My wife got rear ended in her brand new Honda Civic last year.

Her friend was following her home and didn't notice she'd stopped at a =

junction and rear ended her at around 10mph.

The damage was pretty vast (including my wifes whiplash) - the boot wouldn'=
t =

close, there was no access to the items under the bootliner and the whole =

rear end was out of shape. The car was only a couple of months old as well.

Surprising how much damage even a low speed shunt can do.

Mind you, if you drive a Nissan  you could be in trouble. This guy nudged =

the car in front and ended up with =A311,000 worth of damage

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/127250-accident-dont-do-what-i-did.html

Dom

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From: "M.L." <m@lkeng.net>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:23 PM
Subject: [OT] What happens when you get rear-ended


>I was driving home from work yesterday evening. I was stopped in
> traffic and got rear-ended by a guy who wasn't paying attention. I'm
> lucky that he saw me when he did as he laid about 50 feet of rubber on
> the road before smashing into my car. I wonder if he would have even
> hit me if he had ABS (it's an option on his 1996 Nissan Maxima). It
> could have been much worse if he didn't hit the brakes.
>

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