I was coming home from the bar downtown, and pull up next to a 4dr Toyota the entrance to the highway to go home. We both pulled away from the light and started accelerating. About a 1/2 mile into the highway, he was 30 feet back from me. I was in the far left lane, him in the middle. I slowed down some and he came flying up next to me. At this point he started swerving at me like he was trying to hit me/run me off the road. His passengers were hanging out the window screaming at us. He did this twice, lost control and started spinning. We were probably going between 70-80mph, and he slid right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and hit his drivers side with my front as he impacted his front into the 4 foot high jersey barrier going down the middle of the highway. I quickly stopped, but he bounced across four lanes to the right of the highway, hit that barrier, launched 4 feet into the air, slid back across the 4 lanes and finally stopped when he hit the middle barrier.
All in all, I lost my front bumper, damage to my passenger panel, and damage to my front right rim. Not to bad for an accident that started at 70mph. Their car was completely totalled and all 5 of them left in ambulances. The other driver was underage and drunk. The cops ticketed them for DUI and reckless driving, so they're completely at fault.
Praise to my car for stopping so quickly and staying in a straight line after they hit us. I'm sure if we had been in a different car, we would have lost control and went into a spin also. I'm just pissed my resale value just dropped so much for something that wasn't my fault.
You can check out pictures of my car damage here: http://greg.blastdamage.com/crash
All in all, I lost my front bumper, damage to my passenger panel, and damage to my front right rim. Not to bad for an accident that started at 70mph. Their car was completely totalled and all 5 of them left in ambulances. The other driver was underage and drunk. The cops ticketed them for DUI and reckless driving, so they're completely at fault.
Praise to my car for stopping so quickly and staying in a straight line after they hit us. I'm sure if we had been in a different car, we would have lost control and went into a spin also. I'm just pissed my resale value just dropped so much for something that wasn't my fault.
You can check out pictures of my car damage here: http://greg.blastdamage.com/crash
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