I thought you guys might like to see what happens when sombody doing 10mph in the fastlane, cuts in to the 60mph carpool lane without looking:

EDIT: before sombody flames me, I was in the carpool lane.







The result as you can see, is not good. so far, the tally is one busted truck, two sprained wrists, and a broken thumb. Thank you steering wheel

damn

oh shit

Ouch!!

Glad to hear no more injuries than that, although hand injuries end up nice and achy later in life.

I'd want that whole front-end replaced. I'd also be concerned about any damage to your engine... any contact with the ground? If skid plate has any marks on it, get the oil-pan replaced due to possible impact weakening....

Anything up with Insurance? I'm assuming they didn't total it on you. I hope the police report didn't find you at fault at all. Some states file no-fault reports which can make this situation into your fault... you know... the good ol' "You should have control of your vehicle and be able to stop in time to avoid collision etc. etc.." Love those kinds of arguments with insurance. Hope all goes well.

No issues with insurance. No issues with the police report. He takes 100% responsability.

yeah "you should have had time to stop in that 10ft, which at 60mph = fraction of a second"

Jason something just clikcked in my head and I don't know why it wasn't any earlier than this but... It is as simple as SAS! I would have to say go for it bro. Come on you know you want it...

I wouldn't have worried about being flamed.. The pick showed the right side of your truck being busted.. unless you are very talented, you had to be on the left in the accident.. and sence mose carpool lanes are at the left edge, or right edge of the freeway, they arn't to the right of the fast lane....

Assuming he has the luxury of driving another vehicle for the entire time it would take to plan and execute an SAS, sure, that would be a great idea. But I have a feeling he's going to want to get this back on the road ASAP and the other person's insurance will only cover a couple of weeks' worth of rental car...

Shit, Jason! Glad you're (relatively) okay. This could have been A LOT worse. It always makes me really nervous when I'm cruising in the carpool at high speeds next to stopped traffic. I've seen that go wrong too many times. It's especially disappointing to see things like this happening to your truck because you've been working so hard on it, had so many obstacles, and put so much of your time and effort and $$$ into it. It's most disappointing because I know how much you love your truck, from what I've heard of and from you. Again, glad to see that you're alive and well, and only in discomfort.

Please feel free to email me if you need anything. Take care.

Sorry to hear, man...

Why I never drive with my thumbs hooked in the steering wheel. Have never actually heard of the broken thumb scenario until now.

Hope you can get your truck fixed easily.

You just don't think about that when you are cruising along.

While ofroading, I don't hook my thumbs for that very reason.

But the rate of speed at which the steering wheel was spinning when the wheel was ripped off, was enough to break my thumb at the base, and the impact sprained my wrists.

No airbags deployed.

Us Southern Californian Granites are dropping like flies. Glad to hear your injuries were only minor.

With the rain starting in Socal, I've seen some pretty gnarly accidents where others may not have been as lucky.

Yikes... glad it wasn't any worse than it was.

Will the insurance cover putting it back like it WAS (Calmini UCAs etc) or do they just cover stock parts?

With my accident my insurance company told me that as long as it's bolted or wired to the vehicle, it's insured.

I have State Farm Insurance.

If it was my fault, then I would be worried. But his insurance has to restore my vehicle to the way it was before the accident.

Are you sure your hand injuries werent from beating the livin boogers out of the dumbass who pulled in front of you????
Sorry about the truck man, that sucks

A busted thumb has got to hurt like hell.

Prob'ly puts a crimp in his "social" life, too . . .

Ha! No I still have my right hand for that

Yes it does.

I know it wouldn't change anything ...........but I would probably have had to put that shithead to sleep for being a dumbass.

Jason

I was pretty dazed. Seeing some guy run across three lanes of traffic to get my tire/wheel/axle, was pretty trippy.

I have tried the pissed off approach before, and it didn't work out, so this time I shook the guys hand, introduced myself, and said "what the fuck were you thinking?"... it seems to have worked well so far.

Amen, brother...I've only gotten attitude from one person who rear ended me, I let it escalate, and next thing I knew, I was explaining to the arresting officer how those bruises got there, why he was bleeding where he was bleeding, which was not a place people normally bleed from, why he had pepper spray in his ear, what were the hand cuffs for, and why my truck was full of cutting tools, rolling papers, and books about communism. Led me into about three months of paperwork hell, not to mention the confiscation of a nice Benchmade knife.

The next guy who rear ended me got a big hug, donuts and coffee, and a ride to work. I even helped him with the police report and his insurance paperwork, because he didn't speak English and couldn't read so well. In return, the police left us alone, and I didn't go to jail for the giant bag of marijuana behind the seat. It was the most pleasant unpleasant experience of my life. You did good in not losing your temper. It's difficult, but aren't most things?