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So there you are, minding your own business foraging for caps in Fallout 4 from the comfort of your own home, when all the sudden you are hit by a car. Somebody get this guy a stimpak. :D I also noticed that Pete Hines, the vice president of Bethesda Softworks, just donated $4K toward this guy's recovery (driver was uninsured).

Ben Rose said he was playing Fallout 4 last Sunday when the driver of a Hyundai Sonata plowed through the wall of his home. “You play in a wasteland and then your apartment turns into a wasteland.” The car came completely through the wall and hit him. The impact fractured his vertebra and sliced his Achilles tendon.
 
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no insurance so the poor guy is screwed and the driver just gets to walk away.
 
what?! how is this even possible? how do no charges get pressed? how isnt his person in jail? If i almost killed someone I'd be fucking screwed?
 
Irving police believe the driver accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brakes when she was attempting to pull out of a parking space at the apartment complex.
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and no insurance, someone make sure she never sits in a driver seat again
 
No insurance, driving into a building and injuring someone, and somehow the driver gets off with a ticket? I thought Texas had their shit together.
 
Dan said:
what?! how is this even possible? how do no charges get pressed? how isnt his person in jail? If i almost killed someone I'd be fucking screwed?
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CBS said:
Irving police said no charges will be filed against the driver of the vehicle that struck Rose.
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The fucking icing on the cake. This bitch should be facing jail time and garnished wages for the next 10 years. She almost paralyzed the man! WTF?
 
misfitsfiend said:
The fucking icing on the cake. This bitch should be facing jail time and garnished wages for the next 10 years. She almost paralyzed the man! WTF?
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His game was rudely interrupted by a Hyundai Sonata breaching his apartment wall and striking him in his computer chair. The car (which, at this point, appears to have been uninsured) had backed into a fence, then floored it through another apartment and into his, as you can see in the photos below.
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I didnt realize she took out two apartments. So she backed into something and then mashed the gas to crash through one apartment into another? Unless this is an 8yr old that managed to get into a vehicle, she should be jailed at least for a bit. I mean if you can be severely fined for not wearing a seatbelt.....
 
He or his insurance company can still sue her for damages in civil court. I highly doubt she'll be walking away scot free.
 
The comments on that site are a mess. Guy was in his own apartment on a Sunday, and you have people tearing into him for being a fat slacker without a job for playing some vidya.
 
Dan said:
what?! how is this even possible? how do no charges get pressed? how isnt his person in jail? If i almost killed someone I'd be fucking screwed?
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You're probably too WASPy and male.

And, betting the woman who hit him is probably as broke as this guy is. So, even if he sues her and wins, she'll just declare bankruptcy. So the only one who'll see any money is the lawyers...
 
dmonkey said:
The comments on that site are a mess. Guy was in his own apartment on a Sunday, and you have people tearing into him for being a fat slacker without a job for playing some vidya.
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Fuck them. This guy was just minding his own business and seems to have a really good attitude about the whole thing.

I knew a guy in high school that did the same thing (mixed up the brake and throttle) and drove straight into the lobby of a Taco Bell. True story. Luckily nobody was sitting there.
 
Don't you need car insurance to drive? Or is that a state by state thing?
 
Well, I guess there is a alt fee you can pay...

Anyway, I don't understand how you can mistake the 2 and slam into a building. Sure a mistake or 2 can happen to anyone.... but why the hell are you slamming on it when you should be slowly backing out?
 
Crazy
I wonder if this means I don't need to pay for insurance man that save me a ton of money lol so much BS. No insurance go to jail when something happens. You won't believe how many people I work with that get fake insurance cards in case they get pulled over but have to insurance and they say if something happens it is not a big deal. The law need to change I guess.
 
pothb said:
Don't you need car insurance to drive? Or is that a state by state thing?
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State by State. Texas just requires that you have to be able to pay for accidents. Be it, cause you have a crapload of money or you have insurance.

I understand, I mean. Why would like Bill Gates need insurance? He's got billions. Think they should have some kind of rule set on that though. Like you have to make $1 mil salary to get to opt out of car insurance.
 
pothb said:
Don't you need car insurance to drive? Or is that a state by state thing?
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you are required to have liability but collision is state by state?
 
From what I'm reading, only New Hampshire doesn't require insurance.
 
krotch said:
I understand, I mean. Why would like Bill Gates need insurance? He's got billions. Think they should have some kind of rule set on that though. Like you have to make $1 mil salary to get to opt out of car insurance.
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At one point, in Oregon, you could have a bond for $25,000 or something like that instead of insurance. Not finding that it's the case anymore.

One could make the case that it's a mandatory law that the insurance lobby pushed through to increase profits. Insurance required by every driver through a dedicated insurance company, regardless of your income level or amount of money you have that could pay for an accident. If the follow the money thing is true, that's a big money trail. It's a good thing to have insurance, though. Sadly, enough people didn't have it so they had to make it mandatory. Just one of the responsibilities of driving on public roads.
 
