So the wife and I decided to go to Costco today. Make the trip over to Prescott, and on our way there we stop at a red light in Prescott Valley. Having a great morning, we were chatting about something and I hear “boom”, and everything goes black. Maybe ten seconds later I step out of the car, kind of Bambi legs and there is a corvette behind us. The old lady is saying something about not much damage and have a nice day.
I kind of exploded and yelled at her that she best pull into the Circle K. She followed us over and we called the accident in. Police and paramedics show up. She said her foot slipped off the brake and on the gas right when she was trying to slow down. She was doing about 50. Fortunately we were in a RAV4 and she was in a corvette, so while she hit us really hard, she went right underneath us. It was a pretty nice C7 Stingray, and not the stereotypical age of a Corvette driver. I would guess she was older than 75.
Paramedics wanted to take me to the hospital in the ambulance. I passed and we drove over to the hospital. Both of us were checked out, CT Scanned and nothing too serious. Both of us have very sore necks and I have a headache that won’t end. My wife has a very sore chest and her breast hurts a lot.
The RAV4 looks like it wasn’t even in an accident, but I know the inside of the plastic bumper is probably smashed.
I didn’t take photos “because I have a dash cam that’s front and rear facing”… that piece of shit Vantrue chicom pile of shit was reading “slow card” at the time of the accident and didn’t capture it. Every pothole we hit it saves the video. Get in an accident and nothing. What a waste of $400.

Fortunately I can sit here and complain. It could have been much worse.

That dash cam video had only one purpose in life....

Sorry to hear about your accident. I can't imagine a 75 year old woman driving a corvette. But plenty of old people around here are very deficient in their driving skills.

Getting hit from behind is always scary stuff. Glad you're both okay!

50 mph is a lot of force. Severe problems may take some time to manifest.

One important lesson I learned at age 16 when taking the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. Always watch rear view mirrors while sitting at red lights and stop signs. It saved me in my later years when in a situation just like yours.

Prior to that MSF class, I was hit at 50 mph from a lady in a Camaro in 86. Roads were wet and she could not stop and hit me hard in the rear. The metal bumper of the 74 Buick took most of the brunt.

As downtownv stated, that is fast. Please consider being in contact with the insurance and a lawyer long term.

How long has Prescott had a Costco ?

I just want to know how the old lady gets in and out of that vette? And how long does it take?

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Originally posted by mrvmax:
One important lesson I learned at age 16 when taking the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. Always watch rear view mirrors while sitting at red lights and stop signs. It saved me in my later years when in a situation just like yours.

As a motorcyclist, I see that recommendation frequently. Yet rarely am I stopped where it would be safe to move forward. At an intersection there is nearly always crossing traffic. If there's an empty left or right turn lane next to me, there's a high likelihood the driver coming up behind me will swerve there if they see the stopped traffic before impact. If I start moving over, I would be hit.

Stop and go traffic seems to be the biggest threat of being rear ended. I try to maintain a constant speed as much as possible, to absorb the variations in front of me, thus reducing how often I am stopped.

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Originally posted by Fly-Sig:

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Originally posted by mrvmax:
One important lesson I learned at age 16 when taking the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. Always watch rear view mirrors while sitting at red lights and stop signs. It saved me in my later years when in a situation just like yours.

As a motorcyclist, I see that recommendation frequently. Yet rarely am I stopped where it would be safe to move forward. At an intersection there is nearly always crossing traffic. If there's an empty left or right turn lane next to me, there's a high likelihood the driver coming up behind me will swerve there if they see the stopped traffic before impact. If I start moving over, I would be hit.

Stop and go traffic seems to be the biggest threat of being rear ended. I try to maintain a constant speed as much as possible, to absorb the variations in front of me, thus reducing how often I am stopped.

If you were at a stop light and about to get rear ended, any move is better than waiting to get smashed. Go left between/around cars, go right onto the shoulder or sidewalk. Sitting there afraid they would go the same direction as you is not a good option. If they do happen to go the way you do, open it up and leave the area. The advantage of bikes is their acceleration ability. But unlike most bike riders who put the bike in neutral and look at their phone or something else, you need to be in gear and positioned to move. It takes prior thought to be useful.

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How long has Prescott had a Costco ?

Bendable from out of left field lol! I love your posts. Hope you and the Mrs. are okay, Noah.

Hope you and your wife are o.k. in the long run, Beancooker!

