Well, where to begin where to begin.

as a prelude, this happened ONE day before I was headed to the Dominican Republic. Nothing was terribly damaged and no one was hurt.. so here it goes:

Where I live, i turn onto my street (left turn) and then IMMEDIATELY make a right into my driveway, after about twenty yards.

The accident happened because the f*cking mailman was putting mail in my mailbox, and wasnt paying attention. I make the left hand turn, see him right in front of my driveway, and pass him and head into my driveway immediately. you know where im going with this, yup.

Ever seen one of those worthless mailman just keep their head down getting the next houses mail ready while they inch forward? yup. i got one of those bastards.

9/10'ths of the way into my driveway, he decides to step on the gas (not looking at the road, and NOT even listening. i have a modded fkin exhaust, that sh*t is loud.) he catches my rear corner panel, ont he bumper, behind the rear right wheel. NO dent, only paint and fiberglass damage.


Understand, im 18 and this f*cker just hit my car while my girlfriend was in the passenger seat and my friend saw everything from the front window in my house. It took all of my willpower for me not to jam the newspaper he just delivered back down his throat.

get this though- The cop that was doing the claim filed it as a dual fault accident. HA. that worthless idiot is trying to have me pay for the damage that the POSTMAN did, when he was in the wrong 150%.

I mean come on, what if it was a little girl on a bike that was right in front of his car? whos fault would it be then? he hit the BACK CORNER of my car, not like i cut him off or anything.

I swear i will sh*t on someones chest if my car isnt fixed by our federal governments postal service.

-colton

 

pictures comming soon, I'm already back at ROTC college, need to get them from my camera at home.

 

~edited for Anger issues.

 

Well atleast it was a business that hit you. When I got hit by a garbage truck, I got my cash to fix my Z in about 2 days. Ive had to wait a few weeks for some broke *** ins companies from privates to pay up.

 

you dominican??? you had a dominican flag waving??? you got discriminated by the cop...sry about the car amigo

 

lol no, im not dominican, just went there for Spring Break

 

o lol...well nvm then....u just got a shitty cop....

 

Keep your animosity down toward postmen. Hate on this guy cuz he was being irresponsible. You don't know who delivers mail for a living on here.

What he was doing is called "fingering" the mail between boxes...you are NOT supposed to do that just for this reason. The post office better take care of you.

 

The way you explain it makes you guilty as you failed to yield the right away while making a turn and the guy hit you while going straight? Sounds like both of you were at fault then. You for failure to yield and him for not seeing you cut him off. A person going straight on the road always has the right of way over someone turning. Glad there was little damage.

 

the image i have in my head from the way you explained it shows it not being your FAULT but could have been AVOIDED. I am VEERRY careful with the way i drive because i know there are dumb *** people out there. I would have slowly went around the mailman and MADE SURE he saw me before pulling in front of him. not your fault but could have been avoided. good luck.

 

....sounds teh ghey

 

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lol

 

You should have yielded the right of way or could have taken steps to avoid the accident (you seemed to have assumed a lot about what the mailman would do). Sounds like a classic case of dual fault to me.

 

Goodluck with the claim... a buddy of mine did the same thing and the post office didn't pay because they consider that as cutting off a mailman because he goes from one house to another..

 

I think you are shafted as well. Based on what you said I would say the cop was legally correct.

Get ready to pay that deductible

 

Technically if he hit your car on the side, even if he wasnt looking you took his legal right of way. You should have waited for him to see you (eye contact) and proceed or just waited another 10 seconds and let him by. You = fail

 

 

Sounds to me like you knew that mail delivery people are preoccupied with looking at and sorting mail yet you failed to alert him that you were about to turn in front of him. I wouldn't try to turn in front of anybody, mail person or otherwise, unless I knew for sure that they knew I was there. It's called defensive driving.

 

From your post, you sound every bit of your age.
Accidents happen, but there are always things you can do to avoid them. If I saw a mailman in front of my driveway and I know I had to pull in ahead of him, I would make certain he knew I was there.

Glad to hear you and your passenger were not hurt.

 

^ +1
Just be glad you guys weren't hurt. Hope everything turns out for the best.