Gweenz said:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you are required to have liability but collision is state by state?
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Most states have this requirement. However, the minimum required amount of insurance is usually so low, that it's often not enough to cover a newer car if it's totaled, let alone destroying a couple apartments.

Here in California, your insurance information is sent to the state. You can't renew your license if you don't have current insurance. Also, if you are pulled over, they check your insurance, not just that you have a card, but they check the DMV's database. If you don't have insurance you get a hefty ticket.
They can even hove your car towed, and you'll be stuck with excessive towing/storage fees and you can't get your car back until you show proof of insurance.


If you can't afford basic liability insurance, then you really can't afford a car, and you shouldn't be driving.

FYI: This is why most people also carry un-insured driver insurance, although I don't think you can get that for an apartment :)
 
nutzo said:
FYI: This is why most people also carry un-insured driver insurance, although I don't think you can get that for an apartment :)
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All of my apartments I have lived at have required me to have renters insurance (which covered accidents and damage ... presumably even someone driving into my apartment). Perhaps the cheaper apartments don't require this. Renters insurance is usually $100-200 per year (depending on your coverage) and covers theft and some level of disaster/injury.
 
Damn, this guy got lucky! Glad the car didn't cap him while he was playing around in the Fallout wasteland.

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Quick analysis:
* Irving, TX...sister city to/suburb of Dallas.
* Dallas is a "safe zone."
* No insurance.
* No charges.
* Driver's name withheld from articles.
* ...Easy conclusion about the driver, perhaps?
 
krotch said:
State by State. Texas just requires that you have to be able to pay for accidents. Be it, cause you have a crapload of money or you have insurance.

I understand, I mean. Why would like Bill Gates need insurance? He's got billions. Think they should have some kind of rule set on that though. Like you have to make $1 mil salary to get to opt out of car insurance.
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In which case the victim just needs to sue his attacker. If this happened in the part of Canada I live there would be criminal charges, driving without insurance, vehicular assault and possibly destruction of property. Also, the guy's emergency bills would be covered because of universal healthcare.

There is no level of "accident" where the driver continues to accelerate through the wall where the driver is not at fault. This is ridiculous. I feel terrible for this guy.
 
Quix said:
In which case the victim just needs to sue his attacker. If this happened in the part of Canada I live there would be criminal charges, driving without insurance, vehicular assault and possibly destruction of property. Also, the guy's emergency bills would be covered because of universal healthcare.

There is no level of "accident" where the driver continues to accelerate through the wall where the driver is not at fault. This is ridiculous. I feel terrible for this guy.
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Well it was an illegal. Living in Ca its a day to day thing we live with. I have been hit twice by an illegal with no license or insurance. One of these time was under the new law allowing them to go to the DMV and get a license. My wife has been hit 3 times. The laws here are retarded. I cannot wait to move.
 
Quix said:
In which case the victim just needs to sue his attacker. If this happened in the part of Canada I live there would be criminal charges, driving without insurance, vehicular assault and possibly destruction of property.
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In most of the United States, the same would be true. A lot of the states bordering Mexico have some insane policies regarding illegal immigrants and their criminal activity. What you're seeing here is most likely a result of some of these policies run wild.

Also, the 'attacker' was broke. No insurance, shitty beater car, and a level of stupidity that ignites money in his immediate vicinity. So for instance, if I'm flying a taco bell laden drone across a prison yard fence to deliver the illegal payload of drugs, saw blades and porn hidden between the burritos, and my shitty taco bell bag rips, sending my cargo careening through your window, which inadvertently scares your dog who loses his shit and starts knocking everything over until he runs into your sprinkle doughnuts scented candle, sending the entire place up in flames and sending you and every one of your family scrambling to the emergency room for crazy ass burns... You'd have to sue me obviously. My irresponsible negligence, criminal activity, and overall stupidity resulted in destroying nearly everything you own and injuring all of your family.

So then you'd get a lawyer, get to the court, successfully argue a very easy case, and get a successful judgement. Now what happens? Whether a judge tells me I owe you this much money or not, he can't very well take it out of my ass like my parents used to threaten. There is no money. And because of that, you're not getting any. You can't have what doesn't exist, no matter how much it's owed to you.

But now your lawyer bill is due.
 
westrock2000 said:
This 92 year old ALSO mistook the gas pedal for the brakes......several times, and nothing was done to him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HisjdEj93Q
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That's not true.

He wasn't charged with anything by the cops, and no one was injured, just property damage, but that doesn't mean that there were no repercussions for him following the accident.

While Kerr didn't get a ticket, police reported the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles, which will determine if the senior citizen needs to retake his driving test.
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If he fails his drivers test he won't be allowed to drive anymore and there are all the insurance claims and the chances are great that the insurance companies will refuse to insure him as a driver anymore. It is almost a certainty that the man will not be allowed to legally drive again.

Where you looking for something more serious for an old man who's time has come to hang up his keys? Beheading maybe ?
 
