffic for you.


Thats crazy. I drive 26 miles to school and get there in usually less than 45 mins. (Thats with SoFL traffic) Guess I can't complain.

[BLopes07]

DTM REAR BUMPER!!! lol

[cheemn]

All I can say is OMG not another one!!!! And its my car's twin!!!! :(

[freaksavior]

Thanks for the support anyway. I'm going to find out which body shop it was taken to and see if they will do the springs.

I'll keep this updated

[chrisftl]

and to top it off he has "Desert storm" on his license plate aka they favored him because of military.

blech. i had the same thing happen to me. the guy was an ex-marine.

he rammed me off the fucking road 'cause i cut him off. (not even in a forceful way. more like "hi, i'm going 95 on the freeway and you just got in front of me).

the guilt was split 50-50. half my fault 'cause i "instigated" (basically, i'm almost 100% sure the cops conjured up a "witness" that conveniently called in days after the accident and said that i hit him first, but she wasn't "positive" i had. not to mention i repeated numerous times that had i hit him when i cut him off, there would be damage to show that - which there wasn't. instead, the cop bullied me by trying to get me to confess and say that i "aggravated" the situation.) - the other half his because he was a fucking douche.

you won't win. good luck, though. maybe you'll get lucky.

[beantown]

Well either way, his fault or mine, my car is screwed up. If I fight it, I still have to pay court fee's and then if I lose ticket, and the deductible

Damn man, sorry to see that happen. Have to say my opinion's with the masses; you'll probably lose if you try and argue a case.

At least you didn't get injured. Good luck with it, pay the deductible and ticket, then follow BLopes07's advice.....[:D]:
DTM REAR BUMPER!!! lol

[freaksavior]

Im calling the body shop today once I find out which one they take it to and I am going to ask if they can order the DTM bumper instead and have my springs installed.

[Heavy Fluid]

and now I have to deal with this crap, and to top it off he has "Desert storm" on his license plate aka they favored him because of military. [headbang]


Yep, they let him off because he was ex military. Don't you know about all of the perks we get? I don't have to stop at red lights, and there is no speed limit for me either. I can pass on the right if I want, oh, and I can park wherever I want. No restrictions man. That military plate is my golden ticket to the world.

[rolleyes]

[/sarcasm]

[Con]

So you were merging left onto the highway.

I'm surprised if they didn't give you all the fault.

You were the one merging onto the highway.
At least NY state law, you have to yield to drivers on the left.

Maybe you should stop squeezing into the highway and actually yield to the continuing traffic.
Stop blaming it on his desert storm license plate.

[freaksavior]

Called the body shop and they are going to check on the dtm version bumper, insurance said they will install the springs if it falls within the quoted price on repairs.

To the "Sarcasm" posts - Granted it is primarily my fault, but I do know for a fact that being in the services gives you more leverage. My friend is in the air forces and he got out of a couple speeding tickets because of this. Either way what's done is done, i'm over it. I'm going to pay my tickets, get my car fixed and move on.

[SEXICÄN]

It seems to me it is your fault! You still have your training wheels on your car (pictures 5, 6 and 8)!!

I kid, that sucks!

HAHA

but to the OP, that really does suck. I was side swiped on the freeway, but luckily they just knocked off my mirror, but i was able to tell the cop the situation and he gave the other dude the ticket!

Best of luck man!

[s-man]

you were rear ended....nuff said. this guy most definetly was going over the speed limit and didnt see you move in, considering how large those vehicles are....I even bet he didnt see you untill he hit you.....what an ass

[SEXICÄN]

you were rear ended....nuff said. this guy most definetly was going over the speed limit and didnt see you move in, considering how large those vehicles are....I even bet he didnt see you untill he hit you.....what an ass

I take it you have never been in this situation before. if he admitted to changing lanes (regarless of how fast the other driver was going) and merged left into a lane, he is at fault! only an idiot would blame the other driver while he was in his own lane! I hate to say it, but the reality of it is you are at fault and you will always be at fault. if you are merging into another lane and the other driver was speeding you have to PROVE that he was speeding and i'm assuming you can't.

nuff said!

[freaksavior]

Insurance is coming monday. Lets hope I can get the DTM bumper.

[audivoodoo]

Yep, they let him off because he was ex military. Don't you know about all of the perks we get? I don't have to stop at red lights, and there is no speed limit for me either. I can pass on the right if I want, oh, and I can park wherever I want. No restrictions man. That military plate is my golden ticket to the world.

dont forget we are allowed to hit and run. OP is luck the guy stopped being an unruly military vet and all [rolleyes]

[Stewy]

Ouch man. That sucks. I hope you get it all sorted out. At least you're ok.

