Title. I totaled my car by rear ending another. Luckily nobody was hurt at all, I steered off when I understood I won’t be able to stop so it was mostly side-to-side contact, caught between a highway barrier and the other car. It happened 7 hours ago and I am still shaken. It was clearly my fault.
I am privileged to have savings so I am able to cover my expenses for a new car (I need one due to my living situation), but it still sucks a lot.
I just wanted to get this off my chest.
I am just happy that nobody got hurt. Drive safe everybody, and fuck cars
multiple decades ago, i almost rear ended somebody. as in, brakes locked, tires squealing (so loud!) for 10 seconds straight, and i come to a stop within about 5 inches of tapping their back bumper. i thought for sure the show was over and i was about to ka-blam into the back of somebody sitting at a red light. but, i just barely avoided it. so, i’m stopped and i’m basically standing on the brake pedal and a cloud of rubber smoke wafts passed the car. fuck me.
once we got going again, i pulled off and got out of the car because my legs were jumping all over the place from the adrenaline.