TheCapulet said:
In most of the United States, the same would be true. A lot of the states bordering Mexico have some insane policies regarding illegal immigrants and their criminal activity. What you're seeing here is most likely a result of some of these policies run wild.

Also, the 'attacker' was broke. No insurance, shitty beater car, and a level of stupidity that ignites money in his immediate vicinity. So for instance, if I'm flying a taco bell laden drone across a prison yard fence to deliver the illegal payload of drugs, saw blades and porn hidden between the burritos, and my shitty taco bell bag rips, sending my cargo careening through your window, which inadvertently scares your dog who loses his shit and starts knocking everything over until he runs into your sprinkle doughnuts scented candle, sending the entire place up in flames and sending you and every one of your family scrambling to the emergency room for crazy ass burns... You'd have to sue me obviously. My irresponsible negligence, criminal activity, and overall stupidity resulted in destroying nearly everything you own and injuring all of your family.

So then you'd get a lawyer, get to the court, successfully argue a very easy case, and get a successful judgement. Now what happens? Whether a judge tells me I owe you this much money or not, he can't very well take it out of my ass like my parents used to threaten. There is no money. And because of that, you're not getting any. You can't have what doesn't exist, no matter how much it's owed to you.

But now your lawyer bill is due.
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Don't forget that they will just run across the border or disappear into another state until they eventually kill some on. That family will just be told to show compassion for those impoverished and we are all racist.
 
I feel for this guy. On the day after Thanksgiving, I had just left Fry's Electronics in Tempe, and I got rear ended by a 20something hispanic kid. He hit me going a good 30 miles an hour, no braking, I was a at a stoplight.

PD showed up and moved us all into a business parking lot to exchange info and they cited the kid for failure to stop.

I called his insurance company to file a claim, and it turns out that he's an "excluded" driver on the policy, and shouldn't have been driving the vehicle. They won't cover anything.

So today I owe my deductible to a shop I had to go through with my own insurance. I spoke with an attorney, but based on what the kid was driving and the 2nd POS that his dad showed up in after the accident, it was safe to say that even if I got a judgment, I wouldn't see any money from them.

Fortunately my pregnant wife and 2 year old were not with me, otherwise I might have lost my shit and punched him for being such an irresponsible dick. (he was obviously on his phone at the time of the crash)

I get my Subaru back this afternoon, hopefully it's back to pre-accident condition. It's horseshit that I need to pay for insurance to cover the assholes out there who don't bother to get insured when driving around. The fines for driving uninsured need to be MUCH stiffer.

/rant off

Hope this guy has a speedy recovery, except for some neck pain a few days after the accident, I'm physically ok.
 
dmonkey said:
No insurance, driving into a building and injuring someone, and somehow the driver gets off with a ticket? I thought Texas had their shit together.
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Its totally fucked up, I got tboned in my car by an illegal without insurance a few years back, police arrested him, and my insurance covered my car, but then a few months later the town sent me a bill for the light post the guy took out after he hit my car. I called the township and they basically said "the guys posted bond and never came back so we just decided to bill you."

Such a joke.
 
nutzo said:
They can even hove your car towed, and you'll be stuck with excessive towing/storage fees and you can't get your car back until you show proof of insurance.
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Ran into this when my finace was driving one of my vehicles. I forgot and let the tags expire... well my insurance cards were out of date (it DID have insurance, just cards were out of date).

They towed the damn thing! Bout 500 bucks later I had it back. :( Expensive lesson to keep track of those things.
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Why is this so complicated? No insurance = you gambled and lost. 100% of all his medical bills and any costs associated with repairing the property and replacing any of his own property should be billed directly to her, and in no way should bankruptcy be allowed for the rest of her life. Let her deal with all the bill collectors, garnished wages, seized property, and prison time. Indentured servitude sounds good right about now.
 
TheCapulet said:
Also, the 'attacker' was broke. No insurance, shitty beater car, and a level of stupidity that ignites money in his immediate vicinity. So for instance, if I'm flying a taco bell laden drone across a prison yard fence to deliver the illegal payload of drugs, saw blades and porn hidden between the burritos, and my shitty taco bell bag rips, sending my cargo careening through your window, which inadvertently scares your dog who loses his shit and starts knocking everything over until he runs into your sprinkle doughnuts scented candle, sending the entire place up in flames and sending you and every one of your family scrambling to the emergency room for crazy ass burns... You'd have to sue me obviously. My irresponsible negligence, criminal activity, and overall stupidity resulted in destroying nearly everything you own and injuring all of your family.

So then you'd get a lawyer, get to the court, successfully argue a very easy case, and get a successful judgement. Now what happens? Whether a judge tells me I owe you this much money or not, he can't very well take it out of my ass like my parents used to threaten. There is no money. And because of that, you're not getting any. You can't have what doesn't exist, no matter how much it's owed to you.

But now your lawyer bill is due.
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That was a pretty good explanation. :p
 
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