[4ty-phive]

To the "Sarcasm" posts - Granted it is primarily my fault, but I do know for a fact that being in the services gives you more leverage. My friend is in the air forces and he got out of a couple speeding tickets because of this. Either way what's done is done, i'm over it. I'm going to pay my tickets, get my car fixed and move on.

Way to man up OP. Glad you are safe after the whole ordeal.

[freaksavior]

Insurance gave me $880 for repairs.

Body shop called audi and audi said 1250 for the entire dtm kit.

Where can I get the dtm bumper for less than $650 including shipping to 77433 if that is even possible. I have been looking a bit but I can't seem to find it

[OWN3D]

sucks man.

[npccpartsman]

To the OP: The gentleman YOU HIT has a great video of what YOU did clearly showing YOUR illegal lane change. Just because you had your blinker on doesn't give YOU THE RIGHT to take his lane. Quit your whining and take your medicine. Maybe you need to get your brakes fixed so you could slow down til you had room to make a PROPER lane change.

And for all the military naysayers: That man EARNED the right to have that on his license plate. He's given YOU the privilige of living and dying FREE. If you don't like our military guys that fought AND DIED for you and the freedoms that THEY"VE eared for you why don't you go somewhere else and live where they don't have ANY freedoms and see how you like that for a minute. You'll be begging to come back here. Azzhats.

[yorkster001]

Busted!!!!

[npccpartsman]

you were rear ended....nuff said. this guy most definetly was going over the speed limit and didnt see you move in, considering how large those vehicles are....I even bet he didnt see you untill he hit you.....what an ass

He wasn't "rear ended". The OP hit the front bumper of the truck with his left quarter panel. If you've never driven a Superduty you obviously have NO CLUE how easy it is to see everything that goes on. I guess you pulled that comment about going over the speed limit out of your ass.

Here's a snapshot of the OP and his illegal lane change: http://img814.imageshack.us/i/pic1qx.jpg/

Here's a little "damage" on the truck: http://img153.imageshack.us/i/pic2at.jpg/

Notice how the OP selectively didn't show where he hit the side of the guard.

[armyguy]

ALSO, those big trucks don't stop on a dime, nor do they just dart into traffic as you did. I saw the vid also & your a idiot, no sympathies here

[npccpartsman]

ALSO, those big trucks don't stop on a dime, nor do they just dart into traffic as you did. I saw the vid also & your a idiot, no sympathies here

Video does make great evidence, doesn't it??? Also has a nice audio of train horns going off as the OP starts to change lanes BEFORE the collision.

[naiku]

And for all the military naysayers: That man EARNED the right to have that on his license plate. He's given YOU the privilige of living and dying FREE. If you don't like our military guys that fought AND DIED for you and the freedoms that THEY"VE eared for you why don't you go somewhere else and live where they don't have ANY freedoms and see how you like that for a minute. You'll be begging to come back here. Azzhats.

Somewhat uncalled for, out of personal experience people in the forces / emergency services do appear to get preferential treatment when it comes to traffic violations. No one here was claiming that the guy who was driving the truck did not have the right to have the license plate that he does, no one said they don't like that veterans fight, and die, for their country.


nor do they just dart into traffic as you did.

Errr, yes they do, I see it every day. No they don't stop on a dime, but they can accelerate fairly quickly given their size, and do just dart into traffic all day every day. Not saying that is what happened here, since it does not appear to be that is what happened. But don't try to make out that trucks are all slow and all the truck drivers are model citizens on the road.

Link to the video would be nice!

And... IBTL?

[freaksavior]

I never said I didn't respect the vets and the other many many men and woman of the Army, Navy Ariforce, Marines. My uncle, and two of my good friends are in the service, and I appreciate that very much. So please, lets stop saying it is because of that.

There is the link to his video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKEAjHsus1A&f

[dave405nyc]

after watching the video, the truck driver totally could have avoided hitting him by braking and swerving to the left (shoulder on the left was big enough to avoid oncoming traffic). It seemed that the truck driver just accelerated into him. Not saying that it's the truck drivers fault, but he could have taken steps to avoid the collision.

