:facepalm::shakes head:

You were the only full minority there :p

My uncle just wrecked his Z this afternoon :mad::mad::mad:

:mad::mad:

:mad:

Holy crap! Is he ok?

A twenty year old girl changed lane without signal and look while my uncle was at her blind spot (right). SMFH

oof.. hope he was ok..

i got my first performance award today...
in the last mile of a 3 hour trip home...

Yes, he is A ok but I hurt the most because that was my baby :mad:

Ouch that sucks. Is your uncle ok?

:tup::tup:

The kind you have to pay for?

I am so glad that your Uncle is OK! Things can be repaired/replaced! Hope she had good insurance!

yep

classic trap zone..

'reduced' it to 'failure to control the vehicle'..

RIP Nismo exhaust :(

Failure to control? He obviously hasn't seen you drive.

Glad he's ok. Maybe now he can get a Z06 like Al.

I almost got one last week, just a warning

I'll talk him into the trolollololol Prius :stirthepot:

Maybe it is not a total lost as I wasn't there to actually seen the car

Totally, that thing is unbeatable from 0-6


:|

Btw, air bag DID NOT deployed, wtf :ugh2:

Glad he's safe, and it's too bad they didn't..?? :wtf:

But they are expensive as fuuuu to replace, so the fact they didn't is somewhat a good thing.. :ugh2:

Except that the car is pretty clearly totaled so I doubt it matters.

With the airbags not going off, sometimes insurance companies make it more difficult to say "totaled"

if damage to car = more than 50% of the value of the vehicle, then totaled. Airbags or no.

The airbag sensor is behind the radiator. It doesn't even look like the rad support is deformed. Had the airbag deployed it probably would've caused more harm then good. Sucks about the car though...But I doubt it would be a write off.

Looking at the pics indicated that the pole contact was offset enough that it probably did not exert enough force in the middle of the bumper to set off the airbag deploy sensor. If the insurance company chooses to repair the car, I would take it to a Nissan shop and have them run a full electrical (including airbag sensors, if possible) before officially accepting the car. Hopefully the insurance she has will do the right thing for your Uncle!

Not looking for a total loss as I just curious about them not being deployed :tup:
:iagree:
:iagree: as I told him the same thing that he might hit at an angle that was why it didn't trigger the sensor.

Man that is shitty. I'm always worried about people around me switching lanes. Scares the **** outta me sometimes. Maybe it's just me, but I tend to see a lot of Altima and Camry drivers flying around the highway switching lanes with no signals.:ugh2:

On another topic, I saw this and figured most of you would probably share the sentiment...
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...55676587_n.jpg

Did you turn the Contour on to capture the moment?

no Contour.
it was literally a trap - i was being very unagressive - and as a matter of fact was stuck for many miles at 10 below the limit...

there is one section where the road opens up from 2 lanes to 4 lanes and begins a long downhill section - and changes right in the middle of that downslope from 55 to 45. (for no apparent reason other that to generate revenue)

anyway - when the road opened up, i went to an open lane to get out from behind the minivan that was blocking me for at least the previous mile at 5 under the limit, moved up parallel - then saw the cop turn on his lights...

the move up parallel part took less than a second, and i was no longer accelerating - but the cop caught it at 67 - and said i was in the 45 part of that stretch (which frankly is difficult to tell where the line is)

anyhow - i was over - and i got nailed...

BAM!!!!!!!!:facepalm:

Henry, sorry about the Z, but glad your family member is ok..

That sounds exactly like the section of highway leaving Fontana and headed toward Ashville. You have come over the mountain and when you do its one speed and then as you crest and begin to head down it changes to a slower speed although the inclination is to increase speed. Lance (Chicane 370Z) got nailed there the first year (warning). Then Rick (black 370Z) got a ticket the next year coming back. Clearly a trap. That sucks!

Thats some bullsh1t...

Sounds similar to how I got my speeding ticket going to Summit Point. You go into this town coming off the highway and the speed limit goes from 60 to 45. Was doing 60 going downhill and the cop saw me while he was stopped at a light going the opposite way. He pulled a u turn, turned on his lights, and came after me. I was like 10 mins from the track too.

Yeah, the police know those places and they are kind of like easy pickings for those who may not be aware.

Slow it down fellas... trollolololllololl