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Steve St.Laurent
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Unbelievable - I've had my front Buckstop bumper ( https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64537&highlight=buckstop ) on my truck for exactly 15 days and already got in an accident. The good news for me is that I didn't even get a scratch - the bad news for the other driver is that her Cavalier is most likely totaled!
Driving in town today she was in the left lane in front of me (by about two feet - I was in the right lane) and decides that she has to get into that parking lot RIGHT there on the right. Locked up her tires and swerved across my lane. I locked mine up too but of course my 7500 lb truck wasn't going to slow quite as fast! I hit the right rear corner of her car with the left outside part of my bumper (she was turned about 30 degrees towards the side). Slammed her car 90 degrees to the side perpendicular to my truck - the whole center section of my bumper was pressed into the side of her car. I could just see the WIDE whites of her eyes over the hood and through the window opening (the window was now gone).
After getting out I checked to make sure she was ok which she was then got the two vehicles off the road. Then I looked at my truck and to my elation there wasn't even a scratch on the bumper! Just one small black mark on it that I was able to wipe off with my thumb. The rear bumper of her cavalier was hanging from the left side of the car and the entire right side was demolished. A couple of witnesses stopped and the cops got there in a few minutes. They asked what had happened and we and the witnesses told them. You could see the black streaks in the road to show exactly what happened. They looked at her car and then asked where the other vehicle that was involved was. I pointed to my truck. They said "no really, where's the other vehicle". I told them again and they started laughing! Then they told me I was free to go - didn't even take my name because they said I wasn't at fault at all and since I had no damage and we're in a no fault state that I didn't need to be involved. MAN do I like this bumper!!!
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Driving in town today she was in the left lane in front of me (by about two feet - I was in the right lane) and decides that she has to get into that parking lot RIGHT there on the right. Locked up her tires and swerved across my lane. I locked mine up too but of course my 7500 lb truck wasn't going to slow quite as fast! I hit the right rear corner of her car with the left outside part of my bumper (she was turned about 30 degrees towards the side). Slammed her car 90 degrees to the side perpendicular to my truck - the whole center section of my bumper was pressed into the side of her car. I could just see the WIDE whites of her eyes over the hood and through the window opening (the window was now gone).
After getting out I checked to make sure she was ok which she was then got the two vehicles off the road. Then I looked at my truck and to my elation there wasn't even a scratch on the bumper! Just one small black mark on it that I was able to wipe off with my thumb. The rear bumper of her cavalier was hanging from the left side of the car and the entire right side was demolished. A couple of witnesses stopped and the cops got there in a few minutes. They asked what had happened and we and the witnesses told them. You could see the black streaks in the road to show exactly what happened. They looked at her car and then asked where the other vehicle that was involved was. I pointed to my truck. They said "no really, where's the other vehicle". I told them again and they started laughing! Then they told me I was free to go - didn't even take my name because they said I wasn't at fault at all and since I had no damage and we're in a no fault state that I didn't need to be involved. MAN do I like this bumper!!!
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- anyway, it got me to thinking about what would happen if I was involved in an accident that was my fault and the person was seriously injured or killed. Of course it would have to come to a lawsuit, but still makes me wonder... either way, the UTE bumper is too much money right now and I'd rather get gauges and exhaust brake first. 
