Lucky guy....Accident with my G4

[Go4th]

Last night as I on my way to work, I was changing lanes to my left. I was going with the flow of traffic, driving alert, always checking mirrors (and my blind spot mirrors). I saw nothing and proceeded to change. The particular area I was in is a few areas merging into a smaller tunnel, plus it was rush hour, and it's just a crazy area to drive anyhow. I heard metal on metal, saw my driver mirror fold in and immediately went back into my lane. I made my way to the side of the road and got out, not knowing what to expect for damage. I would guesstimate our speeds were anywhere from 35-45, so let's say 40?. She was in an older Ford Edge. I wound up with some scrapes on my drivers door and fender, where they both meet, and a dent (that I'll bet money will pop out, I just haven't tried) by the side blinker. I think there were some scuffs on my mirror too. In a quick buff out with my sleeve, a lot of the marking came off. Definite scrapes on the paint, but nothing horrible. Nothing actually broke, car drives like normal and most importantly no injuries-hence the lucky guy in the title. This could have been so much worse, I see multiple accidents daily on my commute that are. Her Edge had some scuffs to the front bumper and fender. I tried to get the best pics I could, but I'd just washed my car and it's shiny!!

[Go4th]

Just took a couple more photos

[inuvik]

Thank goodness no injuries and looks to be some superficial damage.

[AtomicPunk]

Glad everyone is ok.

[Fummins]

See, now if you had more power this could have been avoided.....? Jk. That coulda been worse, glad it wasn't.

[Go4th]

See, now if you had more power this could have been avoided.....? Jk. That coulda been worse, glad it wasn't.

I more power would have launched me into the car in front of me lol.

It's kind of ironic, I have driven like a crazy, newly licensed teenager for YEARS with no incidents. I finally get a sensible car, and start driving sensibly, and BAM! Literally

[Eggman]

Glad everyone's ok. Think you'll put in an insurance claim?

[Dirk Diggler]

Whose fault was it if both signaled at the same time to change lanes?

[Top_Fuel]

...Think you'll put in an insurance claim?

Yeah...that damage may look minor but it's going to be expensive to fix. There are a couple of damage pics with estimates in this thread.

[Dirk Diggler]

Whose fault was it if both signaled at the same time to change lanes?

Sorry meaning if two cars are changing lanes and there is 3 lanes and both are trying to get in the middle. Whose at fault? Ive always wondered that.