[Rodslinger]

I'm the driver he hit.
I'm also an ADMIN for a rather large diesel forum and help Admin 4 other of the largest diesel sites in the world. Let's be clear about a few things. First I know your boy can do NO WRONG. No matter what it's MY fault in the minds of the members here because it's the nature of the beast when it comes to forums.
I'll let the Military BS slide because even your Vets on HERE know it's crap. But let's look at the FACTS -
I was reading on the site where he said he had his turn signal on, all the way from Barker Cypress to that entrance we APPARENTLY BOTH needed to my left, at HWY 6. So in TWO MILES he couldn't move over and waited until the VERY last second to try and dart across two lanes.......OR could it be he wanted the lane he was in because it was moving faster than the others for those TWO FRIGGIN MILES? Oh wait.....I know the answer. He said he drives it every day - just as I do. I KNOW what damn lane to BE IN. He was being an azz and waited until the last second to jump by everyone and shoot across those two lanes. Fact are FACTS. And he paid for it. Notice he NEVER showed in his pictures where he HIT me in the side of the brush guard. Hmmm.....wonder why?
And COULD I have avoided it? That median when he hit me WAS 1/2 the size of my rig - HALF! I'm looking in my side mirror to my LEFT with my signal on - AS IS THE WHITE CAR TWO CARS UP FROM ME. Watch it accelerate, AS I DO, to enter the toll road to keep from getting run the hell over - You don't enter something like that at 25 MPH and not checking your mirror. So as far as my "speeding" - that's proven a LIE. As far as my accelerating? Look at the lines on the damn road. In TEXAS when a solid goes to a stripe it's a separate lane. OF COURSE I was accelerating to get into it, I'm not going to get RUN OVER. He wanted that lane too - so he decided to shoot across NOT ONE, but TWO lanes. Facts are facts and the more I read this crap the more I think I'm going to cost him more than he's already paid, and have his insurance company pull my winch off and re-power-coat my brush guard. I was going to let it go but this is crap.

[Rodslinger]

That's a front end replacement, not even a brush guard. With my winch mounted, train horns, all my lines, and they have to ALL be remove to take it off to re-powder coat it........it'll cost as much to re-do as his rear end damn near - probably more.
Again - I was going to let it go but I'm against making it worse for him. He seems to think he has some right to drive how HE wants to, and anyone else be damned and call me as a war Vet out, and pick and choose the pictures to make him look good???? We can do this.

[Rodslinger]

Look - we all are proud of of our vehicles. We all run Forums - those of you think I was wrong are entitled to your opinion. Had it been one of y'all though in MY situation in your Audi's, you would have been caught off-guard too, speeding up to get into the toll lane, and DAMN sure not about to move into that lane to the left of ME, into that high speed traffic. The kid didn't need MY lane - he needed TWO lanes left and KNEW it, he drives it "every day". Look up and see what I saw and try and stop 9,000lbs of truck - good luck. My train horns are mounted AT HIS EAR. And he didn't care. Then to call out me as a war Vet (as I took it).
Sorry - he was wrong. Had it been one of y'all you would have thought different. No reason to blow this up anymore. I would like the kid to say he screwed up and learned something from it - both from the wreck and the Veteran side of it. If he's man enough to do it - I'll give him respect and trust he's not saying it to be an azz. I won't call his insurance and chalk my damage up to shit happens. If not? Hell we all have the video - his insurance company can have it too, and they can fix my front end replacement.
We did well keeping the diesel guys calm off this site. Five of the largest diesel sites in the world, and he hits an Administrator. Not a good move. Hitting ANYONE is not a good move. But acting like he did - he needs to apologize - to the Veterans especially. Me? I get over it. Life it too short - lets all drive smart and make sure it's not short.

[Rodslinger]

"Originally Posted by naiku View Post

Errr, yes they do, I see it every day. No they don't stop on a dime, but they can accelerate fairly quickly given their size, and do just dart into traffic all day every day. Not saying that is what happened here, since it does not appear to be that is what happened. But don't try to make out that trucks are all slow and all the truck drivers are model citizens on the road. "

Look I'm not sayin' my truck isn't fast - but it had NOTHING to do with that. Had I been on Meth or N2O? - I wasn't.
I was changing lanes making sure it was clear. I glanced up from MY LEFT and saw the OP. I was screwed. My turbo was spooling - now again - bring a 9,000lb rig to a COMPLETE STOP with my rig and spooling to getting on to the toll road.
Anyone ever ask him how he missed my TRAIN HORNS?

[daveman]

Damn. Right down he road from where I work. I'm glad I use I-10 against traffic to get to-and-from work!