Learned this too at the MSF courses that I took. . .

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Originally posted by mrvmax:
One important lesson I learned at age 16 when taking the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. Always watch rear view mirrors while sitting at red lights and stop signs. It saved me in my later years when in a situation just like yours.

Prior to that MSF class, I was hit at 50 mph from a lady in a Camaro in 86. Roads were wet and she could not stop and hit me hard in the rear. The metal bumper of the 74 Buick took most of the brunt.

. . .and the other critical components of this, are keeping the motorcycle in first gear, and always giving yourself an escape route just in case.

Pre ABS days, squealing / locked up tires may have provided an instant of warning to ‘get going’ STAT, so it’s even more important now to keep attention to what’s is closing in from behind you.

The only thing to add is to take the “bus” ride to the hospital and get seen in the ER.

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Originally posted by mrvmax:

If you were at a stop light and about to get rear ended, any move is better than waiting to get smashed. Go left between/around cars, go right onto the shoulder or sidewalk. Sitting there afraid they would go the same direction as you is not a good option. If they do happen to go the way you do, open it up and leave the area. The advantage of bikes is their acceleration ability. But unlike most bike riders who put the bike in neutral and look at their phone or something else, you need to be in gear and positioned to move. It takes prior thought to be useful.

When the cross road has heavy traffic, pulling forward means getting hit. That is 99% of the stop light situations around here. If I am behind other vehicles, sometimes it would be possible to pull between them, but I do usually have hard luggage mounted and can't filter forward due to width on many of the roads.

I either ride on relatively slow suburban roads or on roads without stops. I don't ride on highways with stop lights, and yes we do hear of many accidents on those roads due to oblivious drivers.

I'm not saying it is bad advice to be alert to what's behind, I'm saying for my riding it is almost never a practical option to accelerate forward.

No worries, John Wick's been in scores of motocycle/car versus human body conflicts and only gets a mild limp.

Glad you and your wife didn't need hospitalization, hope nothing serious in the future.

I was rear ended with by a car doing around 50 many years ago. I was driving a 1956 Plymouth at the time. I was stopped at a light, looked up and saw this car barreling down on us. I reached over and pushed my girlfriend into the seat and braced. The young lady driving told the police "I didn't see the car stopped". No lingering injuries for my girl or I.

Good morning!

Both of us are quite sore, but doing okay. The worst part is the headache that won’t go away.

We weren’t on a motorcycle, so most of those ideas are a moot point.

I’m pretty aware at stoplights, very much so if I’m driving, and a little less as the passenger. There were cars in front of us and on both sides. Nowhere to go, even had we known it was coming. Shit happens.

Thanks for everyone’s well wishes.

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Originally posted by mrvmax:
One important lesson I learned at age 16 when taking the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. Always watch rear view mirrors while sitting at red lights and stop signs. It saved me in my later years when in a situation just like yours.

Prior to that MSF class, I was hit at 50 mph from a lady in a Camaro in 86. Roads were wet and she could not stop and hit me hard in the rear. The metal bumper of the 74 Buick took most of the brunt.

saved me some pain, I think

5+ yrs ago I had to come to a quick stop in morning traffic on a local highway

I was in my 2013 Cooper S, managed to stop w/o hitting the car in front, barely, and glanced back and all I could see was GMC,
so I, for whatever instinctual reason, put my head back and relaxed,
got hit by a new GMC pickup, says he was going 65, reached for his coffee cup, and did not see us stop,

not a drop of coffee on him, musta been a helluva cup,
I managed to get the car off the road vs hitting the guy in front of me,

and I too refused medical,
wife showed up, and between her, and the State Trooper threatening (nicely) to go, we drove (wifes car) to the local mini hospital,
no neck injuries, but a severely bruised back (From going forward, catching the belt, and slamming back into the seat, which I broke, ) and slight bruise from the seatbelt on my left chest

round of muscle relaxers and a few weeks PT and all was well,

Cooper was totaled

Be sure to get the RAV checked out. A minor bump during a storm caused $7000 to my 4Runner and it looked minimal. Glad you both seem okay but watch for lingering issues.

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Be sure to get the RAV checked out. A minor bump during a storm caused $7000 to my 4Runner and it looked minimal. Glad you both seem okay but watch for lingering issues.

Absolutely. I can see today that the tailpipes are no longer even, and the bumper will need to be replaced. Her RAV4 is pretty much brand new. I want it to continue to look that way.