why i hate merc owners.

[theox69]

^Haha well said.

Wear your seatbelt dude.
Glad you're alright though.

[pureaudio]

What a piece of shit but at the same time, this is why you don't tail gate. They could have been slamming their brakes on for legitimate reasons but your outcome would have been the same. If police find em and want to, they could probably stick them for something being that it is illegal to leave the scene of an accident like that.

[Massive Lee]

Whenever somebody follows me too close to my tastes - especially that in an emergency situation, I might have better brakes than the guy behind me ;-) - I trigger the warning lights for a few blinks instead of triggering their anger by smashing the brakes. It works all the time.

If I had been the girfriend in that Corolla, I would have kept driving straight, even risking rear ending the Merc. Much safer than hitting the ditch and rolling. And a sure way to get he Merc's driver's attention...

[myinfernalbmw]

If I had been the girfriend in that Corolla, I would have kept driving straight, even risking rear ending the Merc. Much safer than hitting the ditch and rolling. And a sure way to get he Merc's driver's attention...

This. After my last and only accident, I learned its better to take shit head on than try to avoid it. I also patted myself on the back for actually wearing a seat belt when my shitbox rolled over.

[Massive Lee]

The reason for using a moving car to stop you (if it goes in the same direction as you) is that it will absorb some of the impact energy, and that's much safer for you. If you hit a ditch, a concrete wall or a lamp post, the car always loses... Not to mention that sticking it up to the perpetuator of the incident makes you feel so much better. And you can identify him/her...

For the insurance company, because no other car was hit, it is just the same as ditching your car by yourself, whatever situation caused the incident. You need a "contact" to be able to throw responsibility at the other driver... Stupid. I know.

[Streichholzschächtelchen]

The reason for using a moving car to stop you (if it goes in the same direction as you) is that it will absorb some of the impact energy, and that's much safer for you. If you hit a ditch, a concrete wall or a lamp post, the car always loses... Not to mention that sticking it up to the perpetuator of the incident makes you feel so much better. And you can identify him/her...

For the insurance company, because no other car was hit, it is just the same as ditching your car by yourself, whatever situation caused the incident. You need a "contact" to be able to throw responsibility at the other driver... Stupid. I know.

So find his car, smash the right rear in and say you clipped him a little and just didn't remember cuz you were traumatized. Your word vs the word of the guy that left.

[pureaudio]

Whenever somebody follows me too close to my tastes - especially that in an emergency situation, I might have better brakes than the guy behind me ;-) - I trigger the warning lights for a few blinks instead of triggering their anger by smashing the brakes. It works all the time.

I do the same, 3 quick blips of the brake lights is enough to stop someone from driving too close almost every time.

[Wiglaf]

That story was infuriating to read. Visualizing that scene happening just makes me want to smash something.. how frustrating that he just drove off.

[BlackSpeed66]

Not cool. And not surprising it was in or around Cleveland either. I'm somewhat dreading my commute when I move to Stow in two weeks...

[b*saint]

Mercury owners get so much hate on this website.

[Wiglaf]

Really? 99% of my road rage encounters were in cities other than Cleveland. And I live here.

[rooster]

Mercury owners get so much hate on this website.

lolz

[Tbolt]

Irresponsible driving on both parts imo

[Massive Lee]

Now is the time to look for the Merc owner and charge it for seeing the incident and having fled while you were bleeding to death... That's probably more criminal than pulling the brakes for no reason... Any witness?

Which leads me to think it is a good thing to take snapshots of licence plates when some guys show dangerous driving...

[geezerman402]

If her car was incapable of stopping within that distance (regardless of how well the Merc can brake), she was driving too close. What the Merc did was a dick move, but it's always the responsibility of the driver behind to keep a safe distance.