Mine looks so much better now that I have aged! When I was a teenager I should have known when I got into a wreck the first night I drove- I needed to stay off the road! Actually that was a hit and run. I got into a lot of fender benders when I was young and with each accident came the tickets- following too closely and driving too fast for conditions. Well when I was 21 and my dad made me take over the insurance payments, I woke up!
I have never gotten a speeding ticket, but have been pulled at least a half a dozen times. Thank God it was always by some dumb cop who could be talked out of giving it to me!
My driving record is clean now, but my insurance is high cause of the hubby. His is turning around, but he has about 5 speeding tickets and a couple minor fender benders and when I was pregnant, he got into a huge accident, that was his fault and took 7 cars out!
I was in two car accidents and have had two speeding tickets, but all of them happened in the late 80's. I've had a perfect record since 1990.
The speeding tickets were definately my fault, that was just being young and stupid.
The accidents were both NOT my fault.
The thing that killed me was I had a brand new car, and it got hit at about 2000 miles and then again at 4000 miles. That was the first car I ever owned, so I was a new driver and feeling a bit skittish about being on the road after that!
While both were the other persons fault, I know I wouldn't have been in one of them today, because I'm much more of a defensive driver now and would have seen that woman blow the stop sign.
Oh and one time I fell asleep at the wheel driving home late night. It was winter. I hit black ice & I woke up as I started to spin & hit a snowbank. No traffic, no report, I was fine. I busted a light & the grill.
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When I first started driving, my record was not so great, but it's been clean since I was 18. I think I had a bit of bad luck and some sucky cars that had a lot to do with it too.
My first accident, I was driving past a high school right when their homecoming game let out. I was watching the guy directing traffic who told me to go, but the car in front of me suddenly stopped and I didn't brake in time. I don't think it was totally my fault, because she hit the lady in front of her, and as far as I know, my insurance never got billed for the lady in front.
My second accident, I was waiting behind another guy to get out of a gas station, and he decided to back up and I had nowhere to go. It was totally his fault, and he admitted it, and my car didn't have any damage, so we didn't file a report for it.
My third accident, I had this van that was having transmission problems. Me and a friend decided to go to Michigan city, but as soon as we got on the highway, my transmission started acting up. So we pulled into a Meijer parking lot, I parked my van in the back, and we took her car. When I came back, I started the van, looked both ways, but when I hit the gas, it didn't go. So I put it in Park then put it back in drive again and hit the gas, without looking the second time! I hit a little old lady who wasn't wearing her seatbelt, and I totally feaked out.
My 4th accident, I was driving down the road in a beat up old pickup, when this lady who was parallel parked on the side of the road pulled out without looking and hit the back side of the truck. Again, there was no apparent damage to the truck, so we decided not to file a report.
My 5th accident, I was driving up a hill and around a curve in snow/ice mix weather, and when I got to the curve and turned my wheel, the car didn't turn! I tried everything, pumped the brakes, but ended up running over a curb and breaking the axel. When I was in the resturant of the parking lot my car was in calling my stepdad, a cop pulled up, so a report was filed. Mother nature's fault, but it didn't help my insurance any. That was my last accident.
I've only got one speeding ticket, about 6 years ago, and I think I've only been pulled over two other times for speeding where I didn't get a ticket. I did get a ticket for an expired registration once, but I renewed my registration and the ticket was cancelled.
. His is turning around, but he has about 5 speeding tickets and a couple minor fender benders and when I was pregnant, he got into a huge accident, that was his fault and took 7 cars out!
